anandamide and binaltorphimine

The participation of the peripheral opioid and cannabinoid endogenous systems in modulating muscle pain and inflammation has not been fully explored. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of these endogenous systems during muscular-tissue hyperalgesia induced by inflammation. Hyperalgesia was induced by carrageenan injection into the tibialis anterior muscles of male Wistar rats. We padronized an available Randal-Sellito test adaptation to evaluate nociceptive behavior elicited by mechanical insult in muscles. Western blot analysis was performed to evaluate the expression levels of opioid and cannabinoid receptors in the dorsal root ganglia. The non-selective opioid peptide receptor antagonist (naloxone) and the selective mu opioid receptor MOP (clocinnamox) and kappa opioid receptor KOP (nor-binaltorphimine) antagonists were able to intensify carrageenan-induced muscular hyperalgesia. On the other hand, the selective delta opioid receptor (DOP) antagonist (naltrindole) did not present any effect on nociceptive behavior. Moreover, the selective inhibitor of aminopeptidases (Bestatin) provoked considerable dose-dependent analgesia when intramuscularly injected into the hyperalgesic muscle. The CB

Topics: Animals; Arachidonic Acids; Carrageenan; Cinnamates; Endocannabinoids; Hyperalgesia; Male; Monoacylglycerol Lipases; Morphine Derivatives; Myalgia; Naloxone; Naltrexone; Pain Measurement; Polyunsaturated Alkamides; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Cannabinoid; Receptors, Opioid; Receptors, Opioid, delta; Receptors, Opioid, kappa; Receptors, Opioid, mu