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Bates JN, Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Baby SM, MacFarlane PM, Hsieh YH, Knauss ZT, Bubier JA, Mueller D, Lewis SJ. Lipophilic analogues of D-cysteine prevent and reverse physical dependence to fentanyl in male rats. Front Pharmacol 2024; 14:1336440. [PMID: 38645835 PMCID: PMC11026688 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1336440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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We examined whether co-injections of the cell-permeant D-cysteine analogues, D-cysteine ethyl ester (D-CYSee) and D-cysteine ethyl amide (D-CYSea), prevent acquisition of physical dependence induced by twice-daily injections of fentanyl, and reverse acquired dependence to these injections in freely-moving male Sprague Dawley rats. Injection of the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone HCl (NLX, 1.5 mg/kg, IV), elicited a series of withdrawal phenomena that included cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses, and falls in body weight and body temperature, in rats that received 5 or 10 injections of fentanyl (125 μg/kg, IV), and the same number of vehicle co-injections. Regarding the development of physical dependence, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal phenomena were markedly reduced in fentanyl-injected rats that had received co-injections of D-CYSee (250 μmol/kg, IV) or D-CYSea (100 μmol/kg, IV), but not D-cysteine (250 μmol/kg, IV). Regarding reversal of established dependence to fentanyl, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal phenomena in rats that had received 10 injections of fentanyl (125 μg/kg, IV) was markedly reduced in rats that received co-injections of D-CYSee (250 μmol/kg, IV) or D-CYSea (100 μmol/kg, IV), but not D-cysteine (250 μmol/kg, IV), starting with injection 6 of fentanyl. This study provides evidence that co-injections of D-CYSee and D-CYSea prevent the acquisition of physical dependence, and reverse acquired dependence to fentanyl in male rats. The lack of effect of D-cysteine suggests that the enhanced cell-penetrability of D-CYSee and D-CYSea into cells, particularly within the brain, is key to their ability to interact with intracellular signaling events involved in acquisition to physical dependence to fentanyl.
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- James N. Bates
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Section of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Bates JN, Getsy PM, Coffee GA, Baby SM, MacFarlane PM, Hsieh YH, Knauss ZT, Bubier JA, Mueller D, Lewis SJ. L-cysteine ethyl ester prevents and reverses acquired physical dependence on morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1303207. [PMID: 38111383 PMCID: PMC10726967 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1303207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanisms underlying the acquisition of addiction/dependence on morphine may result from the ability of the opioid to diminish the transport of L-cysteine into neurons via inhibition of excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAA3). The objective of this study was to determine whether the co-administration of the cell-penetrant L-thiol ester, L-cysteine ethyl ester (L-CYSee), would reduce physical dependence on morphine in male Sprague Dawley rats. Injection of the opioid-receptor antagonist, naloxone HCl (NLX; 1.5 mg/kg, IP), elicited pronounced withdrawal phenomena in rats which received a subcutaneous depot of morphine (150 mg/kg) for 36 h and were receiving a continuous infusion of saline (20 μL/h, IV) via osmotic minipumps for the same 36 h period. The withdrawal phenomena included wet-dog shakes, jumping, rearing, fore-paw licking, 360° circling, writhing, apneas, cardiovascular (pressor and tachycardia) responses, hypothermia, and body weight loss. NLX elicited substantially reduced withdrawal syndrome in rats that received an infusion of L-CYSee (20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) for 36 h. NLX precipitated a marked withdrawal syndrome in rats that had received subcutaneous depots of morphine (150 mg/kg) for 48 h) and a co-infusion of vehicle. However, the NLX-precipitated withdrawal signs were markedly reduced in morphine (150 mg/kg for 48 h)-treated rats that began receiving an infusion of L-CYSee (20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) at 36 h. In similar studies to those described previously, neither L-cysteine nor L-serine ethyl ester (both at 20.8 μmol/kg/h, IV) mimicked the effects of L-CYSee. This study demonstrates that 1) L-CYSee attenuates the development of physical dependence on morphine in male rats and 2) prior administration of L-CYSee reverses morphine dependence, most likely by intracellular actions within the brain. The lack of the effect of L-serine ethyl ester (oxygen atom instead of sulfur atom) strongly implicates thiol biochemistry in the efficacy of L-CYSee. Accordingly, L-CYSee and analogs may be a novel class of therapeutics that ameliorate the development of physical dependence on opioids in humans.
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- James N. Bates
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Section of Biology, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Central effects of ethanol interact with endogenous mu-opioid activity to control isolation-induced analgesia in maternally separated infant rats. Behav Brain Res 2013; 260:119-30. [PMID: 24315831 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endogenous opioid activity plays an important role in ethanol consumption and reinforcement in infant rats. Opioid systems are also involved in mediation and regulation of stress responses. Social isolation is a stressful experience for preweanling rats and changes the effects of ethanol through opioid-dependent mechanisms. The present study assessed effects of intracisternal (i.c.) administration of a selective mu-opioid antagonist (CTOP) and i.p. administration of a nonspecific opioid antagonist (naloxone) on voluntary intake and behavior in socially isolated 12-day-old (P12) pups treated with 0.5 g/kg ethanol. Voluntary intake of 0.1% saccharin or water, locomotion, rearing activity, paw licking and grooming were assessed during short-term isolation from littermates (STSI; 8-min duration). Thermal nociceptive reactivity was measured before and after this intake test, with normalized differences between pre- and post-test latencies of paw withdrawal from a hot plate (49°C) used as an index of isolation-induced analgesia (IIA). Results indicated several effects of social isolation and ethanol mediated through the mu-opioid system. Effects of low dose ethanol (0.5 g/kg) and voluntary consumption of saccharin interacted with endogenous mu-opioid activity associated with STSI. Blockade of mu-opioid receptors on saccharin consumption and paw licking-grooming affected intoxicated animals. Low dose ethanol and ingestion of saccharin blunted effects of CTOP on rearing behavior and nociceptive reactivity. Central injections of CTOP stimulated paw licking and grooming dependent on ethanol dose and type of fluid ingested. Ethanol selectively increased saccharin intake during STSI in females, naloxone and CTOP blocked ethanol-mediated enhancement of saccharin intake. We suggest that enhancement of saccharin intake by ethanol during STSI is the product of synergism between isolation-induced mu-opioid activity that increases the pup's sensitivity to appetitive taste stimulation and the anxiolytic effects of 0.5 g/kg ethanol that decreases behaviors otherwise competing with independent ingestive activity.
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COMMUNICATIONS. Br J Pharmacol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1986.tb16600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The Effect of Pain on Stroop Performance in Patients With Opiate Dependence in Sustained Remission. J Addict Med 2011; 5:50-6. [DOI: 10.1097/adm.0b013e3181d77c07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rubovitch V, Pick CG, Sarne Y. Is withdrawal hyperalgesia in morphine-dependent mice a direct effect of a low concentration of the residual drug? Addict Biol 2009; 14:438-46. [PMID: 19489750 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2009.00164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Withdrawal of opioid drugs leads to a cluster of unpleasant symptoms in dependent subjects. These symptoms are stimulatory in nature and oppose the acute, inhibitory effects of opiates. The conventional theory that explains the opioid withdrawal syndrome assumes that chronic usage of opioid drugs activates compensatory mechanisms whose stimulatory effects are revealed upon elimination of the inhibitory opioid drug from the body. Based on previous studies that show a dose-dependent dual activity of opiates, including pain perception, we present here an alternative explanation to the phenomenon of withdrawal-induced hyperalgesia. According to this explanation, the residual low concentration of the drug that remains after cessation of its administration elicits the stimulatory withdrawal hyperalgesia. The goal of the present study was to test this hypothesis. In the present study we rendered mice dependent on morphine by a daily administration of the drug. Cessation of morphine application elicited withdrawal hyperalgesia that was completely blocked by a high dose of the opiate antagonist naloxone (100 mg/kg). Similarly, naloxone (2 mg/kg)-induced withdrawal hyperalgesia was also blocked by 100 mg/kg of naloxone. The blockage of withdrawal hyperalgesia by naloxone suggested the involvement of opioid receptors in the phenomenon and indicated that withdrawal hyperalgesia is a direct effect of a residual, low concentration of morphine. Acute experiments that show morphine- and naloxone-induced hyperalgesia further verified our hypothesis. Our findings offer a novel, alternative approach to opiate detoxifications that may prevent withdrawal symptoms by a complete blockage of the opioid receptors using a high dose of the opioid antagonist.
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- Vardit Rubovitch
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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The injection of a melanocortin peptide or of melanocortin peptide analogues into the cerebrospinal fluid or into the ventromedial hypothalamus in nanomolar or subnanomolar doses induces a long-lasting inhibition of food intake. The effect keeps significant for up to 9 h and has been observed in all animal species so far tested, the most susceptible being the rabbit. The anorectic effect of these peptides is a primary one, not secondary to the shift towards other components of the complex melanocortin-induced behavioral syndrome, in particular grooming. The site of action is in the brain, and the effect is not adrenal-mediated because it is fully exhibited also by adrenalectomized animals. It is a very strong effect, because the degree of feeding inhibition is not reduced in conditions of hunger, either induced by 24 h starvation, or by insulin-induced hypoglycemia, or by stimulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), noradrenergic or opioid systems. The microstructural analysis of feeding behavior suggests that melanocortins act as satiety-inducing agents, because they do not significantly modify the latencies to start eating, but shorten the latencies to stop eating. The mechanism of action involves the activation of melanocortin MC(4) receptors, because selective melanocortin MC(4) receptor antagonists inhibit the anorectic effect of melanocortins, while inducing per se a strong stimulation of food intake and a significant increase in body weight. Melanocortins seem to play an important role in stress-induced anorexia, because such condition, in rats, is significantly attenuated by the blockage of melanocortin MC(4) receptors; such a role is not secondary to an increased release of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), because, on the other hand, the CRF-induced anorexia is not affected at all by the blockage of melanocortin MC(4) receptors. The physiological meaning of the feeding inhibitory effect of melanocortins, and, by consequence, the physiological role of melanocortins in the complex machinery responsible for body weight homeostasis, is testified by the hyperphagia/obesity syndromes caused by mutations in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene, or in the melanocortin MC(4) receptor gene, or in the agouti locus. Finally, recent evidences suggest that melanocortins could be involved in mediating the effects of leptin, and in controlling the expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY).
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- A V Vergoni
- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, 41100, Modena, Italy.
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Sollertinskaya TN. Comparative study of the roles of ACTH and beta-endorphin in regulating conditioned reflex activity in the hedgehog. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 27:663-71. [PMID: 9406217 DOI: 10.1007/bf02461924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Data on the relative effects of the neurohormone ACTH1-39 and the opioid peptide beta-endorphin on conditioned reflex activity in the hedgehog are presented. It was demonstrated that administration of ACTH (30-50 micrograms/kg s.c.) led to facilitation of learning and strengthening of memory processes (conditioned reflex traces). ACTH promoted strengthening of movement, orientational-investigative, and intersignal activities, produced hyperalgesia, and blocked the effects of naloxone. Administration of beta-endorphin (30-40 micrograms/kg s.c.) lengthened the latent periods of conditioned reflexes, produced a pronounced analgesic effect, and reduced movement and intersignal activities. The effects of beta-endorphin were eliminated by dosage with naloxone. Administration of beta-endorphin blocked the inhibitor effects of stimulation of the limbic cortex; doses of ACTH produced partial release of inhibitory effects. The differences between the effects of ACTH and beta-endorphin on higher nervous activity are discussed, as are the possible mechanisms of these effects.
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- T N Sollertinskaya
- Laboratory for Comparative Cerebellar Physiology, I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
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Vergoni AV, Sandrini M, Filaferro M, Bertolini A. Opening of brain potassium-channels inhibits the ACTH-induced behavioral syndrome in the male rat. Neurosci Lett 1995; 188:29-32. [PMID: 7783973 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11387-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In adult male rats, the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of pinacidil, a potassium channel opener, at the doses of 100, 200 or 300 micrograms/rat, dose-dependently reduced the display of the most typical behavioral symptoms (excessive grooming, stretching, yawning, penile erections) induced by the i.c.v. administration of ACTH-(1-24) (4 micrograms/rat). These data indicate that the complex mechanism of the melanocortin-induced behavioral syndrome involves closure of potassium channels in target neurons, and provide further experimental support to the idea that melanocortins are functional antagonists of opioids.
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- A V Vergoni
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena, Italy
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McLachlan CD, Hay M, Coleman GJ. The effects of exercise on the oral consumption of morphine and methadone in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1994; 48:563-8. [PMID: 8090833 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(94)90572-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Endogenous opioid peptides have been hypothesised to play a regulatory role in exogenous opiate agonist dependence. It was hypothesised that exercised rats would demonstrate increased beta-endorphin (beta EP) levels and decreased exogenous opiate intake. After providing morphine or methadone as their sole liquid, drug preference levels were determined by amounts of exogenous opiate consumed when rats were offered a choice between drugged and nondrugged solutions. Treatment animals were exercised in a treadmill and were found to consume significantly less exogenous opiate than control animals. Plasma, pituitary, and whole brain beta EP levels were nonsignificantly higher in exercised animals. Differences were observed in the drug ingestion patterns of morphine- and methadone-exposed rats.
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- C D McLachlan
- Psychology Department, School of Behavioural Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Koyuncuoğlu H, Uresin Y, Esin Y, Aricioğlu F. Morphine and naloxone act similarly on glutamate-caused guinea pig ileum contraction. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1992; 43:479-82. [PMID: 1359578 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(92)90179-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Both morphine (M) and naloxone (NL) have been reported to have NMDA receptor blocking effects, regarded as the reason of opiate physical dependence development. On the other hand, glutamate (GLU) has been known to induce the contraction of isolated guinea pig ileum via acetylcholine release. Therefore, different concentrations of M or NL were investigated on the 1 mM GLU-induced contraction of isolated guinea pig ileum fixed at a resting tension of 1 g in isolated organ bath. The mean value (359.3 +/- 20 mg) of the GLU-elicited contraction force was significantly reduced (318.4 +/- 19.4) by 25 nM M concentration in the medium. Consequently, 500 and 750 nM M caused further decreases in a rather dose-dependent manner (270.8 +/- 17.4 and 167.8 +/- 16.5 mg, respectively). One micromolar M contraction nearly abolished (8.0 +/- 8.2 mg) the GLU-induced contraction. A similar effect was obtained with the naloxone concentrations of 10, 20, 40, and 50 microM. In addition, NL has been shown to elicit the contraction of the isolated M-dependent guinea pig ileum. In the present study, 20- and 30-microM NL concentrations in the bathing medium caused the contraction of the ileum made M-dependent by preincubation with M (333.0 +/- 32.4 and 309.5 +/- 17.7 mg, respectively). These contraction forces were significantly reduced when the NL concentration was increased to 40 microM. And, 50 microM NL concentration not only failed to induce contraction but caused a relaxation (-10.6 +/- 2.3) as well. The results were considered supporting evidence for the fact that both M and NL are NMDA receptor blockers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Koyuncuoğlu
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Capa, Turkey
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Loimer N, Schmid R, Lenz K, Presslich O, Grünberger J. Acute blocking of naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal symptoms by methohexitone. Br J Psychiatry 1990; 157:748-52. [PMID: 2279212 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.157.5.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 18 patients, methohexitone blocked objective signs of opiate withdrawal caused by a bolus injection of naloxone. Furthermore, in continuing the naloxone therapy for 48 hours, no withdrawal signs appeared. Levels of withdrawal distress returned to normal levels within six days. This approach can be regarded as an effective and well tolerated withdrawal therapy with low drop-out rates.
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- N Loimer
- Intensive Care Unit, Psychiatric University Clinic of Vienna, Austria
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In a placebo-controlled trial, pupillary constriction was measured in healthy non-addicted subjects and in opiate addicts by using static computer-assisted pupillometry. In contrast to earlier reports, a clear-cut pupillary constriction was observed in healthy persons after a single intravenous injection of 0.4 mg naloxone. No significant changes of pupillary size were recorded in the same subjects after the administration of a placebo. In methadone-maintained subjects, the IV administration of 0.4 mg naloxone caused a significant pupillary dilatation. From these data it can be concluded that naloxone seems to have a central pharmacological action not only in opiate addicts, but also in healthy persons. This is demonstrable by studying the miotic response.
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- N Loimer
- Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Wien, Vienna, Austria
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Bertolini A, Ferrari W, Guarini S. The adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-induced reversal of hemorrhagic shock. Resuscitation 1989; 18:253-67. [PMID: 2555878 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9572(89)90027-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), while having negligible effects on cardiovascular function in the intact animal, induces a potent and sustained reversal of an otherwise invariably, rapidly fatal condition of hemorrhage-induced hypovolemic shock, in rats and dogs. The main site(s) of action are at the peripheral level; however, subsidiary site(s) of action in the CNS cannot be excluded. The studies on the mechanism of action indicate that the ACTH-induced reversal of hemorrhagic shock (a) is an extra-hormonal, adrenal-independent effect, because it is not affected by adrenalectomy and is shared by many ACTH-fragments practically devoid of corticotropic activity; (b) is antagonized by morphine in a surmontable way; (c) needs the functional integrity of the sympathetic nervous system (it is prevented by guanethidine, reserpine, and clonidine) and the availability of peripheral alpha-adrenoceptors (it is antagonized by dibenamine, prazosin and yohimbine, but not by practolol); (d) requires the integrity of afferent vagal fibers (it is almost completely abolished by vagotomy); (e) involves central cholinergic networks (it is antagonized by atropine sulphate, but not by atropine methyl bromide; and it is prevented by the intracerebroventricular injection of hemicholinium-3); (f) is associated with a massive increase in the volume of circulating blood, likely due to a mobilization from peripheral pooling sites (it is largely prevented by splenectomy or by suprahepatic veins ligature, and is associated with a restoration of the venous blood flow in peripheral vascular beds and with a normalization of venous PO2); (g) is associated with a restoration of heart and spleen adrenoceptors, whose number is significantly decreased during hemorrhagic shock. The survival time of hemorrhage-shocked animals, which is 26 +/- 3 min in controls, is greatly prolonged (44 +/- 18 h) by ACTH, provided that the treatment is made within 5-10 min after bleeding. Finally, in animals treated with ACTH within 5-10 min after bleeding, blood reinfusion retains its effectiveness and reverse shock even if performed 2-5 h later.
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- A Bertolini
- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Modena, Italy
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Vergoni AV, Poggioli R, Facchinetti F, Bazzani C, Marrama D, Bertolini A. Tolerance develops to the behavioural effects of ACTH-(1-24) during continuous i.c.v. infusion in rats, and is associated with increased hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin. Neuropeptides 1989; 14:93-8. [PMID: 2554191 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(89)90064-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In rats, the continuous infusion of ACTH-(1-24) into a brain lateral ventricle (0.5 micrograms/h in the volume of 1.11 microliters, for 7 days) caused a significant inhibition of the subsequent behavioural response to the acute intracerebroventricular injection of the same peptide. Tolerance developed to all the most typical signs of the ACTH-induced behavioural syndrome (grooming, stretching, yawning, penile erection, inhibition of food intake), and was associated with a significant increase in the hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin immunoreactivity.
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- A V Vergoni
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Modena, Italy
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Hendrie CA. Naloxone-sensitive hyperalgesia follows analgesia induced by morphine and environmental stimulation. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1989; 32:961-6. [PMID: 2798544 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(89)90066-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Manipulations of attack parameters in murine agonistic encounters have shown that moderate attack terminating at the first unambiguous display of the upright submissive posture results in nonopioid analgesia. By contrast, attack continuing significantly beyond this behavioural marker results in decreases in nociception mediated by opiodergic mechanisms. However, these effects have only been demonstrated immediately upon termination of encounters. As such, little is known of the influences of agonistic encounters on nociceptive responding beyond this. Tail-flick latencies of male DBA/2 mice that had been exposed to opioid activating attack parameters were established at 15-minute intervals up to 90 min postattack. Data suggest the existence of at least two distinct phases in nociceptive responding with 1) analgesia being evident in the early phase (0-45 min) and 2) short-lasting (detectable only at 75 min postattack) hyperalgesia in the late phase. Further studies revealed both of these effects to be reversed by low (1-10 mg/kg) doses of naloxone. Interestingly, alterations in responsivity to noxious stimulation postmorphine (1-20 mg/kg) administration followed a similar pattern, with analgesia being detectable 0-2 hr and hyperalgesia being evident at 4 hr postinjection of either 10 or 20 mg/kg morphine. However, only the hyperalgesia induced by 20 mg/kg morphine was reversed by 10 but not 1 mg/kg naloxone. These data together suggest a relationship between the dose of morphine required to induce hyperalgesia and the amount of naloxone needed to reverse this response. The naloxone-reversibility of postencounter or morphine-induced hyperalgesia suggests that these effects are not a consequence of the absence of opiates/opioids per se.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C A Hendrie
- Department of Psychology, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Caggiula AR, Antelman SM, Aul E, Knopf S, Edwards DJ. Prior stress attenuates the analgesic response but sensitizes the corticosterone and cortical dopamine responses to stress 10 days later. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1989; 99:233-7. [PMID: 2508160 DOI: 10.1007/bf00442814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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This study demonstrates that pre-exposure to stress influences subsequent effects of stress on pain sensitivity (stress-induced analgesia) and on plasma corticosterone and brain catecholamine activity. Animals exposed to a 30 min shock session (S1 = 8, 5.0 s shocks) 10 days earlier showed a significant attenuation of shock-induced analgesia, as measured by increased latency of tail withdrawal from a hot water bath immediately after a 40 s, 1.6 mA footshock (S2). Animals exposed to shock 10 days before testing also exhibited a higher plasma corticosterone response to testing than did all other groups. Norepinephrine (NE) levels in the frontal cortex and dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) levels in the frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens were not altered in any group. However, the DOPAC/DA ratio in the frontal cortex was increased by analgesia testing, and this increase was enhanced only by the combination of shock 10 days before testing and shock immediately before the test (S1 + S2). These results are consistent with previous reports from this laboratory which indicate that an animal's acute response to stress is strongly influenced by its past history of stress.
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- A R Caggiula
- Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Loimer N, Schmid RW, Presslich O, Lenz K. Continuous naloxone administration suppresses opiate withdrawal symptoms in human opiate addicts during detoxification treatment. J Psychiatr Res 1989; 23:81-6. [PMID: 2547057 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3956(89)90020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In a small clinical trial, a new therapeutic approach was studied, whether naloxone, in high dosage over a prolonged period of time, will attenuate withdrawal symptoms in acute opiate detoxification. Six opiate addicts, satisfying DSM III-R criteria of opiate dependence, were given 10 mg naloxone under short barbiturate anaesthesia, followed by repeated doses of 0.4 mg/h naloxone for at least 72 h. Acute onset of withdrawal symptoms brought about a high dose of naloxone could be suppressed by the short barbiturate anaesthetic; neither continuous supply nor cessation of the naloxone regimen after 96 h caused any severe withdrawal symptoms. Morphine and naloxone measurements in blood at the start of naloxone therapy enabled pharmacokinetic explanations for this paradoxical action of naloxone to be excluded.
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- N Loimer
- Psychiatric University Hospital of Vienna, Austria
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Attempts to repeat in human subjects animal studies in which naloxone stopped withdrawal symptoms after prolonged use of heroin failed. Nevertheless, suggestions for further studies are made, as the subjects' subsequent desire for opiates did seem attenuated.
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Hendrie CA. ACTH: a single pretreatment enhances the analgesic efficacy of and prevents the development of tolerance to morphine. Physiol Behav 1988; 42:41-5. [PMID: 2838853 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90257-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Evidence suggests a close relationship between ACTH and opioids. They are derived from the same precursor molecule, released concomitantly in response to stress and are known to interact at receptor level. Acute exposure to endogenous opioids induces analgesia in the short-term yet shifts the morphine dose-response curve to the right for a period of several weeks. Therefore, the possibility exists that ACTH might also exert an influence extending beyond that suggested by its biological half-life. To investigate this further, DBA/2 mice were pretreated with porcine ACTH left undisturbed for 3 days, then challenged with morphine. Dose-response studies indicated that pretreatment with 10 but not 0, 0.1 or 1.0 IU ACTH influenced responsivity to morphine, rendering a sub-analgesic dose (1.0 mg/kg) effective and significantly enhancing the degree of analgesia observed following treatment with 5 mg/kg morphine, suggesting a shift in the dose-response curve to the left. Time-course analysis revealed 5 mg/kg morphine to induce an analgesic reaction with an onset of between 15-30 and lasting between 60 and 120 min post opiate administration. ACTH pretreatment did not influence this time course, however a significantly greater degree of analgesia was observed at 60 min post morphine injection in 10 IU ACTH pretreated animals than in saline pretreated controls. ACTH pretreatment further influenced subsequent responding to chronic morphine administration. Whilst saline pretreated animals demonstrated significant analgesia in response to the first administration, tolerance to this effect had developed following four days of repeated exposure to morphine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C A Hendrie
- Pharmacoethology Laboratory, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
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This paper is the eighth installment of our annual review of research involving the endogenous opiate peptides. It is restricted to the non-analgesic and behavioral studies of the opiate peptides published in 1985. The specific topics this year include stress, tolerance and dependence, eating, drinking and alcohol consumption, gastrointestinal and renal activity, mental illness, learning and memory, cardiovascular responses, respiration and thermoregulation, seizures and neurological disorders, activity, and some other selected topics.
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