Peripheral Antinociception of a Chalcone, Flavokawin B and Possible Involvement of the Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate/Potassium Channels Pathway

Molecules

Mohd Nasier Kamaldin³  Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar¹  Azam Shah Mohamad³  Nordin Lajis²  Enoch Kumar Perimal³  Ahmad Akira³  Lee Ming-Tatt³  Daud Ahmad Israf³ 

[1] Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, Gambang 26300, Malaysia; E-Mail:;Scientific Chairs Unit, Al-Jazeerah Building, Taibah University, Madinah al-Munawarah 41311, Saudi Arabia; E-Mail:;Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia; E-Mails:

关键词: flavokawin B;    hyperalgesia;    peripheral antinociceptive;    nitric oxide;    cyclic GMP;    potassium channels;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules18044209

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Previous studies have shown that systemic administration of 6'-hydroxy-2',4'-dimethoxychalcone (flavokawin B, FKB) exerts significant peripheral and central antinociceptive effects in laboratory animals. However, the mechanisms underlying these peripheral and central antinociceptive effects have yet to be elucidated. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the participation of nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)/potassium (K⁺) channels pathway in the peripheral antinociception induced by FKB. It was demonstrated that intraplantar (i.pl.) administration of FKB (150, 250, 375 and 500 µg/paw) resulted in dose-dependent peripheral antinociception against mechanical hyperalgesia in carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia test model in rats. The possibility of FKB having either a central or a systemic effect was excluded since administration of FKB into the right paw did not elicit antinociception in the contralateral paw. Furthermore, peripheral antinociception induced by FKB (500 µg/paw) was significantly reduced when L-arginine (25 µg/paw, i.pl.), Oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ; 50 µg/paw, i.pl.), glibenclamide (300 µg/paw, i.pl.), tetraethylammonium (300 µg/paw, i.pl.) and charybdotoxin (3 µg/paw, i.pl.) were injected before treatment. Taken together, our present data suggest that FKB elicits peripheral antinociception when assessed in the mechanical hyperalgesia induced by carrageenan. In addition, it was also demonstrated that this effect was mediated through interaction of the NO/cGMP/K⁺ channels signaling pathway.

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