HU-210 shows higher efficacy and potency than morphine after intrathecal administration in the mouse formalin test

Guhring H., Schuster J., Hamza M., ATEŞ M., Kotalla C., Brune K.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, cilt.429, sa.1-3, ss.127-134, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 429 Sayı: 1-3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01313-9
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.127-134
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cannabinoid HU-210 synthetic, morphine, formalin test, microdialysis spinal, tail flick, RotaRod, prostaglandin, (mouse), CANNABINOID-INDUCED ANTINOCICEPTION, PROSTAGLANDIN E-2 RELEASE, RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE, RAT SPINAL-CORD, CB1, ANANDAMIDE, PHARMACOLOGY, RESPONSES, ANIMALS, SITES
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The discovery of endocannabinoids opens up new perspectives in experimental pain research. Here we present data for the excellent antinociceptive properties of the synthetic caanabinoid, R(-)-7-hydroxy-delta-6-tetra-hydrocannabinol-dimethylheptyl(HU-210), after intrathecal and oral administration in mice. It is known that cannabinoids depress motor activity. Therefore, these compounds are suspected of influencing antinociceptive tests. Our behavioural tests (RotaRod, tail flick) clearly show that HU-210 affects nociceptive behaviour even at dosages which do not yet influence motor activity. Moreover, spinal microdialysis (5 mul/min) in the dorsal horn of freely moving mice showed an enhancement of prostaglandin production during the formalin test. HU-210 applied via artificial cerebral spinal fluid during microdialysis perfusion increases prostaglandin concentrations under both baseline and formalin test conditions. Indomethacin reduces the HU-210 effect on pronociceptive prostaglandin production but does not reinforce the antinociceptive properties of HU-210. Thus, HU-210 shows antinociceptive properties that are independent of its influence on the prostaglandin pathway. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.