<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Glutamate (Glu) is a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in epilepsy. Glu is synthesized by glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, E.C. 1.4.1.3) and dysfunction of the enzymatic activity of GDH is associated with brain pathologies. The main goal of this work is to establish the role of GDH in the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) such as valproate (VALP), diazepam (DIAZ) and diphenylhydantoin (DPH) and its repercussions on oxygen consumption. Oxidative deamination of Glu and reductive amination of aketoglutarate (αK) in mice brain were investigated. Our results show that AEDs decrease GDH activity and oxygen consumption in vitro. In ex vivo experiments, AEDs increased GDH activity but decreased oxygen consumption during Glu oxidative deamination. VALP and DPH reversed the increase in reductive amination of αK caused by the chemoconvulsant pentylenetetrazol. These results suggest that AEDs act by modulating brain GDH activity, which in turn decreased oxygen consumption. GDH represents an important regulation point of neuronal excitability, and modulation of its activity represents a potential target for metabolic treatment of epilepsy and for the development of new AEDs.</p></abstract>

Glutamate (Glu) is a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in epilepsy. Glu is synthesized by glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, E.C. 1.4.1.3) and dysfunction of the enzymatic activity of GDH is associated with brain pathologies. The main goal of this work is to establish the role of GDH in the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) such as valproate (VALP), diazepam (DIAZ) and diphenylhydantoin (DPH) and its repercussions on oxygen consumption. Oxidative deamination of Glu and reductive amination of aketoglutarate (αK) in mice brain were investigated. Our results show that AEDs decrease GDH activity and oxygen consumption in vitro. In ex vivo experiments, AEDs increased GDH activity but decreased oxygen consumption during Glu oxidative deamination. VALP and DPH reversed the increase in reductive amination of αK caused by the chemoconvulsant pentylenetetrazol. These results suggest that AEDs act by modulating brain GDH activity, which in turn decreased oxygen consumption. GDH represents an important regulation point of neuronal excitability, and modulation of its activity represents a potential target for metabolic treatment of epilepsy and for the development of new AEDs.

Modulation of brain glutamate dehydrogenase as a tool for controlling seizures

Laboratorio de Neuroquímica Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Colonia Casco de Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340, México, D.F. México

Laboratorio de Investigación Integral Cardiometabólica, Sección de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Colonia Casco de Santo Tomás C.P. 11340, México D.F., México

Acta Pharmaceutica

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Glutamate (Glu) is a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in epilepsy. Glu is synthesized by glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, E.C. 1.4.1.3) and dysfunction...

Modulation of brain glutamate dehydrogenase as a tool for controlling seizures

Publicado en línea: 17 dic 2015

Páginas: 443 - 452

Aceptado: 14 jul 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acph-2015-0033

Palabras clave
GDH, antiepileptics, oxygen consumption, GABA, glutamate

© by Lourdes A. Vega Rasgado

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Modulation of brain glutamate dehydrogenase as a tool for controlling seizures

Publicado en línea: 17 dic 2015

Páginas: 443 - 452

Aceptado: 14 jul 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acph-2015-0033

Palabras claveGDH, antiepileptics, oxygen consumption, GABA, glutamate

© by Lourdes A. Vega Rasgado

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
GDH, antiepileptics, oxygen consumption, GABA, glutamate