Influence of adjuvant levetiracetam therapy on serum nerve cytokines and apoptosis molecules in patients with refractory partial epileptic seizure

摘要

Objective:To study the influence of adjuvant levetiracetam therapy on serum nerve cytokines and apoptosis molecules in patients with refractory partial epileptic seizure.Methods: A total of 92 patients with refractory partial epileptic seizure treated in our hospital between July 2012 and January 2016 were divided into control group (n=46) and observation group (n=46) according to random number table. Patients in the control group were treated with routine treatment, those in observation group were treated with routine treatment plus adjuvant levetiracetam therapy, and the treatment lasted for 20 weeks. Serum contents of nerve cytokines and apoptosis molecules were compared between two groups before and after treatment.Results:Before treatment, differences in serum levels of nerve injury indexes, nerve protection indexes, monoamine neurotransmitters and apoptosis molecules were not statistically significant between two groups of patients. After treatment, serum contents of nerve injury indexes S-100β, GFAP, NSE and MBP in both groups were significantly lower than those before treatment, contents of nerve protection indexes BDNF and IGF-1 were significantly higher than those before treatment, contents of monoamine neurotransmitters DA, 5-HT and NE were significantly higher than those before treatment, contents of apoptosis molecules Bcl-2, Fas and FasL were significantly lower than those before treatment, and the changes in contents of above indexes in observation group were larger than those in control group.Conclusion:The adjunctive therapy of levetiracetam can reduce the nerve injury in patients with refractory partial epileptic seizure and exert active cerebral protective effect.