title: Antinociceptive effect of oxycodone in diabetic mice.
abstract: The effect of oxycodone on thermal hyperalgesia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice was examined. The antinociceptive response was assessed by recording the latency in the tail-flick test using the radiant heat from a 50-W projection bulb on the tail. The tail-flick latency in diabetic mice was significantly shorter than that in non-diabetic mice. When diabetic mice were treated with oxycodone (5 mg/kg, s.c.), the tail-flick latency in diabetic mice was prolonged to the level considerably longer than the baseline latencies of non-diabetic mice. However, s.c. administration of morphine (5 mg/kg) did not produce a significant inhibition of the tail-flick response in diabetic mice. Oxycodone, at doses of 1.25-5.0 mg/kg administered s.c., produced a dose-dependent increase in the tail-flick latencies in both diabetic and non-diabetic mice. The antinociceptive effect of oxycodone was antagonized by pretreatment with a selective delta-opioid receptor antagonist, beta-funaltrexamine (20 mg/kg, s.c.), in both non-diabetic and diabetic mice. In non-diabetic mice, pretreatment with a selective kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, nor-binaltorphimine (20 mg/kg, s.c.) had no effect on the peak antinociceptive effect of oxycodone observed 30 min after administration, however, it slightly but significantly reduced oxycodone-induced antinociception observed 60 and 90 min after administration. On the other hand, pretreatment with nor-binaltorphimine practically abolished the peak (30 min) and persistent (60 and 90 min) antinociceptive effects of oxycodone in diabetic mice. Naltrindole (35 mg/kg, s.c.), a selective delta-opioid receptor antagonist, had no effects on the antinociceptive effect of oxycodone in both non-diabetic and diabetic mice. These results suggest that the antinociceptive effects of oxycodone may be mediated by mu- and kappa-opioid receptors in diabetic mice, whereas it may interact primarily with mu-opioid receptors in non-diabetic mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Junzo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamei
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010098:Oxycodone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; C051844:norbinaltorphimine; D009271:Naltrexone; C024524:beta-funaltrexamine; D009020:Morphine; D010098:Oxycodone; C055382:naltrindole