Biological Activity
Riluzole is an anticonvulsant drug and belongs to the family of use-dependent Na+ channel blocker which can also inhibit GABA uptake with an IC50 of 43 μM.
In Vitro
Riluzole is an anticonvulsant drug and belongs to the family of use-dependent Na+ channel blocker which can also inhibit GABA uptake with an IC50 of 43 μM. At 20 μM, Riluzole inhibits peak autaptic IPSCs only slightly but prolongs IPSCs reliably. It is also found that Riluzole causes a strong, concentration-dependent, readily reversible enhancement of responses to 2 μM GABA. At higher concentrations of Riluzole, especially 300 μM, GABA currents exhibit apparent desensitization during prolonged co-exposure to 2 μM GABA and Riluzole. The EC50 of Riluzole potentiation of GABA responses is about 60 μM[1].
In Vivo
In normal naïve rats, systemic injection of Riluzole (8 mg/kg, i.p.; n=6 rats) decreases the duration of ultrasonic but not audible vocalizations evoked by noxious stimulation of the knee joint compare to vehicle tested in the same rats (P<0.05). Systemic application of Riluzole (8 mg/kg, i.p.; n=19 rats) decreases the vocalizations of arthritic rats compare to predrug and vehicle significantly (P<0.05 to 0.001). Riluzole administered into the CeA significantly decreases the duration of audible and ultrasonic vocalizations evoked by noxious stimulation of the knee compare to predrug values (n=8 rats; P<0.05 to 0.01)[2].
References & source
Published experimental findings depend on the model and assay conditions. They do not guarantee equivalent performance in every application. For laboratory research use only.
