Amitriptyline produces multiple influences on the peripheral enhancement of nociception by P2X receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology
James B WaldronJana Sawynok

Abstract

Peripherally administered amitriptyline exhibits potential to be a locally active analgesic, while ATP augments peripheral nociception by interacting with P2X(3) receptors on sensory afferents. The present study examined the effects of amitriptyline on flinching and biting/licking behaviours and thermal hyperalgesia produced by alphabeta-methylene-ATP (alphabeta-MeATP), a ligand for P2X(3) receptors, following intraplantar administration into the hindpaw of rats. Coadministration of low doses of amitriptyline (up to 100 nmol) with alphabeta-MeATP augmented thermal hyperalgesia and flinching behaviours. The most active dose of amitriptyline (100 nmol) had no intrinsic effect. Augmentation of alphabeta-MeATP actions appears to be due to increased tissue levels of biogenic amines resulting from inhibition of uptake, as phentolamine (alpha(1)/alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor antagonist) and methysergide (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT(1)/5-HT(2) receptor antagonist) inhibit the augmented flinching produced by alphabeta-MeATP/amitriptyline. When noradrenaline and 5-HT were coadministered with alphabeta-MeATP (both increase the effect of alphabeta-MeATP), amitriptyline had no effect on flinching produced by alphabeta-MeATP/noradrenaline but...Continue Reading

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