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Zerumbone alleviates chronic constriction injury-induced allodynia and hyperalgesia through serotonin 5-HT receptors


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Chia, Jasmine Siew Min and Omar Farouk, Ahmad Akira and Mohamad, Azam Shah and Sulaiman, Mohd Roslan and Perimal, Enoch Kumar (2016) Zerumbone alleviates chronic constriction injury-induced allodynia and hyperalgesia through serotonin 5-HT receptors. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 83. pp. 1303-1310. ISSN 0753-3322; ESSN: 1950-6007

Abstract

Zerumbone, a bioactive sesquiterpene isolated from Zingiber zerumbet (Smith), has shown to exert antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic effects in neuropathic pain mice model in our recent study. The mechanism through which zerumbone alleviates neuropathic pain has yet to be elucidated. Thus, this study aimed to determine whether the serotonergic system, part of the descending pain modulation pathway, contributes to the antineuropathic effect of zerumbone. Participation of the serotonergic system in zerumbone-induced antiallodynia and antihyperalgesia was assessed using Dynamic Plantar Aesthesiometer von Frey test and Hargreaves plantar test respectively in chronic-constriction injury mice model. Administration of ρ-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA, 100 mg/kg, i.p.) for four consecutive days to deplete serotonin (5-HT) prior to zerumbone administration blocked the antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic effects of zerumbone. Further investigation with 5-HT receptor antagonists methiothepin (5-HT 1/6/7 receptor antagonist, 0.1 mg/kg), WAY-100635 (5-HT 1A receptor antagonist, 1 mg/kg), isamoltane (5-HT 1B receptor antagonist, 2.5 mg/kg), ketanserin (5-HT 2A receptor antagonist, 0.3 mg/kg) and ondansetron (5-HT 3 receptor antagonist, 0.5 mg/kg) managed to significantly attenuate antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic effects of zerumbone (10 mg/kg). These findings demonstrate that zerumbone alleviates mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia through the descending serotonergic system via 5-HT receptors 1A, 1B, 2A, 3, 6 and 7 in chronic constriction injury neuropathic pain mice.


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Item Type: Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2016.08.052
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
Keywords: Zerumbone; Zingiber zerumbet; Neuropathic pain; Serotonin Serotonin receptor
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2017 05:36
Last Modified: 27 Jul 2017 05:36
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53268
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