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Ashton, D. et al.

In vivo studies on the mechanism of action of the broad spectrum anticonvulsant loreclezole.

In animal models of epilepsy the anticonvulsant profile of loreclezole resembles that of barbiturates and benzodiazepines. We examined whether the increase in seizure threshold to pentylenetetrazole infusion produced by 10 mg/kg of loreclezole, pentobarbital or diazepam could be reversed by a spectrum of benzodiazepine partial inverse to full inverse agonists (FG-7142 beta-carboline carboxylate, CGS-8216, Ro-15-4513 and DMCM) or by a benzodiazepine neutral antagonist (Ro-15-1788). The doses of the benzodiazepine inverse agonists were chosen to produce a 20-40% decrease in seizure threshold. The seizure threshold increase produced by loreclezole and pentobarbital was reduced by all the benzodiazepine inverse agonists and potentiated by Ro-15-1788. Diazepam was antagonized by the benzodiazepine inverse agonists and by the neutral antagonist. The generality of this finding was examined in amygdala-kindled rats. The decrease in the duration of forepaw clonus and the reduction in behavioural stage34 produced by loreclezole, pentobarbital and diazepam was reversed by CGS-8216. Ro-15-1788, which itself showed anticonvulsant effects in this model, antagonized the effects of diazepam, but not loreclezole or pentobarbital. Thus loreclezole behaves more like a barbiturate than a benzodiazepine in these two in vivo models. This suggests a possible mechanism of action of loreclezole at a neuromodulatory site within the GABAA receptor complex, which is unlikely to be a benzodiazepine receptor.[1]

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In vivo studies on the mechanism of action of the broad spectrum anticonvulsant loreclezole. Ashton, D., Fransen, J., Heeres, J., Clincke, G.H., Janssen, P.A. Epilepsy Res. (1992) [Pubmed]

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