title: Amiloride protects against pentylenetetrazole-induced kindling in mice.
abstract: This study was performed to investigate whether or not amiloride, a sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE) inhibitor, can protect against seizure development of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced kindling in mice.Kindling was induced by once every 2 days treatment with PTZ (25 mg kg(-1) i.p.) for 5 weeks. Challenge experiments were carried out after 15 or 30 days of last treatment with PTZ. Administration of amiloride (2 h before PTZ, in doses of 0.65 and 1.3 mg kg(-1), p.o.) significantly prolonged the onset of kindling and reduced the incidence and severity of seizures in a dose-dependent manner. The effect of amiloride on the incidence of PTZ-induced seizures was evident even after 15 or 30 days of last treatment. The results indicate a protective role for amiloride against PTZ-induced kindling in mice. The possibility of mediation of such effects by NHE inhibition is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110062, India.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Farhan Jalees
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Krishna Kolappa
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vohora
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003292:Convulsants; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003292:Convulsants; D000584:Amiloride; D003975:Diazepam; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole