期刊
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 163, 期 4, 页码 792-803出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01297.x
关键词
neuropathic pain; tricyclic antidepressants; SSNRI; opioidergic mechanism; hyperalgesia
资金
- French Ministry for Research and Technology
- Universite d'Auvergne
- Inserm
- FEDER - Region Auvergne
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Antidepressants are one of the recommended treatments for neuropathic pain. However, their analgesic action remains unpredictable, and there are no selection criteria for clinical use. Better knowledge of their mechanism of action could help highlight differences underlying their unequal efficacy. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We compared the activity of a tricyclic antidepressant (clomipramine) with selective 5-HT and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (milnacipran and duloxetine) in streptozocin-induced diabetic and chronic constriction nerve injury-induced neuropathic rats, after repeated injections. We looked for an opioidergic mechanism in their action. KEY RESULTS Abolition of mechanical hyperalgesia was observed in mononeuropathic rats after five injections of clomipramine (5 mg.kg(-1), s.c.) and milnacipran (10 or 20 mg.kg(-1), i.p.) and in diabetic rats after clomipramine. An additional antinociceptive effect was obtained with five injections of duloxetine (3 mg.kg(-1), i.p.) in both models and milnacipran (10 mg.kg(-1), i.p.) in diabetic rats. These effects were observed with plasma antidepressant concentrations similar to those found in patients treated for neuropathic pain. Naloxone (1 mg.kg(-1), i.v.) only suppressed the anti-hyperalgesic effects of clomipramine in both models of pain and of milnacipran in the traumatic model. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The opioid system appears to be involved in the mechanism of action of antidepressants that only have an anti-hyperalgesic effect but not in those that have a stronger (i.e. antinociceptive) effect. These differences between the antidepressants occurred whatever the aetiology of the neuropathy and, if confirmed in clinical trials, could be used to decide which antidepressant is administered to a patient with neuropathic pain.
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