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Opioid-receptor antagonism increases pain and decreases pleasure in obese and non-obese individuals. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2016; 233:3869-3879. [PMID: 27659699 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4417-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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RATIONALE Endogenous opioids inhibit nociceptive processing and promote the experience of pleasure. It has been proposed that pain and pleasure lie at opposite ends of an affective spectrum, but the relationship between pain and pleasure and the role of opioids in mediating this relationship has not been tested. OBJECTIVES Here, we used obese individuals as a model of a dysfunctional opioid system to assess the role of the endogenous opioid peptide, beta-endorphin, on pain and pleasure sensitivity. METHODS Obese (10M/10F) and age- and gender-matched non-obese (10M/10F) controls were included in the study. Pain sensitivity using threshold, tolerance, and subjective rating assessments and perceived sweet pleasantness using sucrose solutions were assessed in two testing sessions with placebo or the opioid antagonist, naltrexone (0.7 mg/kg body weight). Beta-endorphin levels were assessed in both sessions. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Despite having higher levels of baseline beta-endorphin and altered beta-endorphin-reactivity to naltrexone, obese individuals reported a similar increase in pain and decrease in pleasantness following naltrexone compared to non-obese individuals. Beta-endorphin levels did not correlate with pain or pleasantness in either group, but naltrexone-induced changes in pain and pleasantness were mildly correlated. Moreover, naltrexone-induced changes in pain were related to depression scores, while naltrexone-induced changes in sweet pleasantness were related to anxiety scores, indicating that pain and pleasantness are related, but influenced by different processes.
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Kanarek RB, D'anci KE. Diet and Lighting Conditions Modify the Effects of the Kappa Opioid Agonist U50,488H on Feeding Behavior in Rats. Nutr Neurosci 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2000.11747321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Jafaripour D, Khazali H, Rokni H, Alipanah H. Effect of interaction between testosterone and morphine on serum ghrelin concentration in sheep fed on different dietary energy levels. Int J Endocrinol Metab 2012; 10:558-62. [PMID: 23843820 PMCID: PMC3693619 DOI: 10.5812/ijem.4211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ghrelin plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and body weight. It also decreases testosterone and opioid secretion. OBJECTIVES The goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of testosterone, morphine or simultaneous injection of testosterone and morphine on mean serum ghrelin concentration in sheep. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten sheep were divided into two groups (n = 5 in each group), they were fed with either 50 % or 100 % of their dietary energy needs for 10 days. Body weight was measured on the 1st and 10th day of the experiment. Animals in both groups received testosterone (60 μg/kg), morphine (0.15 mg/kg), or a simultaneous infusion of testosterone (60 μg/kg) and morphine (0.15 mg/kg), on the 8th, 9th, or 10th day of the experiment respectively. Blood samples were collected before and 2 hours after the infusions. Ghrelin concentration was determined by RIA (radio immunoassay). RESULTS In the 50 % group, ghrelin concentrations increased significantly on the 8th day of the experiment, compared to the 1st day (P < 0.05). While in the 100 % group, no significant change was observed. In both groups the animals' body weight did not increase significantly on the 10th day compared to the 1st day. Testosterone significantly increased ghrelin levels after injection compared to before infusion, in both groups (P < 0.05). Morphine increased ghrelin concentration in both groups, but this increase was not statistically significant. Simultaneous injection of testosterone and morphine together, significantly increased ghrelin concentration following injection compared to before infusion, in both groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS There is a direct correlation between food restriction, testosterone and ghrelin concentration in ruminants. However, a simultaneous injection of testosterone and morphine did not exert an additive effect on ghrelin secretion.
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- Davood Jafaripour
- Faculty of Biology Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IR Iran
- Corresponding author: Davood Jafaripour, Faculty of Biology Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel.: +98-9364526724, E-mail:
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- Faculty of Physiology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Applied Scientific Education Institute of Jahad Keshavarzi, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Animal physiology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IR Iran
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Tsukamoto G, Ichikawa H, Kobashi M, Yamada Y, Kikuchi T, Mese H, Sasaki A. Cisplatin-induced long-term dynorphin A-immunoreactivity in cell somata of rat area postrema neurons. Neurosci Lett 2007; 424:122-6. [PMID: 17714870 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2007] [Revised: 07/24/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We evaluated long-term dynorphin A-immunoreactivity in the rat area postrema (AP) after the administration of cisplatin. First, rats were given 1, 5 and 10mg/kg body weight cisplatin (i.p.) and their behavior was monitored for 72h. We observed a delayed increase in pica 24-72h after injection, compared to the 24h before injection. We attributed this to the cisplatin injection. Pica was defined as an increase in the intake of non-nutritional matter such as kaolin. Administration of 1, 5 and 10mg/kg cisplatin led to an increase in kaolin intake on day 1. Administration of 5 and 10mg/kg of cisplatin led to decreased intake of laboratory chow (MF) on days 1-3, but 10mg/kg cisplatin causes an excessive aggravation of their condition. Following this behavioral experiment, we immunohistochemically examined the induction of dynorphin A in the AP at 24, 48 and 72h post-administration of 1 and 5mg/kg cisplatin. Administration of 5mg/kg cisplatin caused dynorphin A to accumulate gradually in the neurosoma of the AP neurons, and the numbers of positive AP neurosomata at 48 and 72h post-administration were higher than following an equal dosage of 0.9% NaCl. These findings suggest that dynorphin A increases in the central nervous system for a long time following administration, and causes certain behavioral and clinical changes, including those related to appetite and nausea.
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- Goichi Tsukamoto
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Biopathological Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8525, Japan.
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Parker G, Parker I, Brotchie H. Mood state effects of chocolate. J Affect Disord 2006; 92:149-59. [PMID: 16546266 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 02/03/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chocolate consumption has long been associated with enjoyment and pleasure. Popular claims confer on chocolate the properties of being a stimulant, relaxant, euphoriant, aphrodisiac, tonic and antidepressant. The last claim stimulated this review. METHOD We review chocolate's properties and the principal hypotheses addressing its claimed mood altering propensities. We distinguish between food craving and emotional eating, consider their psycho-physiological underpinnings, and examine the likely 'positioning' of any effect of chocolate to each concept. RESULTS Chocolate can provide its own hedonistic reward by satisfying cravings but, when consumed as a comfort eating or emotional eating strategy, is more likely to be associated with prolongation rather than cessation of a dysphoric mood. LIMITATIONS This review focuses primarily on clarifying the possibility that, for some people, chocolate consumption may act as an antidepressant self-medication strategy and the processes by which this may occur. CONCLUSIONS Any mood benefits of chocolate consumption are ephemeral.
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- Gordon Parker
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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Kanarek RB, Homoleski BA, Wiatr C. Intake of a palatable sucrose solution modifies the actions of spiradoline, a kappa opioid receptor agonist, on analgesia and feeding behavior in male and female rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2000; 65:97-104. [PMID: 10638642 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(99)00181-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Previous research has shown that rats consuming a sucrose solution and chow are more sensitive to the analgesic actions of morphine, a selective mu opioid agonist, and the anorectic actions of opioid antagonists, than rats eating only chow. However, from these data, it cannot be determined if sucrose intake only modifies the behavioral consequences of drugs that act at the mu opioid receptor, or if the sugar also alters the actions of opioid drugs that act at other opioid receptor subtypes. Thus, the present experiments examined the effects of sucrose intake on the actions of spiradoline, a selective kappa opioid agonist, on analgesia and food intake in male and female Long-Evans rats. In Experiment 1, male and female rats consumed either chow, a 32% sucrose solution and water, or only chow and water. After 3 weeks, antinociceptive responses on the tail-flick test were determined after spiradoline injections (0.0, 0.3, 1.0, and 3.0 mg/ kg, s.c.). Rats fed sucrose were more sensitive to the analgesic actions of spiradoline than rats fed only chow. In Experiment 2, drug-naive male and female rats were maintained under the same dietary conditions as in Experiment 1. Food intake was measured 1, 2, 4, and 6 h after spiradoline injections (0.0, 0.3, 1.0, and 3.0 mg/kg, s.c.). Spiradoline led to significant dose-related decreases in food intake for males and females in both dietary conditions. However, the anorectic effects of the drug were more pronounced in rats fed sucrose than in those eating only chow. These results support the hypothesis that intake of palatable foods and fluids alters the activity of the endogenous opioid system.
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- R B Kanarek
- Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Lin L, Umahara M, York DA, Bray GA. Beta-casomorphins stimulate and enterostatin inhibits the intake of dietary fat in rats. Peptides 1998; 19:325-31. [PMID: 9493865 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(97)00307-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The effects of beta-casomorphins 1-7, 1-5 and 1-4 on food intake of rats adapted to either a high fat (HF) or high carbohydrate (HC) diet have been studied and compared to the effects of enterostatin. Intracerebroventricular (icv) beta-casomorphin1-7 (beta-CM1-7) stimulated intake of HF diet in overnight fasted rats, but beta-CM1-5 and beta-CM1-4 were ineffective. Peripheral injection of beta-CM1-7 also increased the intake of a high fat diet, but reduced the intake of HC diet in satiated rats. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) beta-CM1-7 caused a dose-dependent increase in the intake of HF diet, but a dose-dependent inhibition of HC ingestion in satiated rats. Enterostatin (ICV) inhibited the beta-CM1-7 stimulation of HF intake, as did the general opioid antagonist naloxone. Ligand binding studies with [3H-pro] enterostatin identified on low affinity binding site (Kd 100nM) on a crude brain membrane preparation. This binding was displaced by beta-CM1-7, beta-CM1-5 and beta-CM1-4. These data suggest that at high doses enterostatin and beta-CM1-7 may interact with the same low affinity receptor to modulate intake of dietary fat.
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- L Lin
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808-4124, USA
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Extensive research indicates a strong relationship between endogenous opioid peptides (EOPs) and food intake. In the present paper, we propose that food cravings act as an intervening variable in this opioid-ingestion link. Specifically, we argue that altered EOP activity may elicit food cravings which in turn may influence food consumption. Correlational support for this opioidergic theory of food cravings is provided by examining various clinical conditions (e.g. pregnancy, menstruation, bulimia, stress, depression) which are associated with altered EOP levels, intensified food cravings, and increased food intake.
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- M E Mercer
- Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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Noel MB, Wise RA. Ventral tegmental injections of morphine but not U-50,488H enhance feeding in food-deprived rats. Brain Res 1993; 632:68-73. [PMID: 8149246 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91139-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Food-deprived rats received microinjections of the preferential mu opiate morphine or the selective kappa opiate U-50,488H (0.1, 1 and 10 nmol) into the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Meals were divided into discrete segments so that repeated measures of the speed of eating and the latency to initiate eating could be obtained. Morphine produced a dose-dependent increase in the speed of eating. Injections of saline or U-50,488H into the VTA or injections of morphine dorsal to the VTA were ineffective. Neither morphine nor U-50,488H had a significant effect on the latency to initiate feeding. These data suggest that mu but not kappa opioid receptors in the VTA are involved in the regulation of feeding in food-deprived rats.
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- M B Noel
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Que., Canada
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Lee MD, Clifton PG. Free-feeding and free-drinking patterns of male rats following treatment with opiate kappa agonists. Physiol Behav 1992; 52:1179-85. [PMID: 1336603 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90479-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Three experiments investigated the effects of PD117302 and U50,488H on the patterns of food and water intake by male rats. Experiment 1 demonstrated early dose-related suppression of food and water intake after PD117302 (0, 1.25, 2.5, 5 mg/kg). The initial suppression of drinking was followed by a sustained increase 4-12 h after drug administration. Experiment 2 demonstrated that 2.5 mg/kg PD117302 failed to increase food intake whether given at the beginning of the night (high baseline food intake) or the beginning of the day (low baseline food intake). Experiment 3 showed that 0.5 mg/kg U50,488H significantly enhanced meal size but, at doses of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/kg, had no effect on overall food intake. U50,488H also produced delayed, dose-related increases in water intake. The results suggest kappa receptors may have limited importance in modulating ad lib food intake and demonstrate the behavioural characteristics of increased drinking after excessive urine output.
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- M D Lee
- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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Gulati K, Ray A, Sharma KK. Effects of acute and chronic ketocyclazocine and its modulation by oxytocin or vasopressin on food intake in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1992; 41:7-12. [PMID: 1311456 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(92)90051-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effects of acute and chronic ketocyclazocine (KCZ, a kappa receptor agonist) and its interactions with oxytocin (OXY) or vasopressin (AVP) were investigated on food intake in free-fed rats. Acute treatment with KCZ (1 mg/kg) produced a generalized hyperphagia during the light phase (0-6 h) without influencing dark phase (6-24 h) food intake. On chronic administration, tolerance developed to hyperphagic effect during light phase, whereas an enhancement in the food intake was seen during dark phase. OXY or AVP (both at 10 micrograms/kg) per se, did not affect the food intake response during either the light or the dark phase, after acute as well as chronic treatment. In the interaction studies, acute AVP or OXY attenuated the hyperphagia of KCZ during the light phase. On chronic treatment, both AVP and OXY blocked (a) the tolerance, and (b) the "reverse tolerance" to the food intake response to KCZ during light and dark phases, respectively. These results are discussed in light of complex opioid-OXY/AVP interactions during food intake in rats.
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- K Gulati
- Department of Pharmacology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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Gulati K, Ray A, Sharma KK. Role of diurnal variation and receptor specificity in the opioidergic regulation of food intake in free-fed and food-deprived rats. Physiol Behav 1991; 49:1065-71. [PMID: 1654568 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(91)90332-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The effects of opioid agonists, morphine (MOR) and ketocyclazocine (KCZ), and antagonists, naltrexone (NALTX) and Mr2266, were investigated on food intake under various conditions, i.e., during light and dark phases of diurnal cycle and free-fed and fasting states in rats. NALTX showed a greater anorexic effect during dark phase, whereas Mr2266 produced such effect during light phase. This suggests that mu-receptors play a major role during dark phase while kappa-receptors are more important in light phase. The comparison of effects of different opioidergic drugs in fasted and free-fed rats showed that NALTX and Mr2266 reduced the elevated basal food intake in 18-h fasted rats to free-fed control levels. Therefore, it appears that enhanced endogenous mu- and kappa-directed neural mechanisms are one of the factors responsible for enhancing food intake in fasted rats. Differential role of MOR and KCZ on food intake in free-fed and fasted rats is also indicated in our study. Both agonists produced a biphasic response in fasted rats, i.e., hyperphagia (0-1 h) followed by hypophagia (1-6 h). However, a generalized hyperphagic effect is observed in free-fed rats (except during 3-6 h by MOR). The initial hyperphagic effect is more prominent in fasted rats which may be due to additive effects of endopioid mechanisms. Specificity of the response at various intervals is confirmed by blockade with NALTX and Mr2266. NALTX appears more potent than Mr2266 in antagonising the effects of MOR but markedly less potent than Mr2266 in inhibiting the effects of KCZ. This suggests that both MOR and KCZ have a mu as well as kappa component in food intake response.
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- K Gulati
- Department of Pharmacology, University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital Shahdara, Delhi, India
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This paper is the twelfth installment of our annual review of the research published during 1989 involving the behavioral, nonanalgesic, effects of the endogenous opiate peptides. The specific topics this year include stress; tolerance and dependence; eating; drinking; gastrointestinal and renal functions; mental illness; learning, memory, and reward; cardiovascular responses; respiration and thermoregulation; seizures and other neurological disorders; electrical-related activity; locomotor activity; sex, development, pregnancy, and aging; immunological responses; and other behavior.
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- G A Olson
- Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, LA 70148
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The effect of cyclo(Leu-Gly) on U-50,488H- induced pharmacological actions was determined in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of U-50,488H to rats produced analgesia (tail-flick) and increased urinary output. Cyclo (Leu-Gly) (1-4 mg/kg, s.c.) antagonized the analgesic response to U-50,488H (25 mg/kg; i.p.). A dose of 10 mg/kg (i.p.) of U-50,488H increased the spontaneous urinary output which was antagonized by cyclo (Leu-Gly) (1-4 mg/kg; s.c.). To determine whether cyclo (Leu-Gly) was acting as a kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, the effect of cyclo (Leu-Gly) on the binding of [3H]ethylketocyclazocine (EKC) to membranes of rat cerebral cortex and spinal cord was determined. The IC50 values of cyclo(Leu-Gly) in displacing [3H]EKC from its binding sites in cortex and spinal cord were 1.44 and 0.40 mM, respectively. Chronic administration of U-50,488H (25 mg/kg; i.p., b.i.d.) for 4 days induced tolerance to its analgesic effect. The latter was not affected by cyclo(Leu-Gly) (2 to 8 mg/kg; s.c.) given once a day for 4 days. It is concluded that cyclo(Leu-Gly) antagonizes acute actions of U-50,488H and that such effects of cyclo(Leu-Gly) are not mediated via a direct action on kappa-opioid receptors.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer
- Analgesics/antagonists & inhibitors
- Animals
- Cerebral Cortex/metabolism
- Cyclazocine/analogs & derivatives
- Cyclazocine/metabolism
- Diuresis/drug effects
- Drug Tolerance
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
- Enkephalin, Leucine/analogs & derivatives
- Enkephalin, Leucine/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine
- Enkephalins/pharmacology
- Ethylketocyclazocine
- Male
- Neuropeptides/pharmacology
- Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology
- Pyrrolidines/antagonists & inhibitors
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, Opioid/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- H N Bhargava
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612
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