The neuropeptide FF analogue, 1DMe,reduces in vivo dynorphin release from the rat spinal cord |
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Authors: | Ballet Sébastien Braz Joao Mauborgne Annie Bourgoin Sylvie Zajac Jean-Marie Hamon Michel Cesselin François |
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Institution: | NeuroPsychoPharmacologie Moléculaire, Cellulaire et Fonctionnelle, INSERM U288, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Intrathecal infusion of the neuropeptide FF analogue, D-Tyr1, (NMe)Phe3]neuropeptide FF (1DMe; 0.1 microm-0.1 mm) in anaesthetized rats produced a concentration-dependent decrease in the spinal outflow of dynorphin A (1-8)-like material, which persisted for at least 90 min after treatment with 10 microm-0.1 mm of the compound. Co-administration of d-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH2 (CTOP; 1 microm) to block spinal micro-opioid receptors did not modify this effect, whereas naltrindole (10 microm) totally prevented it and nor-binaltorphimine (10 microm) reduced the post-effect. These data suggest that 1DMe triggers the release of endogenous opioids that stimulate mainly delta-opioid receptors, and secondarily kappa-opioid receptors, thereby exerting a negative influence on dynorphin A (1-8)-like material outflow. Because dynorphin has pronociceptive properties, such a decrease in spinal dynorphin A (1-8)-like material release might underlie the long-lasting antinociceptive effects of intrathecally administered neuropeptide FF and analogues. |
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Keywords: | dynorphin in vivo release neuropeptide FF opioid receptor ligands spinal cord |
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