The neurotoxicity of phenobarbital and its effect in preventing pentylenetetrazole-induced maximal seizure in aging mice

Kitani, Kenichi; Sato, Yuko; Kanai, Setsuko; Ohta, Minoru; Nokubo, Munetaka; Masuda, Yuichi

doi:10.1016/0167-4943(88)90009-x

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“…Early studies, using the BDF1 mouse strain (a cross between female C57BL/6 and male DBA/2 mice), explored the effect of aging on acute seizure susceptibility and demonstrated that the threshold for the tonic extensor component of maximal electroshock seizures increased with age (up to 30 months) (1). Similarly, the minimal effective concentration of pentylenetetrazol needed to induce maximal seizure activity increased in 24-month-old compared to 6-month-old animals (2), as did the sensitivity to the anticonvulsant effects of oxazepam (3) and phenobarbital in the same model (4). These studies suggested that aged BDF1 mice required increased levels of electrical or chemical stimulation to generate acute seizures, whereas decreased concentrations of anticonvulsants active at the GABA A receptor were required to mitigate pentylenetetrazol-induced maximal seizure activity.…”

Section: Models Of Acute Seizures In Aged Micementioning

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Aging Models of Acute Seizures and Epilepsy

Kelly¹

2010

Epilepsy Curr

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Aged animals have been used by researchers to better understand the differences between the young and the aged brain and how these differences may provide insight into the mechanisms of acute Models of Acute Seizures in Aged MiceIn aged animals, the most commonly used models employ electrical stimulation or a convulsant agent, such as kainic acid, pilocarpine, or pentylenetetrazol, to induce acute seizures. Depending on the model and the animal strain used, the results of studies of acute seizures in aged animals have variably demonstrated increased or decreased seizure susceptibility associated with advanced age. Early studies, using the BDF1 mouse strain (a cross between female C57BL/6 and male DBA/2 mice), ex- plored the effect of aging on acute seizure susceptibility and demonstrated that the threshold for the tonic extensor component of maximal electroshock seizures increased with age (up to 30 months) (1). Similarly, the minimal effective concentration of pentylenetetrazol needed to induce maximal seizure activity increased in 24-month-old compared to 6-month-old animals (2), as did the sensitivity to the anticonvulsant effects of oxazepam (3) and phenobarbital in the same model (4). These studies suggested that aged BDF1 mice required increased levels of electrical or chemical stimulation to generate acute seizures, whereas decreased concentrations of anticonvulsants active at the GABA A receptor were required to mitigate pentylenetetrazol-induced maximal seizure activity.Except for early studies of BDF1 mice, which showed equivalent effects in both male and female animals (1-3), relatively few studies have assessed gender-based differences in seizure susceptibility and/or neurodegeneration in mice. A study of seizure susceptibility in adult and aged animals of the inbred CBA strain demonstrated that 3-month-old males were distinctly more prone to seizures induced by the GABA A receptor antagonists, bicuculline and picrotoxin, compared to age-matched females; picrotoxin-induced seizure latencies were also decreased in the male animal (5). However, there was no gender-based difference in sensitivity to picrotoxin in 24-month-old animals. Comparing adult and aged male and female C57BL/6J mice following kainic acid treatment, aged female mice demonstrated more severe seizure activity, prominent hippocampal injury, and increased astrocyte proliferation (6). In studies not based on gender but using the same C57BL/6J strain, acute seizures were induced by a single electroconvulsive shock, followed by assessment of c-fos expression in different brain regions of varying age groups. All ages exhibited a transient increase in c-fos immunoreactivity, but in aged animals, the response was significantly less robust (7). Following a single dose of kainic acid, aged C57BL/6J mice were more sensitive to its pathological effects compared to adult animals, especially with regard to neuroinflammatory changes, as measured by markers of reactive gliosis (8). Comparing young adult, mid-aged, and aged C57BL/6J mice to similarly...

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Section: Models Of Acute Seizures In Aged Micementioning

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Aging Models of Acute Seizures and Epilepsy

Kelly¹

2010

Epilepsy Curr

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Neuronal glial interaction in different neurological diseases studied by ex vivo¹³C NMR spectroscopy

Sonnewald

Kondziella

2003

NMR in Biomedicine

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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMRS) has been used extensively for several decades to elucidate metabolic pathways in biological systems and has led to new insights into cerebral metabolism. Many of these insights have been gained by NMRS using in vitro models, such as tissue extracts, cell cultures or brain slices. Extracts of cells or tissue provide an excellent basis for metabolic studies and facilitate the interpretation of in vivo spectra. 13C NMRS is at present mostly used for in vitro or animal studies. Conclusions from the epilepsy models presented in this review are that turnover of metabolites is time-dependant in kainate-injected rats with limbic seizures. Early and only temporarily enhanced astrocytic activity is followed by altered metabolism in neurons with an increased turnover of important amino acids such as GABA and glutamate. However, pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindling affects astrocytes in younger and glutamatergic neurons in older animals. In the presence of PTZ, phenobarbital decreases labeling of most metabolites in all cell types, except GABAergic neurons, from both labeled precursors in the younger animals. However, in older animals only GABAergic neurons are affected by phenobarbital, as indicated by an increase in GABA labeling. In kaolin-induced hydrocephalus it was shown that astrocyte metabolism is disturbed in the early phase, particularly in the cerebrum. These alterations continue into the chronic period. Only then do the first signs of neuronal metabolic impairment appear, which might explain why dementia is a prominent clinical feature in patients with chronic hydrocephalus.

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Age-related differences in the coordination disturbance and anticonvulsant effect of oxazepam in mice

Kitani

Klotz

Kanai

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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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The neurotoxicity of phenobarbital and its effect in preventing pentylenetetrazole-induced maximal seizure in aging mice

Cited by 7 publications

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Aging Models of Acute Seizures and Epilepsy

Aging Models of Acute Seizures and Epilepsy

Neuronal glial interaction in different neurological diseases studied by ex vivo¹³C NMR spectroscopy

Age-related differences in the coordination disturbance and anticonvulsant effect of oxazepam in mice

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The neurotoxicity of phenobarbital and its effect in preventing pentylenetetrazole-induced maximal seizure in aging mice

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Aging Models of Acute Seizures and Epilepsy

Neuronal glial interaction in different neurological diseases studied by ex vivo13C NMR spectroscopy

Age-related differences in the coordination disturbance and anticonvulsant effect of oxazepam in mice

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