Korean J Pain.  2017 Apr;30(2):98-103. 10.3344/kjp.2017.30.2.98.

Antinociceptive effect of intrathecal sec-O-glucosylhamaudol on the formalin-induced pain in rats

• Kim SH
• Jong HS
• Yoon MH
• Oh SH
• Jung KT

• KMID: 2376045
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2017.30.2.98

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The root of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., a perennial herb found in Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, is used as an analgesic. In a previous study, sec-O-glucosylhamaudol (SOG) showed an analgesic effect. This study was performed to examine the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal SOG in the formalin test.
METHODS
Male Sprague-Dawley rats were implanted with an intrathecal catheter. Rats were randomly treated with a vehicle and SOG (10 µg, 30 µg, 60 µg, and 100 µg) before formalin injection. Five percent formalin was injected into the hind-paw, and a biphasic reaction followed, consisting of flinching and licking behaviors (phase 1, 0-10 min; phase 2, 10-60 min). Naloxone was injected 10 min before administration of SOG 100 µg to evaluate the involvement of SOG with an opioid receptor. Dose-responsiveness and ED50 values were calculated.
RESULTS
Intrathecal SOG showed a significant reduction of the flinching responses at both phases in a dose-dependent manner. Significant effects were showed from the dose of 30 µg and maximum effects were achieved at a dose of 100 µg in both phases. The ED50 value (95% confidence intervals) of intrathecal SOG was 30.3 (25.8-35.5) µg during phase 1, and 48.0 (41.4-55.7) during phase 2. The antinociceptive effects of SOG (100 µg) were significantly reverted at both phases of the formalin test by naloxone.
CONCLUSIONS
These results demonstrate that intrathecal SOG has a very strong antinociceptive effect in the formalin test and it seems the effect is related to an opioid receptor.

Keyword

Analgesia; Formalin test; Nociception; Opioid receptor; Peucedanum japonicum Thunb.; Sec-O-glucosylhamaudol

MeSH Terms

Analgesia
Animals
Catheters
China
Formaldehyde
Humans
Japan
Korea
Male
Naloxone
Nociception
Pain Measurement
Philippines
Rats*
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Opioid
Formaldehyde
Naloxone
Receptors, Opioid

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Time course after formalin injection shows antinociceptive effects of intrathecal sec-O-glucosylhamaudol (SOG). SOG reduced the flinching responses after formalin injection significantly in a dose dependent manner during both phases. The antinociceptive effect of SOG (100 µg) was significantly reverted at both phases of formalin test by naloxone. Each line represents the mean ± SEM of 6 rats/group.

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  Fig. 2 Dose–response data shows antinociceptive effects of intrathecal sec-O-glucosylhamaudol (SOG). SOG reduced the flinching responses after formalin injection significantly in a dose dependent manner during phase 1 (A) and phase 2 (B). Significant effect was showed from the dose of 30 µg and maximum effect was achieved at a dose of 100 µg both phases. The antinociceptive effect of SOG (100 µg) was significantly reverted at both phases of formalin test by naloxone. Data are presented as the percentage of control. *P < 0.001 vs. control. †P < 0.001 vs. SOG 100 µg.

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