Efeito antinociceptivo e antiinflamatório do 2-[(4-nitro-benzilideno)-amino]-4,5,6,7-tetraidro-benzo[b]tiofeno-3-carbonitrila (6CN10) em camundongos

Abstract

Heterocyclic compounds are the biggest sources of synthetic drugs and have grown exponentially with important applications in the pharmaceutical industry. Amongst the heterocyclic compounds, it has been highlighted the thiophenes category and its derivatives, which call attention for presenting important pharmacological actions, especially analgesic and the anti-inflammatory ones. The present study aims to investigate the Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory activity and acute pre-clinical from tiophenic derivative 6CN10. The behavioral pharmacological screening of treated animals (250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg) showed changes, such as analgesia and ambulation reduction. There was no death of animals or the presence of toxic signs. From the pharmacological screening was determined the use of three doses (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg) for other studies. In the Rota rod and open field tests, there were no changes in the motor coordination of animals, discarding the possibility of a myorelaxant effect. Through models of nociception inducers, such as the abdominal constriction induced by acetic acid, formalin and hot plate, it was noticed a dose-dependent Antinociceptive activity of 6CN10. Such effect did not show itself to be associated to the opioid via of central analgesia, once this derivative did not produce any significant effect in the hot plate test, and because it has not been blocked by naloxone, an pattern antagonist opioid. The 6CN10 inhibited significantly the time of paw licking in both phases of the formalin test, especially at the inflammatory phase, being needed an analysis of the anti-inflammatory activity of the derivative. For this purpose, it was used the model of induced peritonitis by carrageenan, where there was inhibition of neutrophil migration to the intra-peritoneal cavity of treated animals, demonstrating the anti-inflammatory activity of 6CN10. In the acute toxicological study after treatment with the dosage of 1000 mg/kg 6CN10, it was observed a reduction in the food intake and in the body weight in females. The examined hematological parameters remained unaffected. The treatment was able to raise levels of ALT and AST, in both sexes, corroborating with histopathological findings that showed evidence of Hepatotoxicity. The kidneys, heart and lungs showed no histological particularities. Therefore, the results presented in this study showed a promising effect of 6CN10 as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory substance, however its security should be better investigated.