Abstract
The effects of 2-chloroadenosine, aminophylline, bicuculline, β-carboline-3-car☐ylic acid methylester and Ro 15-1788 on seizures produced by pilocarpine were examined in rats. In animals pretreated with aminophylline at doses of 25–100 mg/kg, non-convulsant dose of pilocarpine, 100 mg/kg, resulted in severe motor limbic seizures, which rapidly developed into the status epilepticus. Electroencephalographic monitoring showed progressive evolution of seizure activity with initial high-voltage fast activity followed by high-voltage spiking and electrographic seizures. Morphological analysis of frontal forebrain sections with light microscopy demonstrated widespread damage to the hippocampal formation, thalamus, amygdala, olfactory cortex, substantia nigra and neocortex. Bicuculline, 2 mg/kg, β-carboline-3-car☐ylic acid methylester, 5 mg/kg, and Ro 15-1788, 50 mg/kg, did not augment seizures produced by pilocarpine, 100 mg/kg. 2-Chloroadenosine, 5 and 10 mg/kg, blocked the appearance of behavioral and electrographic seizures produced by pilocarpine, 380 mg/kg, and prevented the occurrence of brain damage. The results indicate that purinergic mechanisms are involved in the buildup of pilocarpine-induced convulsions and seizure-related brain damage in rats.
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