Assessment of the role of alpha2-adrenoceptor subtypes in the antinociceptive, sedative and hypothermic action of dexmedetomidine in transgenic mice

British Journal of Pharmacology
J C HunterR M Eglen

Abstract

1. The role of alpha2-adrenoceptor (AR) subtypes in the modulation of acute nociception, motor behaviour and body temperature, has been investigated by determining the activity of the alpha2AR selective agonist dexmedetomidine (Dex) in mice devoid of individual alpha2AR subtypes through either a point (alpha2A) or null (alpha2B/alpha2C) mutation ('knock-out'). 2. In a rodent model of acute thermal nociception, the mouse tail immersion test, Dex, in wild type (WT) control animals, produced a dose-dependent increase in the threshold for tail withdrawal from a 52 degrees C water bath with mean ED50 values of 99.9+/-14.5 (alpha2A), 94.6+/-17.8 (alpha2B) and 116.0/-17.1 (alpha2C) microg kg(-1), i.p. 3. In comparison to the WT controls, Dex (100-1000 microg kg(-1), i.p.), was completely ineffective as an antinociceptive agent in the tail immersion test in the alpha2A AR D79N mutant animals. Conversely, in the alpha2B AR and alpha2C AR knock-outs, Dex produced a dose-dependent antinociceptive effect that was not significantly different from that observed in WT controls, with ED50 values of 85.9+/-15.0 (P>0.05 vs WT control) and 226.0+/-62.7 (P>0.05 vs WT control) microg kg(-1) i.p., respectively. 4. Dex (10-300 microg kg(-1), i.p.) pr...Continue Reading

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