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PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
卷 101, 期 4, 页码 617-624出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.03.003
关键词
Osteoarthritis; Pain; CatWalk; Knee-Bend; Pharmacological modulation; Lidocaine; Morphine; Diclofenac
资金
- Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation
- Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
- FEDER
- [POCI/SAU-NEU/60853/2004]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [POCI/SAU-NEU/60853/2004] Funding Source: FCT
Pain is the major symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) and the main reason for patients seeking medical care, but its treatment is not optimal. Animal studies are necessary to elucidate mechanisms underlying OA-induced pain and assess analgesics' efficacy. Previously, we showed that the Knee-Bend test and dynamic weight bearing by the CatWalk test are clinically relevant methods for assessing movement-induced nociception in the mono-iodoacetate (MIA) OA model. Using the same tests, in the present study we investigate the effects of lidocaine (5 mg, 10% solution, intra-articular), morphine (6 mg/kg, subcutaneous) and diclofenac (30 mg/kg per os) on nociceptive behavior in OA animals, on days 3 and 20 of OA evolution. Morphine reduced nociceptive behavior in both tests at both time-points. Lidocaine also decreased nociceptive behavior in both tests on day 3, but on day 20 only reduced the Knee-Bend score. Diclofenac was highly effective in both tests on day 3, while on day 20 it induced a less pronounced decrease in the Knee-Bend score and was ineffective in the CatWalk test. The results showed that the Knee-Bend and CatWalk tests are reliable alternative methods for evaluating movement-induced nociception in OA animals, and measure nociception in a clinically relevant way, since an analgesic profile similar to the one described in humans was observed. Therefore, these tests might be important as good predictors of drug efficacy. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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