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Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects

BACKGROUND: Curcumin and piperine are major bioactive compounds of Curcuma longa and Piper nigrum, widely consumed as spices and flock medicine. The combinational use of these plants is a common practice in Southeast Asia. Synergism between curcumin and piperine has been found in several animal mode...

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Autores principales: Boonrueng, Pawana, Wasana, Peththa Wadu Dasuni, Hasriadi, Vajragupta, Opa, Rojsitthisak, Pornchai, Towiwat, Pasarapa
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9590184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36274168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-022-00660-1
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author Boonrueng, Pawana
Wasana, Peththa Wadu Dasuni
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description BACKGROUND: Curcumin and piperine are major bioactive compounds of Curcuma longa and Piper nigrum, widely consumed as spices and flock medicine. The combinational use of these plants is a common practice in Southeast Asia. Synergism between curcumin and piperine has been found in several animal models but not in periodontal disease and diabetes, and the antinociceptive interaction is still unknown. Hence, the present study aimed to assess the interaction between curcumin and piperine in pain and its potential CNS side effect profile. METHODS: Formalin test and in vitro LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells were used to assess the synergistic interaction of curcumin and piperine in a mouse model of inflammatory pain. Tail-flick and cold plate tests were applied to determine the antinociceptive synergism between piperine and curcumin. The interaction was determined by applying isobolographic analysis. The potential CNS-side effects of the curcumin and piperine combination were also assessed using LABORAS automated home-cage behavioral analysis. RESULTS: Curcumin alone dose-dependently improved pain-like behaviors in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests with the ED(50) of 71.4, 34.4, and 31.9 mg/kg, respectively. Additionally, piperine exhibited efficacy in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests with the ED(50) of 18.4, 8.1, and 28.1 mg/kg, respectively. The combination of curcumin and piperine (1:1 ED(50) ratio) produced synergistic interaction in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests as assessed significantly lower experimental ED(50) values (5.9, 5.2, and 5.5 mg/kg) compared to theoretical ED(50) values (44.9, 21.3, and 30.0 mg/kg), isobologram analysis, and interaction index values of 0.13, 0.24 and 0.18, respectively. The synergistic interaction of curcumin and piperine was further confirmed by the efficacy of the combination in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells. Curcumin and piperine interacted synergistically, reducing proinflammatory mediators. The combination also demonstrated better compatibility profiles with neuronal cells. Furthermore, the curcumin-piperine combination had no effects on mouse spontaneous locomotor behaviors in LABORAS automated home cage monitoring. CONCLUSION: Overall, the present study demonstrates strong antinociceptive synergism between curcumin and piperine in mouse models with no potential CNS side effects, suggesting its possible use in clinical trials.
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spelling pubmed-95901842022-10-25 Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects Boonrueng, Pawana Wasana, Peththa Wadu Dasuni Hasriadi Vajragupta, Opa Rojsitthisak, Pornchai Towiwat, Pasarapa Chin Med Research BACKGROUND: Curcumin and piperine are major bioactive compounds of Curcuma longa and Piper nigrum, widely consumed as spices and flock medicine. The combinational use of these plants is a common practice in Southeast Asia. Synergism between curcumin and piperine has been found in several animal models but not in periodontal disease and diabetes, and the antinociceptive interaction is still unknown. Hence, the present study aimed to assess the interaction between curcumin and piperine in pain and its potential CNS side effect profile. METHODS: Formalin test and in vitro LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells were used to assess the synergistic interaction of curcumin and piperine in a mouse model of inflammatory pain. Tail-flick and cold plate tests were applied to determine the antinociceptive synergism between piperine and curcumin. The interaction was determined by applying isobolographic analysis. The potential CNS-side effects of the curcumin and piperine combination were also assessed using LABORAS automated home-cage behavioral analysis. RESULTS: Curcumin alone dose-dependently improved pain-like behaviors in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests with the ED(50) of 71.4, 34.4, and 31.9 mg/kg, respectively. Additionally, piperine exhibited efficacy in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests with the ED(50) of 18.4, 8.1, and 28.1 mg/kg, respectively. The combination of curcumin and piperine (1:1 ED(50) ratio) produced synergistic interaction in the formalin, tail-flick, and cold plate tests as assessed significantly lower experimental ED(50) values (5.9, 5.2, and 5.5 mg/kg) compared to theoretical ED(50) values (44.9, 21.3, and 30.0 mg/kg), isobologram analysis, and interaction index values of 0.13, 0.24 and 0.18, respectively. The synergistic interaction of curcumin and piperine was further confirmed by the efficacy of the combination in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells. Curcumin and piperine interacted synergistically, reducing proinflammatory mediators. The combination also demonstrated better compatibility profiles with neuronal cells. Furthermore, the curcumin-piperine combination had no effects on mouse spontaneous locomotor behaviors in LABORAS automated home cage monitoring. CONCLUSION: Overall, the present study demonstrates strong antinociceptive synergism between curcumin and piperine in mouse models with no potential CNS side effects, suggesting its possible use in clinical trials. BioMed Central 2022-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9590184/ /pubmed/36274168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-022-00660-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Vajragupta, Opa
Rojsitthisak, Pornchai
Towiwat, Pasarapa
Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title_full Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title_fullStr Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title_full_unstemmed Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title_short Combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential CNS side effects
title_sort combination of curcumin and piperine synergistically improves pain-like behaviors in mouse models of pain with no potential cns side effects
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9590184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36274168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-022-00660-1
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