Anti-allodynic and promotive effect on inhibitory synaptic transmission of riluzole in rat spinal dorsal horn |
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| Authors: | Ryo Taiji Manabu Yamanaka Wataru Taniguchi Naoko Nishio Shunji Tsutsui Terumasa Nakatsuka Hiroshi Yamada |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan;2. Pain Research Center, Kansai University of Health Sciences, 2-11-1 Wakaba, Kumatori, Osaka, 590-0482, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Riluzole (2-amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzothiazole) is a drug known for its inhibitory effect on glutamatergic transmission and its anti-nociceptive and anti-allodynic effects in neuropathic pain rat models. Riluzole also has an enhancing effect on GABAergic synaptic transmission. However, the effect on the spinal dorsal horn, which plays an important role in modulating nociceptive transmission, remains unknown. We investigated the ameliorating effect of riluzole on mechanical allodynia using the von Frey test in a rat model of neuropathic pain and analyzed the synaptic action of riluzole on inhibitory synaptic transmission in substantia gelatinosa (SG) neurons using whole-cell patch clamp recordings. We found that single-dose intraperitoneal riluzole (4 mg/kg) administration effectively attenuated mechanical allodynia in the short term in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Moreover, 300 μM riluzole induced an outward current in rat SG neurons. The outward current induced by riluzole was not suppressed in the presence of tetrodotoxin. Furthermore, we found that the outward current was suppressed by simultaneous bicuculline and strychnine application, but not by strychnine alone. Altogether, these results suggest that riluzole enhances inhibitory synaptic transmission monosynaptically by potentiating GABAergic synaptic transmission in the rat spinal dorsal horn. |
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| Keywords: | Spinal dorsal horn Nociceptive transmission Riluzole Mechanical allodynia Neuropathic pain CCI"} {"#name":"keyword" "$":{"id":"kwrd0040"} "$$":[{"#name":"text" "_":"chronic constriction injury SG"} {"#name":"keyword" "$":{"id":"kwrd0050"} "$$":[{"#name":"text" "_":"substantia gelatinosa SNI"} {"#name":"keyword" "$":{"id":"kwrd0060"} "$$":[{"#name":"text" "_":"spared nerve injury TTX"} {"#name":"keyword" "$":{"id":"kwrd0070"} "$$":[{"#name":"text" "_":"tetrodotoxin IPSC"} {"#name":"keyword" "$":{"id":"kwrd0080"} "$$":[{"#name":"text" "_":"inhibitory postsynaptic current |
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