Differential antagonism of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 supraspinal antinociception by naloxonazine and 3-methylnaltrexone |
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Authors: | Sakurada Shinobu Hayashi Takafumi Yuhki Masayuki Fujimura Tsutomu Murayama Kimie Yonezawa Akihiko Sakurada Chikai Takeshita Mitsuhiro Sato Takumi Zadina James E Kastin Abba J Sakurada Tsukasa |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Sendai, Japan. s-sakura@tohoku-pharm.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | To determine if different subtypes of mu-opioid receptors were involved in antinociception induced by endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2, the effect of pretreatment with various mu-opioid receptor antagonists beta-funaltrexamine, naloxonazine and 3-methylnaltrexone on the inhibition of the paw-withdrawal induced by endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 given intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) were studied in ddY male mice. The inhibition of the paw-withdrawal induced by i.c.v. administration of endomorphin-1, endomorphin-2 or DAMGO was completely blocked by the pretreatment with a selective mu-opioid receptor antagonist beta-funaltrexamine (40 mg/kg), indicating that the antinociception induced by all these peptides are mediated by the stimulation of mu-opioid receptors. However, naloxonazine, a mu1-opioid receptor antagonist pretreated s.c. for 24h was more effective in blocking the antinociception induced by endomorphin-2, than by endomorphin-1 or DAMGO given i.c.v. Pretreatment with a selective morphine-6 beta-glucuronide blocker 3-methylnaltrexone 0.25mg/kg given s.c. for 25 min or co-administration of 3-methylnaltrexone 2.5 ng given i.c.v. effectively attenuated the antinociception induced by endomorphin-2 given i.c.v. and co-administration of 3-methylnaltrexone shifted the dose-response curves for endomorphin-2 induced antinociception to the right by 4-fold. The administration of 3-methylnaltrexone did not affect the antinociception induced by endomorphin-1 or DAMGO given i.c.v. Our results indicate that the antinociception induced by endomorphin-2 is mediated by the stimulation of subtypes of mu-opioid receptor, which is different from that of mu-opioid receptor subtype stimulation by endomorphin-1 and DAMGO. |
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