Differential roles of neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthases during carrageenan-induced inflammatory hyperalgesia

Neuroscience
F TaoR A Johns

Abstract

The present study investigated the role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in carrageenan-induced inflammatory pain by combining genomic and pharmacological strategies. Intrathecal injection of the nNOS inhibitor 7-nitroindazole dose-dependently inhibited carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia in both early and late phases in wild-type mice. However in nNOS knockout mice, carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia remained intact in the early phase but was reduced in the late phase. Spinal Ca2+ -dependent nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in nNOS knockout mice was significantly lower than that in wild-type mice. Following carrageenan injection, although the spinal Ca2+ -dependent NOS activity in both wild-type and knockout mice increased, the enzyme activity in nNOS knockout mice reached a level similar to that in wild-type mice. On the other hand, no significant difference in spinal Ca2+ -independent NOS activity was noted between wild-type and nNOS knockout mice before and after carrageenan injection. Furthermore, intrathecal administration of the endothelial NOS (eNOS) inhibitor L-N5-(1-iminoethyl)-ornithinein nNOS knockout mice inhibited the thermal hyperalgesia in both early and late phases, though this inhibitor ...Continue Reading

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