Stiripentol

Stiripentol

CAT N°: 17781
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Stiripentol is a third-generation antiepileptic compound.{28852} It is a positive allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors, potentiating GABA-mediated activation to a greater extent in receptors expressing ?3 subunits and to a lower extent in those containing ?1 or ? subunits.{48495} It also inhibits GABA reuptake in vitro and increases the release of GABA in neonatal rat hippocampal slices.{28852,48496} Stiripentol (500 µM) inhibits lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), blocking both lactate-to-pyruvate and pyruvate-to-lactate conversions by human LDH1 and LDH5.{28811} Formulations containing stiripentol have been used in the adjunctive treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome.

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