title: Antinociceptive effects of systemic paeoniflorin on bee venom-induced various 'phenotypes' of nociception and hypersensitivity.
abstract: Paeoniflorin (PF), one of the active chemical compounds identified from the root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, has been well-established to exhibit various neuroprotective actions in the central nervous system (CNS) after long-term daily administration. In the present study, by using the bee venom (BV) model of nociception and hypersensitivity, antinociceptive effects of PF were evaluated by intraperitoneal administration in conscious rats. When compared with saline control, systemic pre- and post-treatment with PF resulted in an apparent antinociception against both persistent spontaneous nociception and primary heat hypersensitivity, while for the primary mechanical hypersensitivity only pre-treatment was effective. Moreover, pre- and early post-treatment with PF (5 min after BV injection) could successfully suppress the occurrence and maintenance of the mirror-image heat hypersensitivity, whereas late post-treatment (3 h after BV) did not exert any significant impact. In the Rota-Rod treadmill test, PF administration did not affect the motor coordinating performance of rats. Furthermore, systemic PF application produced no significant influence upon BV-induced paw edema and swelling. Finally, the PF-produced antinociception was likely to be mediated by endogenous opioid receptors because of its naloxone-reversibility. Taken together, these results provide a new line of evidence showing that PF, besides its well-established neuroprotective actions in the CNS, is also able to produce analgesia against various 'phenotypes' of nociception and hypersensitivity via opioid receptor mediation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, PR China.
authors.forename: Hou-You
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ming-Gang
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dan-Na
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gang-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Kui-Ping
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zu-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000633:toxicity*; D001565:Benzoates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005960:Glucosides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D006027:Glycosides
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D001514:Bee Venoms; D001565:Benzoates; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D005960:Glucosides; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009270:Naloxone; C015423:peoniflorin; D006027:Glycosides