Evidence for the involvement of the nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in the antinociception of morphine in the formalin test |
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Authors: | V Granados-Soto MO Rufino LD Gomes Lopes SH Ferreira |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Farmacología y Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico. |
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Abstract: | The effect of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis and guanylate cyclase on the peripheral antinociceptive effect of morphine was assessed by using the formalin test in the rat. Saline, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine, a nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor (50 microg) and methylene blue, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor (500 microg), did not exhibit any antinociceptive activity. However, morphine (10 microg) produced a significant antinociceptive effect in phases 2a and 2b, which was reduced by pretreatment with either N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine or methylene blue. These results suggest that the local administration of morphine induces antinociception by the activation of the L-arginine-nitric oxide-cGMP pathway. |
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