title: Cyclic AMP-mediated modulation of epileptiform afterdischarge generation in rat hippocampal slices.
abstract: This study assessed the effects of drugs which manipulate the cAMP system on afterdischarges (ADs) induced in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices. The adenylate cyclase activator forskolin (50 microM) and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram (0.1 and 1 microM) enhanced AD generation. These effects were reversed by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitors H-89 (5 microM) and Rp-cAMPS (100 microM). These findings suggest that AD generation can be modulated through cAMP generation and the subsequent activation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan. mtohma@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashima
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koshino
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D020536:Enzyme Activators / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020889:Rolipram / Q000494:pharmacology; D012640:Seizures / Q000378:metabolism*; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D020536:Enzyme Activators; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013873:Thionucleotides; D005576:Colforsin; C016957:adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D020889:Rolipram; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide