A new writhing model of factor XII activator-induced pain for assessment of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. I. Kaolin-induced writhing in mice.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics
- Vol. 12 (3), 132-136
- https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb1978.12.132
Abstract
The writhing reaction in mice induced by kaolin, a factor XII activator, was studied. An intraperitoneal injection of kaolin clearly induced a writhing reaction in a dose-dependent fashion, and the reaction disappeared about 10-15 min later. The writhing reaction reached a peak at 5-10 min after the injection of kaolin (0.5 ml/mouse, i.p.; 5 mg/ml saline). A simultaneous intraperitoneal injection of soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI, 2.5 mg/mouse) almost completely suppressed the writhing reaction caused by kaolin (2.5 mg/mouse) for the first 10 min. The kaolin-induced writhing reaction was markedly potentiated by a simultaneous intraperitoneal injection of captopril (50 .mu.g/mouse). At 60 min after kaolin injection during the disappearance of the writhing reaction, the reaction reappeared when captopril was injected, but reactions observed at this later stage were completely blocked by SBTI. Indomethacin, ibuprofen and alminoprofen inhibited the writhing reaction dose-dependently. Kaolin thus induces a clear and reproducible writhing reaction, which might be mainly dependent on the action of bradykinin via activation of factor XII, and should prove to be a simple and convenient model of bradykinin-induced pain for the assessment of analgesic actions.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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