Abstract:
:The alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine, modulates colorectal sensorimotor functions in humans and, given intrathecally, has analgesic effects in the colorectal distension (CRD) model in rats. We tested the effects of systemic clonidine on the visceral pain-related viscerosomatic and autonomic cardiovascular responses to CRD and colonic compliance in rats using clinically relevant CRD protocols. The activity of the abdominal musculature (viscerosomatic response), monitored by electromyography and intracolonic manometry, and changes in arterial blood pressure and heart rate, monitored by telemetry, were assessed simultaneously in conscious rats during CRD. Pressure-volume relationships during CRD served as a measure of colonic compliance. Clonidine (50-200 nmol/kg, p.o.) dose-dependently inhibited the viscerosomatic response to phasic, noxious CRD (12 distension at 80 mm Hg). At 200 nmol/kg clonidine also attenuated the increase in blood pressure (70+/-7% inhibition, P<0.05) and heart rate (67+/-16% inhibition, P<0.05) associated to noxious CRD. Similar effects were observed after i.v. administration. Likewise, clonidine (200 nmol/kg, p.o.) reduced the response to ascending phasic CRD (10-80 mm Hg) and significantly increased the threshold pressure for pain-related responses. Clonidine (50 or 150 nmol/kg, i.p.) did not affect the pressure-volume relationship during phasic CRD (2-20 mm Hg). These results show that systemic clonidine, at doses devoid of visible side effects, has analgesic effects in the CRD model of visceral pain in rats without affecting colonic compliance. These observations confirm the analgesic activity of systemic clonidine on visceral pain, support the translational value of the rat CRD model to humans and show that manometry is more sensitive than electromyography detecting pain-related responses.
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Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Brusberg M,Ravnefjord A,Lindgreen M,Larsson H,Lindström E,Martinez Vdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.06.056subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-09-04 00:00:00pages
243-51issue
1-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(08)00671-7journal_volume
591pub_type
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