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Rocchi G, Sterlini B, Tardito S, Inglese M, Corradi A, Filaci G, Amore M, Magioncalda P, Martino M. Opioidergic System and Functional Architecture of Intrinsic Brain Activity: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders. Neuroscientist 2020; 26:343-358. [PMID: 32133917 DOI: 10.1177/1073858420902360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The opioidergic system and intrinsic brain activity, as organized in large-scale networks such as the salience network (SN), sensorimotor network (SMN), and default-mode network (DMN), play core roles in healthy behavior and psychiatric disorders. This work aimed to investigate how opioidergic signaling affects intrinsic brain activity in healthy individuals by reviewing relevant neuroanatomical, molecular, functional, and pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging studies in order to clarify their physiological links and changes in psychiatric disorders. The SN shows dense opioidergic innervations of subcortical structures and high expression levels of opioid receptors in subcortical-cortical areas, with enhanced or reduced activity with low or very high doses of opioids, respectively. The SMN shows high levels of opioid receptors in subcortical areas and functional disconnection caused by opioids. The DMN shows low levels of opioid receptors in cortical areas and inhibited or enhanced activity with low or high doses of opioids, respectively. Finally, we proposed a working model. Opioidergic signaling enhances SN and suppresses SMN (and DMN) activity, resulting in affective excitation with psychomotor inhibition; stronger increases in opioidergic signaling attenuate the SN and SMN while disinhibiting the DMN, dissociating affective and psychomotor functions from the internal states; the opposite occurs with a deficit of opioidergic signaling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giulio Rocchi
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Neurology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Brain and Consciousness Research Center, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Ragen BJ, Freeman SM, Laredo SA, Mendoza SP, Bales KL. μ and κ opioid receptor distribution in the monogamous titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus): implications for social behavior and endocrine functioning. Neuroscience 2015; 290:421-34. [PMID: 25637809 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The opioid system is involved in infant-mother bonds and adult-adult bonds in many species. We have previously shown that μ opioid receptors (MORs) and κ opioid receptors (KORs) are involved in regulating the adult attachment of the monogamous titi monkey. The present study sought to determine the distribution of MOR and KOR in the titi monkey brain using receptor autoradiography. We used [(3)H][D-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly(5)-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO) to label MORs and [(3)H]U69,593 to label KORs. MOR binding was heterogeneous throughout the titi monkey brain. Specifically, MOR binding was observed in the cingulate gyrus (CG), striatum, septal regions, diagonal band, amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and thalamus. Binding was particularly dense in the septum, medial amygdala, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, mediodorsal thalamus with moderate binding in the nucleus accumbens. Consistent with other primate species, MOR were also observed in "neurochemically unique domains of the accumbens and putamen" (NUDAPs). In general KOR binding was more homogenous. KORs were primarily found in the CG, striatum, amygdala and hippocampus. Dense KOR binding was observed in the claustrum. Relative MOR and KOR binding in the titi monkey striatum was similar to other humans and primates, but was much lower compared to rodents. Relative MOR binding in the titi monkey hypothalamus was much greater than that found in rodents. This study was the first to examine MOR and KOR binding in a monogamous primate. The location of these receptors gives insight into where ligands may be acting to regulate social behavior and endocrine function.
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Affiliation(s)
- B J Ragen
- California National Primate Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Department of Psychology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
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- California National Primate Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Animal Behavior Graduate Group, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- California National Primate Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- California National Primate Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Department of Psychology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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Kaufman MJ, Janes AC, Frederick BD, Brimson-Théberge M, Tong Y, McWilliams SB, Bear A, Gillis TE, Schrode KM, Renshaw PF, Negus SS. A method for conducting functional MRI studies in alert nonhuman primates: initial results with opioid agonists in male cynomolgus monkeys. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2013; 21:323-31. [PMID: 23773004 PMCID: PMC3916219 DOI: 10.1037/a0033062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Functional MRI (fMRI) has emerged as a powerful technique for assessing neural effects of psychoactive drugs and other stimuli. Several experimental approaches have been developed to use fMRI in anesthetized and awake animal subjects, each of which has its advantages and complexities. We sought to assess whether one particular method to scan alert postanesthetized animals can be used to assess fMRI effects of opioid agonists. To date, the use of fMRI as a method to compare pharmacological effects of opioid drugs has been limited. Such studies are important because mu and kappa opioid receptor agonists produce distinct profiles of behavioral effects related both to clinically desirable endpoints (e.g., analgesia) and to undesirable effects (e.g., abuse potential). This study sought to determine whether we could use our fMRI approach to compare acute effects of behaviorally equipotent (3.2 μg/kg) intravenous doses of fentanyl and U69,593 (doses that do not affect cardiorespiratory parameters). Scans were acquired in alert male cynomolgus macaques acclimated to undergo fMRI scans under restraint, absent excessive stress hormone increases. These opioid agonists activated bilateral striatal and nucleus accumbens regions of interest. At the dose tested, U69,593 induced greater left nucleus accumbens BOLD activation than fentanyl, while fentanyl activated left dorsal caudate nucleus more than U69,593. Our results suggest that our fMRI approach could be informative for comparing effects of opioid agonists.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/blood
- Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Benzeneacetamides/administration & dosage
- Benzeneacetamides/pharmacology
- Caudate Nucleus/drug effects
- Caudate Nucleus/metabolism
- Conditioning, Psychological
- Fentanyl/administration & dosage
- Fentanyl/pharmacology
- Hydrocortisone/blood
- Injections, Intravenous
- Macaca fascicularis/physiology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging/adverse effects
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging/veterinary
- Male
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/agonists
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects
- Nucleus Accumbens/metabolism
- Pyrrolidines/administration & dosage
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Restraint, Physical/adverse effects
- Restraint, Physical/veterinary
- Stress, Physiological
- Stress, Psychological/blood
- Stress, Psychological/etiology
- Wakefulness
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Affiliation(s)
- Marc J Kaufman
- McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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Henriksen G, Willoch F, Talbot PS, Wester HJ. Recent development and potential use of µ- and κ-opioid receptor ligands in positron emission tomography studies. Drug Dev Res 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Schroeder JA, Niculescu M, Unterwald EM. Cocaine alters mu but not delta or kappa opioid receptor-stimulated in situ [35S]GTPgammaS binding in rat brain. Synapse 2003; 47:26-32. [PMID: 12422370 DOI: 10.1002/syn.10148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Chronic cocaine administration produces alterations in mu and kappa opioid receptor density as well as striatal and accumbens opioid-regulated adenylyl cyclase activity, suggesting a psychostimulant responsive interaction between opioidergic and dopaminergic systems. Stimulation of G-protein-coupled opioid receptors inhibits adenylyl cyclase production of cyclic AMP. The present study employed in situ [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding to measure opioid receptor-stimulated activation of G-proteins in response to acute and chronic cocaine exposure. Male Fischer rats received acute (1 or 3 days) or chronic (14 days) binge pattern cocaine administration. Three and 14 days of cocaine injections resulted in greater increases in the ability of the mu receptor agonist DAMGO to stimulate [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding in both the core and the shell of the nucleus accumbens, all regions of the caudate putamen and the cingulate cortex compared with saline-matched controls. The greatest increases in DAMGO-stimulated [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding were observed in the dorsal areas of the caudate putamen in animals that received 14 days of cocaine. No significant changes in delta (DPDPE), or kappa (dynorphin A(1-17)) receptor-stimulated [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding were found in any brain region in response to cocaine administration. These results demonstrate that binge pattern cocaine administration induce changes in mu but not delta or kappa opioid receptor-mediated G-protein activity. This study provides support for the hypothesis that the addictive properties of both psychostimulants and opiates may share common neurochemical signaling substrates.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Autoradiography
- Brain/drug effects
- Brain/metabolism
- Caudate Nucleus/drug effects
- Caudate Nucleus/metabolism
- Cocaine/administration & dosage
- Cocaine/pharmacology
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/administration & dosage
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Gyrus Cinguli/drug effects
- Gyrus Cinguli/metabolism
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects
- Nucleus Accumbens/metabolism
- Putamen/drug effects
- Putamen/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Sulfur Radioisotopes
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Joseph A Schroeder
- Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
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Sim-Selley LJ, Daunais JB, Porrino LJ, Childers SR. Mu and kappa1 opioid-stimulated [35S]guanylyl-5'-O-(gamma-thio)-triphosphate binding in cynomolgus monkey brain. Neuroscience 1999; 94:651-62. [PMID: 10579225 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00344-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Agonist-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding allows the visualization of receptor-activated G-proteins, thus revealing the anatomical localization of functional receptor activity. In the present study, agonist-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding was used to demonstrate mu and kappa1 opioid-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding in tissue sections and membranes from cynomolgus monkey brain using DAMGO and U50,488H, respectively. Concentrations of agonists required to produce maximal stimulation of [35S]GTPgammaS binding were determined in membranes from the frontal poles of the brain. Receptor specificity was verified in both membranes and sections by inhibiting agonist-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding with the appropriate antagonist. Mu opioid-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding was high in areas including the amygdala, ventral striatum, caudate, putamen, medial thalamus and hypothalamus. Dense mu-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding was also found in brainstem nuclei including the interpeduncular nucleus, parabrachial nucleus and nucleus of the solitary tract. Kappa1 opioid-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding was high in limbic and association cortex, ventral striatum, caudate, putamen, globus pallidus, claustrum, amygdala, hypothalamus and substantia nigra. These results demonstrate the applicability of [35S]GTPgammaS autoradiography to examine receptor-activated G-proteins in the primate brain and reveal functional mu and kappa1 opioid receptor activity that may contribute to the reported central nervous system effects of opiates.
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Affiliation(s)
- L J Sim-Selley
- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department and Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298, USA.
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Izenwasser S, Staley JK, Cohn S, Mash DC. Characterization of kappa1-opioid receptor binding in human insular cortex. Life Sci 1999; 65:857-62. [PMID: 10465345 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00315-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Mesolimbic dopaminergic neurotransmission is modulated by dynorphin peptides binding to kappa-opioid receptors. The interaction between dynorphin and dopamine systems makes the kappa-opioid receptor a potential drug discovery target for the development of therapeutic agents for schizophrenia and drug abuse. This study reports the specificity and parameters of [3H]U69593 binding in the insular cortex, a representative corticolimbic area of the human brain. The results demonstrate that the radioligand [3H]U69593 labels a single population of receptors in human insular cortex with an affinity in the low nanomolar range. The pharmacological profile for inhibition of [3H]U69593 binding was determined in this brain region using drugs known to bind to mu, kappa and delta opioid receptors. The results show that kappa-opioid selective agonists and antagonists inhibit binding of this ligand in human brain with comparable affinities and rank order as previously described for rat and guinea pig brain and the cloned kappa1-opioid receptor subtype.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Benzeneacetamides
- Binding, Competitive
- Cerebral Cortex/metabolism
- Humans
- Pyrrolidines/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Stereoisomerism
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Affiliation(s)
- S Izenwasser
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
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Peckys D, Landwehrmeyer GB. Expression of mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptor messenger RNA in the human CNS: a 33P in situ hybridization study. Neuroscience 1999; 88:1093-135. [PMID: 10336124 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00251-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
The existence of at least three opioid receptor types, referred to as mu, kappa, and delta, is well established. Complementary DNAs corresponding to the pharmacologically defined mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptors have been isolated in various species including man. The expression patterns of opioid receptor transcripts in human brain has not been established with a cellular resolution, in part because of the low apparent abundance of opioid receptor messenger RNAs in human brain. To visualize opioid receptor messenger RNAs we developed a sensitive in situ hybridization histochemistry method using 33P-labelled RNA probes. In the present study we report the regional and cellular expression of mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptor messenger RNAs in selected areas of the human brain. Hybridization of the different opioid receptor probes resulted in distinct labelling patterns. For the mu and kappa opioid receptor probes, the most intense regional signals were observed in striatum, thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum and certain brainstem areas as well as the spinal cord. The most intense signals for the delta opioid receptor probe were found in cerebral cortex. Expression of opioid receptor transcripts was restricted to subpopulations of neurons within most regions studied demonstrating differences in the cellular expression patterns of mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptor messenger RNAs in numerous brain regions. The messenger RNA distribution patterns for each opioid receptor corresponded in general to the distribution of opioid receptor binding sites as visualized by receptor autoradiography. However, some mismatches, for instance between mu opioid receptor receptor binding and mu opioid receptor messenger RNA expression in the anterior striatum, were observed. A comparison of the distribution patterns of opioid receptor messenger RNAs in the human brain and that reported for the rat suggests a homologous expression pattern in many regions. However, in the human brain, kappa opioid receptor messenger RNA expression was more widely distributed than in rodents. The differential and region specific expression of opioid receptors may help to identify targets for receptor specific compounds in neuronal circuits involved in a variety of physiological functions including pain perception, neuroendocrine regulation, motor control and reward.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Peckys
- Department of Neurology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Neurozentrum, Germany
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Heimer L, de Olmos J, Alheid G, Pearson J, Sakamoto N, Shinoda K, Marksteiner J, Switzer R. The human basal forebrain. Part II. HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8196(99)80024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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