STUDY OF THE ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF A NEW NON-OPIOID ANALGESIC BASED ON A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF TRPA1 ION CHANNELS

The aim is to study the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of an innovative molecule under the ZC02-0012 laboratory code belonging to the group of selective blockers of the TRPA1 ion channel.

Materials and methods. The study of the ZC02-0012 analgesic activity was carried out by the hot plate and acetic acid writhing tests. The hot plate test was performed on white laboratory mice. ZC02-0012 substance was administered in doses of 1, 3 and 9 mg/kg. Ketorol at a dose of 3.48 mg/kg was chosen as the reference drug. To study the analgesic effects in the hot plate test, intact white laboratory mice were placed on a preheated at 55°C plate to determine the base level of pain sensitivity. Then the test substances were administered to the animals divided into groups, and the hot plate test was repeated after 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes. To study the analgesic effects in the test of acetic acid writhing, white laboratory rats were injected with the ZC02-0012 substance at doses of 0.46, 1.38, and 4.15 mg/kg. Ketorol at a dose of 1.6 mg/kg was chosen as the reference drug. 30 minutes after intramuscular injection and 60 minutes after intragastric administration, the intraperitoneal administration of a 0.75% solution of acetic acid was carried out at the rate of 1 ml per 100 g of animal weight. Counting the number of writhings started 15 minutes after the injection of acetic acid and continued for 30 minutes. The anti-inflammatory effects of the ZC02-0012 substance were studied using a model of acute exudative inflammation in response to the subplantar introduction of 0.02 ml of 2% formaldehyde aqueous solution into the right hind paw of the mouse. 4 hours after the phlogistic introduction, the mass of the edematous paw was evaluated. ZC02-0012 substance at doses of 1, 3 and 9 mg/kg and the Diclofenac reference drug at a dose of 13.91 mg/kg were administered intragastrically or intramuscularly 45 minutes before the introduction of phlogistic. The presence and severity of anti-inflammatory activity was judged by the inhibitory effect, expressed in percentage.

Results. The analgesic activity of ZC02-0012 is found to exceed that for Ketorol in both the intramuscular and intragastric ways of administration according to the results of hot plate tests in doses of 3 and 9 mg/kg and acetic acid writhing in doses of 1.38 and 4.15 mg/kg, while the anti-inflammatory activity of ZC02-0012 at doses of 3 and 9 mg/kg is shown to be comparable to that of Diclofenac. Conclusion. The innovative molecule under the ZC02-0012 laboratory code is established to exhibit a pronounced analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity, thus being prospective for further research.

Conflict of interest: the authors declare no conflict of interest.