Effect of various antagonists on the Channa striatus fillet extract antinociception in mice

Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Jul;83(7):635-42. doi: 10.1139/y05-050.

Abstract

The effects of an aqueous supernatant of haruan (ASH) (Channa striatus) fillet extract on various antinociception receptor system activities were examined using a mouse abdominal-constriction model. Mice that were pretreated with distilled water, s.c., followed 10 min later by administration of 25%, 50%, and 100% concentration ASH, s.c., produced a significant concentration-dependent antinociceptive activity (p < 0.001). Pretreatment with naloxone (0.3, 1.0, and 3.0 mg/kg body mass), 10 min before ASH administration, failed to block the extract antinociception. Pretreatment of the 100% concentration ASH with mecamylamine (5 mg/kg), pindolol (10 mg/kg), and haloperidol (1 mg/kg) also did not cause any significant change in its antinociception. However, pretreatment with atropine (5 mg/kg), bicuculline (10 mg/kg), phenoxybenzamine (10 mg/kg), and methysergide (5 mg/kg) were found to reverse ASH antinociception. Based on the above findings, the ASH is suggested to contain different types of bioactive compounds that act synergistically on muscarinic, GABAA, alpha-adrenergic, and serotonergic receptor systems to produce the observed antinociception.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology
  • Aspirin / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
  • Naloxone / pharmacology
  • Narcotic Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Pain Measurement / drug effects
  • Perciformes / physiology*
  • Reaction Time / drug effects
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Tissue Extracts / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Tissue Extracts / physiology*

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Tissue Extracts
  • Naloxone
  • Aspirin