GABAA receptor partially mediated propofol-induced hyperalgesia at superspinal level and analgesia at spinal cord level in rats

• 来源期刊: 中国药理学报（英文版）
• 关键词: GABA receptors propofol pain ventrolateral periaqueductal gray spinal cord
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（12）
• 页码范围: 1619-1625
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

AIM: To observe effects of propofol on nociceptive response at superspinal and spinal level in rats. METHODS:Two hundreds and fifty-eight Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomized into thirty-two groups. Propofol and bicuculline were microinjected into lateral ventricle (icv), ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG), intrathecal (ith), and intraperitoneal (ip). The noxious responses were evaluated by hot plate and formalin test. RESULTS: In hot-plate test, systemic and superspinal administration of propofol (40 mg·kg-1 ip, 100μg in 10μL, icy, and 4μg in 0.4μL vlPAG microinjection) produced hyperalgesia (P＜0.01). Hyperalgesia induced by vlPAG microinjection of propofol was significantly antagonized by 69.8%, 71.2%, 98.8% at 10, 20, and 30 min by microinjection of bicuculline (10 ng in 0.4μL, vlPAG) (P＜0.01). Analgesia induced by ith propofol (100μg·10μL-1) was antagonized about 81.3%, 54.8%, 80.8%, and 97.4% at 10, 20, 30 and 40 min by ith bicuculline (P＜0.05). In formalin test,systemic and superspinal administration of propofol (40 mg·kg-1 ip, 4μg in 0.4μL, vlPAG) also produced hyperalgesia (P＜0.01). The increased formalin pain scores were antagonized about 57.1% by bicuculline (10ng, vlPAG)(P＜0.05) at 60 min after formalin injection. The decreased formalin pain scores induced by ith propofol (100μg in 10μL) were antagonized about 66.7% at 30 min by ith bicuculline (P＜0.05) after formalin injection. Hyperalgesia produced by ip propofol in both hot plate and formalin test could not be antagonized by vlPAG administration of bicuculline. CONCLUSION: GABAA receptor partly mediated propofol-induced hyperalgesia at superspinal and analgesia at spinal cord in rats.