Anticonvulsant effect of minocycline on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure in mice: involvement of nitric oxide and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor.

Abstract

Anticonvulsant effects of minocycline have been explored recently. This study was designed to examine the anticonvulsant effect of acute administration of minocycline on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mouse considering the possible role of the nitric oxide/N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) pathway. We induced seizure using intravenous administration of pentylenetetrazole. Our results showed that acute administration of minocycline increased the seizure threshold. Furthermore, co-administration of subeffective doses of the nonselective nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-l-arginine methyl ester (10 mg/kg) and the neuronal NOS inhibitor 7-nitroindazole (40 mg/kg) enhanced the anticonvulsant effect of subeffective doses of minocycline (40 mg/kg). We found that inducible NOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (100 mg/kg) had no effect on the antiseizure effect of minocycline. Moreover, l-arginine (60 mg/kg), as a NOS substrate, reduced the anticonvulsant effect of minocycline. We also demonstrated that pretreatment with the NMDA receptor antagonists ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) and MK-801 (0.05 mg/kg) increased the anticonvulsant effect of subeffective doses of minocycline. Results showed that minocycline significantly decreased the hippocampal nitrite level. Furthermore, co-administration of a neuronal NOS inhibitor like NMDA receptor antagonists augmented the effect of minocycline on the hippocampal nitrite level. In conclusion, we revealed that anticonvulsant effect of minocycline might be, at least in part, due to a decline in constitutive hippocampal nitric oxide activity as well as inhibition of NMDA receptors.

• Authors: Hossein Amini-Khoei, Nastaran Kordjazy, Arvin Haj-Mirzaian, Shayan Amiri, Arya Haj-Mirzaian, Armin Shirzadian, Amin Hasanvand, Shima Balali-Dehkordi, Mahsa Hassanipour, Ahmad Reza Dehpour
• Journal: Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology (Can J Physiol Pharmacol) Vol. 96 Issue 8 Pg. 742-750 (Aug 2018) ISSN: 1205-7541 [Electronic] Canada
• PMID: 29558629 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anticonvulsants
• Enzyme Inhibitors
• Nitrites
• Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
• Nitric Oxide
• Arginine
• Nitric Oxide Synthase
• Minocycline
• Pentylenetetrazole

Topics

• Animals
• Anticonvulsants (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Arginine (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Enzyme Inhibitors (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Hippocampus (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Male
• Mice
• Minocycline (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Nitric Oxide (metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Nitrites (metabolism)
• Pentylenetetrazole
• Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Seizures (chemically induced, drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• Time Factors