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Jahi H, Eslami M, Sayyah* M, Karimzadeh F, Alesheikh M. Curcumin Lowers the Accelerated Speed of Epileptogenesis by Traumatic Brain Injury. IBJ 2024; 28 (2 and 3) :113-119
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Abstract:
Background: Traumatic brain injury or TBI can underlie epilepsy. Prevention of PTE has been of great interest to scientists. Given the antiepileptic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of curcumin, we examined whether this compound can affect epileptogenesis in rats after TBI.
Methods: Curcumin was injected once a day for two weeks. TBI was induced in the temporal cortex of anesthetized rats using a controlled cortical impact device. One day after TBI, pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), 35 mg/kg, was injected i.p. every other day until manifestation of generalized seizures. The number of PTZ injections was then recorded. Moreover, the extent of cortical and hippocampal IL-1β and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in the epileptic rats were measured by Western blot analysis.
Results: Curcumin 50 and 150 mg/kg prevented the development of kindling, whereas TBI accelerated the rate of kindling. Curcumin 20 mg/kg prohibited kindling facilitation by TBI, and reduced the expression of IL-1β and GFAP induced by TBI.
Conclusion: Curcumin can stop the acceleration of epileptogenesis after TBI in rats. Inhibiting hippocampal and cortical overexpression of IL-1β and GFAP seems to be involved in this activity.
Methods: Curcumin was injected once a day for two weeks. TBI was induced in the temporal cortex of anesthetized rats using a controlled cortical impact device. One day after TBI, pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), 35 mg/kg, was injected i.p. every other day until manifestation of generalized seizures. The number of PTZ injections was then recorded. Moreover, the extent of cortical and hippocampal IL-1β and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in the epileptic rats were measured by Western blot analysis.
Results: Curcumin 50 and 150 mg/kg prevented the development of kindling, whereas TBI accelerated the rate of kindling. Curcumin 20 mg/kg prohibited kindling facilitation by TBI, and reduced the expression of IL-1β and GFAP induced by TBI.
Conclusion: Curcumin can stop the acceleration of epileptogenesis after TBI in rats. Inhibiting hippocampal and cortical overexpression of IL-1β and GFAP seems to be involved in this activity.
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