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Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures
Despite evidence that supports cannabidiol (CBD) as an anticonvulsant agent, there remains controversy over the antiseizure efficacy, possible adverse effects, and synergistic interactions with classic antiepileptics such as valproate (VPA). The genetic audiogenic seizure hamster from the University...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7862126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.612624 |
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author | Cabral-Pereira, Giselda Sánchez-Benito, David Díaz-Rodríguez, Sandra M. Gonçalves, Jaime Sancho, Consuelo Castellano, Orlando Muñoz, Luis J. López, Dolores E. Gómez-Nieto, Ricardo |
author_facet | Cabral-Pereira, Giselda Sánchez-Benito, David Díaz-Rodríguez, Sandra M. Gonçalves, Jaime Sancho, Consuelo Castellano, Orlando Muñoz, Luis J. López, Dolores E. Gómez-Nieto, Ricardo |
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description | Despite evidence that supports cannabidiol (CBD) as an anticonvulsant agent, there remains controversy over the antiseizure efficacy, possible adverse effects, and synergistic interactions with classic antiepileptics such as valproate (VPA). The genetic audiogenic seizure hamster from the University of Salamanca (GASH/Sal) is a reliable experimental model of generalized tonic–clonic seizures in response to intense sound stimulation. The present study examines the behavioral and molecular effects of acute and chronic intraperitoneal administrations of VPA (300 mg/kg) and CBD (100 mg/kg) on the GASH/Sal audiogenic seizures, as well as the coadministration of both drugs. The GASH/Sal animals were examined prior to and after the corresponding treatment at 45 min, 7 days, and 14 days for seizure severity and neuroethology, open-field behaviors, body weight variations, and various hematological and biochemical parameters. Furthermore, the brain tissue containing the inferior colliculus (so-called epileptogenic nucleus) was processed for reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis to determine the treatment effects on the gene expression of neuronal receptors associated with drug actions and ictogenesis. Our results indicated that single dose of VPA helps prevent the animals from getting convulsions, showing complete elimination of seizures, whereas 7 days of chronic VPA treatment had few effects in seizure behaviors. Acute CBD administration showed subtle attenuation of seizure behaviors, increasing seizure latency and decreasing the duration of the convulsion phase, but without entirely seizure abolition. Chronic CBD treatments had no significant effects on sound-induced seizures, although some animals slightly improved seizure severity. Acute and chronic CBD treatments have no significant adverse effects on body weight, hematological parameters, and liver function, although locomotor activity was reduced. The combination of VPA and CBD did not alter the therapeutic outcome of the VPA monotherapy, showing no apparent synergistic effects. As compared to sham animals, chronic treatments with CBD caused abnormal mRNA expression levels for Trpv1, Adora1, Slc29a1, and Cnr1 genes, whereas no differences in gene expression were found for Htr1a and Sigmar1. Our study shed light on the behavioral and molecular effects of CBD and VPA on the GASH/Sal model and constituted the basis to develop further studies on the pharmacological effects of CBD and its interactions with other anticonvulsants. |
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spelling | pubmed-78621262021-02-06 Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures Cabral-Pereira, Giselda Sánchez-Benito, David Díaz-Rodríguez, Sandra M. Gonçalves, Jaime Sancho, Consuelo Castellano, Orlando Muñoz, Luis J. López, Dolores E. Gómez-Nieto, Ricardo Front Behav Neurosci Behavioral Neuroscience Despite evidence that supports cannabidiol (CBD) as an anticonvulsant agent, there remains controversy over the antiseizure efficacy, possible adverse effects, and synergistic interactions with classic antiepileptics such as valproate (VPA). The genetic audiogenic seizure hamster from the University of Salamanca (GASH/Sal) is a reliable experimental model of generalized tonic–clonic seizures in response to intense sound stimulation. The present study examines the behavioral and molecular effects of acute and chronic intraperitoneal administrations of VPA (300 mg/kg) and CBD (100 mg/kg) on the GASH/Sal audiogenic seizures, as well as the coadministration of both drugs. The GASH/Sal animals were examined prior to and after the corresponding treatment at 45 min, 7 days, and 14 days for seizure severity and neuroethology, open-field behaviors, body weight variations, and various hematological and biochemical parameters. Furthermore, the brain tissue containing the inferior colliculus (so-called epileptogenic nucleus) was processed for reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis to determine the treatment effects on the gene expression of neuronal receptors associated with drug actions and ictogenesis. Our results indicated that single dose of VPA helps prevent the animals from getting convulsions, showing complete elimination of seizures, whereas 7 days of chronic VPA treatment had few effects in seizure behaviors. Acute CBD administration showed subtle attenuation of seizure behaviors, increasing seizure latency and decreasing the duration of the convulsion phase, but without entirely seizure abolition. Chronic CBD treatments had no significant effects on sound-induced seizures, although some animals slightly improved seizure severity. Acute and chronic CBD treatments have no significant adverse effects on body weight, hematological parameters, and liver function, although locomotor activity was reduced. The combination of VPA and CBD did not alter the therapeutic outcome of the VPA monotherapy, showing no apparent synergistic effects. As compared to sham animals, chronic treatments with CBD caused abnormal mRNA expression levels for Trpv1, Adora1, Slc29a1, and Cnr1 genes, whereas no differences in gene expression were found for Htr1a and Sigmar1. Our study shed light on the behavioral and molecular effects of CBD and VPA on the GASH/Sal model and constituted the basis to develop further studies on the pharmacological effects of CBD and its interactions with other anticonvulsants. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7862126/ /pubmed/33551767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.612624 Text en Copyright © 2021 Cabral-Pereira, Sánchez-Benito, Díaz-Rodríguez, Gonçalves, Sancho, Castellano, Muñoz, López and Gómez-Nieto. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Behavioral Neuroscience Cabral-Pereira, Giselda Sánchez-Benito, David Díaz-Rodríguez, Sandra M. Gonçalves, Jaime Sancho, Consuelo Castellano, Orlando Muñoz, Luis J. López, Dolores E. Gómez-Nieto, Ricardo Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title | Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title_full | Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title_fullStr | Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title_full_unstemmed | Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title_short | Behavioral and Molecular Effects Induced by Cannabidiol and Valproate Administration in the GASH/Sal Model of Acute Audiogenic Seizures |
title_sort | behavioral and molecular effects induced by cannabidiol and valproate administration in the gash/sal model of acute audiogenic seizures |
topic | Behavioral Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7862126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.612624 |
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