The Effects of ATP sensitive potassium channel (KATP) opener and blockers on Bcl-2, Bax, and Cyt-c gene expression levels in epileptic rats

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the gene expression levels of Bcl-2, Bax, and cytochrome c (Cyt-c), in the cortex region of pinacidil as a KATP channel opener and glibenclamide as a blocker on penicillin model epilepsy. Male Wistar-Albino rats were used. A total of 4 main groups were formed: Control, Epilepsy, Epilepsy-opener, and Epilepsy-blocker groups, then three-time points were formed subgroups (1st day, 4th, and 8th). 48 rats were used in total. The epileptic focus was created by intracortical administration of penicillin at a dose of 500 IU/2 μl. Cortex is removed from all animals and cyt c, Bcl-2, and Bax gene expression levels were determined by qPCR. The SPSS 21 program was used for statistics. Bcl-2 and Bax gene expression levels were increased in the cortex regions of rats with epilepsy (p

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