Abstracts
The effects of prostaglandin E - analogue misoprostol on the susceptibility to pentilenetetrazol(PTZ) - induced seizures were examined in mice. Misoprostol (200-800 mg/kg), given subcutaneously 45 min before the subconvulsive dose of PTZ (30 mg/kg, i.p) provoked dose-dependent clonic-tonic seizures (30 to 100%) and mortality in mice. At 300 g/kg, s.c, misoprostol pretreatment significantly (p<0.05) lowered the onset latency to first convulsion as well as the latency to mortality induced by a convulsive dose of PTZ (60 mg/kg, i.p.). At this dose misoprostol was found to lower the CD50 and Ld50 values for PTZ by 21 % and 36% respectively. The results suggest that prostaglandins are likely to lower the threshold for convulsions.
seizures; pentylenetetrazol; misoprostol; mice
Os efeitos do misoprostrol, um análogo da prostaglandina E, sobre convulsões induzidas por pentilenotetrazol (PTZ) foram estudados em camundongos. Misoprostrol (200-800 mg/Kg) administrado por via subcutânea 45 minutos antes da dose subconvulsiva de PTZ (30 mg/Kg, i.p.) provocou crises tônico-clônicas (30 a 100%) de maneira dose-dependente e mortalidade em camundongos. Na dose de 300 g/Kg, s.c., o pré-tratamento com misoprostrol diminuiu significativamente (p<0,05) o período de latência da primeira convulsão bem como a mortalidade induzida por uma dose convulsiva de PTZ (60 mg/Kg, i.p.). Nesta dose o misoprostrol diminuiu 21 % e 36% os valores de CD50 e de LD50 do PTZ, respectivamente.
convulsões; pentilenotetrazol; misoprostrol; camundongos
Effects of misoprostrol on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in mice
Efeitos de misoprostrol sobre convulsões induzidas por pentilenotetrazol em camundongos
Francisco das Chagas Medeiros; Maria Angelina Medeiros; Vietla Satyanarayna Rao; Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo
Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza - Brasil
ABSTRACT
The effects of prostaglandin E - analogue misoprostol on the susceptibility to pentilenetetrazol(PTZ) - induced seizures were examined in mice. Misoprostol (200-800 mg/kg), given subcutaneously 45 min before the subconvulsive dose of PTZ (30 mg/kg, i.p) provoked dose-dependent clonic-tonic seizures (30 to 100%) and mortality in mice. At 300 g/kg, s.c, misoprostol pretreatment significantly (p<0.05) lowered the onset latency to first convulsion as well as the latency to mortality induced by a convulsive dose of PTZ (60 mg/kg, i.p.). At this dose misoprostol was found to lower the CD50 and Ld50 values for PTZ by 21 % and 36% respectively. The results suggest that prostaglandins are likely to lower the threshold for convulsions.
Key-words: seizures, pentylenetetrazol, misoprostol, mice.
RESUMO
Os efeitos do misoprostrol, um análogo da prostaglandina E, sobre convulsões induzidas por pentilenotetrazol (PTZ) foram estudados em camundongos. Misoprostrol (200-800 mg/Kg) administrado por via subcutânea 45 minutos antes da dose subconvulsiva de PTZ (30 mg/Kg, i.p.) provocou crises tônico-clônicas (30 a 100%) de maneira dose-dependente e mortalidade em camundongos. Na dose de 300 g/Kg, s.c., o pré-tratamento com misoprostrol diminuiu significativamente (p<0,05) o período de latência da primeira convulsão bem como a mortalidade induzida por uma dose convulsiva de PTZ (60 mg/Kg, i.p.). Nesta dose o misoprostrol diminuiu 21 % e 36% os valores de CD50 e de LD50 do PTZ, respectivamente.
Palavras-chave: convulsões, pentilenotetrazol, misoprostrol, camundongos.
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