Levetiracetam (UCB-L059)

Catalog No.S1356 Batch:S135602

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Technical Data

Formula

C8H14N2O2

Molecular Weight 170.21 CAS No. 102767-28-2
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 34 mg/mL (199.75 mM)
Water 34 mg/mL (199.75 mM)
Ethanol 34 mg/mL (199.75 mM)
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Levetiracetam (UCB-L059, SIB-S1) is an anticonvulsant medication used to treat epilepsy. Levetiracetam (UCB-L059, SIB-S1) is an agonist of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR). Levetiracetam modulates the presynaptic P/Q-type voltage-dependent calcium (Ca2+) channel.
Targets
Calcium channel [1]
In vitro Levetiracetam and related compounds bind to SV2A expressed in fibroblasts, indicating that SV2A is sufficient for Levetiracetam binding. [1] Levetiracetam irreversibly inhibits the high-voltage-activated (HVA) calcium current by approximately 18% on the average in freshly isolated CA1 hippocampal neurons of rats. Levetiracetam selectively inhibits N-type Ca2+ channels of CA1 pyramidal hippocampal neurons. [2] Levetiracetam reverses the inhibitory effect of DMCM on GABA-elicited currents in hippocampal neurons. [3]
In vivo Levetiracetam (17 mg/kg) produces a potent suppression of sound-induced clonic convulsions in mice, and this protective effect is significantly abolished by co-administration of the beta-carboline FG 7142. [3] Levetiracetam exerts potent anticonvulsant activity against both focal and secondarily generalized seizures in fully amygdala-kindled rats, i.e. , a model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Levetiracetam (13 mg/kg, 27 mg/kg or 54 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently suppresses the increase in seizure severity and duration induced by repeated amygdala stimulation. Levetiracetam has a relatively short half-life (about 2-3 hours) in rats. [4] Levetiracetam (5.4 mg/kg to 96 mg/kg i.p.) dose-dependently inhibits both wild running and tonic-clonic convulsions in the audiogenic-seizure prone rat. Levetiracetam markedly suppresses spontaneous spike-and-wave discharge (SWD) but leaves the underlying EEG trace normal in the GAERS model of petit mal epilepsy. [5]

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Selleck's Levetiracetam (UCB-L059) has been cited by 6 publications

Levetiracetam Modulates Brain Metabolic Networks and Transcriptomic Signatures in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's disease [ bioRxiv, 2023, 2023.11.10.566574] PubMed: 38014102
Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and transcriptomic analysis of chronic levetiracetam treatment in 5XFAD mice: A MODEL-AD preclinical testing core study [ Alzheimers Dement (N Y), 2022, 8(1):e12329] PubMed: 36016830
A Low Dose of Aripiprazole Has the Strongest Sensitization Effect Among 19 Repositioned Bipolar Drugs in P-gp-overexpressing Drug-resistant Cancer Cells [ Anticancer Res, 2021, 41(2):687-697] PubMed: 33517273
AMPA receptor antagonist perampanel affects glioblastoma cell growth and glutamate release in vitro. [ PLoS One, 2019, 14(2):e0211644] PubMed: 30716120
Levetiracetam mitigates doxorubicin-induced DNA and synaptic damage in neurons [Manchon JF, et al. Sci Rep, 2016, 6:25705] PubMed: 27168474
Levetiracetam mitigates doxorubicin-induced DNA and synaptic damage in neurons [Manchon JF Sci Rep, 2016, 6:25705] PubMed: 27168474

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