Antinociceptive effects of JWH015 in female and male rats.
Antinociceptive effects of JWH015 in female and male rats.
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DOI:
10.1097/fbp.0000000000000337
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发表时间:
2018-04
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Wakley AA
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作者:
Craft RM;Greene NZ;Wakley AA
Despite greater chronic pain prevalence in females compared to males, and the analgesic potential of cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) agonists, CB2 agonists have rarely been tested in females. The aim of the present study was to compare the antinociceptive effects of a CB2-preferring agonist, (2-Methyl-1-propyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1-naphthalenylmethanone (JWH015), in female and male rats, against acute pain and persistent inflammatory pain. JWH015 (5-20 mg/kg i.p.) produced dose- and time-dependent increases in latency to respond on the tail withdrawal and paw pressure tests that did not differ statistically between the sexes. JWH015 dose-dependently decreased locomotor activity in both sexes, but was more potent in females than males. JWH015 produced little catalepsy in either sex. In females, the antinociceptive effects of JWH015 against acute pain were blocked by rimonabant and SR144528, whereas locomotor suppression was antagonized by rimonabant. When given 3 days after intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA), JWH015 produced a significantly greater anti-allodynic effect in females at the highest dose tested (10 mg/kg i.p.). Anti-allodynic effects of JWH015 were antagonized by rimonabant and SR144528 in both sexes. These studies indicate that systemically administered JWH015 produced antinociception that was both CB1 and CB2 receptor-mediated in both sexes. Unlike THC and other non-selective cannabinoid agonists, the CB2-preferring agonist JWH015 may produce more equivalent antinociception in females and males.