Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase in persistent pain
| Autor: | W. Gumulka, A. Dorociak, K. Misterek, M. Budzinski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Lysine Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II Pain Pharmacology Inhibitory postsynaptic potential Arginine Carrageenan General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Nitric oxide chemistry.chemical_compound medicine Animals General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Enzyme Inhibitors Rats Wistar biology Long-term potentiation General Medicine Rats Nitric oxide synthase Methylene Blue chemistry Biochemistry Hyperalgesia Chronic Disease biology.protein medicine.symptom Nitric Oxide Synthase Methylene blue |
| Zdroj: | Life sciences. 66(4) |
| ISSN: | 0024-3205 |
| Popis: | The present study was undertaken to investigate the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in a rat model of persistent pain. The effects of L-N6 (1-iminoethyl) lysine (L-NIL), a relatively potent and relatively selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, were investigated in carrageenan induced hyperalgesia. L-NIL (0.1μMole) injected intraplantar or intrathecal markedly enhanced carrageenan induced hyperalgesia. These effects were reversed during the third hour by co-administration of L-arginine (900 mg kg i.p.) but not D-arginine. Methylene blue (MB), a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor, administered intrathecally (0.1μg) had no effect on L-NIL potentiation of carrageenan hyperalgesia but abolished antinociception induced by L-arginine. Obtained results suggest that nitric oxide derived from inducible nitric oxide synthase play an inhibitory role in carrageenan produced hyperalgesia in rat. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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