scholarly journals Analgesic Effect of the Newly Developed S(+)‐Flurbiprofen Plaster on Inflammatory Pain in a Rat Adjuvant‐Induced Arthritis Model

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Sugimoto ◽  
Yoshihisa Toda ◽  
Miyuki Hori ◽  
Akiko Mitani ◽  
Takahiro Ichihara ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Hai-Yan Yin ◽  
Ya-Peng Fan ◽  
Juan Liu ◽  
Dao-Tong Li ◽  
Jing Guo ◽  
...  

AbstractPurinergic signalling adenosine and its A1 receptors have been demonstrated to get involved in the mechanism of acupuncture (needling therapy) analgesia. However, whether purinergic signalling would be responsible for the local analgesic effect of moxibustion therapy, the predominant member in acupuncture family procedures also could trigger analgesic effect on pain diseases, it still remains unclear. In this study, we applied moxibustion to generate analgesic effect on complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain rats and detected the purine released from moxibustioned-acupoint by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) approach. Intramuscular injection of ARL67156 into the acupoint Zusanli (ST36) to inhibit the breakdown of ATP showed the analgesic effect of moxibustion was increased while intramuscular injection of ATPase to speed up ATP hydrolysis caused a reduced moxibustion-induced analgesia. These data implied that purinergic ATP at the location of ST36 acupoint is a potentially beneficial factor for moxibustion-induced analgesia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X2098143
Author(s):  
Hui Liu ◽  
Hao Chen ◽  
Xiaoli Qin ◽  
Xue Ma ◽  
Zipeng Gong ◽  
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Periploca forrestii Schltr ( P. forrestii) is a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for its anti-rheumatoid arthritis effect. The aim of this study was to compare the pharmacokinetic properties of the 5 active components of this plant: neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid C, and periplocin between normal rats and adjuvant-induced arthritis model rats. After the intravenous administration (177.78 mg/kg) of P. forrestii extract, samples were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Compared with normal rats, the area under the curve [(AUC)(0-t), AUC(0-∞)], mean residence time [(MRT)(0-t), MRT(0-∞)] of neochlorogenic acid-treated rats decreased significantly, and drug clearance (CL) and apparent volume of distribution (V) increased significantly; the V of chlorogenic acid-treated rats decreased significantly, and MRT(0-t) significantly increased; the AUC(0-t) and AUC(0-∞) of cryptochlorogenic acid-treated rats decreased significantly, and CL and V increased significantly; the AUC(0-t) and MRT(0-t) of isochlorogenic acid C-treated rats decreased significantly, and V increased significantly; the AUC(0-t) and AUC(0-∞) of periplocin-treated rats increased significantly, and MRT(0-t), MRT(0-∞), CL, and V decreased significantly in model rats. The disease condition of rheumatoid arthritis in rats had a significant effect on the in vivo pharmacokinetics of P. forrestii after the intravenous administration.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengnan Li ◽  
Xiaomin Zhang ◽  
Chongyang Li ◽  
Yanan Liu ◽  
Shuang Yang ◽  
...  

It has been reported that galanin has an analgesic effect via activating galanin receptors (GALRs). This study focused on the involvement of GALR2 in the galanin-induced analgesic effect and its signaling mechanism in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of inflammatory rats. Animal models were established through injecting carrageenan into the plantar of rats’ left hind paw. The results showed that GALR2 antagonist M871 weakened partially the galanin-induced increases in hind paw withdrawal latency (HWL) to thermal stimulation and hind paw withdrawal threshold (HWT) to mechanical stimulation in NAc of inflammatory rats. Moreover, the GALR2 agonist M1145 prolonged the HWL and HWT, while M871 blocked the M1145-induced increases in HWL and HWT. Western blotting showed that the phosphorylation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (p-CaMKII) and protein kinase C (p-PKC) in NAc were upregulated after carrageenan injection, while p-PKC and p-CaMKII were downregulated after intra-NAc administration of M871. Furthermore, the CaMKII inhibitor KN93 and PKC inhibitor GO6983 attenuated M1145-induced increases in HWL and HWT in NAc of rats with inflammatory pain. These results prove that GALR2 is involved in the galanin-induced analgesic effect by activating CaMKII and PKC in NAc of inflammatory pain rats, implying that GALR2 agonists probably are potent therapeutic options for inflammatory pain.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Ruxue Lei ◽  
Chuanyi Zuo ◽  
Yunqing Yue ◽  
Qin Luo ◽  
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The aim of this study was to determine whether variation of temperature during moxibustion would generate division of analgesic effect. The moxibustion with different temperatures (37°C, 42°C, 47°C, and 52°C) was applied to ST36 acupoint for 30 minutes in chronic inflammatory or neuropathic pain mice. The analgesic effect was evaluated by thermal hyperalgesia test in chronic inflammatory pain and by mechanical allodynia in neuropathic pain, respectively. The results indicated that interventions of moxibustion with different temperature caused different analgesic effect on either chronic inflammatory induced by injection of complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA) or neuropathic pain induced by spared nerve injury (SNI). In chronic inflammatory pain, different moxibustion temperature generated different intensity of analgesic effect: the higher the better. In chronic neuropathic pain, stronger analgesic effect was found in moxibustion with temperature 47°C or 52°C other than 37°C and 42°C. However, there is no significant difference displayed between moxibustion temperatures 47°C and 52°C or 37°C and 42°C. It implies that the temperature should be taken into account for moxibustion treatment to chronic inflammatory or neuropathic pain.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan-Yi Zuo ◽  
Peng Lv ◽  
Cheng-Shun Zhang ◽  
Ru-Xue Lei ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to investigate whether contralateral moxibustion would generate a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion. Contra- and ipsilateral moxibustion were separately applied to Zusanli (ST36) acupoints of inflammatory pain mice. The analgesic effect was evaluated, respectively, by licking/biting time (LBT) of formalin-induced inflammatory pain and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) of complete Freund’s adjuvant- (CFA-) induced inflammatory pain. For formalin-induced pain, compared with formalin group, the total LBT of ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion reduced in both phase I and phase II, but there was no significant difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion. For CFA-induced inflammatory pain, compared with CFA group, TWL of ipsi- and contra-Moxi groups increased immediately after moxibustion intervention; however there was no obvious difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion at any timepoint. It indicated that contralateral moxibustion had a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion in both formalin- and CFA-induced pain. These results suggest that both ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion could be applied for pain relief.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. S504-S505
Author(s):  
M. Sugimoto ◽  
Y. Toda ◽  
M. Hori ◽  
A. Mitani ◽  
T. Ichihara ◽  
...  

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