title: Influences of caffeine to nitric oxide production and zonisamide concentration in the brain of seizure-susceptible EL mice.
abstract: To investigate changes of nitric oxide (NO) productions and zonisamide (ZNS) concentrations in the brain of seizure-susceptible EL mice given caffeine orally, mice were given caffeine (600 microg/mL) solution ad libitum as a drinking fluid for 1-3 weeks. Nitric oxide production in the brain was determined by measuring levels of nitrite plus nitrate (NOx). The brain NOx levels of mice treated with caffeine for 3 weeks were significantly higher than the control. Seizures in mice treated with caffeine for 2 and 3 weeks were not suppressed by ZNS at a dose of 75 mg/kg. Serum ZNS concentrations of mice with caffeine intake for 1-3 weeks were higher than in untreated mice. Conversely, brain ZNS concentrations of mice with caffeine intake for the same periods were significantly lower than in untreated mice. These results suggested that caffeine influenced brain NO production and ZNS concentrations in the seizure susceptibility of EL mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hashiguchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagatomo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takigawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002110:Caffeine / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078305:Zonisamide
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D007555:Isoxazoles; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D002110:Caffeine; D000078305:Zonisamide