ABSTRACT
Neuropathic pain (NP) is associated with chronic hyperglycemia and emotional disorders such as depression in diabetic patients, complicating the course of treatment. Drugs currently used to treat NP have undesirable side effects, so research on other natural sources has been required. ß-caryophyllene (BCP), a natural sesquiterpene found in some food condiments and considered an agonist to cannabinoid receptor type 2, could have potential therapeutic effects to treat conditions such as NP and emotional disorders. For this reason, we assessed whether BCP modulates nociception, anxiety, and depressive-like behavior in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced experimental diabetic BALB/c female mice. BCP was orally chronic administrated (10 mg/kg/60 µL). Pain developed with STZ was evaluated with von Frey filament test, SMALGO®, and hot plate test. Anxiety and depression-like behavior were assessed by marbles test, forced swim test, and tail suspension test. BCP significantly reduced glycemia in experimental diabetic mice. The pain was also mitigated by BCP administration. Depression-like behavior assessed with tail suspension test was attenuated with orally chronic BCP administration. Substance P and cytokines such as interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were also attenuated with BCP administration. NP was positively correlated with substance P and IL-6 and IL-1ß release. Our data using an orally chronic BCP administration in the STZ challenged mice to suggest that glycemia, diabetes-related NP, and depressive-like behavior could be prevented/reduced by dietary BCP.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications , Neuralgia/drug therapy , Neuralgia/psychology , Sesquiterpenes/administration & dosage , Animals , Anxiety , Behavior, Animal/drug effects , Depression , Female , Humans , Interleukin-6/genetics , Interleukin-6/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Neuralgia/etiology , Neuralgia/metabolism , Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolismABSTRACT
Resumen En los últimos años, como resultado de una mayor oferta de «comida rápida¼ (CR), se ha inducido un incremento en la cantidad y el contenido calórico de los alimentos consumidos. El objetivo de este trabajo fue realizar una revisión de las investigaciones relativas al efecto de los ácidos grasos (AG) sobre el ciclo hambre-saciedad. En la CR predominan los AG saturados de cadena larga, los cuales tienden a incrementar el apetito. No obstante, las N-aciletanolaminas que se sintetizan minutos después de la ingesta de alimento pueden modular los niveles de apetito o de saciedad. Esto gracias a la capacidad de inducir la secreción de diferentes hormonas involucradas en la activación de las señales orexigénicas o anorexigénicas. Por el contrario, los AG insaturados pueden secretar hormonas anorexigénicas que inducen saciedad; tal es el caso de los omegas 3 y 9, por lo que sería recomendable incrementar su proporción en el proceso de elaboración de la CR. Por tanto, se concluye que el tipo de efecto que los AG tengan en el ciclo hambre-saciedad depende, por un lado, de la longitud de su cadena y, por otro, del número de insaturaciones que contengan.
Abstract In recent years, as a result of a greater offer of 'fast food' (FF), an increase has been induced in the quantity and caloric content of the foods consumed. The aim of this work was to carry out a review of the investigations related to the effect of fatty acids (FA) on the hunger-satiety cycle. Long-chain saturated FA predominate in FF, which tend to increase appetite. However, the N-acylethanolamines that are synthesized minutes after food intake can modulate appetite or satiety levels. This is due to the ability to induce different hormones secretion involved in orexigenic or anorexigenic signals activation. In contrast, unsaturated FA can secrete anorexigenic hormones that induce satiety, such as omegas 3 and 9, so it would be advisable to increase their proportion in the FF production process. Therefore, it is concluded that the type of effect that FA have on hunger-satiety cycle depends, on the one hand, on the length of their chain and, on the other hand, on the number of unsaturations contained in them.
