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Mohammadi S, Fakhri S, Mohammadi-Farani A, Farzaei MH, Abbaszadeh F. Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects. Behav Pharmacol 2021; 32:607-614. [PMID: 34561366 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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One of the main functions of the sensory system in our body is to maintain somatosensory homeostasis. Recent reports have led to a significant advance in our understanding of pain signaling mechanisms; however, the exact mechanisms of pain transmission have remained unclear. There is an urgent need to reveal the precise signaling mediators of pain to provide alternative therapeutic agents with more efficacy and fewer side effects. Accordingly, although the anti-inflammatory, antioxidative and anti-neuropathic effects of astaxanthin (AST) have been previously highlighted, its peripheral antinociceptive mechanisms are not fully understood. In this line, considering the engagement of l-arginine/nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic GMP (cGMP)/potassium channel (KATP) signaling pathway in the antinociceptive responses, the present study evaluated its associated role in the antinociceptive activity of AST. Male mice were intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with l-arginine (100 mg/kg), SNAP (1 mg/kg), L-NAME (30 mg/kg), sildenafil (5 mg/kg), and glibenclamide (10 mg/kg) alone and prior to the most effective dose of AST. Following AST administration, intraplantarly (i.pl) injection of formalin was done, and pain responses were evaluated in mice during the primary (acute) and secondary (inflammatory) phases of formalin test. The results highlighted that 10 mg/kg i.p. dose of AST showed the greatest antinociceptive effect. Besides, while L-NAME and glibenclamide reduced the antinociceptive effect of AST, it was significantly increased by l-arginine, SNAP and sildenafil during both the primary and secondary phases of formalin test. These data suggest that the antinociceptive activity of AST is passing through the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP pathway.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah
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- Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Obese E, Biney RP, Henneh IT, Anokwah D, Adakudugu EA, Woode E, Ameyaw EO. Antinociceptive effect of the hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Apocynaceae): Possible involvement of glutamatergic, cytokines, opioidergic and adenosinergic pathways. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2021; 278:114261. [PMID: 34111540 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Pain remains real and still a major problem in clinical medicine which requires new agents with improved efficacy for more therapeutic benefits. Plant sources can serve as a basis for the search for some novel drugs hence the analgesic effects of the hydroethanolic extract of Calotropis procera (CPE) which is widespread in Ghana and other tropical areas and used in folkloric medicine for painful and inflammatory conditions was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS The analgesic properties of orally administered CPE at doses of 30, 100, and 300 mg/kg were evaluated in thermal (tail immersion), chemical (acetic acid-writhing, formalin-induced paw licking, glutamate-induced nociception) and mechanical (Randall-Selitto) tests for analgesia. The involvement of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 1β (IL 1β), bradykinin, and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the analgesic effects of CPE were also evaluated in hypernociception assays measuring mechanical pain thresholds. RESULTS The latency of tail withdrawal in the tail immersion test was significantly increased (p = 0.0001) while writhing induced by acetic acid was significantly reduced (p < 0.0001) on treatment with CPE (30-300 mg/kg). The extract also significantly inhibited both phase 1 and phase 2 nociceptive states induced by formalin comparable to morphine (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, the extract significantly attenuated hyper-nociception induced by TNF-α (p < 0.0001), interleukin 1β (p = 0.0102), bradykinin (p < 0.0001), and prostaglandin E2 (p < 0.0001). Additionally, glutamate-induced paw licking was reduced significantly (p < 0.05). The antinociceptive effects exhibited by CPE (100 mg/kg) in the formalin test was reversed by systemic administration of naloxone (2 mg/kg) and theophylline (5 mg/kg) but not glibenclamide (8 mg/kg), granisetron (2 mg/kg), atropine (3 mg/kg), yohimbine (3 mg/kg, p.o.) nor nifedipine (10 mg/kg). CONCLUSION Overall, the hydroethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera possesses analgesic properties that is mediated possibly through the glutaminergic, opioidergic, and adenosinergic pathways.
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- Ernest Obese
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
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The antinociceptive mechanisms of melatonin: role of L-arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/KATP channel signaling pathway. Behav Pharmacol 2021; 31:728-737. [PMID: 32925224 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Pain is one of the most common medical challenges, reducing life quality. Despite the progression in pain management, it has remained a clinical challenge, which raises the need for investigating novel antinociceptive drugs with correspondence signaling pathways. Besides, the precise antinociceptive mechanisms of melatonin are not revealed. Accordingly, owing to the critical role of L-arginine/nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic GMP (cGMP)/KATP in the antinociceptive responses of various analgesics, the role of this signaling pathway is evaluated in the antinociceptive effects of melatonin. Male NMRI mice were intraperitoneally pretreated with the injection of L-arginine (NO precursor, 100 mg/kg), N(gamma)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester [L-NAME, NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor, 30 mg/kg], S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP, NO donor, 1 mg/kg), sildenafil (phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 0.5 mg/kg), and glibenclamide (KATP channel blocker, 10 mg/kg) alone and before the administration of the most effective dose of melatonin amongst the intraperitoneal doses of 50, 100, and 150 mg/kg. The formalin test (2%, 25 µL, intra-plantarly) was done following the melatonin administration, then the nociceptive responses of mice were evaluated during the early phase for 5 min and the late phase for 15 min. The results showed that 100 mg/kg dose of melatonin carried out the most antinociceptive effects. While the antinociceptive effect of melatonin was increased by L-arginine, SNAP, and sildenafil, it was significantly reduced by L-NAME and glibenclamide in both phases of the formalin test, with no relation to the sedative effects of melatonin evaluated by the inclined plane test. In conclusion, the antinociceptive effect of melatonin is mediated through the L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP pathway.
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Toxicology and pharmacology of synthetic organoselenium compounds: an update. Arch Toxicol 2021; 95:1179-1226. [PMID: 33792762 PMCID: PMC8012418 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-021-03003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Here, we addressed the pharmacology and toxicology of synthetic organoselenium compounds and some naturally occurring organoselenium amino acids. The use of selenium as a tool in organic synthesis and as a pharmacological agent goes back to the middle of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. The rediscovery of ebselen and its investigation in clinical trials have motivated the search for new organoselenium molecules with pharmacological properties. Although ebselen and diselenides have some overlapping pharmacological properties, their molecular targets are not identical. However, they have similar anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, possibly, via activation of transcription factors, regulating the expression of antioxidant genes. In short, our knowledge about the pharmacological properties of simple organoselenium compounds is still elusive. However, contrary to our early expectations that they could imitate selenoproteins, organoselenium compounds seem to have non-specific modulatory activation of antioxidant pathways and specific inhibitory effects in some thiol-containing proteins. The thiol-oxidizing properties of organoselenium compounds are considered the molecular basis of their chronic toxicity; however, the acute use of organoselenium compounds as inhibitors of specific thiol-containing enzymes can be of therapeutic significance. In summary, the outcomes of the clinical trials of ebselen as a mimetic of lithium or as an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 proteases will be important to the field of organoselenium synthesis. The development of computational techniques that could predict rational modifications in the structure of organoselenium compounds to increase their specificity is required to construct a library of thiol-modifying agents with selectivity toward specific target proteins.
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Bicca Obetine Baptista F, Arantes LP, Machado ML, da Silva AF, Marafiga Cordeiro L, da Silveira TL, Soares FAA. Diphenyl diselenide protects a Caenorhabditis elegans model for Huntington's disease by activation of the antioxidant pathway and a decrease in protein aggregation. Metallomics 2020; 12:1142-1158. [DOI: 10.1039/d0mt00074d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of (PhSe)2 in a C. elegans model for Huntington's disease. Treatment with (PhSe)2 triggered the nuclear translocation and activation of DAF-16 transcription factor in C. elegans, inducing the expression of superoxide dismutase-3 (SOD-3) and heat shock protein-16.2 (HSP-16.2). SOD-3 acts on reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification, and HSP-16.2 decreases protein misfolding and aggregation, which occur in HD.
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- Fabiane Bicca Obetine Baptista
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica
- Santa Maria
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Modulation of COX-2, INF-ɣ, glutamatergic and opioid systems contributes to antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperalgesic effects of bis(3-amino-2-pyridine) diselenide. Chem Biol Interact 2019; 311:108790. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bhaumik I, Pal K, Debnath U, Karmakar P, Jana K, Misra AK. Natural product inspired allicin analogs as novel anti-cancer agents. Bioorg Chem 2019; 86:259-272. [PMID: 30731359 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.01.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A series of novel analogs of Allicin (S-allyl prop-2-ene-1-sulfinothioate) present in garlic has been synthesized in high yield. Synthesized 23 compounds were evaluated against different breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-468 and MCF-7) and non-cancer cells (WI38). Four compounds (3f, 3h, 3m and 3u) showed significant cytotoxicity against cancer cells whereas nontoxic to the normal cells. Based on the LD50 values and selectivity index (SI), compound 3h (S-p-methoxybenzyl (p-methoxyphenyl)methanesulfinothioate) was considered as most promising anticancer agent amongst the above three compounds. Further bio-chemical studies confirmed that compound 3h promotes ROS generation, changes in mitochondrial permeability transition and induced caspase mediated DNA damage and apoptosis.
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- Ishani Bhaumik
- Bose Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Bose Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Bose Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Bose Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Bose Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
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Domingues M, Casaril AM, Birmann PT, Lourenço DDA, Vieira B, Begnini K, Lenardão EJ, Collares T, Seixas FK, Savegnago L. Selanylimidazopyridine Prevents Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice by Targeting Neurotrophins and Inflammatory/Oxidative Mediators. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:486. [PMID: 30072867 PMCID: PMC6060445 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Inasmuch, as the major depressive disorder (MDD) has been characterized as a heterogeneous disease as the inflammatory processes, neurotrophic factors' dysfunction and oxidative/nitrosative stress are believed to play a vital role in its establishment. Organoselenium compounds stand out due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and antidepressant effects. In this sense, the present study investigated the effect of 3-((4-methoxyphenyl)selanyl)-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (MPI; 20 and 50 mg/kg, intragastrically) pretreatment [30 min prior lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge (0.83 mg/kg)] on acute LPS induced depressive-like behavior, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress. MPI was able to prevent the increased immobility time induced by LPS on the forced swimming test (FST), the increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines' expression in the hippocampus (HC) of mice after LPS challenge via NFkB downregulation, and the increase of the reactive oxygen species generation and lipid peroxidation in the prefrontal cortex and HC of mice. It was observed that at the doses tested, MPI protected against reducing levels of BDNF in the cortex and HC of mice challenged with LPS. These observations suggest that the antidepressant-like effect of MPI depends on its capacity to modulate the inflammatory, antioxidant, and neurotrophic systems.
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- Micaela Domingues
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa, Química/Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Biotecnologia do Cancer, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa, Química/Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Biotecnologia do Cancer, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Biotecnologia do Cancer, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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Gonçalves JCR, de Meneses DA, de Vasconcelos AP, Piauilino CA, Almeida FRDC, Napoli EM, Ruberto G, de Araújo DAM. Essential oil composition and antinociceptive activity of Thymus capitatus. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2017; 55:782-786. [PMID: 28103733 PMCID: PMC6130693 DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2017.1279672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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CONTEXT The essential oil (EO) from Thymus capitatus Hoff. et Link. (Lamiaceae) has been traditionally used for its medicinal properties, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. OBJECTIVE Characterize the constituents from T. capitatus EO and further evaluate the antinociceptive activity by in vivo and in vitro procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to identify and quantify the constituents of the T. capitatus EO. The antinociceptive activity was evaluated in vivo by the glutamate-induced nociception model in male Swiss mice (25 g), at doses of 3, 6 and 12 mg/kg, 1 h before evaluation of the licking time response (0-15 min). The mechanism of T. capitatus EO (1-500 μg/mL) on the isolated nerve excitability of Wistar rat (300 g) was assessed by the single sucrose technique. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The EO of T. capitatus presented 33 components, mainly monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, carvacrol (ca. 80%) was its major constituent. T. capitatus EO induced antinociception in orally treated mice (3, 6, and 12 mg/kg) reducing the licking time from control (100.3 ± 11.9 s) to 84.8 ± 12.2, 62.7.6 ± 9.9, and 41.5 ± 12.7 s, respectively (n = 8; p < 0.05). Additionally, we have demonstrated that T. capitatus EO (500 μg/mL) decreased the compound action potential amplitude (VCAP) of about 80.0 ± 4.3% from control recordings (n = 4; p < 0.05). Such activity was presumably mediated through a voltage-gated Na+ channels. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrated the antinociceptive activity of Thymus capitatus essential oil, which acts via peripheral nervous excitability blockade.
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- Juan Carlos Ramos Gonçalves
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Plantas Medicinais, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
- CONTACT Juan Carlos Ramos GonçalvesDepartment of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Federal University of Piauí, 64049-550Teresina, Brazil
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Catania, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Catania, Italy
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Pinz MP, Reis AS, de Oliveira RL, Voss GT, Vogt AG, Sacramento MD, Roehrs JA, Alves D, Luchese C, Wilhelm EA. 7-Chloro-4-phenylsulfonyl quinoline, a new antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory molecule: Structural improvement of a quinoline derivate with pharmacological activity. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 90:72-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Sousa FS, Anversa RG, Birmann PT, de Souza MN, Balaguez R, Alves D, Luchese C, Wilhelm EA, Savegnago L. Contribution of dopaminergic and noradrenergic systems in the antinociceptive effect of α-(phenylalanyl) acetophenone. Pharmacol Rep 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2017.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Casaril AM, Domingues M, Fronza M, Vieira B, Begnini K, Lenardão EJ, Seixas FK, Collares T, Nogueira CW, Savegnago L. Antidepressant-like effect of a new selenium-containing compound is accompanied by a reduction of neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in lipopolysaccharide-challenged mice. J Psychopharmacol 2017; 31:1263-1273. [PMID: 28661258 DOI: 10.1177/0269881117711713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Organoselenium compounds and indoles have gained attention due to their wide range of pharmacological properties. Depression is a recurrent and disabling psychiatric illness and current evidences support that oxidative stress and neuroinflammation are mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of this psychiatric condition. Here, we evaluated the effect of 3-((4-chlorophenyl)selanyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole (CMI) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced depressive-like behaviour, neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in male mice. CMI pre-treatment (20 and 50 mg/kg, intragastrically) significantly attenuated LPS (0.83 mg/kg, intraperitoneally)-induced depressive-like behaviour in mice by reducing the immobility time in the tail suspension test (TST) and forced swimming test (FST). CMI pre-treatment ameliorated LPS-induced neuroinflammation by reducing the levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-4 and IL-6 in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, as well as markers of oxidative damage. Additionally, we investigated the toxicological effects of CMI (200 mg/kg, i.g.) in the liver, kidney and brain through determination of the activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase (δ-ALA-D) and creatinine levels. These biomarkers were not modified, indicating the possible absence of neuro-, hepato- and nephrotoxic effects. Our results suggest that CMI could be a therapeutic approach for the treatment of depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders associated with inflammation and oxidative stress.
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- Angela M Casaril
- 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química (PPGQ), Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa, Química/Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 3 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química (PPGQ), Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa, Química/Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 3 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 3 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Oncologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- 4 Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGB), Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, Biotecnologia/Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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Silva VDG, Reis AS, Pinz MP, da Fonseca CAR, Duarte LFB, Roehrs JA, Alves D, Luchese C, Wilhelm EA. Further analysis of acute antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory actions of 4-phenylselenyl-7-chloroquinoline in mice. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2017; 31:513-525. [PMID: 28543930 DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
A new quinoline containing selenium, 4-phenylselenyl-7-chloroquinoline (4-PSQ), was described and synthetized by our research group. Recently, we demonstrated the potential antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory of 4-PSQ. For this reason, the first objective of this study was to expand our previous findings by investigating the contribution of glutamatergic, serotonergic, and nitrergic systems to the acute antinociceptive action of this compound. Pretreatment with 4-PSQ (0.01-25 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced the nociception induced by glutamate. MK-801 (an uncompetitive antagonist of the N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor) blocked the antinociceptive effect exerted by 4-PSQ (25 mg/kg, p.o.) in the acetic acid-induced abdominal writhing test. The pretreatment with WAY100635 (a selective antagonist of 5-HT1A receptor), ketanserin (a selective antagonist of 5-HT2A/2C receptor), and pindolol (a nonselective antagonist of 5-HT1A/1B receptors) partially blocked the antinociceptive effect caused by 4-PSQ (25 mg/kg, per oral, p.o.) in the acetic acid-induced abdominal writhing test. Nitric oxide precursor, l-arginine hydrochloride, partially reversed antinociception caused by 4-PSQ or ω-nitro-l-arginine (l-NOARG). Treatments did not modify the locomotor and exploratory activities of mice. Additionally, the acute anti-inflammatory effect of 4-PSQ in a model of pleurisy induced by carrageenan in mice was investigated. 4-PSQ reduced the cellular migration, pleural exudate accumulation, and myeloperoxidase activity induced by carrageenan exposure. 4-PSQ protected against the increase in reactive species levels and reduction of nonprotein thiol levels induced by carrageenan. Data presented here showed that the modulation of serotonergic, nitrergic, and glutamatergic systems contributed to the antinociceptive effect of 4-PSQ and it reinforced the therapeutic potential of this quinolinic compound for acute inflammation.
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- Vanessa D G Silva
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa - LASOL - CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa - LASOL - CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa - LASOL - CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Farmacologia Bioquímica - LaFarBio - Grupo de Pesquisa em Neurobiotecnologia, CCQFA - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel - P.O. Box 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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This paper is the thirty-eighth consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2015 that studied the behavioral effects of molecular, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of opioid peptides, opioid receptors, opioid agonists and opioid antagonists. The particular topics that continue to be covered include the molecular-biochemical effects and neurochemical localization studies of endogenous opioids and their receptors related to behavior, and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia, stress and social status, tolerance and dependence, learning and memory, eating and drinking, drug abuse and alcohol, sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology, mental illness and mood, seizures and neurologic disorders, electrical-related activity and neurophysiology, general activity and locomotion, gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions, cardiovascular responses, respiration and thermoregulation, and immunological responses.
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, United States.
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4-Phenylselenyl-7-chloroquinoline, a new quinoline derivative containing selenium, has potential antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory actions. Eur J Pharmacol 2016; 780:122-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Perin G, Silveira MB, Barcellos AM, Jacob RG, Alves D. Polyethylene glycol-400/H3PO2: an eco-friendly reductive system for the synthesis of selanylesters. Org Chem Front 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00256g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An alternative green method was described for the synthesis of selanylesters by reactions of acyl chlorides with arylselenols, generated in situ by reaction of diaryl diselenides with hypophosphorous acid (H3PO2) using polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG-400) as the solvent.
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- G. Perin
- LASOL
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Pelotas
- Brazil
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- LASOL
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Pelotas
- Brazil
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- LASOL
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Pelotas
- Brazil
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