Tetramethylpyrazine contributes to the neuroprotection in a rodent epileptic model of pentylenetetrazole-induced kindling

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OBJECTIVES: In this study, tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) was evaluated for its therapeutic potential as an alternative therapy for epileptogenesis and its associated comorbidities in rats.

METHODS: The sub-convulsant dose of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) (35 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) was injected on alternative days to produce kindling for 32 days and observed for seizure score percent of kindled animals in each group. After kindling, the animals were evaluated in models of anxiety, memory and predictive of depression. The neuroprotective effect of TMP was assessed by estimating the biochemical parameters in the cortex and hippocampus of the brain. Histopathological alterations were also observed in the cortex and hippocampus (CA1, CA3 and DG).

KEY FINDINGS: The administration of TMP reduced the seizure score and percentage of kindled animals dose-dependently. Furthermore, TMP significantly improved the behavioural parameters measured in the predictive models of depression but not in the anxiety and cognitive performances of the animals. The oxidative-nitrosative stress, excitotoxicity, neuroinflammation and histological alterations in the brain induced by PTZ were significantly mitigated by administering the TMP high dose of 60 mg/kg.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the TMP attenuated the depression behaviour in the PTZ-induced kindled rats, and reduced the oxidative-nitrosative stress, excitotoxicity, neuroinflammation and histological alterations of the brain.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

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The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology - 75(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1163-1176

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Danduga, Ravi Chandra Sekhara Reddy [VerfasserIn]
Shaik, Habbeb Banu [VerfasserIn]
Polopalli, Subramanyam [VerfasserIn]
Kola, Phani Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Kanakaraju, Vijaya Kishore [VerfasserIn]
Kandaswamy, Surabhi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Cognitive impairment
Depression
Journal Article
Kindling
Oxidative stress
Pentylenetetrazole
Tetramethylpyrazine
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Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 04.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jpp/rgad022

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NLM356042413