Kappa opioid agonists inhibit transmitter release from guinea pig hippocampal mossy fiber synaptosomes |
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Authors: | Robert L Gannon David M Terrian PhD |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, East Carolina University, School of Medicine, 27858-4354 Greenville, NC |
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Abstract: | Opioid agonists specific for the , , and opioid receptor subtypes were tested for their ability to modulate potassium-evoked release of L-glutamate and dynorphin B-like immunoreactivity from guinea pig hippocampal mossy fiber synaptosomes. The opioid agonists U-62,066E and (–) ethylketocyclazocine, but not the agonist D-Ala2,N-MePhe4,Gly5-ol]-enkephalin (DAGO) nor the agonist D-Pen2,5]enkephalin (DPDE), inhibited the potassium-evoked release of L-glutamate and dynorphin B-like immunoreactivity. U-62,066E, but not DAGO or DPDE, also inhibited the potassium-evoked rise in mossy fiber synaptosomal cytosolic Ca2+ levels, indicating a possible mechanism for agonist inhibition of transmitter release. DAGO and DPDE were found to be without any effect on cytosolic Ca2+ levels or transmitter release in this preparation. The U-62,066E inhibition of the potassium-evoked rise in synaptosomal cytosolic Ca2+ levels was partially attenuated by the opioid antagonist quadazocine and insensitive to the -opioid specific antagonist ICI 174,864 and the opioid-preferring antagonists naloxone and naltrexone. Quadazocine also reversed U-62,066E inhibition of the potassium-evoked release of L-glutamate, but not dynorphin B-like immunoreactivity. These results suggest that opioid agonists inhibit transmitter release from mossy fiber terminals through both opioid and non- opioid receptor mediated mechanisms. |
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Keywords: | Hippocampus mossy fiber opioids synaptosome glutamate dynorphin |
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