title: Effect of anticonvulsant felbamate on GABAA receptor system.
abstract: Felbamate (FBM, 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate), a potential antiepileptic drug (AED), has an unknown mechanism of action. We examined possible interaction of FBM with GABAA ergic transmission. FBM did not alter specific binding of ligands to GABA. benzodiazepine, and picrotoxin sites of the oligomeric GABAA receptor complex to rat brain membranes, nor did it enhance the effect of GABA on 36Cl-influx in well-characterized cultured spinal cord neurons. These results suggest that the anticonvulsant effect of FBM does not involve GABAA ergic transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7764.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ticku
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kamatchi
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sofia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002713:Chlorine / Q000378:metabolism; D000078328:Felbamate; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D048448:Phenylcarbamates; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D048448:Phenylcarbamates; D011409:Propylene Glycols; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D002713:Chlorine; D000078328:Felbamate