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  • Title: Anticonvulsant screening of luteolin in four mouse seizure models.
    Author: Shaikh MF, Tan KN, Borges K.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 2013 Aug 29; 550():195-9. PubMed ID: 23851253.
    Abstract:
    Luteolin, a common plant polyphenolic flavonoid, has antioxidant, neuroprotective, anxiolytic and anti-inflammatory properties, which led us to hypothesize that luteolin is anticonvulsant. Here, we evaluated the effects of acute and chronic luteolin injection (i.p.) in four mouse seizure models, the 6 Hz model, maximal electroshock test (MEST), pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) and second hit PTZ test in the chronic stage of the pilocarpine model. Using real-time PCR mRNA levels of toll like receptor 4 (Tlr4), were quantified in the pilocarpine model, because luteolin has been shown to block the downstream signaling of TLR4. Luteolin did not exhibit any consistent anti- or pro-convulsant actions after single dosing in the 6 Hz (0.3-10 mg/kg), MEST (0.3-20 mg/kg) and PTZ (3 mg/kg) tests, nor after repeated daily dosing (10 mg/kg) in the 6 Hz model. Tlr4 mRNA levels were upregulated 3 days after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE), but unaltered at three weeks in the chronic stage of the model. At that time, there was no effect of repeated luteolin injections (10 mg/kg, i.p.) in the second hit PTZ test, indicating that TLR-4 signaling may be not one of the main players determining the seizure threshold in this seizure model. In summary, we found no indications that luteolin is pro- or anti-convulsant in one chronic and three acute mouse seizure models.
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