Antinociceptive effect of spinal cholinergic stimulation: interaction with substance P.

Life Sciences
M D SmithJ J Buccafusco

Abstract

Activation of central muscarinic receptors results in an antinociceptive response in experimental animals. Employing intrathecal (i.t.) injection and radiant heat applied to a rat's tail as the experimental paradigm, a spinally-mediated antinociceptive response was obtained following injection of cholinergic agonists. Since "cholinergic' analgesia is mediated independently of the opiate system, the possibility was considered that this response was mediated through inhibition of the local release of substance P. Rats were prepared with indwelling i.t. catheters which terminated in the L2-L3 region of the spinal cord. I.t. injection of carbachol (0.05-5 micrograms) or neostigmine (1-10 micrograms), but not nicotine (0.5-10 micrograms) produced dose-related increases in tail flick latencies. Pretreatment with i.t. injection of atropine or hemicholinium-3 significantly inhibited the antinociceptive response to neostigmine. Spinal substance P levels were measured 30 min following 0.5 micrograms carbachol. Levels in the dorsal horn were reduced by 30% compared with saline controls. Levels in the ventral horn were unchanged by carbachol. These results support the role of endogenous spinal acetylcholine in pain modification and suggest...Continue Reading

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