Estudo da atividade antiinflamatória e antinociceptiva da lactona do ácido hawtriwaico, diterpeno de egletes viscosa less, em camundongos : possíveis mecanismos

• Ano de defesa: 2006
• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Caroline Mourão
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Diterpenos; Capsaicina; Inflamação Neurogênica
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/2257

The diterpene, 12-acetoxy-hawtriwaic acid lactone (AHAL) isolated from the flower buds of Egletes viscosa Less. (Asteraceae), a popular medicinal plant largely encountered in Ceará State was evaluated in mice for its anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive potential, using capsaicin-induced ear edema and hindpaw nociception as experimental models. AHAL (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly attenuated the ear edema response to topically applied capsaicin (250µg), in a dose-related manner (45.7, 86.9 and 100 % respectively). This response to capsaicin was also greatly inhibited by ruthenium red (3 mg/kg, s.c.), a non-competitive capsaicin receptor (TRPV1) antagonist by 74.8%. The anti-edema effect of AHAL (50 mg/kg, p.o.) seems unrelated either to inhibition of mast cell degranulation or to antagonism at histamine and serotonin receptor since AHAL did not modify the paw edema response-induced by intraplantar injections of compound 48/80 (10 µg), histamine (10 µg) or serotonin (10 µg). However the substance P (SP) induced hindpaw edema was significantily inhibited by AHAL (25 and 50 mg/kg, p.o.) by 29.4 and 53.3 % respectively, as well as the increase in capillary permeability induced by intra-peritoneal acetic acid. In the hindpaw nociceptive model, AHAL suppressed the nocifensive paw-licking behavior induced by intraplantar injection of capsaicin (1.6 µg). This response to capsaicin was also greatly inhibited by ruthenium red (3 mg/kg, s.c.) by 64.9 %. The antinociceptive effect of AHAL (50 mg/kg, p.o.) was unaffected by naloxone pre-treatment but was significantly antagonized by theophylline and glibenclamide, the respective blockers of adenosine receptor and KATP-sensitive channels. AHAL (50 mg/kg, p.o.) did not impair the ambulation or motor coordination of mice in open-field and rota-rod tests. These data allow us to conclude that AHAL possesses anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive properties. It possibly inhibits acute neurogenic inflammation by the inhibition of SP release or its receptor blockade and the nociception through mechanisms that involve the endogenous adenosine and opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels.