INTRATHECAL ALPHA-TRINOSITOL FACILITATES THE FLEXOR REFLEX BUT DOES NOT BLOCK THE DEPRESSIVE EFFECT OF NEUROPEPTIDE-Y

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作者
XU, XJ
WIESENFELDHALLIN, Z
机构
[1] Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Section of Clinical Neurophysiology, Huddinge University Hospital
关键词
FLEXOR REFLEX; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOCICEPTION; SPINAL CORD;
D O I
10.1016/0014-2999(94)00646-O
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
We have studied the effects of alpha-trinositol (D-myo-inositol-1,2,6-trisphosphate, PP56), a putative antagonist of neuropeptide tide Y receptors, on the nociceptive flexor reflex in decerebrate, spinalized rats after intrathecal and intravenous administration. Intrathecal alpha-trinositol caused strong and prolonged facilitation of the flexor reflex, which was usually associated with an increase in spontaneous motoneuron activity. The reflex depressive effect of intrathecal neuropeptide Y was neither blocked nor reversed by alpha-trinositol. Intravenous alpha-trinositol at low doses had no effect on the flexor reflex and at high dose, reflex facilitation was sometimes observed. It is concluded that alpha-trinositol acts as a spinal excitant and is not an antagonist of the neuropeptide Y receptor in the rat spinal cord.
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