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ArticlePharmacological reports : PR2021

Sotalol does not interfere with the antielectroshock action of selected second-generation antiepileptic drugs in mice.

Kinga K Borowicz-Reutt, Monika Banach, Monika Rudkowska, Anna Stachniuk

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Article in Pharmacological reports : PR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Kinga K Borowicz-ReuttIndependent Unit of Experimental Neuropathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8b, PL-20-954, Lublin, Poland. kingaborowicz@umlub.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1574-1974
Monika BanachIndependent Unit of Experimental Neuropathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8b, PL-20-954, Lublin, Poland.
Monika RudkowskaIndependent Unit of Experimental Neuropathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8b, PL-20-954, Lublin, Poland.
Anna StachniukDepartment of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8b, PL-20-954, Lublin, Poland.
Medical University of Lublin · PL

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Narodowe Centrum Nauki UMO-2015/17/B/NZ4/01763Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie DS 473
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Abstract

backgroundDue to blocking β-receptors, and potassium KCNH2 channels, sotalol may influence seizure phenomena. In the previous study, we have shown that sotalol potentiated the antielectroshock action of phenytoin and valproate in mice. MATERIALS AND

methodsAs a continuation of previous experiments, we examined the effect of sotalol on the action of four chosen second-generation antiepileptic drugs (oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, pregabalin, and topiramate) against the maximal electroshock in mice. Undesired effects were evaluated in the chimney test (motor impairment) and step-through passive-avoidance task (long-term memory deficits). Finally, brain concentrations of antiepileptics were determined by fluorescence polarization immunoassay, while those of sotalol by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

resultsSotalol at doses of up to 100 mg/kg did not affect the electroconvulsive threshold. Applied at doses of 80-100 mg/kg, sotalol did not affect the antielectroshock action of oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, pregabalin, or topiramate. Sotalol alone and in combinations with antiepileptics impaired neither motor performance nor long-term memory. Finally, sotalol significantly decreased the brain concentrations of lamotrigine and increased those of oxcarbazepine and topiramate. Pharmacokinetic interactions, however, did not influence the final antielectroshock effects of above-mentioned drug combinations. On the other hand, the brain concentrations of sotalol were not changed by second-generation antiepileptics used in this study.

conclusionSotalol did not reduce the antielectroshock action of four second-generation antiepileptic drugs examined in this study. Therefore, this antidepressant drug should not interfere with antiseizure effects of lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, pregabalin, and topiramate in patients with epilepsy. To draw final conclusions, our preclinical data should still be confirmed in other experimental models and clinical conditions.

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Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsAnimalsAnticonvulsantsAvoidance LearningBrainDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsFemaleMemory, Long-TermMiceSeizuresSotalolTissue DistributionAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAnticonvulsantsSotalolElectroshock maximalPharmacodynamic interactionsPharmacokinetic interactionsSecond-generation antiepileptic drugsSotalol

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