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ArticlePharmacological reports : PR2020

Sub-additive (antagonistic) interaction of lacosamide with lamotrigine and valproate in the maximal electroshock-induced seizure model in mice: an isobolographic analysis.

Jarogniew J Łuszczki, Maria Kondrat-Wróbel, Mirosław Zagaja, Sławomir Karwan, Hubert Bojar, Zbigniew Plewa, Magdalena Florek-Łuszczki

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jarogniew J ŁuszczkiDepartment of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Jaczewskiego 8b, 20-090, Lublin, Poland. jluszczki@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-0393
Maria Kondrat-WróbelDepartment of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Jaczewskiego 8b, 20-090, Lublin, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-8807
Mirosław ZagajaIsobolographic Analysis Laboratory, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-0490
Sławomir KarwanRegional Specialized Children's Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland.
Hubert BojarDepartment of Toxicology and Food Safety, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4887-7541
Zbigniew PlewaDepartment of General, Oncological and Minimally Invasive Surgery, 1st Military Clinical Hospital, Lublin, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-5085
Magdalena Florek-ŁuszczkiDepartment of Medical Anthropology, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-2399
Instytut Medycyny Wsi im. Witolda Chodźki · PLMedical University of Lublin · PL1 Military Clinical Hospital with Outpatient Clinic · PLUniversity of Computer Sciences and Economics in Olsztyn · PL

Funding

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie DS 474/2015-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLaunching polytherapy with two or three antiseizure drugs (ASDs) in patients with epilepsy is still problematic. The choice of ASDs to combine them together is usually based on clinicians' experience and it requires knowledge about mechanisms of action of the studied ASDs and their drug-drug interactions, whose nature may be favorable, neutral or unfavorable. To characterize three-drug interaction among lacosamide (LCM), lamotrigine (LTG) and valproate (VPA), the type I isobolographic analysis was used. The antiseizure effects of three-drug combination were analyzed in a model of maximal electroshock-induced seizures (MES) in albino Swiss mice. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe seizure activity in mice was evoked by alternating current stimulation (25 mA, 500 V, 50 Hz, 0.2 s). Both, the type I isobolographic analysis and the test of parallelism of dose-response effects of the ASDs were used so as to properly classify interaction among three ASDs, administered in a fixed ratio combination of 1:1:1.

resultsThe three-drug mixture of LCM, LTG and VPA at the fixed ratio of 1:1:1 protected the experimental mice from MES-induced seizures; however, the reported interaction was sub-additive (antagonistic; p < 0.01) with isobolography.

conclusionThe antagonistic pharmacodynamic interaction among LCM, LTG and VPA in the MES test in mice cannot be transferred to clinical settings and this unfavorable combination should not be recommended for patients with epilepsy.

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AnimalsAnticonvulsantsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsDrug SynergismDrug Therapy, CombinationElectroshockEpilepsyLacosamideLamotrigineMaleMiceSeizuresValproic AcidAnticonvulsantsLacosamideLamotrigineValproic AcidAntiepileptic drugDrug antagonismDrug interactionsIsobolographic analysisMaximal electroshock

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