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Talampanel, a novel noncompetitive AMPA antagonist, is neuroprotective after traumatic brain injury in rats.

Abstract：

:Talampanel [(R)-7-acetyl-5-(4-aminophenyl)-8,9-dihydro-8-methyl-7H-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-h][2,3] benzodiazepine] is an orally active noncompetitive antagonist of the AMPA subtype of glutamate excitatory amino acid receptors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment with talampanel would protect in a rat model of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Twenty-four hours prior to TBI, a fluid-percussion interface was positioned parasagittally over the right cerebral cortex. On the following day, fasted rats were anesthetized with 3% halothane, 70% nitrous oxide, and a balance of oxygen; mechanically ventilated and physiologically regulated; and subjected to right parieto-occipital parasagittal fluid-percussion injury (1.5-2.0 atm). The agent (talampanel, bolus infusion of 4 mg/kg followed by infusion of 4 mg/kg/h over 72 h) or vehicle was administered i.v. starting at either 30 min or 3 h after trauma. Seven days after TBI, brains were perfusion-fixed, coronal sections at various levels were digitized, and contusion areas were measured. Treatment with talampanel, when instituted 30 min after trauma, significantly reduced total contusion area compared to vehicle-treated rats (0.54 +/- 0.25 vs. 1.79 +/- 0.42 mm2, respectively). When talampanel treatment was begun at 3 h, the neuroprotective effect of the drug was lost. In addition, treatment with talampanel starting at 30 min significantly attenuated neuronal damage in all three subsectors of the hippocampal CA1 sector compared to vehicle-treated rats (normal-neuron counts, right (ipsilateral) medial CA1: 80.3 +/- 2.0 [talampanel] vs. 66.3 +/- 2.1 [vehicle] (mean +/- SEM); middle CA1: 71.5 +/- 2.0 vs. 60.3 +/- 2.2; lateral CA1: 74.5 +/- 3.0 vs. 63.0 +/- 3.2, respectively). By contrast, when talampanel treatment was begun at 3 h, normal pyramidal-neuron counts were almost identical in both groups. Our findings document that talampanel therapy instituted 30 min after trauma significantly reduces histological damage.

journal_name

J Neurotrauma

journal_title

Journal of neurotrauma

authors

Belayev L,Alonso OF,Liu Y,Chappell AS,Zhao W,Ginsberg MD,Busto R

doi

10.1089/08977150152693728

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1031-8

issue

eissn

0897-7151

issn

1557-9042

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Talampanel, a novel noncompetitive AMPA antagonist, is neuroprotective after traumatic brain injury in rats.