Role of cannabinoid receptor 1 and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α in mediating anti-nociceptive effects of synthetic cannabinoids and a cannabinoid-like compound.
Inflammopharmacology
; 27(6): 1131-1142, 2019 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by cartilage degeneration, subchondral sclerosis, and pain. Cannabinoids have well-established anti-nociceptive properties in animal models of chronic pain. The aim of this study is to evaluate the anti-nociceptive effects of synthetic cannabinoids (WIN-55,212 and HU210) and the cannabinoid-like compound palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) in rat models of OA and to assess the role of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) in mediating these effects. Intra-articular injection of monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) in the knee joint was used as a model of osteoarthritis. The von Frey filament test and weight-bearing difference were used to assess the anti-nociceptive effects of WIN-55,212, HU210, and PEA on MIA-induced OA in rats. Open-field locomotor activity system was used confirm the analgesic effects of those compounds. HU210, WIN55, 212, and PEA in a dose-dependent manner restored the paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) and the weight-bearing difference induced by MIA injection. SR141716A (a CB1 antagonist) significantly reversed the anti-nociceptive effects of all the administered drugs in terms of PWT. However, in terms of weight-bearing difference, SR141716A significantly reduced the anti-nociceptive effect of HU210 but not PEA or WIN55, 212. GW6471 (a PPARα antagonist) significantly reversed the anti-nociceptive effects of PEA but not those of HU210 or WIN55, 212. HU210, WIN55, 212 and PEA significantly restored the MIA-induced reduction in locomotor activity. In conclusions, both CB1 and PPARα receptors are involved in mediating pain in osteoarthritis. Therefore, targeting these receptors may be of great clinical value.
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Osteoartrite
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Canabinoides
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Receptor CB1 de Canabinoide
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PPAR alfa
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Analgésicos
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Animals
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En
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Inflammopharmacology
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FARMACOLOGIA
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article
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Jordânia