Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina Centro De Ciências Biológicas Programa De Pós-graduação Em Neurociências

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Author	Santos, Ubirajara Duarte Dos
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The research for new molecules with significant analgesic properties, particularly from plants, remains the main target of academic research and the pharmaceutical industry aiming to develop novel and improved drugs more effective for pain treatment. Recent studies have has focused on molecules with the ability to modulate the TRPV1 receptor activity, which plays an important role in the encoding and transmission of painful stimuli. TMDC, extracted from P. tuberculatum fruits, showed significant antinociceptive effect aganist formalin(neurogenic phase) and capsaicininduced nociception, suggesting a negative modulation of TRPV1 receptors activity. Thus, the goal of this study was to investigate the involvement of TRPV1 receptors in the antinociceptive effect of TMDC as well as the signaling pathways that lead to sensitization of this receptor, through animal models of pain. TMDC inhibits spontaneous nociception induced by i.pl. injection of capsaicin after 30 min of its administration, and this effect lasts up for 2 h. Furthermore, when administered in combination with capsaicin, via i.pl., TMDC is also able to inhibit this nociceptive behavior. Animals treated with TMDC (i.t.), 15 min before, also inhibits nociception induced by capsaicin i.pl., in the same way that, when administered i.p., TMDC inhibits nociception induced by i.t. administration of capsaicin. However, when administered by p.o., the TMDC antinociceptive effect in capsaicin i.pl. model is diminished. The i.p. administration of TMDC also inhibits spontaneous nociception induced by BK i.pl., but does not inhibit the nociceptive behavior induced by i.pl. injection of PGE2, PMA and FSK. Likewise, the TMDC, administered i.p., inhibits the nociception induced by i.t. SP administration. Pretreatment with naloxone (a non-selective opioid receptor antagonist) reversed the antinociceptive effect of TMDC on capsacin i.pl. model. TMDC increases the latency of mice in the hot plate test, suggesting an intrinsic analgesic activity of this compound. Moreover, TMDC was not able to increase the body temperature of treated animals (via i.p.). The data presented in this study suggest that TMDC has a significant antinociceptive effect, in part for being able to modulate the activity of central and peripheral TRPV1 receptors, and may represent an interesting molecule for the development of more efficient drugs for treating diseases accompanied by pain. Key-words: TMDC, P. tuberculatum, antinociceptive effect, TRPV1
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