Korean J Anesthesiol.  1998 Apr;34(4):716-724. 10.4097/kjae.1998.34.4.716.

Drug Interactions of Intrathecal Carbachol and Clonidine in Neuropathic Pain Model of the Rats

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Ulsan University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: After peripheral nerve injury in human, a syndrome of events (spontaneous pain, allodynia and hyperalgesia) may be observed that includes no response of morphine and dependency of this pain state on intact sympathetic function. Spinally delivered 2-adrenoceptor agonist and cholinergic agonist or cholinesterase inhibitors have been shown to have actions attenuating the hyperalgesia in rat models of nerve injury-induced pain. Using a fixed-dose analysis and an isobolographic paradigm, the spinal interaction between the 2-adrenoreceptor agonist, clonidine and cholinergic agonist, carbachol is characterized in rat model of nerve injury-induced tactile hyperalgesia.
METHODS
Male Sprague Dawely rats were anesthetized with halothane, and the left L5 and L6 spinal nerve were ligated (Chung model). After recovery, a polyethylene tubing catheter was implanted into lumbar intrathecal space. After recovery from catheter implantation, intrathecal dose-response curves were established for the antiallodynic effect of carbachol (0.1, 0.3, 1.0, 3.0 microgram) and clonidine (0.3, 1.0, 3.0, 10 microgram) alone to obtain the ED50 for each agent. ED50 fractions (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16) of drug combinations of carbachol-clonidine were administered and thresholds for left hind limb paw withdrawal to von Frey hair application were assessed. The ED50 of carbachol-clonidine combination was established and isobolographic analysis of the drug interactions was carried out.c
RESULTS
Intrathecal carbachol and clonidine alone produced dose-dependent reductions of tactile allodynia: ED50 of 66 ng (12~367 ng) and 39 ng (1~1452 ng), respectively. With the fixed dose analysis, the log dose-response curves showed a left shift that considerably exceeds the theoretical curves made by a simple sum of the effects of carbachol alone and clonidine. With the isobolographic analysis, ED50 of mixture was found to be statistically less than the theoretical additive ED50 of mixture.
CONCLUSION
The experiments suggest that intrathecal carbachol and clonidine alone produce a dose dependent antagonism on touch evoked allodynia and intrathecal carbachol is synergistic when combined with intrathecal clonidine.

Keyword

2-adrenergic agonist: clonidine; Cholinergic agonist: carbachol; Measurement technique: fixed dose analysis; isobolographic analysis; Pain: neuropathic; allodynia

MeSH Terms

Animals
Carbachol*
Catheters
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Clonidine*
Drug Combinations
Drug Interactions*
Extremities
Hair
Halothane
Humans
Hyperalgesia
Male
Models, Animal
Morphine
Neuralgia*
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Polyethylene
Rats*
Spinal Nerves
Carbachol
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Clonidine
Drug Combinations
Halothane
Morphine
Polyethylene
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