The Spinal Muscarinic M1 Receptors and GABAA Receptors Contribute to the McN-A-343-Induced Antinociceptive Effects During Thermal Stimulation of Mice
The Spinal Muscarinic M1 Receptors and GABAA Receptors Contribute to the McN-A-343-Induced Antinociceptive Effects During Thermal Stimulation of Mice
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DOI:
10.1254/jphs.08226fp
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发表时间:
2008-12-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Takano, Yukio
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作者:
Honda, Kenji;Horikawa, Keigo;Takano, Yukio
The present study was undertaken to clarify how spinal muscarinic receptors are involved in the antinociceptive effects in thermal stimulation. Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of the muscarinic agonist McN-A-343 inhibited the tail-flick response to noxious thermal stimulation in a dose-dependent mariner (31.5 - 63.0 nmol). This McN-A-343-induced antinociceptive effect was dose-dependently inhibited by intrathecal (i.t.) injection of a nonselective muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine, the selective muscarinic M, antagonist pirenzepine, or the M-4 antagonist himbacine. The inhibition of pirenzepine was greater than that of himbacine. In contrast, the selective muscarinic M-2 antagonist methoctramine did not inhibit the antinociceptive effects of McN-A-343. In addition, the McN-A-343-induced antinociceptive effect was attenuated by i.t. injection of the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline, but not by injection of the GABA(B) antagonist CGP35348. These results suggest that McN-A-343 produces its antinociceptive effect on the response to thermal stimulation via spinal muscarinic M, receptors and, at least in part, through neuronal pathways involving spinal GABAA receptors in mice.