Research and Development, Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, 20360 Turku, Finland.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 8;24(4):3350. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043350.
Transient receptor potential channels C4/C5 are widely expressed in the pain pathway. Here, we studied the putative analgesic efficacy of the highly selective and potent TRPC4/C5 antagonist HC-070 in rats. Inhibitory potency on human TRPC4 was assessed by using the whole-cell manual patch-clamp technique. Visceral pain sensitivity was assessed by the colonic distension test after intra-colonic trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid injection and partial restraint stress. Mechanical pain sensitivity was assessed by the paw pressure test in the chronic constriction injury (CCI) neuropathic pain model. We confirm that HC-070 is a low nanomolar antagonist. Following single oral doses (3-30 mg/kg in male or female rats), colonic hypersensitivity was significantly and dose-dependently attenuated, even fully reversed to baseline. HC-070 also had a significant anti-hypersensitivity effect in the established phase of the CCI model. HC-070 did not have an effect on the mechanical withdrawal threshold of the non-injured paw, whereas the reference compound morphine significantly increased it. Analgesic effects are observed at unbound brain concentrations near the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC) recorded in vitro. This suggests that analgesic effects reported here are brought about by TRPC4/C5 blocking in vivo. The results strengthen the idea that TRPC4/C5 antagonism is a novel, safe non-opioid treatment for chronic pain.
瞬时受体电位通道 C4/C5 在疼痛通路中广泛表达。在这里,我们研究了高选择性和强效 TRPC4/C5 拮抗剂 HC-070 在大鼠中的潜在镇痛效果。通过全细胞手动膜片钳技术评估对人 TRPC4 的抑制效力。通过在结肠内给予三硝基苯磺酸注射和部分束缚应激后评估结肠扩张试验来评估内脏疼痛敏感性。通过在慢性缩窄性损伤(CCI)神经病理性疼痛模型中的足底压力试验评估机械疼痛敏感性。我们证实 HC-070 是一种低纳摩尔拮抗剂。单次口服给药(雄性或雌性大鼠 3-30mg/kg)后,结肠高敏感性显著且呈剂量依赖性减弱,甚至完全恢复到基线水平。HC-070 在 CCI 模型的建立阶段也具有显著的抗高敏作用。HC-070 对未受伤的足部的机械撤回阈值没有影响,而参考化合物吗啡则显著增加了该阈值。在体外记录的 50%抑制浓度(IC)附近的未结合脑浓度下观察到镇痛作用。这表明这里报告的镇痛作用是通过体内的 TRPC4/C5 阻断引起的。结果强化了这样一种观点,即 TRPC4/C5 拮抗作用是一种新型的、安全的非阿片类慢性疼痛治疗方法。
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