TRPA1, NMDA receptors and nitric oxide mediate mechanical hyperalgesia induced by local injection of magnesium sulfate into the rat hind paw.

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that while magnesium, an antagonist of the glutamate subtype of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, possesses analgesic properties, it can induce writhing in rodents. The aim of this study was to determine the effect and mechanism of action of local (intraplantar) administration of magnesium sulfate (MS) on the paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) to mechanical stimuli. The PWT was evaluated by the electronic von Frey test in male Wistar rats. Tested drugs were either co-administered intraplantarly (i.pl.) with MS or given into the contralateral paw to exclude systemic effects. MS at doses of 0.5, 1.5, 3 and 6.2 mg/paw (i.pl.) induced a statistically significant (as compared to 0.9% NaCl) and dose-dependent mechanical hyperalgesia. Only isotonic MS (250 mmol/l or 6.2% or 6.2 mg/paw) induced mechanical hyperalgesia that lasted at least six hours. Isotonic MS-induced mechanical hyperalgesia was reduced in a dose-dependent manner by co-injection of camphor, a non-selective TRPA1 antagonist (0.3, 1 and 2.5 μg/paw), MK-801, a NMDA receptor antagonist (0.001, 0.025 and 0.1 μg/paw), L-NAME, a non-selective nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor (20, 50 and 100 μg/paw), ARL 17477, a selective neuronal NOS inhibitor (5.7 and 17 μg/paw), SMT, a selective inducible NOS inhibitor (1 and 2.78 μg/paw), and methylene blue, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor (5, 20 and 125 μg/paw). Drugs injected into the contralateral hind paw did not produce significant effects. These results suggest that an i.pl. injection of MS produces local peripheral mechanical hyperalgesia via activation of peripheral TRPA1 and NMDA receptors and peripheral production of NO.

• Authors: Dragana P Srebro, Sonja M Vučković, Katarina R Savić Vujović, Milica Š Prostran
• Journal: Physiology & behavior (Physiol Behav) Vol. 139 Pg. 267-73 (Feb 2015) ISSN: 1873-507X [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25449407 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Analgesics
• Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
• TRPA1 Cation Channel
• TRPC Cation Channels
• Trpa1 protein, rat
• Nitric Oxide
• Magnesium Sulfate
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
• Nos1 protein, rat
• Nos2 protein, rat
• Guanylate Cyclase

Topics

• Analgesics (pharmacology)
• Animals
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Guanylate Cyclase (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Hyperalgesia (chemically induced, drug therapy, physiopathology)
• Magnesium Sulfate (toxicity)
• Male
• Nitric Oxide (metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Pain Threshold (drug effects, physiology)
• Random Allocation
• Rats, Wistar
• Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• TRPA1 Cation Channel
• TRPC Cation Channels (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Touch