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General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.37, No.2, p.205–211, 2018

Title: Effect of the allopregnanolone and allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosteron on spike-wave discharges in the EEG of absence epilepsy rat models
Author: Sebahattin Karabulut, Ruslan Bayramov, Keziban Korkmaz Bayramov, Ahmet K. Filiz, Ahmet S. Taskiran, Ercan Ozdemir
Abstract: Absence epilepsy is a generalized nonconvulsive type of epilepsy that is characterized by spike-wave discharges (SWD) with a frequency of 2.5–4 Hz in the EEG. The activation of the GABAergic system in central nervous system suppresses convulsive seizures but exacerbates absence seizures. Endogenous neuroactive steroids such as 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one (3α,5α-THPROG; allopregnanolone) and 3α,21-dihydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one (3α,5α-THDOC, allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosteron) are GABA-A receptor-positive allosteric modulators. Finasteride which is a 5α-reductase inhibitor can selectively block the synthesis of endogenous steroids. In this study, we compared the effects of endogenous steroids (THPROG and THDOC) on SWD by using finasteride-treated Wistar Albino Glaxo from Rijswijk (WAG/Rij) rats as a model of absence epilepsy. Wistar (WIS-THPROG and WIS-THDOC) and WAG/Rij (WAG-THPROG and WAG-THDOC) rats were divided into 4 groups (n = 8). After stereotactic surgical procedures, all rats were prepared for direct cortical EEG measurement. Following finasteride administration to each group, THPROG was administered to WIS-THPROG and WAG-THPROG groups, and THDOC to WIS-THDOC and WAG-THDOC groups intraperitoneally. While there was no any SWD activity detected in WIS-THPROG and WIS-THDOC groups, a significant increase in SWD count in WAG-THPROG (p = 0.012) and in WAG-THDOC (p = 0.012), and in SWD total duration in WAG-THPROG (p = 0.012) and WAG-THDOC groups (p = 0.011) were observed after steroid injection. No difference between the efficacy of THPROG and THDOC on absence seizures in WAG/Rij rats was observed.
Keywords: Neurosteroids — WAG/Rij rat — Spike-wave discharges
Published online: 27-Mar-2018
Year: 2018, Volume: 37, Issue: 2 Page From: 205, Page To: 211
doi:10.4149/gpb_2017041


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