Carbamazepine Potentiates the Effectiveness of Morphine in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain

dc.contributor.authorDue, Michael R.
dc.contributor.authorYang, Xiao-Fang
dc.contributor.authorAllette, Yohance M.
dc.contributor.authorRandolph, Aaron L.
dc.contributor.authorRipsch, Matthew S.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Sarah M.
dc.contributor.authorDustrude, Erik T.
dc.contributor.authorKhanna, Rajesh
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Fletcher A.
dc.contributor.departmentAnesthesia, School of Medicine
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-01T08:17:30Z
dc.date.available2025-04-01T08:17:30Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-15
dc.description.abstractApproximately 60% of morphine is glucuronidated to morphine-3-glucuronide (M3G) which may aggravate preexisting pain conditions. Accumulating evidence indicates that M3G signaling through neuronal Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) may be central to this proalgesic signaling event. These events are known to include elevated neuronal excitability, increased voltage-gated sodium (NaV) current, tactile allodynia and decreased opioid analgesic efficacy. Using an in vitro ratiometric-based calcium influx analysis of acutely dissociated small and medium-diameter neurons derived from lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG), we observed that M3G-sensitive neurons responded to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and over 35% of these M3G/LPS-responsive cells exhibited sensitivity to capsaicin. In addition, M3G-exposed sensory neurons significantly increased excitatory activity and potentiated NaV current as measured by current and voltage clamp, when compared to baseline level measurements. The M3G-dependent excitability and potentiation of NaV current in these sensory neurons could be reversed by the addition of carbamazepine (CBZ), a known inhibitor of several NaV currents. We then compared the efficacy between CBZ and morphine as independent agents, to the combined treatment of both drugs simultaneously, in the tibial nerve injury (TNI) model of neuropathic pain. The potent anti-nociceptive effects of morphine (5 mg/kg, i.p.) were observed in TNI rodents at post-injury day (PID) 7-14 and absent at PID21-28, while administration of CBZ (10 mg/kg, i.p.) alone failed to produce anti-nociceptive effects at any time following TNI (PID 7-28). In contrast to either drug alone at PID28, the combination of morphine and CBZ completely attenuated tactile hyperalgesia in the rodent TNI model. The basis for the potentiation of morphine in combination with CBZ may be due to the effects of a latent upregulation of NaV1.7 in the DRG following TNI. Taken together, our observations demonstrate a potential therapeutic use of morphine and CBZ as a combinational treatment for neuropathic pain.
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dc.identifier.citationDue MR, Yang XF, Allette YM, et al. Carbamazepine potentiates the effectiveness of morphine in a rodent model of neuropathic pain. PLoS One. 2014;9(9):e107399. Published 2014 Sep 15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107399
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/46706
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relation.isversionof10.1371/journal.pone.0107399
dc.relation.journalPLoS One
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourcePMC
dc.subjectOpioid analgesics
dc.subjectMorphine
dc.subjectNeuralgia
dc.subjectCarbamazepine
dc.titleCarbamazepine Potentiates the Effectiveness of Morphine in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain
dc.typeArticle
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