Change of Hyperexcitability of Hippocampus by Cyclosporin A and Its Modulatory Action by Fentanyl
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 96-102, 2002.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-87471
ABSTRACT
Cyclosporin A is used to treat patients with immune-mediated diseases, chronic diseases requiring organ transplantation, or malignancies. These conditions often require higher cyclosporin A doses, which may be toxic to the central nervous system. Fentanyl is also used in clinical conditions that have a risk of hypoxic neurosusceptiblity, which suggests that the drug may be a neuroprotective agonist against brain ischemic injury. Fentanyl is an opioid agonist and appears to play an important role in regulating the excitability of the hippocampus under electroconvulsion. In this study, the effects of fentanyl on modulating cyclosporin A-induced neurotoxicity was investigated. Treatment with 3 micrometer of cyclosporin A was found to reduce the electroconvulsive activity threshold. Fifty ng/mL of fentanyl reduced the electroconvulsive activity, and 1 micrometer of DAGO ([D-Ala2, N-Me-Phe4, Gly-ol]-enkephalin) also decreased the electroconvulsive activity. Fifty ng/mL of fentanyl was also found to reduce cyclosporin A-induced electroconvulsive activity. Although cyclosporin A neurotoxicity may be observed in various conditions, the opioid effect of neuroprotection may be involved in an interrelated mechanism. The exogenous opioid agonist suppressed cyclosporin A-induced electroconvulsive activity. Furthermore, there may be a functional anticonvulsant effect on cyclosporin A-induced neurotoxicity with an increased opioid agonist concentration.
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Main subject:
Fentanyl
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Cyclosporine
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Neuroprotective Agents
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Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
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Culture Techniques
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Electrophysiology
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Hippocampus
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Analgesics, Opioid
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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