[CAS NO. 244218-51-7]  JTC-801

Oral administration of JTC-801 (0.3-3 mg/kg) antagonizes nociceptin-induced allodynia in mice, and shows analgesic effect in a hot plate test using mice and in a formalin test using rats. In mouse hot-plate test, JTC-801 prolongs escape response latency (ERL) or exposed heat stimulus with minimum effective doses (MED) of 0.01 mg/kg by i.v. or 1 mg/kg by p.o. In the rat formalin test, JTC-801 reduces both the first and second phases of the nociceptive response with MED of 0.01 mg/kg71 by i.v. or 1 mg/kg by p.o. JTC-801 dose-dependently normalizes paw withdrawal latency (PWL). Although JTC-801 does not inhibit a chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced decrease in bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD), it inhibits an increase in the number of osteoclasts. Tactile allodynia induced by L5/L6 spinal nerve ligation is reversed by both systemic (3-30 mg/kg) and spinal (22.5 and 45 pg) JTC-801 in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, systemic JTC-801 reduces Fos-like immunoreactivity in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord (laminae I/II). JTC-801 produces dose-dependent mechanical and cold anti-allodynic effects with ED50 of 0.83 mg/kg and 1.02 mg/kg, respectively.