Morphine enhances the phosphorylation of a 58 kDa protein in mouse brain membranes. |
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Authors: | K Nagamatsu K Suzuki R Teshima H Ikebuchi and T Terao |
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Institution: | National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Morphine and D-Ala2,D-Leu5]enkephalinamide enhance the phosphorylation of a 58 kDa protein in mouse brain synaptosomal membranes. The enhancement of phosphorylation was inhibited by naloxone, an antagonist of morphine. The phosphorylated 58 kDa protein was retained on wheat-germ-agglutinin-agarose and morphinone-Affi-Gel 401 columns and biospecifically eluted out from the columns with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and naloxone respectively. These results suggest a strong possibility that the opiate-binding protein undergoes phosphorylation by endogenous protein kinase. Since the molecular mass of a mu-type opioid receptor in mouse brain is suggested to be 58 kDa, coincident with those of rat brain and neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells, it is conceivable that the phosphorylated 58 kDa protein is a mu-type receptor. |
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