Antinociceptive Effect of Cyperi rhizoma and Corydalis tuber Extracts on Neuropathic Pain in Rats.
10.4196/kjpp.2012.16.6.387
- Author:
Jae Gyun CHOI
1
;
Suk Yun KANG
;
Jae Min KIM
;
Dae Hyun ROH
;
Seo Yeon YOON
;
Jin Bong PARK
;
Jang Hern LEE
;
Hyun Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Physiology and Brain Research Institute, Chungnam National University Medical School, Daejeon 301-747, Korea. kim0827@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chronic constriction injury;
Corydalis tuber;
Cyperi rhizoma;
Neuropathic pain;
NMDA receptor
- MeSH:
Animals;
Constriction;
Corydalis;
Horns;
Hot Temperature;
Hyperalgesia;
Ligation;
N-Methylaspartate;
Neuralgia;
Phosphorylation;
Rats;
Sciatic Nerve
- From:The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
2012;16(6):387-392
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this study, we examined the antinociceptive effect of Cyperi rhizoma (CR) and Corydalis tuber (CT) extracts using a chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain rat model. After the ligation of sciatic nerve, neuropathic pain behavior such as mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia were rapidly induced and maintained for 1 month. Repeated treatment of CR or CT (per oral, 10 or 30 mg/kg, twice a day) was performed either in induction (day 0~5) or maintenance (day 14~19) period of neuropathic pain state. Treatment of CR or CT at doses of 30 mg/kg in the induction and maintenance periods significantly decreased the nerve injury-induced mechanical allodynia. In addition, CR and CT at doses of 10 or 30 mg/kg alleviated thermal heat hyperalgesia when they were treated in the maintenance period. Finally, CR or CT (30 mg/kg) treated during the induction period remarkably reduced the nerve injury-induced phosphorylation of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit (pNR1) in the spinal dorsal horn. Results of this study suggest that extracts from CR and CT may be useful to alleviate neuropathic pain.
