Involvement of the PKA pathway and inhibition of voltage gated Ca2+ channels in antihyperalgesic activity of Lippia grata/β-cyclodextrin

• Published in: Life sciences (1973) Vol. 239; p. 116961
• Main Authors: Siqueira-Lima, Pollyana S., Quintans, Jullyana S.S., Heimfarth, Luana, Passos, Fabiolla R.S., Pereira, Erik W.M., Rezende, Marilia M., Menezes-Filho, José E.R., Barreto, Rosana S.S., Coutinho, Henrique D.M., Araújo, Adriano A.S., Medrado, Aline S., Naves, Ligia A., Bomfim, Horácio F., Lucchese, Angélica M., Gandhi, Sathiyabama Rajiv, Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 15.12.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Animal models; Animals; beta-Cyclodextrins - metabolism; beta-Cyclodextrins - pharmacology; Calcium; Calcium channels; Calcium channels (voltage-gated); Calcium ions; Channels; Chemical compounds; Chronic pain; Chronic Pain - drug therapy; Cinnamaldehyde; Cyclodextrin; Cyclodextrins; Disease Models, Animal; Dorsal root ganglia; Dorsal root ganglion; Edema; Essential oils; Ganglia, Spinal - drug effects; Hyperalgesia - drug therapy; Hyperalgesia - metabolism; IL-1β; Inflammation; Inflammatory pain; Injection; Interleukin 10; Leukocytes; Lippia; Lippia - metabolism; Male; Medical innovations; Menthol; Mice; Natural products; Neuralgia; Neuralgia - drug therapy; Neurons; NF-κB protein; Nociception - drug effects; Oils, Volatile - pharmacology; Pain; Pain - drug therapy; Pain - metabolism; Pain Measurement - drug effects; Pain perception; Pain Threshold - drug effects; Pharmacology; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Pleurisy; Proteins; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sciatic nerve; TNF-α; Tumor necrosis factor-α; β-Cyclodextrin; Interleukin-10; Interleukin-1β; partial sciatic nerve ligation; transient receptor potential vanilloid 1; Lippia grata; transient receptor potential melastatin 8; Freund's Complete Adjuvant; β-cyclodextrin; transient receptor potential Ankyrin 1; Lippia grata complexed with β-cyclodextrin; Cyclodextrin; Pain; TNF-α; tumor necrosis factor alpha; Natural products; Essencial Oil; voltage gated calcium channel; Neurophatic pain; factor nuclear kappa B; Dorsal root ganglion; protein kinase A; Inflammatory pain
• ISSN: 0024-3205; 1879-0631
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116961

Neuropathic pain (NP) is a difficult condition to treat because of the modest efficacy of available drugs. New treatments are required. In the study we aimed to investigate the effects of the essential oil from Lippia grata alone or complexed in β-cyclodextrin (LG or LG-βCD) on persistent inflammatory and neuropathic pain in a mouse model. We also investigated Ca2+ currents in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Male Swiss mice were treated with LG or LG/β-CD (24 mg/kg, i.g.) and their effect was evaluated using an acute inflammatory pleurisy model and nociception triggered by intraplantar injection of an agonist of the TRPs channels. We also tested their effect in chronic pain models: injection of Freund's Complete Adjuvant and partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSNL). In the pleurisy model, LG reduced the number of leukocytes and the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β. It also inhibited cinnamaldehyde and menthol-induced nociceptive behavior. The pain threshold in mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia was increased and paw edema was decreased in models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. PSNL increased inflammatory protein contents and LG and LG-βCD restored the protein contents of TNF-α, NF-κB, and PKA, but not IL-1β and IL-10. LG inhibited voltage gated Ca2+ channels from DRG neurons. Our results suggested that LG or LG-βCD produce anti-hyperalgesic effect in chronic pain models through reductions in TNF-α levels and PKA, and inhibited voltage-gated calcium channels and may be innovative therapeutic agents for the management of NP.