Anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate in phenytoin-resistant kindled rats

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作者
Reissmüller, E [1 ]
Ebert, U [1 ]
Löscher, W [1 ]
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[1] Sch Vet Med, Dept Pharmacol Toxicol & Pharm, D-30559 Hannover, Germany
关键词
epilepsy; antiepileptic drugs; kindling; pharmacoresistance;
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10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00176.x
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Purpose: We evaluated the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate (TPM), a structurally novel antiepileptic drug (AED), in amygdala kindled rats that had been preselected with respect to their response to phenytoin (PHT). Methods: Anticonvulsant response was tested by determining the afterdischarge threshold (ADT; i.e., a sensitive measure for drug effects on focal seizure activity). By repeated testing with the PHT prodrug fosphenytoin (FOS) three groups of kindled rats were separated: rats in which consistent anticonvulsant effects were obtained (PHT responders), rats that showed no anticonvulsant response (PHT nonresponders), and rats with variable responses (variable PHT responders). The latter, largest group was used to evaluate at which doses and pretreatment times TPM exerted significant anticonvulsant effects on ADT. For this purpose, TPM was tested at four doses (20, 40, 80, 160 mg/kg i.p.) and two pretreatment times (1 and 4 h). The most effective treatment protocol was then used for TPM testing in PHT responders and nonresponders. Results: TPM proved to be an effective AED in the kindling model. At 40 mg/kg, significant ADT increases were obtained after both 1 and 4 h after administration. In addition to the effect on focal seizure threshold, seizure severity and duration recorded at ADT were decreased by TPM, indicating that this drug acts on both seizure threshold and seizure spread. In PHT nonresponders, TPM significantly increased ADT, which is in line with its proven efficacy in patients with refractory partial epilepsy in whom phenytoin has failed. However, TPM was more efficacious in increasing ADT in PHT responders than in nonresponders, substantiating that the difference between these groups of kindled rats extends to other AEDs. Repeated testing of kindled rats with TPM indicated that, similar to PHT, there are individual kindled rats without anticonvulsant response to TPM (i.e., TPM nonresponders). Conclusions: The data of this study substantiate that PHT nonresponders are a unique model for the search of new AEDs with improved efficacy in refractory partial epilepsy.
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