The invention provides application of an SPAK inhibitor ZT-1a in preparation of a
medicine for treating
epilepsy, the
structural formula of the SPAK inhibitor ZT-1a is shown in the specification, the activity of a # imgabs0 # WNK-SPAK-KCC2 / NKCC1
signal channel is increased in the first week after embryos and newborns are born, the activity of the # imgabs0 # WNK-SPAK-KCC2 / NKCC1
signal channel is remarkably reduced from brain maturation to adult, but the channel is reactivated in the
epilepsy pathology state. The
phosphorylation level of the Thr1007 residue of KCC2 is increased, and the function of KCC2 is reduced, so that the
epilepsy symptom is aggravated. According to the invention, the novel SPAK inhibitor ZT-1a activates a
transfer function of multiple regulation and control of KCC2 and NKCC1 by inhibiting the pathway, and effectively inhibits epilepsy behaviors induced by an epileptic agent and occurrence of epilepsy-like
discharge of cultured neurons. The invention provides a brand new treatment means for treating epilepsy based on a
neuron cation-
chloride ion transporter regulation mechanism, and changes the current anti-epilepsy
drug target screening which focuses on a
sodium ion channel and a GABA inhibition function, so that the application has great
drug research and development value.