• 1. Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou 510370, China;
  • 2. Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou 510370, China;
  • 3. Department of Neurology, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China;
  • 4. Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China;
NING Yuping, Email: ningjeny@126.com; ZHOU Liemin, Email: lmzhou56@163.com
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Objectives  The purpose of this study is to verify the phenytoin-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) induced by Li-pilocarpine and screened by antiepilepsy drug (AEDs). Methods  The rats with MTLE were induced by Li-pilocarpine, which were screened by effect of phenytoin treatment monitored by vedio-EEG. The living microdialysis technology was used for verification of drug concentration in brain of drug-resistant and drug-responsive rat model, and the P-glycoprotein expression was detected by immunohistochemical method. Results  Sixteen rats with chronic MTLE were successfully induced in total 30 rats, among which, 6 drug-resistant rats with MTLE were screened. The brain/plasma ratio of area under the curve in drug-resistant rats was significantly lower than that of drug-responsive rats (0.15±0.03 vs. 0.28±0.05, P<0.05). In addition, the P-glycoprotein expression in brain of drug-responsive rats was obviously higher than that of drug-responsive rats (P<0.05). Conclusions  The low concentration of phenytoin in drug-resistant rat model with MTLE was verified that might be related to the over-expressed P-glycoprotein in brain.

Citation: FANG Ziyan, WU Fengchun, CHEN Shuda, QIN Jiaming, NING Yuping, ZHOU Liemin. Construction of rat model with phenytoin-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Epilepsy, 2019, 5(1): 21-25. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20190004 Copy

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