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Anesthetic concentrations of riluzole inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity, but not expression, in the rat hippocampus.

We hypothesized that anesthetic dose of riluzole, an inhibitor of glutamate neurotransmission, may affect the activity and/or expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS). Riluzole, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME) and 7-nitro indazole (7-NI) produced a concentration-related inhibition of nNOS activity in vitro. Riluzole competed with 7-NI for inhibition of nNOS activity, but had no effect on nNOS or endothelial NOS (eNOS) protein expression. Also, nNOS activity was significantly decreased in riluzole-anesthetized rats (40 mg kg(-1) i.p., -32+/-6% from controls, P<0.05). Therefore, blockade of nNOS activity may be involved in the anesthetic effects of riluzole in vivo.[1]

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  1. Anesthetic concentrations of riluzole inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity, but not expression, in the rat hippocampus. Keita, H., Boczkowski, J., Samb, A., Lanone, S., Lang-Lazdunski, L., Rouellé, D., Desmonts, J.M., Mantz, J. Brain Res. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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