The anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammatory profiles of p-cymene: Evidence for the involvement of opioid system and cytokines.

Autor: de Santana MF; Department of Physiology and., Guimarães AG, Chaves DO, Silva JC, Bonjardim LR, de Lucca Júnior W, Ferro JN, Barreto Ede O, dos Santos FE, Soares MB, Villarreal CF, Quintans Jde S, Quintans-Júnior LJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pharmaceutical biology [Pharm Biol] 2015; Vol. 53 (11), pp. 1583-90. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.993040
Abstrakt: Context: Pain corresponds to the most frequent reason for visits to physicians, and its control by conventional drugs is accompanied by several side effects, making treatment difficult. For this reason, new chemical entities derived from natural products still hold great promise for the future of drug discovery to pain treatment.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory profiles of p-cymene (PC), a monocyclic monoterpene, and its possible mechanisms of action.
Materials and Methods: Mice treated acutely with PC (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg, i.p.) were screened for carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia and the inflammatory components of its cascade (30-180 min), carrageenan-induced pleurisy (4 h), and tail-flick test (1-8 h). Also, we observed the PC effect on the generation of nitric oxide by macrophages and the activation of neurons in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) by immunofluorescence.
Results: PC reduced (p < 0.001) the hyperalgesia induced by carrageenan, TNF-α, dopamine, and PGE2. PC decrease total leukocyte migration (100 mg/kg: p < 0.01), neutrophils (50 and 100 mg/kg: p < 0.05 and 0.001), and TNF-α (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg: p < 0.01, 0.05, and 0.001, respectively), besides reducing NO production (p < 0.05) in vitro. PC produced antinociceptive effect in tail-flick test (p < 0.05), which was antagonized by naloxone, naltrindole, nor-BNI, and CTOP, and increased (p < 0.001) the number of c-Fos-immunoreactive neurons in PAG.
Discussion and Conclusion: These results provide information about the anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of PC suggesting a possible involvement of the opioid system and modulating some pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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