A stable prostacyclin analog enhances ectopic activity in rat sensory neurons following neuropathic injury
| Autor: | Imelda Omana-Zapata, Keith R. Bley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Thromboxane Receptors Prostaglandin Action Potentials Prostacyclin Pharmacology Rats Sprague-Dawley chemistry.chemical_compound Heart Rate Ganglia Spinal Animals Medicine Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors Drug Interactions Neurons Afferent Peripheral Nerves Molecular Biology Inflammation Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors business.industry General Neuroscience Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Prostanoid Nerve injury Sensory neuron Rats Isoenzymes medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Cyclooxygenase 2 Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases Anesthesia Neuropathic pain Prostaglandins Celecoxib Neuralgia lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Neurology (clinical) Sciatic nerve medicine.symptom business Developmental Biology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Brain Research. 904:85-92 |
| ISSN: | 0006-8993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02486-6 |
| Popis: | Prostanoids sensitize sensory afferents during inflammation. However, their role in neuropathic pain is still unclear. We analyzed the actions of prostanoids, non-selective (indomethacin) or selective (celecoxib and NS-398) cyclooxygenase-2 (COX or COX-2) inhibitors, on the ectopic activity of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and dorsal horn (DH) neurons in a model of neuropathic injury. Extracellular recordings of DRG and DH neurons and cardiovascular measurements were performed on anesthetized, paralyzed and artificially ventilated adult male Sprague-Dawley rats whose sciatic nerve had been transected. PGD(2), PGE(2), PGF(2alpha), carbaprostacyclin (cPGI(2); a stable prostacyclin analog), and carbocyclic thromboxane (cTXA(2)) were administered at cumulative doses (0.0001-5 mg/kg, i.p.) at 5 or 10 min intervals. Only cPGI(2) significantly increased the DRG and DH activity in a dose-dependent manner, with ED(50) values of 0.05 (0.01-0.96) and 0.69 (0.11-1.04) mg/kg, respectively. The other prostanoids did not significantly increase activity, although they reduced heart rate for up to 5 min following administration. Time course experiments with single doses of cPGI(2) (1 mg/kg, i.v.) increased DH discharge rate 3-17 min after injection. Indomethacin (3 mg/kg, s.c.), but not celecoxib or NS-398 (both at 6 mg/kg, s.c.), reduced both DRG and DH activity. Our results indicate that cPGI(2) excites DRG and DH neurons of neuropathic rats, and may suggest a role for IP prostanoid receptors in pain episodes associated with nerve injury. The inhibitory effect of indomethacin, but not celecoxib or NS-398, on ectopic activity may suggest that a tonic generation of PGI(2) by COX-1 could contribute to neuropathic pain. |
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