Avaliação da atividade tipo antidepressiva do óleo essencial das folhas de Spiranthera odoratissima A. St.-Hil. e de seu componente majoritário, β-cariofileno

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Danillo Ramos de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5858
• topic: Spiranthera odoratissima; β-cariofileno; Avaliações comportamentais; Vias monoaminérgicas; BDNF; Spiranthera odoratissima; B-caryophyllene; Behavioral evaluation; Monoaminergic pathway; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FARMACIA

Spiranthera odoratissima A. St.-Hil., popularly known as “manacá”, is a vegetal specie found in Cerrado regions. The chemical composition of essential oil of “manacá” (OEM) by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC/MS) identified -caryophyllene (BCP) as the majority constituent. Pre-clinical studies indicated the anxiolytic like effect of OEM is associated with serotonergic system. Some data revealed that depression and anxiety disorders often coexist together instead only one in the patient and some drugs are effective for both disturbs. In this context, we created the hypothesis that OEM and BCP should present antidepressant like effect. This study was conducted for evaluate the antidepressant like activity of OEM and the phytoconstituent β-caryophyllene and verified the possible mechanisms involved in this activity. Male Albino Swiss mice were used in the open field (OFT), forced swim (FST) and tail suspension test (TST). The animals were treated with increasing doses of OEM (125, 250 and 500 mg/kg) and of BCP (25, 50, 70, 100 and 140 mg/kg). The treatment with OEM at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg, BCP at doses of 50, 70 and 100 mg/kg reduced the immobility time of animals in the TST without alteration in the exploratory activity in the OFT. The dose of 500 mg/kg of OEM and dose of 100 mg/kg of BCP showed the best effect and were chosen to continue the study. Possible alterations in the levels of serotonin (5 – HT), noradrenaline (NE) and in the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were verified in the mechanisms of action. The anti-immobility time of OEM was reverted by the pre-treatment with NAN- 190 (0,5 mg/kg i.p., 30 minutes before – 5-HT1A antagonist), PCPA (100 mg/kg i.p., during 4 days – inhibitor of serotonin synthesis), AMPT (100 mg/kg i.p., 4 h before – inhibitor of catecholamines), ioimbine (1 mg/kg i.p., 15 minutes before - 2 adrenergic antagonist) and propranolol (2 mg/kg i.p., 15 minutes before -  adrenergic antagonist), but was not reverted by the pretreatment with prazosin (1 mg/kg i.p., 15 minutes before - α1 adrenergic antagonist), suggesting the involvement of serotonergic and catecholaminergic systems in the antidepressive like activity. About the BCP, the pre-treatment with NAN-190, in the conditions described above, did not block the antidepressive like activity of this compound, suggesting the absence of participation of serotonergic system in this activity. The prazosin did not reverse the effect of BCP. However, the previous administration of AMPT, ioimbine and propranolol in the same conditions described above, prevents the antidepressant like activity of BCP in the FST, suggesting the involvement of catecholamines, specifically of NE, in the antidepressive like effect of the BCP. In relation with the capacity to alter the hipocampal levels of BDNF, BCP showed this activity after 14 days of treatment. In this sense we conclude that OEM and the phytoconstituent (BCP) showed antidepressant like effect with involvement of serotonergic system and of the 5-HT1A receptor in the action of OEM, but not of the BCP. Moreover, a activation of α2 and β-adrenergic receptors, but not of 1, are involved in the activity of OEM and of the BCP found in this study. Additionally, the increase in the hippocampal levels of BDNF, can be the responsible, at least in part, with the antidepressant like activity of BCP.