Menthol disrupts nicotine’s psychostimulant properties in an age and sex-dependent manner in C57BL/6J mice
Fait BW, Thompson DC, Mose TN, Jatlow P, Jordt SE, Picciotto MR, Mineur YS. Menthol disrupts nicotine’s psychostimulant properties in an age and sex-dependent manner in C57BL/6J mice. Behavioural Brain Research 2017, 334: 72-77. PMID: 28743602, PMCID: PMC5580257, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.07.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult male miceNicotine intakeMale micePsychostimulant effectsPsychostimulant propertiesHome cage locomotor activitySex-dependent mannerSex-dependent mechanismsBlood levelsAdolescent miceFemale miceLocomotor stimulationLocomotor activityNicotine sensitivityAge groupsE-cigarettesMiceIntakeSignificant decreaseNicotineAgeSexBehavioral changesAdultsSpecific mechanismsTransient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily M Member 8 channels mediate the anti‐inflammatory effects of eucalyptol
Caceres AI, Liu B, Jabba SV, Achanta S, Morris JB, Jordt S. Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily M Member 8 channels mediate the anti‐inflammatory effects of eucalyptol. British Journal Of Pharmacology 2017, 174: 867-879. PMID: 28240768, PMCID: PMC5387001, DOI: 10.1111/bph.13760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCyclohexanolsDose-Response Relationship, DrugEdemaEucalyptolFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMonoterpenesRandom AllocationTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTRPM Cation ChannelsConceptsAnti-inflammatory effectsComplete Freund's adjuvantTRPM8 channelsPulmonary inflammationLeukocyte infiltrationNovel anti-inflammatory agentsInflammatory pain responsesSelective TRPM8 agonistsAdministration of LPSAnti-inflammatory propertiesChannel-deficient miceAnti-inflammatory agentsEffect of eucalyptolProduction of TNFTRP cation channelsMechanical allodyniaChemokine levelsTRPM8 agonistMyeloperoxidase activityFootpad inflammationFreund's adjuvantPain responseIL-1βIL-6Inflammatory cytokines