期刊
PAIN
卷 105, 期 1-2, 页码 133-141出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00173-8
关键词
gabapentin; neuropeptide release; inflammation; protein kinase C
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS34159] Funding Source: Medline
Gabapentin and pregabalin are amino acid derivatives of gamma-amino butyric acid that have anticonvulsant, analgesic, and anxiolytic-like properties in animal models. The mechanisms of these effects, however, are not well understood. To ascertain whether these drugs have effects on sensory neurons, we studied their actions on capsaicin-evoked release of the sensory neuropeptides, Substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide from rat spinal cord slices in vitro. Although release Of immunoreactive peptides from non-inflamed animals was not altered by either drug, prior in vivo treatment by intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant enhanced release from spinal tissues ill vitro, which was attenuated by gabapentin and pregabalin. These drugs also reduced release of immunoreactive neuropeptides in spinal tissues pretreated in vitro with the protein kinase C activator, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate. Our results suggest that gabapentin and pregabalin modulate the release of sensory neuropeptides, but only under conditions corresponding to significant inflammation-induced sensitization of the spinal cord. (C) 2003 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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