title: beta-Carboline-induced seizures in mice: genetic analysis.
abstract: The inbred mouse strains BALB/cBy (C) and C57BL/6By (B6) differed significantly in their susceptibility to seizures induced by the benzodiazepine inverse agonist methyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (beta-CCM). Following a 5 mg/kg injection of beta-CCM, 74% of C (n = 35) and 13% of B6 (n = 40) mice exhibited a convulsion. No sex difference was found. Analysis of the reciprocal F1s failed to show either maternal environmental and/or heterosomal effects. A genetic analysis of the strain difference in susceptibility to beta-CCM-induced seizures using recombinant inbred strains (RIS) was performed. The strain distribution for the RIS showed a two group partition. Statistical analysis showed that, although a one-segregating-unit model could not be rejected to explain the strain difference in beta-CCM-induced seizures, some of the evidence weakened the one-segregating-unit hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: URA 1294, CNRS, UFR Biomédicale Paris V, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desforges
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venault
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chapouthier
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Roubertoux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002243:Carbolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003292:Convulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D002243:Carbolines; D003292:Convulsants; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; C026072:1-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid