Abstract | PURPOSE: To determine if posthypoxia treatment with erythropoietin (EPO) has protective effects against subsequent susceptibility to seizure related neuronal injury in rat pups subjected to acute hypoxia at P10. METHODS: Four groups of rats were manipulated at P10, as described below, then all received kainic acid (KA) (10 mg/kg i.p.) at P29: Hypoxia-NS-KA group (n = 11): subjected to acute hypoxia (down to 4% O2), and then immediately received saline i.p. Hypoxia-EPO-KA group (n = 10): subjected to acute hypoxia and then immediately received EPO (1,000 U/Kg i.p.). Normoxia-NS-KA group (n = 11): sham manipulated and injected with saline. Normoxia-EPO-KA group (n = 10): sham manipulated then immediately injected with EPO (1000 U/Kg i.p.). After receiving KA at P29, all rats were monitored using videotape techniques, and were sacrificed at P31. TUNEL and Hoechst stains to assess for apoptosis, and regular histology for hippocampal cell counts were performed. RESULTS: Administration of the single dose of erythropoietin directly after an acute hypoxic event at P10 resulted at P29 in increased latency to forelimb clonus seizures, reduced duration of these seizures, protection against hippocampal cell loss, and decreased hippocampal apoptosis in the Hypoxia-EPO-KA group as compared to the Hypoxia-NS-KA group. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Mohamad A Mikati, Jimmy A El Hokayem, Marwan E El Sabban |
Journal | Epilepsia
(Epilepsia)
Vol. 48
Issue 1
Pg. 175-81
(Jan 2007)
ISSN: 0013-9580 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17241225
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
- Neuroprotective Agents
- Erythropoietin
- Kainic Acid
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Topics |
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cell Count
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
(metabolism)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Erythropoietin
(administration & dosage, pharmacology)
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
(pharmacology)
- Hippocampus
(pathology)
- Humans
- Hypoxia
(metabolism, pathology)
- Hypoxia, Brain
(prevention & control)
- Kainic Acid
(pharmacology)
- Neuroprotective Agents
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Seizures
(chemically induced, pathology, prevention & control)
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