title: The effects of the purinergic system on digitalis-induced epileptiform activity.
abstract: It has been suggested that endogenous chemical substances, such as adenosine, released during a seizure attack, may act as anticonvulsants in vivo. We have investigated electrophysiologically the effects of purinoceptor agonists and antagonists on the epileptiform activity induced by intracortical digitalis in anesthetized rats. Intracortical injections of 1, 2, or 4 micrograms digitalis (desacetyl lanatocid C) caused an epileptiform electrocorticogram (ECoG). The application of adenosine (25 or 100 microM) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (3 mM) after desacetyl lanatocid C blocked the epileptiform activity. beta, gamma-Methylene ATP (0.1-0.8 mM), a stable analog of ATP, produced inhibition and then death. The epileptogenic effect of desacetyl lanatocid C was enhanced by theophylline (1 mM); however, suramin (1 mM) changed the pattern of epilepsy. These results indicate that the purinergic system may be involved in the mechanism of action of digitalis glycosides.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kesim
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Marangoz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ayyildiz
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Tasçi
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Agar
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Sahinoglu
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D007799:Lanatosides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D058913:Purinergic Agonists; D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007799:Lanatosides; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D058913:Purinergic Agonists; D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; C005147:5'-adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)diphosphonate; C018548:lanatoside C; D013498:Suramin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D013806:Theophylline; D000241:Adenosine; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate