A comprehensive painkillers screening by assessing zebrafish behaviors after caudal fin amputation - 11/11/23
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Abstract |
Recently, the usage of zebrafish for pain studies has increased in the past years, especially due to its robust pain-stimulated behaviors. Fin amputation has been demonstrated to induce a noxious response in zebrafish. However, based on the prior study, although lidocaine, the most used painkiller in zebrafish, has been shown to ameliorate amputated zebrafish behaviors, it still causes some prolonged effects. Therefore, alternative painkillers are always needed to improve the treatment quality of fin-amputated zebrafish. Here, the effects of several analgesics in recovering zebrafish behaviors post-fin amputation were evaluated. From the results, five painkillers were found to have potentially beneficial effects on amputated fish behaviors. Overall, these results aligned with their binding energy level to target proteins of COX-1 and COX-2. Later, based on their sub-chronic effects on zebrafish survivability, indomethacin, and diclofenac were further studied. This combination showed a prominent effect in recovering zebrafish behaviors when administered orally or through waterborne exposure, even with lower concentrations. Next, based on the ELISA in zebrafish brain tissue, although some changes were found in the treated group, no statistical differences were observed in most of the tested biomarkers. However, since heatmap clustering showed a similar pattern between biochemical and behavior endpoints, the minor changes in each biomarker may be sufficient in changing the fish behaviors.
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• | Indomethacin and diclofenac were found to be safer and more effective in ameliorating fin amputated-fish behaviors. |
• | Their combination showed synergistic effects after systemic and oral administration. |
• | No major changes were found in the expression level of behavior and inflammation-related biomarkers in the fish brain tissue. |
Keywords : Zebrafish, Pain, Fin-amputation, Painkillers, Fractal dimension, Behavior
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Vol 168
Article 115641- décembre 2023 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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