Participation of the spinal TRPV1 receptors in formalin-evoked pain transduction: a study using a selective TRPV1 antagonist, iodo-resiniferatoxin

Authors: Kanai, Yoshihito1; Hara, Tomokazu1; Imai, Aki1

Source: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Volume 58, Number 4, April 2006 , pp. 489-493(5)

Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press

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Abstract:

The involvement of spinal transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in formalin-evoked pain has remained unclear, because investigation of this kind of pain with selective antagonists has not been conducted. The purpose of this study is to investigate the participation of spinal TRPV1 in formalin-evoked pain with iodo-resiniferatoxin (I-RTX), a potent TRPV1-selective antagonist. I-RTX given intrathecally dose-dependently and significantly decreased the number of flinching responses in the formalin-evoked 1st and 2nd phase with ID50 values (drug dose producing 50% inhibition of response) of 1.0 and 3.8 μg, respectively, and concentration-dependently suppressed capsaicin-evoked calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity (CGRP-LI) release from rat spinal cord slices with an IC50 value (drug concentration producing 50% inhibition of response) of 86 nM. Capsazepine, a classical non-selective TRPV1 antagonist, given intrathecally also inhibited formalin-evoked flinching in both the 1st and 2nd phase with ID50s of 420 and 200 μg, respectively, and CGRP-LI release from rat spinal cord slices with an IC50 of 7.8 μM. Ratios of in-vivo analgesic potencies of I-RTX and capsazepine well reflected their intrinsic in-vitro activity. These findings suggest that spinal TRPV1 participates in the transduction system of formalin-evoked pain.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.4.0008

Affiliations: 1: Discovery Biology Research, Nagoya Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 5-2 Taketoyo, Aichi, 470-2393, Japan

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