The selective COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib reduces acute inflammatory markers in ...

• Author(s): Rodrigues, Manuel Lima ; Lamas, Nuno Jorge ; Fernandes, Ana Valle ; Cruz, Andrea ; Vieira, Artur Jorge Gomes ; Oliveira, Pedro ; Pedrosa, Jorge ; Castro, António G. ; Reis, R. M. ; Baltazar, Fátima ; Almeida, Armando
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/29372
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Neurogenic laryngitis; Nasogastric intubation (NGI) model; Quantitative real-time QRT-PCR; Selective COX-2 inhibitor; Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a)
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The selective COX-2 inhibitor Etoricoxib reduces acute inflammatory markers in a model of neurogenic laryngitis but loses its efficacy with prolonged treatment. OBJECTIVE: A randomised experimental study was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor in neurogenic laryngitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Male Wistar Han rats were subjected to the nasogastric intubation model (NGI) of laryngitis for 1 and 2 weeks. The NGI animals were divided into three groups: (1) treated with COX-2 inhibitor Etoricoxib, (2) vehicle and (3) non-intubated animals. A fourth group of animals was submitted to NGI only. Laryngeal sections were immunostained for substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) fibre-immunoreactivity (IR) and quantification of COX-2 positive cells through stereological analysis. The expression of COX-2, interleukins IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-10 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) was determined by quantitative real time QRT-PCR. TREATMENT: Etoricoxib (6 mg/kg/day) was prepared in 0.9% sterile saline with 5% glucose (vehicle) and administered daily during 1 or 2 weeks. RESULTS: Treatment for 1 week with Etoricoxib attenuated the CGRP-IR fibre depletion, the COX-2-IR increased cell number and the TNF-alpha and COX-2 mRNA increased levels induced by NGI. Two weeks of treatment had no beneficial effect. CONCLUSIONS: Etoricoxib is effective in neurogenic laryngitis for limited periods of administration, indicating that selective COX-2 inhibitors should be evaluated in the future.