title: The role of adenosine A1 and A2A receptors of entorhinal cortex on piriform cortex kindled seizures in rats.
abstract: In this research the role of adenosine A1 and A2A receptors of the entorhinal cortex on piriform cortex kindled seizures was investigated. In piriform cortex kindled rats, N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA), a selective A1 receptor agonist, 1,3-dimethyl-8 cyclopenthylxanthine (CPT), a selective A1 receptor antagonist, CGS21680 hydrochloride (CGS), a selective A2A receptor agonist and ZM241385 (ZM), a selective A2A receptor antagonist were injected into the entorhinal cortex bilaterally. Five minutes later, animals were stimulated and seizure parameters were recorded. CHA (10 and 100microM) decreased the afterdischarge duration (ADD), stage 5 seizure duration (S5D), and seizure duration (SD), and increased the latency to stage 4 of the seizure (S4L) significantly. Bilateral microinjection of CPT (100microM) increased ADD, S(5)D, and SD, and reduced S(4)L significantly. Pretreatment of animals with CPT (50microM) before CHA (100microM), reduced the effect of CHA on seizure parameters. On the other hand, CGS (1mM) increased only ADD. Bilateral microinjection of ZM had no effect on seizure parameters. However, pretreatment of animals with ZM (200microM) before CGS (1mM), eliminated the excitatory effect of CGS on seizure parameters. These results suggest that activation of A1 receptors of the entorhinal cortex has an anticonvulsant, but activation of A2A receptors of this region has a proconvulsive effect on piriform cortex kindled seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Narges
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hosseinmardi
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mirnajafi-Zadeh
authors.forename: Yaghoub
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fathollahi
authors.forename: Parviz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shahabi
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003292:Convulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D018728:Entorhinal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014227:Triazines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014230:Triazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014970:Xanthines / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: C112774:1,3-dimethyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003292:Convulsants; D010627:Phenethylamines; D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A; D014227:Triazines; D014230:Triazoles; D014970:Xanthines; C097270:ZM 241385; C061282:2-(4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino)-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine; C027513:N(6)-cyclohexyladenosine; D000241:Adenosine