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Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Prevents Apoptotic Cell Death in the Developing Rat Brain After Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Status Epilepticus

Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Prevents Apoptotic Cell Death in the Developing Rat Brain After Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Status Epilepticus

Uluç Yiş, Yasemin Topçu, Seda Özbal, Kazım Tuğyan, Erhan Bayram, Pakize Karakaya, Osman Yilmaz, Semra Hız Kurul

Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Nov;29(2):275-80.

PMID: 24012504

Abstract:

Population-based studies suggest that seizure incidence is highest during the first year of life, and early-life seizures frequently result in the development of epilepsy and behavioral alterations later in life. The early-life insults like status epilepticus often lead to epileptogenesis, a process in which initial brain injury triggers cascades of molecular, cellular, and network changes and eventually spontaneous seizures. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester is an active component of propolis obtained from honeybees and has neuroprotective properties. The aim of this study was to investigate whether caffeic acid phenethyl ester exerts neuroprotective effects on the developing rat brain after status epilepticus. Twenty-one dams reared Wistar male rats, and 21-day-old rats were divided into three groups: control group, pentylenetetrazole-induced status epilepticus group, and caffeic acid phenethyl ester-treated group. Status epilepticus was induced on the first day of experiment. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester injections (30 mg/kg intraperitoneally) started 40 min after the tonic phase of status epilepticus was reached, and the injections of caffeic acid phenethyl ester were repeated over 5 days. Rats were sacrificed, and brain tissues were collected on the 5th day of experiment after the last injection of caffeic acid phenethyl ester. Apoptotic cell death was evaluated. Histopathological examination showed that caffeic acid phenethyl ester significantly preserved the number of neurons in the CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus regions of the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex. It also diminished apoptosis in the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex. In conclusion, this experimental study suggests that caffeic acid phenethyl ester administration may be neuroprotective in status epilepticus in the developing rat brain.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP104594709	Caffeic acid phenethyl ester		104594-70-9	Price

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