Cannabinoid Cb1 Receptor Antagonists Cause Status Epilepticus-like Activity in the Hippocampal Neuronal Culture Model of Acquired Epilepsy.
From: Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA.
Neuroscience letters
- Publish Date: Jan 2007
- ISSN: 0304-3940
- Volume: 411
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 11-6
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Deshpande Laxmikant S, Sombati Sompong, Blair Robert E, et al. Cannabinoid Cb1 Receptor Antagonists Cause Status Epilepticus-like Activity in the Hippocampal Neuronal Culture Model of Acquired Epilepsy.. Neurosci. Lett. Jan 2007;411:11-6
Abstract
Status epilepticus (SE) is a major medical emergency associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the mechanisms that terminate seizure activity and prevent the development of status epilepticus. Cannabinoids possess anticonvulsant properties and the endocannabinoid system has been implicated in regulating seizure duration and frequency. Endocannabinoids regulate synaptic transmission and dampen seizure activity via activation of the presynaptic cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1). This study was initiated to evaluate the role of CB1 receptor-dependent endocannabinoid synaptic transmission towards preventing the development of status epilepticus-like activity in the well-characterized hippocampal neuronal culture model of acquired epilepsy using patch clamp electrophysiology. Application of the CB1 receptor antagonists SR141716A (1 microM) or AM251 (1 microM) to “epileptic” neurons caused the development of continuous epileptiform activity, resembling electrographic status epilepticus. The induction of status epilepticus-like activity by CB1 receptor antagonists was reversible and could be overcome by maximal concentrations of CB1 agonists. Similar treatment of control neurons with CB1 receptor antagonists did not produce status epilepticus or hyperexcitability. These findings suggest that CB1 receptor-dependent endocannabinoid endogenous tone plays an important role in modulating seizure frequency and duration and preventing the development of status epilepticus-like activity in populations of epileptic neurons. The regulation of seizure activity and prevention of status epilepticus by the endocannabinoid system offers an important insight into understanding the basic mechanisms that control the development of continuous epileptiform discharges.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Action Potentials, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Benzoxazines, Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Interactions, Epilepsy, Hippocampus, Morpholines, Naphthalenes, Neurons, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Piperidines, Pyrazoles, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1, Synaptic Transmission
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