title: Effects of misoprostol on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in mice.
abstract: The effects of prostaglandin E-analogue misoprostol on the susceptibility to pentilenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced seizures were examined in mice. Misoprostol (200-800 micrograms/kg), given subcutaneously 45 min before the subconvulsive dose of PTZ (30 mg/kg, i.p) provoked dose-dependent clonic-tonic seizures (30 to 100%) and mortality in mice. At 300 g/kg, s.c., misoprostol pretreatment significantly (p < 0.05) lowered the onset latency to first convulsion as well as the latency to mortality induced by a convulsive dose of PTZ (60 mg/kg, i.p.). At this dose misoprostol was found to lower the CD50 and Ld50 values for PTZ by 21% and 36% respectively. The results suggest that prostaglandins are likely to lower the threshold for convulsions.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Medeiros F das
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D003292:Convulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D016595:Misoprostol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011292:Premedication; D011930:Reaction Time; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D003292:Convulsants; D016595:Misoprostol; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole