Combinations of intrathecal gamma-amino-butyrate receptor agonists and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonists in rats with neuropathic spinal cord injury pain.
Combinations of intrathecal gamma-amino-butyrate receptor agonists and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonists in rats with neuropathic spinal cord injury pain.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.03.015
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发表时间:
2012-05-15
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Sagen, Jacqueline
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作者:
Hama, Aldric;Sagen, Jacqueline
Underlying below-level cutaneous hypersensitivity observed following spinal cord injury (SCI) is a concurrent loss of inhibition with an increase in excitation in the spinal dorsal horn. Thus, a dual pharmacological approach, increasing spinal γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) inhibition and decreasing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated excitation, could be more beneficial than either approach alone. The current study evaluated the antinociceptive effects of lumbar intrathecal (i.t.) administration of GABA receptor agonists and NMDA receptor antagonists alone and in combination in rats with neuropathic SCI pain. Rats developed markedly decreased hind paw withdrawal thresholds following an acute thoracic spinal cord compression, indicative of below-level hypersensitivity. Separately, i.t. GABAA receptor agonist muscimol and GABAB receptor agonist baclofen demonstrated dose-dependent antinociception, whereas i.t. NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine and the endogenous peptide [Ser1]histogranin, a putative NMDA receptor antagonist, demonstrated no efficacy. The combination of baclofen and ketamine resulted in a supra-additive (synergistic) antinociception whereas the combinations with muscimol were merely additive. Intrathecal pretreatment with the GABAB receptor antagonist CGP 35348 prevented the antinociceptive effect of the baclofen and ketamine combination. The data indicate that blocking spinal NMDA receptors alone is not sufficient to ameliorate SCI hypersensitivity, whereas a combined approach, simultaneous activation of spinal GABAB receptors and NMDA receptors blockade with ketamine, leads to significant antinociception. By engaging diverse pain modulating systems at the spinal level, combination drug treatment may be a useful approach in treating neuropathic SCI pain.
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影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Gwak, Young S.;Hulsebosch, Claire E.
通讯作者:
Hulsebosch, Claire E.
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.2428-10.2010
发表时间:
2010-11-03
期刊:
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
影响因子:
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作者:
Bedi SS;Yang Q;Crook RJ;Du J;Wu Z;Fishman HM;Grill RJ;Carlton SM;Walters ET
通讯作者:
Walters ET
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Eaton, MJ;Martinez, MA;Karmally, S
通讯作者:
Karmally, S
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Bruce, JC;Oatway, MA;Weaver, LC
通讯作者:
Weaver, LC
影响因子:
7.4
作者:
Carlton SM;Du J;Tan HY;Nesic O;Hargett GL;Bopp AC;Yamani A;Lin Q;Willis WD;Hulsebosch CE
通讯作者:
Hulsebosch CE