Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action

Muntingia calabura L., Muntingiaceae, is a medicinal plant for various pain-related diseases. The aims of the present study were to determine the antinociceptive profile and to elucidate the possible mechanisms of antinociception of petroleum ether partition obtained from crude methanol extract of M...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Teh, Lay Kek, Salleh, Mohd Zaki
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2016
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author Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz
Abdul Kadir, Arifah
Teh, Lay Kek
Salleh, Mohd Zaki
author_facet Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz
Abdul Kadir, Arifah
Teh, Lay Kek
Salleh, Mohd Zaki
author_sort Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
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description Muntingia calabura L., Muntingiaceae, is a medicinal plant for various pain-related diseases. The aims of the present study were to determine the antinociceptive profile and to elucidate the possible mechanisms of antinociception of petroleum ether partition obtained from crude methanol extract of M. calabura leaves using various animal models. The antinociceptive profile of petroleum ether fraction (given oral; 100, 250 and 500 mg/kg) was established using the in vivo chemicals (acetic acid-induced abdominal constriction and formalin-induced paw licking test) and thermal (hot plate test) models of nociception. The role of glutamate, TRPV1 receptor, bradykinin, protein kinase C, potassium channels, and various opioid and non-opioid receptors in modulating the partition's antinociceptive activity was also determined. The results obtained demonstrated that petroleum ether partition exerted significant (p < 0.05) antinociception in all the chemicals-, thermal-, capsaicin-, glutamate-, bradykinin, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced nociception models. The antinociceptive activity was reversed following pretreatment with opioid antagonists (i.e. naloxone, β-funaltrexamine, naltrindole and nor-binaltorphimine), and the non-opioid receptor antagonists (i.e. pindolol (a β-adrenoceptor), haloperidol (a non-selective dopaminergic), atropine (a non-selective cholinergic receptor), caffeine (a non-selective adenosinergic receptor), and yohimbine (an α2-noradrenergic)). In addition, pretreatment with L-arginine (a nitric oxide (NO) donor), NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl esters (L-NAME; an inhibitor of NO synthase (NOS)), methylene blue (MB; an inhibitor of cyclic-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway), or their combination failed to inhibit petroleum ether partition's antinociception. In conclusion, petroleum ether partition exerts antinociceptive activity at the peripheral and central levels via the modulation of, partly, the opioid (i.e. µ, κ and δ) and several non-opioids (i.e. β-adrenergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic, adenosinergic, and α2-noradrenergic) receptors, glutamatergic, TRPV1 receptors, PKC and K+ channels systems, but not L-arg/NO/cGMP pathway.
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spelling upm.eprints-550882018-01-19T09:47:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55088/ Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz Abdul Kadir, Arifah Teh, Lay Kek Salleh, Mohd Zaki Muntingia calabura L., Muntingiaceae, is a medicinal plant for various pain-related diseases. The aims of the present study were to determine the antinociceptive profile and to elucidate the possible mechanisms of antinociception of petroleum ether partition obtained from crude methanol extract of M. calabura leaves using various animal models. The antinociceptive profile of petroleum ether fraction (given oral; 100, 250 and 500 mg/kg) was established using the in vivo chemicals (acetic acid-induced abdominal constriction and formalin-induced paw licking test) and thermal (hot plate test) models of nociception. The role of glutamate, TRPV1 receptor, bradykinin, protein kinase C, potassium channels, and various opioid and non-opioid receptors in modulating the partition's antinociceptive activity was also determined. The results obtained demonstrated that petroleum ether partition exerted significant (p < 0.05) antinociception in all the chemicals-, thermal-, capsaicin-, glutamate-, bradykinin, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced nociception models. The antinociceptive activity was reversed following pretreatment with opioid antagonists (i.e. naloxone, β-funaltrexamine, naltrindole and nor-binaltorphimine), and the non-opioid receptor antagonists (i.e. pindolol (a β-adrenoceptor), haloperidol (a non-selective dopaminergic), atropine (a non-selective cholinergic receptor), caffeine (a non-selective adenosinergic receptor), and yohimbine (an α2-noradrenergic)). In addition, pretreatment with L-arginine (a nitric oxide (NO) donor), NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl esters (L-NAME; an inhibitor of NO synthase (NOS)), methylene blue (MB; an inhibitor of cyclic-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway), or their combination failed to inhibit petroleum ether partition's antinociception. In conclusion, petroleum ether partition exerts antinociceptive activity at the peripheral and central levels via the modulation of, partly, the opioid (i.e. µ, κ and δ) and several non-opioids (i.e. β-adrenergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic, adenosinergic, and α2-noradrenergic) receptors, glutamatergic, TRPV1 receptors, PKC and K+ channels systems, but not L-arg/NO/cGMP pathway. Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55088/1/Antinociceptive%20effect%20of%20semi-purified%20petroleum%20ether%20extract%20derived%20from%20crude%20methanol%20extract%20of%20muntingia%20calabura%20and%20its%20possible%20mechanisms%20of%20action.pdf Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin and Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz and Abdul Kadir, Arifah and Teh, Lay Kek and Salleh, Mohd Zaki (2016) Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 26 (1). pp. 408-419. ISSN 0102-695X; ESSN: 1981-528X http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php/script_sci_serial/pid_0102-695X/lng_en/nrm_iso 10.1016/j.bjp.2015.12.007
spellingShingle Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Mohd Sani, Mohd Hijaz
Abdul Kadir, Arifah
Teh, Lay Kek
Salleh, Mohd Zaki
Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title_full Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title_fullStr Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title_full_unstemmed Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title_short Antinociceptive effect of semi-purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
title_sort antinociceptive effect of semi purified petroleum ether extract derived from crude methanol extract of muntingia calabura and its possible mechanisms of action
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