(631): refer to oral paper session 330
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(628) Kappa opioid mediation in a new murine model forneuropathic injury to trigeminal nerve
M Xu, MR Byers, L Gendron, C Chavkin; Departments of Pharmacology andAnesthesiology, University of Washington, SeattleTrigeminal nerve damage can lead to neuropathic pain including tri-geminal neuralgia, a severely debilitating chronic pain syndrome. Wehave devised a mouse model of trigeminal neuralgia using a partialligation of the infraorbital nerve (pIONL) that induces persistent painbehaviors and morphological changes in brainstem. This novel modelwill allow determination of the basic mechanisms underlying trigeminalneuropathy using genetically engineered mice. Previous studies showedthat the endogenous opioid dynorphin is released following nerveinjury-induced neuropathic pain, and we found that sustained dynor-phin release stimulated kappa opioid receptors (KOR) to cause astroglialproliferation in mouse spinal cord after sciatic injury. Using the pIONLmodel, we performed behavioral analyses to test the kinetics of theallodynic pain response. We found that mice developed mechanical al-lodynia lasted for over 4 weeks, and KOR�/� mice showed significantlymore allodynia than WT mice; the expression of the glial cell markerGFAP was increased in solitary nucleus, paratrgimenal nucleus and thetransition area between nucleus caudalis and nucleus interpolaris ipsi-lateral to the injury side; and this increased GFAP staining was not evi-dent in KOR�/� mice. Cell proliferation marker BrdU staining was in-creased in the caudal medulla of the brainstem in the ispilateral side ofthe injury. These studies using the pIONL model allow us to determinethe extent to which KOR mediated glial responses contribute to theallodynia and changes in mouse behavior. Insights derived from thisanalysis of trigeminal nerve injury may suggest better treatments oftrigeminal pain. Supported by: Allan and Phyllis Treuer Endowment forPain Research
(629) Eugenol for the treatment of neuropathic pain evalu-ated in a sciatic nerve cuff implantation rat model
P Vachon, S Guenette, A Ross, F Beaudry; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,St-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaThe main purpose of this study was to determine the pharmacokineticsof eugenol in normal rats following a gavage administration and itsanalgesic properties in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Following eu-genol administration (40mg/kg), blood samples (0.3 mL) were taken byjugular venipuncture at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 h from male Spague-Dawleyrats (n�6, BW 300-350g). Following centrifugation plasma was analysedby LC/MS/MS using a new method of derivitization with dansyl chloride.Pharmacokinetic results are : AUCinf 18,210 ng.min/mL, clearance 2 mL/min/kg, VSS 441 mL/kg and T1/2 73.5 min. Eugenol also appeared to havesome enterohepatic recirculation that suggests some build up of theplasma concentration following repeated administrations. PK resultssuggest that eugenol is bioavailable and that it could distribute to thecentral nervous system (high VSS and known lipophilicity). Since euge-nol is a capsaicine-like molecule and that vanilloid receptors are knownto play a role in neuropathic pain, a second study was performed. MaleSpague-Dawley rats (n�12, BW 300-350g) were used. Pain perceptionwas evaluated using thermal sensitivity (Hargreaves test) to determinethe level of hyperalgesia. Reaction time was from the onset of the lightbeam to the lifting of the rat’s posterior paw. Following 5 days of be-havioral testing rats were implanted with a PE-50 cuff around the sciaticnerve to induce neuropathic pain. Tests were performed for 5 days todetermine the level of hyperalgesia in all animals. Following this period,one group (n�6) received a daily dose of eugenol (40mg/kg) and theother group served as a control. Statistical evaluations (repeated linearmodel) reveal a significant increase and progressive tolerance to ther-mal stimulation after 5 days of eugenol treatments (p�0,005) comparedto controls. Eugenol could therefore be used for neuropathic pain assuggested from results with sciatic nerve cuff-implanted Sprague-Daw-ley rats.
(630) Refer to Oral Paper Session 330
(631) Refer to Oral Paper Session 330
(632) Refer to Oral Paper Session 330
B02 - Animal Pain Models: Other(633) Pain suppression following NMDA receptor activation
in the rostral anterior cingulated cortex of ratsCA Greer; Wayne State University, Detroit, MISociety for Neuroscience abstract
(634) Epidural Ngx 424, an ampa-kainate receptor antagonist,produces analgesia in rats after plantar incision
H Jin, T Brennan; School of Medicine, Iowa City, IAExcitatory amino acid receptors are important for sensory transmissionin the spinal cord. We studied the analgesic effects of epidural admin-istration of NGX424, a competitive non-methyl-D-aspartate (nonNMDA)ionotropic excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptor antagonist, in normalrats and in rats after hindpaw incision. After institutional approval, ratswere acclimated to testing for withdrawal to radiant heat applied to thehindpaw. Then using halothane anesthesia, PE10 catheters were in-serted into the lumbar epidural space using a small lumbar incision. Thenext day, a baseline behavioral test (nonevoked guarding pain, heatwithdrawal latency, mechanical withdrawal threshold) was performed.Rats were administered NGX424 72 nmoles or the vehicle solution 5%dextrose. Drug was injected and rats were tested for the next hour.Motor function was evaluated by placing reflex and ambulation. Onpostoperative day 1, NGX decreased the median guarding pain scorefrom 8 to 0 (P�0.05). Vehicle had no effect; guarding was 10 beforeinjection and 9 afterwards. In another group, NGX increased the medianwithdrawal threshold from 44 mN to 114 mN (P�0.05); vehicle had noeffect (28 mN before and 28 mN after injection). Epidural NGX increasedthe withdrawal latency from 5 1 to 9 3 sec (P�0.05) whereas vehicleagain had no effect (5 1 to 5 1 sec ). The median placing andambulation after NGX were not different compared to vehicle. Drugslike NGX424 that block non-NMDA ionotropic EAA receptors may be analternative to local anesthetics and morphine for epidural analgesia inhumans after surgery.
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