Antihypersensitivity effects of tramadol hydrochloride in a rat model of postoperative pain - PubMed (original) (raw)
Antihypersensitivity effects of tramadol hydrochloride in a rat model of postoperative pain
Masafumi Kimura et al. Anesth Analg. 2012 Aug.
Abstract
Background: Tramadol is used to treat a wide range of acute and chronic pain. This drug induces analgesia by 2 mechanisms of action: opioid receptor activation and enhancement of noradrenaline (NA) and serotonin (5-HT) transmission. The effect of tramadol on NA and 5-HT concentrations in the spinal cord, however, have not been assessed. In the present study, we investigated the antihypersensitivity effect of tramadol using a rat model of postoperative pain. We also evaluated the increase in NA and 5-HT levels in the spinal cord after tramadol injection using in vivo microdialysis.
Methods: We made a hindpaw incision in male Sprague-Dawley rats (postoperative pain model). Tramadol was administered intraperitoneally and intrathecally 24 hours after paw incision. Mechanical hypersensitivity was measured by determining the withdrawal threshold using von Frey filaments. Microdialysis studies from the dorsal horn of the lumbar spinal cord were performed to measure NA and 5-HT levels after intraperitoneal injection of tramadol. We also measured the NA and 5-HT content in the spinal cord in normal rats and rats with paw incision.
Results: Intraperitoneal (10, 20, and 40 mg/kg) and intrathecal (125, 250, and 500 μg) injection of tramadol produced an antihyperalgesic effect in a dose-dependent manner. The antihypersensitivity effect of tramadol was prevented by intrathecal pretreatment with methysergide (30 μg), a serotonin receptor antagonist; idazoxane (30 μg), a noradrenaline receptor antagonist; and naloxone (30 μg), a nonselective opioid receptor antagonist. Microdialysis study revealed that 5-HT and NA concentrations at the spinal dorsal horn were increased, peaking at 30 minutes after intraperitoneal injection of 20 mg/kg tramadol. Furthermore, the NA and 5-HT content in the ipsilateral dorsal half of the lumbar spinal cord was increased 1 day and 3 days after paw incision, respectively.
Conclusions: These findings indicate that tramadol inhibits postoperative hypersensitivity by increasing NA and 5-HT levels in the spinal cord and activating opioid receptors. Tramadol might be more effective in the early postoperative period when spinal NA and 5-HT levels are increased.
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