title: Antinociceptive mechanism of Gosha-jinki-gan in streptozotocin-induced diabetic animals: role of nitric oxide in the periphery.
abstract: Using streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice and rats, we evaluated the antinociceptive mechanism of Gosha-jinki-gan. The antinociceptive effect of Gosha-jinki-gan (0.3 g/kg, p.o.) in diabetic mice, as determined by the tail-pressure test, was inhibited by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 2, 5 mg/kg, i.p.). When L-NAME (10 microg) or methylene blue (500 microg) was topically administered to the intraplantar area of the hind paw, the region used for the paw-pressure test, the antinociceptive activity of Gosha-jinki-gan (0.3 g/kg, p.o.) in diabetic rats was decreased. These results suggested that the antinociceptive effect of Gosha-jinki-gan partly resulted from the peripheral action of increasingly produced nitric oxide.
authors.affiliation: Kampo Laboratory, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishige
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamei
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013623:Tail / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C076165:gosha-jinki-gan-ryo extract; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D008751:Methylene Blue; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester