title: SR142801 behaves as a tachykinin NK-3 receptor agonist on a spinal nociceptive reflex in the rat.
abstract: Effects of two commonly used tachykinin NK-3 receptor antagonists (SR 142801 and R820) intrathecally (i.t.) administered were assessed in the rat tail-flick test. SR142801 and its (R)-enantiomer SR142806 (1.3, 6.5 and 65 nmol) were found as potent as senktide and [MePhe7]NKB (NK-3 selective agonists) to induce transient antinociceptive effects. Naloxone (10 microg) and R820 (6.5 nmol) blocked reversibly the responses to 6.5 nmol senktide, [MePhe7]NKB, SR142801 and SR142806 when administered i.t. 15 min earlier. However, the antinociceptive responses induced by SR142801 and SR142806 were not affected by i.t. pretreatments with NK-1 (6.5 nmol SR140333) and NK-2 (6.5 nmol SR48968) receptor antagonists. In control experiments, the NK-1 and NK-2 antagonists prevented the hyperalgesic effects to NK-1 ([Sar9,Met(O2)11]SP) and NK-2 ([beta-Ala8] NKA(4-10)) receptor agonists (6.5 nmol i.t.), respectively. R820 had no direct effect on nociceptive threshold and failed to alter angiotensin II-induced antinociception. The data suggest that the antinociceptive effect of SR142801 is due to an agonist effect at NK-3 receptor in the rat spinal cord that involves a local opioid mechanism. These results can be best explained by the existence of inter-species NK-3 receptor subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. couturer@physio.umontreal.ca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbot
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004347:Drug Interactions; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D064729:Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D018041:Receptors, Neurokinin-2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D018042:Receptors, Neurokinin-3 / Q000819:agonists* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D007211:Indoles; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D064729:Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010880:Piperidines; C109443:R 820; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1; D018041:Receptors, Neurokinin-2; D018042:Receptors, Neurokinin-3; C054724:senktide; D013373:Substance P; D009270:Naloxone; C091554:SR 142801