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ArticleCephalalgia : an international journal of headache2016

sec-Butylpropylacetamide (SPD) has antimigraine properties.

Dan Kaufmann, Emily A Bates, Boris Yagen, Meir Bialer, Gerald H Saunders, Karen Wilcox, H Steve White, K C Brennan

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Article in Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanosensitive receptors in migraine: a systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2024
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  3. Heterogeneous incidence and propagation of spreading depolarizations.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dan KaufmannAnticonvulsant Drug Development Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, USA Department of Neurology, University of Utah, USA.
Emily A BatesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, USA.
Boris YagenInstitute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel David R. Bloom Center for Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Meir BialerInstitute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel David R. Bloom Center for Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Gerald H SaundersAnticonvulsant Drug Development Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, USA.
Karen WilcoxAnticonvulsant Drug Development Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, USA.
H Steve WhiteAnticonvulsant Drug Development Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, USA.
K C BrennanDepartment of Neurology, University of Utah, USA K.C.Brennan@hsc.utah.edu.
University of Utah · USHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Sensory plasticity in migraineR01NS085413 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI BRENNAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Sex differences in the basic pathophysiology of migraineK08NS059072 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI BRENNAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER · 2007 to 2011
$859k
Tools for migraine drug developmentR21NS083010 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI BRENNAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER · 2013 to 2014
$408k
NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS059072NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS085413NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS083010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThough migraine is disabling and affects 12%-15% of the population, there are few drugs that have been developed specifically for migraine prevention. Valproic acid (VPA) is a broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug (AED) that is also used for migraine prophylaxis, but its clinical use is limited by its side effect profile. sec-Butylpropylacetamide (SPD) is a novel VPA derivative, designed to be more potent and tolerable than VPA, that has shown efficacy in animal seizure and pain models.

methodsWe evaluated SPD's antimigraine potential in the cortical spreading depression (CSD) and nitroglycerin (NTG) models of migraine. To evaluate SPD's mechanism of action, we performed whole-cell recordings on cultured cortical neurons and neuroblastoma cells.

resultsIn the CSD model, the SPD-treated group showed a significantly lower median number of CSDs compared to controls. In the NTG-induced mechanical allodynia model, SPD dose-dependently reduced mechanical sensitivity compared to controls. SPD showed both a significant potentiation of GABA-mediated currents and a smaller but significant decrease in NMDA currents in cultured cortical neurons. Kainic acid-evoked currents and voltage-dependent sodium channel currents were not changed by SPD.

conclusionsThese results demonstrate SPD's potential as a promising novel antimigraine compound, and suggest a GABAergic mechanism of action.

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AmidesAnimalsAnticonvulsantsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCerebral CortexCortical Spreading DepressionMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMigraine DisordersValproic AcidAmidesAnticonvulsantssec-butyl-propylacetamideValproic Acidcortical spreading depressionmechanical allodyniamigrainenitroglycerine testsec-butylpropylacetamide (SPD)

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PMID26568161
PMCPMC4887413
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