Abstract | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Drugs, alone or in combination, were injected into the knee joint 30min before intra-articular administration of carrageenan or LPS, in pentobarbital anaesthetized rats. Effects on incapacitation, oedema, neutrophil recruitment and kallikrein system activation, in the knee joint, were assessed. KEY RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:
Steroids and kinin B(2) receptor antagonists appear to relieve arthritic symptoms induced by carrageenan or LPS and act synergistically to inhibit joint inflammation. This could have interesting therapeutic implications, possibly opening the way for combination therapies in the control of inflammatory arthropathies.
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Authors | C Valenti, S Giuliani, C Cialdai, M Tramontana, C A Maggi |
Journal | British journal of pharmacology
(Br J Pharmacol)
Vol. 161
Issue 7
Pg. 1616-27
(Dec 2010)
ISSN: 1476-5381 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 20726984
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2010 The Authors. British Journal of Pharmacology © 2010 The British Pharmacological Society. |
Chemical References |
- (4-amino-5-(4-(4-(2,4-dichloro-3-(2,4-dimethyl-8-quinolyloxymethyl)phenylsulfonamido)tetrahydro-2H-4-pyranoylcarbonyl)piperazino)-5-oxopentyl)(trimethyl)ammonium
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
- Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonists
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
- Sulfonamides
- Dexamethasone
- Carrageenan
- Ornithine
- Peroxidase
- Kallikreins
- Bradykinin
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Topics |
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
(pharmacology)
- Arthritis, Experimental
(chemically induced, drug therapy, metabolism)
- Bradykinin
(metabolism)
- Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonists
- Carrageenan
- Dexamethasone
(pharmacology)
- Drug Synergism
- Injections, Intra-Articular
- Kallikreins
(blood)
- Knee Joint
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Male
- Ornithine
(analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
- Peroxidase
(metabolism)
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
(metabolism)
- Sulfonamides
(pharmacology)
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