Journal
PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 109-119Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2005.07.016
Keywords
bone cancer; cancer pain; fentanyl; morphine; sufentanil; opioid; marine model; osteolysis; CT-scan; trabecular bone structure
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The present study was conducted to evaluate the pain development and bone destruction during bone cancer growth in a murine model of bone cancer pain and to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of fentanyl, sufentanil, and morphine in this model. C3H/HeNCrl mice were inoculated into the intramedullary space of the femur with osteolytic NCTC 2472 fibrosarcoma cells, and followed during a 3-week period to assess pain behaviors (spontaneous lifting and limb-use during forced ambulation on rotarod) and bone destruction (parameters indicative of bone lesions determined by mu CT-scans of the tumor-bearing bones) during bone cancer growth. The results showed that in this murine model of cancer-induced bone pain, behavioural manifestations of pain emerge in parallel with the progression of bone destruction. The Subcutaneous administration of fentanyl (0.025-0.64 mg/kg), sufentanil (0.005-0.04 mg/kg), and morphine (2.5-40 mg/kg) oil the test days 15 and 22 post-inoculation reduced pain-related behaviors in a dose dependent manner. A complete relief from pain-related behaviors was achieved with the following doses: >= 0. 16 mg/kg fentanyl, 0.02 mg/kg sufentanil, and 20 mg/kg morphine. In conclusion, the results showed a clear link between tumor growth-induced bone destruction and behavioral pain manifestations, the latter was effectively controlled by the opioids fentanyl, sufentanil, and morphine. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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