Peripheral antinociceptive effects of a bifunctional μ and δ opioid receptor ligand in rat model of inflammatory bladder pain

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There is a need to develop a novel analgesic for pain associated with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS). The use of the conventional μ-opioid receptor agonists to manage IC/PBS pain is controversial due to adverse CNS effects. These effects are attenuated in benzylideneoxymorphone (BOM), a low-efficacy μ-opioid receptor agonist/δ-opioid receptor antagonist that attenuates thermal pain and is devoid of reinforcing effects. We hypothesize that BOM will inhibit bladder pain by attenuating responses of urinary bladder distension (UBD)-sensitive afferent fibers. Therefore, the effect of BOM was tested on responses of UBD-sensitive afferent fibers in L6 dorsal root from inflamed and non-inflamed bladder of rats. Immunohistochemical (IHC) examination reveals that following the induction of inflammation there were significant high expressions of μ, δ, and μ-δ heteromer receptors in DRG. BOM dose-dependently (1-10 mg/kg, i.v) attenuated mechanotransduction properties of these afferent fibers from inflamed but not from non-inflamed rats. In behavioral model of bladder pain, BOM significantly attenuated visceromotor responses (VMRs) to UBD only in inflamed group of rats when injected either systemically (10 mg/kg, i.v.) or locally into the bladder (0.1 ml of 10 mg/ml). Furthermore, oxymorphone (OXM), a high-efficacy μ-opioid receptor agonist, attenuated responses of mechanosensitive bladder afferent fibers and VMRs to UBD. Naloxone (10 mg/kg, i.v.) significantly reversed the inhibitory effects of BOM and OXM on responses of bladder afferent fibers and VMRs suggesting μ-opioid receptor-related analgesic effects of these compounds. The results reveal that a low-efficacy, bifunctional opioid-based compound can produce analgesia by attenuating mechanotransduction functions of afferent fibers innervating the urinary bladder.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:196

Enthalten in:

Neuropharmacology - 196(2021) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 108701

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Terashvili, Maia [VerfasserIn]
Talluri, Bhavana [VerfasserIn]
Palangmonthip, Watchareepohn [VerfasserIn]
Iczkowski, Kenneth A [VerfasserIn]
Sanvanson, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Medda, Bidyut K [VerfasserIn]
Banerjee, Banani [VerfasserIn]
Cunningham, Christopher W [VerfasserIn]
Sengupta, Jyoti N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

36B82AMQ7N
9VXA968E0C
Analgesic
Analgesics
Benzylidene Compounds
Bladder afferents
Bladder pain
Cystitis
Journal Article
Naloxone
Narcotic Antagonists
Opioids
Oxymorphone
Receptors, Opioid, delta
Receptors, Opioid, mu
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 16.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108701

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328017329