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J Neurophysiol 76: 4185-4189, 1996;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 76, Issue 6 4185-4189, Copyright © 1996 by APS

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Enhanced NMDAR-dependent epileptiform activity is controlled by oxidizing agents in a chronic model of temporal lobe epilepsy

J. C. Hirsch, O. Quesada, M. Esclapez, H. Gozlan, Y. Ben-Ari and C. L. Bernard
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale U29, Hopital de Port Royal, Paris, France.

1. Graded N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-dependent epileptiform discharges were recorded from ex vivo hippocampal slices obtained from rats injected a week earlier with an intracerebroventricular dose of kainic acid. Intracellular recordings from pyramidal cells of the CA1 area showed that glutamate NMDAR actively participated in synaptic transmission, even at resting membrane potential. When NMDAR were pharmacologically isolated, graded burst discharges could still be evoked. 2. The oxidizing reagent 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB, 200 microM, 15 min) suppressed the late part of the epileptiform burst that did not recover after wash but could be reinstated by the reducing agent tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP, 200 microM, 15 min) and again abolished with the NMDA antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (D-APV). 3. Pharmacologically isolated NMDAR-mediated responses were decreased by DTNB (56 +/- 10%, mean +/- SD, n = 6), an effect reversed by TCEP. 4. When only the fast glutamateric synaptic component was blocked, NMDA-dependent excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) could be evoked despite the presence of underlying fast and slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs). DTNB decreased EPSPs to 48 +/- 12% (n = 5) of control. 5. Since a decrease of the NMDAR-mediated response by +/- 50% is sufficient to suppress the late part of the burst, we suggest that epileptiform activity can be controlled by manipulation of the redox sites of NMDAR. Our observations raise the possibility of developing new anticonvulsant drugs that would spare alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid-R (AMPAR)-mediated synaptic responses and decrease NMDAR-mediated synaptic transmission without blocking it completely.


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