Author:
Girard Benoit,Tuduri Pola,Moreno Maria Paula,Sakkaki Sophie,Barboux Cedric,Bouschet Tristan,Varrault Annie,Vitre Jihane,McCort Isabelle,Dairou Julien,Acher Francine,Fagni Laurent,Marchi Nicola,Perroy Julie,Bertaso Federica
Abstract
ABSTRACTFinding new targets to control or reduce seizure activity is essential to improve the management of epileptic patients. We hypothesized that activation of the pre-synaptic and inhibitory metabotropic glutamate receptor type 7 (mGlu7) reduces spontaneous seizures.We tested LSP2-9166, a recently developed mGlu7/4 agonist with unprecedented potency on mGlu7 receptors, in two paradigms of epileptogenesis. In a model of chemically induced epileptogenesis (pentylenetetrazol systemic injection), LSP2-9166 induces an anti-epileptogenic effect rarely observed in preclinical studies. In particular, we found a bidirectional modulation of seizure progression by mGlu4 and mGlu7 receptors, the latter preventing kindling. In the intra-hippocampal injection of kainic acid mouse model that mimics the human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, we found LSP2-9166 reduced seizure frequency and hippocampal sclerosis. LSP2-9166 also acts as an anti-epileptic drug on established seizures in both models tested.Specific modulation of the mGlu7 receptor could represent a novel approach to reduce pathological network remodeling.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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