Diazepam and pentobarbital protect against scorpion venom toxin-induced epilepsy
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- 作者：Roberta Luongo ; Diana Amaral Oliveira ; Ivo Lebrun ; Maria Regina Lopes S ; oval
- 关键词：Scorpion neurotoxin ; Status epilepticus ; Diazepam and pentobarbital ; Mossy fibre sprouting ; Neuronal loss ; Spontaneous recurrent seizures
- 刊名：Brain Research Bulletin
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：30 June 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：79
- 期：5
- 页码：296-302
- 全文大小：737 K
文摘
We have characterized earlier the long-term behavioural, electroencephalographic and histopatologic features after a single TsTx microinjection, consisting of a neuropeptide isolated from the Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom, into the hippocampus of rats. TsTx was able to induce status epilepticus (SE) and developed later epilepsy. The present study was designed to investigate the outcomes of diazepam plus pentobarbital administered at 30 min, 1, 2 or 6 h after the beginning of TsTx-induced SE, on the development of spontaneous recurrent motor seizures (SRMSs), mossy fibre sprouting and hippocampal neurodegeneration in rats. The administration of diazepam (DZ) + pentobarbital (PB) 30 min after the beginning of the TsTx-induced SE was able to markedly reduce the frequency of the SRMSs and prevent the development of mossy fibres sprouting and hippocampal lesion. In the other groups the augment of the extent of hipocampal neurodegeneration, the frequency of SRMSs and degree of aberrant mossy fibre sprouting was directly proportional to the time that the animals were subjected to TsTx-induced SE. In conclusion, our results point out that the early blockade of the TsTx-induced SE with diazepam plus pentobarbital, was effective treatment against later epilepsy development. The effectiveness of this treatment depends on the time that the animals were subjected to the SE. Furthermore, the TsTx model could be a useful tool to study antiepileptogenic drugs in chronic epileptic animals, neuronal degeneration, as well as for the mechanisms underlying epilepsy.