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MOLECULAR PAIN
卷 8, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-45
关键词
Antidepressants; N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor; Spinal Analgesia
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [20390414, 09 F09359, 20591823, 20591841]
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20591823, 20591841, 20390414] Funding Source: KAKEN
Background: Antidepressants, which are widely used for treatment of chronic pain, are thought to have antinociceptive effects by blockade of serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake. However, these drugs also interact with various receptors such as excitatory glutamatergic receptors. Thermal hyperalgesia was induced by intrathecal injection of NMDA in rats. Paw withdrawal latency was measured after intrathecal injection of antidepressants. The effects of antidepressants on the NMDA and AMPA-induced responses were examined in lamina II neurons of rat spinal cord slices using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The effects of milnacipran followed by application of NMDA on pERK activation were also investigated in the spinal cord. Results: Intrathecal injection of milnacipran (0.1 mu mol), but not citalopram (0.1 mu mol) and desipramine (0.1 mu mol), followed by intrathecal injection of NMDA (1 mu g) suppressed thermal hyperalgesia. Milnacipran (100 mu M) reduced the amplitude of NMDA (56 +/- 3 %, 64 +/- 5 % of control)-, but not AMPA (98 +/- 5 %, 97 +/- 5 % of control)- mediated currents induced by exogenous application and dorsal root stimulation, respectively. Citalopram (100 mu M) and desipramine (30 mu M) had no effect on the amplitude of exogenous NMDA-induced currents. The number of pERK-positive neurons in the group treated with milnacipran (100 mu M), but not citalopram (100 mu M) or desipramine (30 mu M), followed by NMDA (100 mu M) was significantly lower compared with the NMDA-alone group. Conclusions: The antinociceptive effect of milnacipran may be dependent on the drug's direct modulation of NMDA receptors in the superficial dorsal horn. Furthermore, in addition to inhibiting the reuptake of monoamines, glutamate NMDA receptors are also important for analgesia induced by milnacipran.
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