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Myers AM, Bowen SE, Brummelte S. Maternal care behavior and physiology moderate offspring outcomes following gestational exposure to opioids. Dev Psychobiol 2023; 65:e22433. [PMID: 38010303 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The opioid epidemic has resulted in a drastic increase in gestational exposure to opioids. Opioid-dependent pregnant women are typically prescribed medications for opioid use disorders ("MOUD"; e.g., buprenorphine [BUP]) to mitigate the harmful effects of abused opioids. However, the consequences of exposure to synthetic opioids, particularly BUP, during gestation on fetal neurodevelopment and long-term outcomes are poorly understood. Further, despite the known adverse effects of opioids on maternal care, many preclinical and clinical studies investigating the effects of gestational opioid exposure on offspring outcomes fail to report on maternal care behaviors. Considering that offspring outcomes are heavily dependent upon the quality of maternal care, it is important to evaluate the effects of gestational opioid exposure in the context of the mother-infant dyad. This review compares offspring outcomes after prenatal opioid exposure and after reduced maternal care and integrates this information to potentially identify common underlying mechanisms. We explore whether adverse outcomes after gestational BUP exposure are due to direct effects of opioids in utero, deficits in maternal care, or a combination of both factors. Finally, suggestions for improving preclinical models of prenatal opioid exposure are provided to promote more translational studies that can help to improve clinical outcomes for opioid-dependent mothers.
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- Abigail M Myers
- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Maternal exercise during gestation and lactation decreases high-fat diet preference by altering central reward system gene expression in adult female offspring from high-fat fed dams. Behav Brain Res 2020; 390:112660. [PMID: 32387350 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Exposure to maternal high-fat (HF) diet during gestation and lactation alters adult offspring's feeding behavior and diet preference. However, the impact of maternal exercise on offspring's diet preference and reward system development is less studied. In this study, we investigate the effect of perinatal maternal exercise on the development of diet preference, dopamine- and opioid-related gene expression in the central reward system in female offspring from HF-fed Sprague-Dawley rat dams. We found maternal HF diet did not alter adult offspring HF preference, but influenced offspring's dopamine and opioid system both at weaning and in adulthood, and these offspring retained higher body weight in adulthood. However, offspring from dams exposed to both HF diet and exercise during gestation and lactation had normalized body weight, decreased fat mass and lower HF-diet preference but increased energy intake in adulthood. The dopamine- and opioid-related gene expression in central reward system and POMC expression in hypothalamus was elevated in these adult offspring. We conclude that maternal exercise during gestation and lactation can potentially overcome the negative effects of perinatal exposure to HF diet in female offspring by altering their diet preference, central reward system signaling and hypothalamus neuropeptide expression.
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Fu Y, Depue RA. A novel neurobehavioral framework of the effects of positive early postnatal experience on incentive and consummatory reward sensitivity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 107:615-640. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Feeding circuit development and early-life influences on future feeding behaviour. Nat Rev Neurosci 2019; 19:302-316. [PMID: 29662204 DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2018.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A wide range of maternal exposures - undernutrition, obesity, diabetes, stress and infection - are associated with an increased risk of metabolic disease in offspring. Developmental influences can cause persistent structural changes in hypothalamic circuits regulating food intake in the service of energy balance. The physiological relevance of these alterations has been called into question because maternal impacts on daily caloric intake do not persist to adulthood. Recent behavioural and epidemiological studies in humans provide evidence that the relative contribution of appetitive traits related to satiety, reward and the emotional aspects of food intake regulation changes across the lifespan. This Opinion article outlines a neurodevelopmental framework to explore the possibility that crosstalk between developing circuits regulating different modalities of food intake shapes future behavioural responses to environmental challenges.
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Kvello AMS, Andersen JM, Øiestad EL, Steinsland S, Aase A, Mørland J, Bogen IL. A Monoclonal Antibody against 6-Acetylmorphine Protects Female Mice Offspring from Adverse Behavioral Effects Induced by Prenatal Heroin Exposure. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2018; 368:106-115. [PMID: 30361238 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.118.251504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Escalating opioid use among fertile women has increased the number of children being exposed to opioids during fetal life. Furthermore, accumulating evidence links prenatal opioid exposure, including opioid maintenance treatment, to long-term negative effects on cognition and behavior, and presses the need to explore novel treatment strategies for pregnant opioid users. The present study examined the potential of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting heroin's first metabolite, 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM), in providing fetal protection against harmful effects of prenatal heroin exposure in mice. First, we examined anti-6-AM mAb's ability to block materno-fetal transfer of active metabolites after maternal heroin administration. Next, we studied whether maternal mAb pretreatment could prevent adverse effects in neonatal and adolescent offspring exposed to intrauterine heroin (3 × 1.05 mg/kg). Anti-6-AM mAb pretreatment of pregnant dams profoundly reduced the distribution of active heroin metabolites to the fetal brain. Furthermore, maternal mAb administration prevented hyperactivity and drug sensitization in adolescent female offspring prenatally exposed to heroin. Our findings demonstrate that passive immunization with a 6-AM-specific antibody during pregnancy provides fetal neuroprotection against heroin metabolites, and thereby prevents persistent adverse behavioral effects in the offspring. An immunotherapeutic approach to protect the fetus against long-term effects of prenatal drug exposure has not been reported previously, and should be further explored as prophylactic treatment of pregnant heroin users susceptible to relapse.
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- Anne Marte Sjursen Kvello
- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø., S.S., I.L.B.); School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (A.M.S.K., J.M.A., E.L.Ø.), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (I.L.B.) and Institute of Clinical Medicine (J.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Infectious Disease Immunology (A.A.) and Department of Health Data and Digitalization (J.M.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Loizzo A, Spampinato SM, Campana G, Loizzo S. Etiopathogenesis and Pharmacological Prevention of a Type-2 Diabetes Model in Male Mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2017; 364:347-358. [PMID: 29162628 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.117.244707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We describe a stress-derived type-2 diabetes model in male mice, and formulate new hypotheses on how the model was induced, how diabetes-like alterations were prevented through specific pharmacological treatments, and how its possible neuroendocrine pathogenesis could be hypothesized. Pregnant females arrived in our laboratory on their 14th day of conceptional age. After birth, control mice never showed any apparent behavioral-metabolic-endocrine alterations. However, application of postnatal stress (brief mother deprivation, plus sham injection, daily from birth to weaning), was followed in adult male mice by two series of diabetes-like alterations. Some alterations (e.g., body overweight, immune, neurophysiologic, neurobehavioral alterations) were selectively prevented by opioid antagonist naloxone daily administered during nursing period. The aforementioned alterations plus several others (e.g., hyperglycemia, neuroendocrine alterations) were prevented by administration of specific antisense oligodeoxinucleotide, which modulated synthesis-hyperfunction of proopiomelanocortin-derived corticotropin (ACTH)-corticosterone and endorphins in the pituitary. Surprisingly, together with metabolic alterations, enduring increment of neurophysiologic/neurobehavioral brain performances were observed, accompanied by energy compensative reactions, and brain mitochondria hyperfunction. Thus, increased glycemia/lipidemia appeared to furnish fuel necessary to cope with increased request of energy. Diabetes-like alterations were accompanied by enduring hyperfunction of opioid- and ACTH-corticosterone-endogenous structures in the brain, which were apparently due to failure of negative feedback hormone mechanisms in the pituitary, for the control of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. In conclusion, for the first time we can hypothesize that a diabetes-like syndrome is produced by enduring hyperfunction of two proopiomelanocortin-dependent endogenous systems (brain opioid- and ACTH-corticosterone systems), following failure of pituitary feedback hormonal control, after complex stress procedures.
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- Alberto Loizzo
- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy (A.L., S.L.); and Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (S.M.S., G.C.)
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy (A.L., S.L.); and Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (S.M.S., G.C.)
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy (A.L., S.L.); and Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (S.M.S., G.C.)
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy (A.L., S.L.); and Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (S.M.S., G.C.)
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Nakhjiri E, Saboory E, Roshan-Milani S, Rasmi Y, Sayyadi H. Prenatal Stress+Morphine and Postnatal Re-exposure to Stress Alter Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Epileptic Manifestations in Rats. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-017-9610-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nakhjiri E, Saboory E, Roshan-Milani S, Rasmi Y, Khalafkhani D. Effect of prenatal restraint stress and morphine co-administration on plasma vasopressin concentration and anxiety behaviors in adult rat offspring. Stress 2017; 20:205-211. [PMID: 28287019 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2017.1306053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Stressful events and exposure to opiates during gestation have important effects on the later mental health of the offspring. Anxiety is among the most common mental disorders. The present study aimed to identify effects of prenatal restraint stress and morphine co-administration on plasma vasopressin concentration (PVC) and anxiety behaviors in rats. Pregnant rats were divided into four groups (n = 6, each): saline, morphine, stress + saline and stress + morphine treatment. The stress procedure consisted of restraint twice per day, two hours per session, for three consecutive days starting on day 15 of pregnancy. Rats in the saline and morphine groups received either 0.9% saline or morphine intraperitoneally on the same days. In the morphine/saline + stress groups, rats were exposed to restraint stress and received either morphine or saline intraperitoneally. All offspring were tested in an elevated plus maze (EPM) on postnatal day 90 (n = 6, each sex), and anxiety behaviors of each rat were recorded. Finally, blood samples were collected to determine PVC. Prenatal morphine exposure reduced anxiety-like behaviors. Co-administration of prenatal stress and morphine increased locomotor activity (LA) and PVC. PVC was significantly lower in female offspring of the morphine and morphine + stress groups compared with males in the same group, but the opposite was seen in the saline + stress group. These data emphasize the impact of prenatal stress and morphine on fetal neuroendocrine development, with long-term changes in anxiety-like behaviors and vasopressin secretion. These changes are sex specific, indicating differential impact of prenatal stress and morphine on fetal neuroendocrine system development. Lay Summary Pregnant women are sometimes exposed to stressful and painful conditions which may lead to poor outcomes for offspring. Opiates may provide pain and stress relief to these mothers. In this study, we used an experimental model of maternal exposure to stress and morphine in pregnant rats. The findings indicated that maternal stress increased anxiety in offspring while morphine decreased such effects, but had negative effects on the levels of a hormone controlling blood pressure, and activity of offspring. Hence morphine should not be used in pregnancy for pain and stress relief.
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- Elnaz Nakhjiri
- a Studental Research Committee , Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran
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- b Neurophysiology Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran
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- c Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran
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- d Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran
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- d Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran
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Postnatal development of neurotransmitter systems and their relevance to extinction of conditioned fear. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2017; 138:252-270. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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d'Amore A, Caiola S, Maroccia E, Loizzo A. Postnatal Stress in Mice: Effects on Body Fat, Plasma Lipids, Glucose and Insulin. Nutr Neurosci 2016; 3:207-14. [PMID: 27414054 DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2000.11747317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mice pups were exposed to stressful stimuli everyday during the first 3 weeks of life. Body weight, food intake and spontaneous locomotor activity, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids, glucose and insulin basal levels, as well as epididymal fat pad weight and its cell volume were measured in stressed and control animals. Results indicated that postnatal stressful manipulations induced an increase in body weight, epididymal fat pad weight and its cell volume, as well as in insulin, glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides plasma levels, at 4 months of age. No significant changes in food consumption, locomotor activity and phospholipids plasma levels were found. Present data suggest that early stressful manipulations may induce residual effects on lipid and glucid metabolism.
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- A d'Amore
- a Laboratorio di Alimenti , Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome , Italy
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- b Laboratorio di Biochimica Clinica , Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome , Italy
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- b Laboratorio di Biochimica Clinica , Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome , Italy
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- c Laboratorio di Farmacologia , Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome , Italy
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Interaction of prenatal stress and morphine alters prolactin and seizure in rat pups. Physiol Behav 2015; 149:181-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Granholm L, Roman E, Nylander I. Single housing during early adolescence causes time-, area- and peptide-specific alterations in endogenous opioids of rat brain. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:606-14. [PMID: 24821004 PMCID: PMC4292972 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A number of experimental procedures require single housing to assess individual behaviour and physiological responses to pharmacological treatments. The endogenous opioids are closely linked to social interaction, especially early in life, and disturbance in the social environment may affect opioid peptides and thereby confound experimental outcome. The aim of the present study was to examine time-dependent effects of single housing on opioid peptides in rats. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Early adolescent Sprague Dawley rats (post-natal day 22) were subjected to either prolonged (7 days) or short (30 min) single housing. Several brain regions were dissected and immunoreactive levels of Met-enkephalin-Arg(6) Phe(7) (MEAP), dynorphin B and nociception/orphanin FQ, as well as serum corticosterone were measured using RIA. KEY RESULTS Prolonged single housing reduced immunoreactive MEAP in hypothalamus, cortical regions, amygdala, substantia nigra and periaqueductal grey. Short single housing resulted in an acute stress response as indicated by high levels of corticosterone, accompanied by elevated immunoreactive nociceptin/orphanin FQ in medial prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens and amygdala. Neither short nor prolonged single housing affected dynorphin B. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Disruption in social environmental conditions of rats, through single housing during early adolescence, resulted in time-, area- and peptide-specific alterations in endogenous opioids in the brain. These results provide further evidence for an association between early life social environment and opioids. Furthermore, the results have implications for experimental design; in any pharmacological study involving opioid peptides, it is important to distinguish between effects induced by housing and treatment. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Opioids: New Pathways to Functional Selectivity. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2015.172.issue-2.
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- L Granholm
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Neuropharmacology, Addiction and Behaviour, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Gugusheff JR, Ong ZY, Muhlhausler BS. The early origins of food preferences: targeting the critical windows of development. FASEB J 2014; 29:365-73. [PMID: 25466884 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-255976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The nutritional environment to which an individual is exposed during the perinatal period plays a crucial role in determining his or her future metabolic health outcomes. Studies in rodent models have demonstrated that excess maternal intake of high-fat and/or high-sugar "junk foods" during pregnancy and lactation can alter the development of the central reward pathway, particularly the opioid and dopamine systems, and program an increased preference for junk foods in the offspring. More recently, there have been attempts to define the critical windows of development during which the opioid and dopamine systems within the reward pathway are most susceptible to alteration and to determine whether it is possible to reverse these effects through nutritional interventions applied later in development. This review discusses the progress made to date in these areas, highlights the apparent importance of sex in determining these effects, and considers the potential implications of the findings from rodent models in the human context.
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- Jessica Rose Gugusheff
- *FOODplus Research Centre, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; and Department of Psychology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- *FOODplus Research Centre, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; and Department of Psychology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- *FOODplus Research Centre, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; and Department of Psychology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Short term morphine exposure in vitro alters proliferation and differentiation of neural progenitor cells and promotes apoptosis via mu receptors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103043. [PMID: 25072277 PMCID: PMC4114742 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic morphine treatment inhibits neural progenitor cell (NPC) progression and negatively effects hippocampal neurogenesis. However, the effect of acute opioid treatment on cell development and its influence on NPC differentiation and proliferation in vitro is unknown. We aim to investigate the effect of a single, short term exposure of morphine on the proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of NPCs and the mechanism involved. METHODS Cell cultures from 14-day mouse embryos were exposed to different concentrations of morphine and its antagonist naloxone for 24 hours and proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis were studied. Proliferating cells were labeled with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and cell fate was studied with immunocytochemistry. RESULTS Cells treated with morphine demonstrated decreased BrdU expression with increased morphine concentrations. Analysis of double-labeled cells showed a decrease in cells co-stained for BrdU with nestin and an increase in cells co-stained with BrdU and neuron-specific class III β-tubuline (TUJ1) in a dose dependent manner. Furthermore, a significant increase in caspase-3 activity was observed in the nestin- positive cells. Addition of naloxone to morphine-treated NPCs reversed the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of morphine. CONCLUSIONS Short term morphine exposure induced inhibition of NPC proliferation and increased active caspase-3 expression in a dose dependent manner. Morphine induces neuronal and glial differentiation and decreases the expression of nestin- positive cells. These effects were reversed with the addition of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Our results demonstrate the effects of short term morphine administration on the proliferation and differentiation of NPCs and imply a mu-receptor mechanism in the regulation of NPC survival.
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Ebrahimi L, Saboory E, Roshan-Milani S, Hashemi P. Effect of prenatal forced-swim stress and morphine co-administration on pentylentetrazol-induced epileptic behaviors in infant and prepubertal rats. Dev Psychobiol 2014; 56:1179-86. [PMID: 24464467 DOI: 10.1002/dev.21198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Prenatal exposure to stress and morphine has complicated effects on epileptic seizure. Many reports have shown an interaction between morphine- and stress-induced behavioral changes in adult rats. In the present study, effect of prenatal forced-swim stress and morphine co-administration on pentylentetrazole (PTZ)-induced epileptic behaviors was investigated in rat offspring to address effect of the interaction between morphine and stress. Pregnant rats were divided to four groups of control-saline, control-morphine, stressed-saline and stressed-morphine. In the stressed group, the rats were placed in 25 °C water on 17-19 days of pregnancy. In the morphine/saline group, the rats received morphine/saline on the same days. In the morphine/saline-stressed group, they were exposed to stress and received morphine/saline simultaneously. On postnatal day 15 (P15), blood samples were collected to determine corticosterone (COS) level. On P15 and P25, PTZ was injected to the rest of pups to induce seizure. Then, epileptic behaviors of each rat were individually observed. Latency of tonic-colonic seizures decreased in control-morphine and stressed-saline groups while increasing in stressed-morphine rats compared to control-saline group on P15. Duration of tonic-colonic seizures significantly increased in control-morphine and stressed-saline rats compared to stressed-morphine and control-saline rats on P15, but not P25. COS levels increased in stressed-saline group but decreased in control-morphine group compared to control-saline rats. Body weight was significantly higher in morphine groups than saline treated rats. Prenatal exposure to forced-swim stress potentiated PTZ-induced seizure in the offspring rats. Co-administration of morphine attenuated effect of stress on body weight, COS levels, and epileptic behaviors.
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- Loghman Ebrahimi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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Barr GA, Wang S. Analgesia induced by localized injection of opiate peptides into the brain of infant rats. Eur J Pain 2013; 17:676-91. [PMID: 23203254 PMCID: PMC3594337 DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stimulation of a variety of brain sites electrically or by opiates activates descending inhibitory pathways to attenuate noxious input to the spinal cord dorsal horn and produce analgesia. Analgesia induced by electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal grey (PAG) of the midbrain or medial rostral ventral medulla (RVM) matures late, towards the end or past the pre-weaning period. Descending facilitation takes precedence over inhibition. Yet opiates injected intracerebroventricularly or directly into the PAG induce analgesia relatively early in development. Our goal was to re-examine the role of opiates specific to individual receptor types in analgesia at several supraspinal sites. METHODS Antinociception was tested following microinjection of DAMGO (μ-opiate agonist), DPDPE (∂-opiate agonist) or U50,488 (κ-opiate agonist) into the PAG, RVM or dorsal lateral pons (DLP) in 3-, 10- and 14-day-old rats. RESULTS DAMGO produced analgesia at 3 days of age at each brain area; the RVM was the most effective and the dorsal PAG was the least effective site. DPDPE produced modest analgesia at 10 and 14 days of age at the ventral PAG, RVM or DLP, but not the dorsal PAG. U50,488H was ineffective at all sites and all ages. CONCLUSIONS Antinociception could be elicited at all three sites by DAMGO as early as 3 days of age and DPDPE at 10 and 14 days of age. The degree of analgesia increased gradually during the first 2 weeks of life, and likely reflects the maturation of connections within the brain and of descending inhibitory paths from these sites.
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- G A Barr
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Adolescence as a vulnerable period to alter rodent behavior. Cell Tissue Res 2013; 354:99-106. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1581-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Loizzo A, Spampinato SM, Campana G, Vella S, Fortuna A, Costa L, Capasso A, Monteleone P, Renzi P, Loizzo S. Enhanced brain performance in mice following postnatal stress. J Endocrinol 2012; 215:413-24. [PMID: 23045190 DOI: 10.1530/joe-12-0369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The double postnatal stress model (brief maternal separation plus sham injection daily applied from birth to weaning) induces metabolic alterations similar to type 2 diabetes in young-adult male mice. We verify whether 1) the stress also induces brain metabolic-functional alterations connected to diabetes and 2) different alterations are modulated selectively by two stress-damaged endogenous systems (opioid- and/or ACTH-corticosteroid-linked). Here, diabetes-like metabolic plus neurophysiologic-neurometabolic parameters are studied in adult mice following postnatal stress and drug treatment. Surprisingly, together with 'classic' diabetes-like alterations, the stress model induces in young-adult mice significantly enhanced brain neurometabolic-neurophysiologic performances, consisting of decreased latency to flash-visual evoked potentials (- ~8%); increased level (+ ~40%) and reduced latency (- ~30%) of NAD(P)H autofluorescence postsynaptic signals following electric stimuli; enhanced passive avoidance learning (+ ~135% latency); and enhanced brain-derived neurotrophic factor level (+ ~70%). Postnatal treatment with the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone prevents some alterations, moreover the treatment with antisense (AS; AS vs proopiomelanocortin mRNA) draws all parameters to control levels, thus showing that some alterations are bound to endogenous opioid-system hyper-functioning, while others depend on ACTH-corticosterone system hyper-functioning. Our stress model induces diabetes-like metabolic alterations coupled to enhanced brain neurometabolic-neurophysiologic performances. Taken all together, these findings are compatible with an 'enduring acute-stress' reaction, which puts mice in favorable survival situations vs controls. However, prolonged hormonal-metabolic imbalances are expected to also produce diabetes-like complications at later ages in stressed mice.
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- Alberto Loizzo
- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanita', via Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Nylander I, Roman E. Neuropeptides as mediators of the early-life impact on the brain; implications for alcohol use disorders. Front Mol Neurosci 2012; 5:77. [PMID: 22783165 PMCID: PMC3389713 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The brain is constantly exposed to external and internal input and to function in an ever-changing environment we are dependent on processes that enable the brain to adapt to new stimuli. Exposure to postnatal environmental stimuli can interfere with vital adaption processes and cause long-term changes in physiological function and behavior. Early-life alterations in brain function may result in impaired ability to adapt to new situations, in altered sensitivity to challenges later in life and thereby mediate risk or protection for psychopathology such as alcohol use disorders (AUD). In clinical research the studies of mechanisms, mediators, and causal relation between early environmental factors and vulnerability to AUD are restricted and attempts are made to find valid animal models for studies of the early-life influence on the brain. This review focuses on rodent models and the effects of adverse and naturalistic conditions on peptide networks within the brain and pituitary gland. Importantly, the consequences of alcohol addiction are not discussed but rather neurobiological alterations that can cause risk consumption and vulnerability to addiction. The article reviews earlier results and includes new data and multivariate data analysis with emphasis on endogenous opioid peptides but also oxytocin and vasopressin. These peptides are vital for developmental processes and it is hypothesized that early-life changes in peptide networks may interfere with neuronal processes and thereby contribute the individual vulnerability for AUD. The summarized results indicate a link between early-life rearing conditions, opioids, and ethanol consumption and that the ethanol-induced effects and the treatment with opioid antagonists later in life are dependent on early-life experiences. Endogenous opioids are therefore of interest to further study in the early-life impact on individual differences in vulnerability to AUD and treatment outcome.
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- Ingrid Nylander
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Neuropharmacology Addiction and Behaviour, Uppsala UniversityUppsala, Sweden
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Perinatal overnutrition and the programming of food preferences: pathways and mechanisms. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2012; 3:299-308. [DOI: 10.1017/s204017441200030x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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One of the major contributing factors to the continuous rise in obesity rates is the increase in caloric intake, which is driven to a large extent by the ease of access and availability of palatable high-fat, high-sugar ‘junk foods’. It is also clear that some individuals are more likely to overindulge in these foods than others; however, the factors that determine an individual's susceptibility towards the overconsumption of palatable foods are not well understood. There is growing evidence that an increased preference for these foods may have its origins early in life. Recent work from our group and others has reported that in utero and early life exposure to these palatable foods in rodents increased the offspring's preference towards foods high in fat and sugar. One of the potential mechanisms underlying the programming of food preferences is the altered development of the mesolimbic reward system, a system that plays an important role in driving palatable food intake in adults. The aim of this review is to explore the current knowledge of the programming of food preferences, a relatively new and emerging area in the DOHAD field, with a particular focus on maternal overnutrition, the development of the mesolimbic reward system and the biological mechanisms which may account for the early origins of an increased preference for palatable foods.
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Age-dependent and strain-dependent influences of morphine on mouse social investigation behavior. Behav Pharmacol 2011; 22:147-59. [PMID: 21358324 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e328343d7dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Opioid-coded neural circuits play a substantial role in how individuals respond to drugs of abuse. Most individuals begin using such drugs during adolescence and within a social context. Several studies indicate that adolescent mice exhibit a heightened sensitivity to the effects of morphine, a prototypical opiate drug, but it is unclear whether these developmental differences are related to aspects of motivated behavior. Moreover, exposure to opioids within the rodent brain can alter the expression of social behavior, yet little is known about whether this relationship changes as a function of development or genetic variation. In this study, we conducted a series of experiments to characterize the relationship between genetic background, adolescent development and morphine-induced changes in mouse social investigation (SI). At two time points during adolescent development [postnatal days (PD) 25 and 45], social interactions of test mice of the gregarious C57BL/6J (B6) strain were more tolerant to the suppressive effects of morphine [effective dose 50 (ED50)=0.97 mg/kg and 2.17 mg/kg morphine, respectively] than test mice from the less social BALB/cJ (BALB) strain (ED50=0.61 mg/kg and 0.91 mg/kg morphine, respectively). By contrast, this strain-dependent difference was not evident among adult mice on PD 90 (ED50=1.07 mg/kg and 1.41 mg/kg morphine for BALB and B6 mice, respectively). An additional experiment showed that the ability of morphine to alter social responsiveness was not directly related to drug-induced changes in locomotor behavior. Finally, administration of morphine to stimulus mice on PD 25 reduced social investigation of test mice only when individuals were from the B6 genetic background. Overall, these results indicate that alterations in endogenous opioid systems are related to changes in SI that occur during adolescence, and that morphine administration may mimic rewarding aspects of social encounter.
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Loizzo S, Campana G, Vella S, Fortuna A, Galietta G, Guarino I, Costa L, Capasso A, Renzi P, Frajese GV, Franconi F, Loizzo A, Spampinato S. Post-natal stress-induced endocrine and metabolic alterations in mice at adulthood involve different pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides. Peptides 2010; 31:2123-9. [PMID: 20727932 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 08/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In previous investigations we added a physical stress (mild pain) to the "classical" post-natal psychological stress in male mice, and we found that this combination produced a series of dysmetabolic signs very similar to mild human type-2 diabetes. Here, for the first time we demonstrate that within this diabetes model at least two groups of signs depend on the unbalance of two different endogenous systems. Newborn male mice were daily exposed to stressful procedures for 21 days (brief mother separation plus sham injection). Other groups underwent the same procedure, and also received naloxone (Na) to block μ-δ endogenous receptors, or a phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotide (AS) directed against pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-mRNA [to block adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)- and POMC-derived opioid peptides]. Adult mice which received only post-natal stress increased body weight (+7.5%), abdominal overweight (+74%), fasting glycemia (+43%), plasma corticosterone (+110%), plasma (+169%) and pituitary (+153%) ACTH levels. Conversely, hypothalamic ACTH and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) were reduced (-70% and -75%, respectively). Neonatal AS administration reverted all parameters to control values. Neonatal naloxone had little or no influence on glucose, corticosterone, ACTH, CRH levels, whereas it prevented body overweight and abdominal overweight. We conclude that, within this type-2 diabetes model in male mice at least two endocrino-neurohumoral systems are damaged, one concerning the opioid system, and the other concerning HPA hormones. The use of the two drugs was of primary importance to demonstrate this statement, and to demonstrate that these two groups of signs could be defined as "separate entities" following our complex post-natal stress model.
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- Stefano Loizzo
- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
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Oreland S, Gustafsson-Ericson L, Nylander I. Short- and long-term consequences of different early environmental conditions on central immunoreactive oxytocin and arginine vasopressin levels in male rats. Neuropeptides 2010; 44:391-8. [PMID: 20591479 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Numerous studies have provided evidence for an important role for the neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in establishment of social behaviour early in life, such as mother-pup interactions. However, there are few reports examining the consequences of early-life experiences on OT and AVP in male offspring. We have used the maternal separation (MS) model to study the effect of different early environmental conditions in rats. The purpose was to study OT and AVP in rats subjected to prolonged daily MS (360 min, MS360), short daily MS (15 min, MS15) and conventional animal facility rearing (AFR) during postnatal days 1-21. In addition, the influence of the presence or absence of littermates during MS, i.e. litter-wise (l) or individual (i) MS, was assessed. The immunoreactive (ir) peptide levels were measured in the hypothalamus, amygdala and pituitary gland of 3 and 10 weeks old male rats. Assessment in 3-week-old rats revealed that MS15 was associated with low ir OT levels in the hypothalamus and amygdala and high levels in the pituitary gland compared with the MS360 and AFR condition. In the amygdala, differences between groups were also detected in adulthood. MS studies commonly use either MS15 or AFR as a control for prolonged MS. The present results show differences in MS360 rats as compared to MS15 but not AFR rats. Consequently, comparisons between prolonged MS with either short periods of MS or AFR will generate divergent results, hence, making the outcome of MS difficult to compare between studies. Moreover, the different early environments had no effect on ir AVP levels. In conclusion, OT in the amygdala was most sensitive to MS. Besides both short- and long-term consequences, distinct effects were seen after litter and individual separation, respectively. We propose that environmentally induced alterations in OT transmission due to disrupted mother-pup interactions early in life may cause altered susceptibility to challenges later in life.
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- Sadia Oreland
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Pharmacology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Barbaresi P. Postnatal development of GABA-immunoreactive neurons and terminals in rat periaqueductal gray matter: A light and electron microscopic study. J Comp Neurol 2010; 518:2240-60. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fitzgerald M, Walker SM. Infant pain management: a developmental neurobiological approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 5:35-50. [DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Advancement of reproductive senescence and changes in the early expression of estrogen, progesterone and µ-opioid receptors induced by neonatal hypoxia in the female rat. Brain Res 2008; 1214:73-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gustafsson L, Oreland S, Hoffmann P, Nylander I. The impact of postnatal environment on opioid peptides in young and adult male Wistar rats. Neuropeptides 2008; 42:177-91. [PMID: 18082882 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Revised: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Early environmental influences can change the neuronal development and thereby affect behavior in adult life. The aim in the present study was to thoroughly examine the impact of early environmental factors on endogenous opioids by using a rodent maternal separation (MS) model. The endogenous opioid peptide system is not fully developed at birth, and short- and/or long-term alterations may occur in these neural networks in animals exposed to manipulation of the postnatal environment. Rat pups were subjected to one of five rearing conditions; 15 min (MS15) litter (l) or individual (i), 360 min (MS360) l or i daily MS, or housed under normal animal facility rearing (AFR) conditions during postnatal days 1-21. Measurements of immunoreactive (ir) Met-enkephalin-Arg6Phe7 (MEAP) and dynorphin B (DYNB) peptide levels in the pituitary gland and in a number of brain areas, were performed at three and 10 weeks of age, respectively. MS-induced changes were more pronounced in ir MEAP levels, especially in individually separated rats at three weeks of age and in litter-separated rats at 10 weeks of age. The enkephalin and dynorphin systems have different developmental patterns, dynorphin appearing earlier, which may point at a more sensitive enkephalin system during the early postnatal weeks. The results provide evidence that opioid peptides are sensitive for early environmental factors and show that the separation conditions are critical and also result in changes manifesting at different time points. MS-induced effects were observed in areas related to stress, drug reward and dependence mechanisms. By describing effects on opioid peptides, the study addresses the possible role of a deranged endogenous opioid system in the previously described behavioral consequences of MS.
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- Lisa Gustafsson
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Pharmacology, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 591, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Roman E, Nylander I. The impact of emotional stress early in life on adult voluntary ethanol intake-results of maternal separation in rats. Stress 2005; 8:157-74. [PMID: 16323264 DOI: 10.1080/10253890500188666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The combination of genetic and environmental factors determines the individual vulnerability for excessive ethanol intake, possibly leading to dependence. The environmental influences early in life represent examples of determinant factors for adult behaviour and can be protective as well as risk factors. Maternal separation is one model to examine the long-term consequences of early environmental experiences on neurochemistry and behaviour, including drug-taking behaviour in experimental animals. In the present review, findings from studies using repeated short and prolonged periods of maternal separation, with emphasis on effects on voluntary ethanol intake in rats with or without a genetic predisposition for high voluntary ethanol intake, are summarized. Despite some contradictory results, the general picture emerging shows that short periods of maternal separation during the postnatal period result in a lower adult voluntary ethanol intake in male rats. Prolonged periods of maternal separation were found to induce a high voluntary ethanol intake in male rats, including rats with a genetic predisposition for high ethanol intake. Results from the literature also show that changes were not just related to time of separation but were also related to the degree of handling. Interestingly, in terms of voluntary ethanol intake, female rats were generally not affected by postnatal maternal separation. The reasons for these sex differences need further investigation. In terms of neurobiological consequences of maternal separation, conclusive data are sparse and one of the future challenges will, therefore, be to identify and characterize underlying neurobiological mechanisms, especially in the individual animal.
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- Erika Roman
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Pharmacology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Ploj K, Roman E, Nylander I. Long-term effects of short and long periods of maternal separation on brain opioid peptide levels in male Wistar rats. Neuropeptides 2003; 37:149-56. [PMID: 12860112 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4179(03)00043-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Environmental manipulations early in life may induce persistent alterations in adult behaviour and physiology. The underlying neural mechanisms of these responses are not yet clear. We have previously reported long-term changes in brain opioid peptide levels in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats after short periods (15 min, known as neonatal handling) of maternal separation (MS) until weaning. To study this further, we investigated behavioural and neurochemical effects of repeated MS in male Wistar rats. The rat pups were separated from their dams in litters for either 360 min (MS360) or 15 min (MS15) daily from postnatal day 1 to 21 or exposed to normal animal facility rearing. Behavioural analysis showed that MS360 rats had increased ultrasonic calls on postnatal day 5 compared to MS15 rats, but not on postnatal day 6. Moreover, the MS360 rats had more animals with higher frequency of calls at day 5 than 6 than the MS15 rats. Analysis of the opioid peptides dynorphin B and Met-enkephalin-Arg(6)Phe(7) with radioimmunoassay 7 weeks after the MS procedure, revealed long-term neurochemical changes in several brain areas and in the pituitary gland. Immunoreactive dynorphin B and Met-enkephalin-Arg(6)Phe(7) levels were affected in the hypothalamus and dynorphin B levels in the neurointermediate pituitary lobe, amygdala, substantia nigra and the periaqueductal gray. Together, these findings show that repeated periods of MS early in life in male Wistar rats affect the development of the ultrasonic call response and induce long-lasting and possibly permanent alterations in the opioid peptide systems.
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- Karolina Ploj
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Box 591, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Loizzo A, Loizzo S, Lopez L, d'Amore A, Renzi P, Spampinato S, Di Carlo S, Bacosi A, Zuccaro P, Pacifici R. Naloxone prevents cell-mediated immune alterations in adult mice following repeated mild stress in the neonatal period. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 135:1219-26. [PMID: 11877330 PMCID: PMC1573241 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. Mild stress plus mild pain (solvent injection) applied daily to neonatal mice induces hormonal, behavioural and metabolic changes perduring in the adult life. 2. We investigated whether daily mild stress to neonatal mice induces also long-term defined changes of immune response, and whether immune changes are prevented through repeated administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone. 3. Mild stress plus solvent injection administered from birth to the 21st postnatal day causes not only behavioural and metabolic changes, but also long-term (up to 110 days of life) splenocytes modifications, consisting in: increased release of the Th-1 type cytokines interleukin-2 (IL-2) (from an average of 346 to 788 pg ml(-1)), interferon-gamma (from 1770 to 3942) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (from 760 to 1241); decreased release of the Th-2 type cytokines IL-4 (from 49.1 to 28.4) and IL-10 (from 1508 to 877). Moreover, enhanced natural killer-cell activity; enhanced proliferative splenocytes properties in resting conditions and following phytohemoagglutinin and concanavalin-A stimulation are observed. Immunological, behavioural and metabolic changes are prevented by the opioid antagonist (-)naloxone (1 mg kg(-1) per day s.c., administered instead of solvent) but not by the biologically inactive enantiomorph (+)naloxone. 4. In conclusion, endogenous opioid systems sensitive to naloxone are involved in long-lasting enhancement of the Th-1 type cytokines and cell-mediated immunological response caused by repeated mild stress administered postnatally.
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- Alberto Loizzo
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, via Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy.
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We have investigated the mechanisms regulating the expression of the mu-opioid receptor, using P19 mouse embryonal carcinoma cells, which normally lack this receptor, but which can be induced to express it in aggregated cells by retinoic acid treatment. The expression level of mu-opioid receptor mRNA was found to be closely correlated with aggregation status, and more specifically by cell to cell interaction requiring neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAM). We showed that NCAM activates the mu-opioid receptor gene through a pathway involving phospholipase C-arachidonic acid-calcium channel-calcium/calmodulin kinase II. A similar pathway was previously shown to promote neurite outgrowth, however, with distinct specificity, including the role of calcium channels. Activation of L-type calcium channels elevated mu-opioid receptor expression, while N-type-channel activity had the opposite effect. The effect of anti-NCAM-antibody treatment was not due to retardation of general neural development and was specific to the mu-opioid receptor gene. Our results indicate that the P19 system is an useful model to study the expression of the mu-opioid receptor gene.
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- H C Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 6-120 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0217, USA
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Matsuda AY, Olsen GD. Chronic in utero morphine exposure alters mu-agonist-stimulated [35S]-GTPgammaS binding in neonatal and juvenile guinea pig brainstem regions associated with breathing control. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001; 23:413-9. [PMID: 11711243 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-0362(01)00162-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Narcotic analgesics act acutely upon opioid receptors in the brainstem to depress respiration in neonates, whereas withdrawal from chronic in utero exposure to morphine is associated with hyperventilation in the newborn. Because of the association between breathing and exposure to exogenous opioids, opioid-stimulated [35S]-guanylyl-5'-O-(gamma-thio)-triphosphate ([35S]-GTPgammaS) binding was examined in respiratory control areas of the brainstem in 3-, 7-, and 14-day-old guinea pigs who were exposed during the last 2 weeks of gestation by maternal subcutaneous injections of 7.5 mg/kg of morphine or an equal volume of saline twice daily. Ten micromolar D-ala(2), MePhe(4), Gly(ol)(5)-enkephalin (DAMGO), a mu-specific opioid receptor agonist, stimulated [35S]-GTPgammaS binding in the caudal and rostral ventral respiratory groups (cVRG and rVRG), nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), and the parabrachial nucleus (PB). There were no statistically significant age-related changes in DAMGO-stimulated binding for any of the respiratory areas. However, morphine-exposed animals had decreased DAMGO-stimulated [35S]-GTPgammaS binding in these brainstem areas compared to saline-exposed animals. We hypothesize that this morphine-induced decrease in DAMGO activation of the mu-opioid receptor may be a partial explanation for the hyperventilation observed during neonatal morphine withdrawal.
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- A Y Matsuda
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, L-334, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA
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Ishihara S, Tsuchiya S, Horie S, Murayama T, Watanabe K. Stimulatory effects of centrally injected kappa-opioid receptor agonists on gastric acid secretion in urethane-anesthetized rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 418:187-94. [PMID: 11343688 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00949-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gastric acid secretion has been proposed to be regulated by opioid receptors in the central nervous system (CNS). However, whether the effect of morphine is stimulatory or inhibitory, and the role of type specificity of opioid receptors have not been established. We investigated the effects of centrally injected opioid receptor agonists on gastric acid secretion in the perfused stomach of urethane-anesthetized rats. Injection of morphine (1-30 microg/rat, mu-opioid receptor agonist) into the fourth cerebroventricle inhibited the secretion stimulated by i.v. injection of 2-deoxy-D-glucose. Morphine itself did not show an inhibitory effect. In contrast, injection of kappa(1)-opioid receptor agonists such as (5alpha,7alpha,8beta)-(+)-N-methyl-N-(7-[1-pyrrolidinyl]-1-oxaspiro[4.5]dec-8-yl)benzeneacetamide (U59593, 0.3-3 microg) and (trans)-(+/-)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-[1-pyrrolidinyl]cyclohexyl) benzeneacetamide hydrochloride (U50488H, 10 microg) and the kappa(2)-opioid receptor agonist, bremazocine (3 microg), into the lateral cerebroventricle markedly stimulated secretion. The effect of U59593 was inhibited by naloxone and norbinaltorphimine (an antagonist of kappa-opioid receptors) and in vagotomized rats. [D-Pen(2)-D-Pen(5)]enkephalin (10microg, delta-opioid receptor agonist) had no effect on secretion. The dual roles of the opioid system in the CNS in gastric acid secretion are discussed.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer/pharmacology
- Anesthesia
- Anesthetics, Intravenous/administration & dosage
- Animals
- Benzeneacetamides
- Deoxyglucose/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-/pharmacology
- Gastric Acid/metabolism
- Gastric Mucosa/metabolism
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Male
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Stomach/drug effects
- Time Factors
- Urethane/administration & dosage
- Vagus Nerve/physiology
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- S Ishihara
- Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
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Beland B, Fitzgerald M. Mu- and delta-opioid receptors are downregulated in the largest diameter primary sensory neurons during postnatal development in rats. Pain 2001; 90:143-50. [PMID: 11166980 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00397-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the postnatal development of mu-(MOR) and delta-opioid receptor (DOR) immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglia. Lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRG) from postnatal day (P) 0, 3, 7 and 21 rat pups were immunostained for MOR and DOR. Proportions of MOR +ve and DOR +ve cells were calculated from profile counts. Diameters of MOR +ve and DOR +ve cells were measured and compared to -ve cells. The coexpression of MOR and neurofilament (NF200) in DRG over this postnatal period was also investigated. A greater proportion of cells were immunoreactive for MOR and DOR in neonatal rat DRG at P0, P3 and P7 compared to P21. At P3, 39.5+/-1.7% of cells were MOR +ve and 30.3+/-1.5% were DOR +ve, whereas at P21, the values were 30.1+/-1.7% and 21.8+/-1.6% (mean+/-SEM), respectively. During the first postnatal week both opioid receptors were expressed in cells across the whole diameter range but by 3 weeks of age, expression was restricted to small and medium diameter cells. Furthermore, a significantly higher proportion of NF200 +ve cells expressed MOR in new-born compared to P21 rats. The results show that MOR and DOR expression is downregulated in the largest diameter, NF200 +ve primary sensory neurons postnatally. Since these neurons are mainly non-nociceptive, this may explain previous reports of opioid agonists affecting reflex responses to both innocuous and noxious stimuli in rat pups. The results highlight an important difference between opioid function in the immature and adult nervous system.
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- B Beland
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK
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McPhie AA, Barr GA. The role of opioid receptors in morphine withdrawal in the infant rat. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 124:73-80. [PMID: 11113514 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(00)00102-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Exposure to opiates such as morphine can lead to psychological and physical dependence in both adult and infant humans. Infant rats experience opiate withdrawal behaviors that are qualitatively different from the withdrawal behaviors displayed by adult rats. In the adult, withdrawal is largely mediated by the mu-opioid receptor. We sought to understand more about what role each opioid receptor (mu, kappa, and delta) plays in the display of the physical withdrawal in the infant rat. Beginning on postnatal day 1, infant rats were injected with morphine sulfate twice a day for 6.5 days. On the afternoon of the seventh day the infant rats were given an i.c. injection of a vehicle, the mu-opioid receptor antagonist CTOP, the kappa-opioid receptor antagonist nor-BNI, or the delta-opioid receptor antagonist naltrindole. CTOP precipitated withdrawal behaviors in the 7-day-old rat in a dose-dependent manner. Neither nor-BNI nor naltrindole induced any significant changes in the frequency of the withdrawal behaviors. These data suggest that in the infant rat control of certain behavioral withdrawal signs is modulated primarily by the mu-opioid receptor, as is the case in the adult rat.
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- A A McPhie
- Biopsychology Doctoral Program, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Petrov ES, Varlinskaya EI, Smotherman WP. The first suckling episode in the rat: the role of endogenous activity at mu and kappa opioid receptors. Dev Psychobiol 2000; 37:129-43. [PMID: 11044861 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2302(200011)37:3<129::aid-dev2>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The present study examined the role of endogenous activity at mu and kappa opioid receptors in attachment to and ingestion of milk from a surrogate nipple in cesarean-delivered newborn rats prior to regular suckling experience. Selective opioid antagonist drugs were injected into the cisterna magna (IC administration) or lateral ventricles (ICV administration). Blockade of endogenous activity at mu opioid receptors by IC administration of the selective antagonist CTOP reduced attachment time and markedly increased disengagements from the nipple. CTOP also increased the intensity of suckling measured as milk intake per min attached to the nipple, when milk was available from the nipple in a free-access regime, and enhanced intake when milk was infused through an intraoral cannula aside from the suckling context. The ICV administration of the selective kappa antagonist nor-BNI considerably increased latency to grasp the surrogate nipple, while time on the nipple and milk intake were decreased. The presented data suggest that populations of mu and kappa receptor-containing neurons, differentiable by the route of antagonist administration, play an important role in initiation and maintenance of suckling behavior in the newborn rat during its first encounter with the nipple and milk. The kappa opioid system is predominantly involved in the initiation of the newborn's behavior directed toward the nipple providing milk. The role of the mu opioid system seems more complicated: it transforms initial oral grasp responses into sustained attachment to the nipple and maintains the intake of milk at a certain physiological level.
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- Animals
- Feeding Behavior/drug effects
- Feeding Behavior/physiology
- Female
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Male
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/administration & dosage
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley/growth & development
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives
- Somatostatin/pharmacology
- Sucking Behavior/drug effects
- Sucking Behavior/physiology
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- E S Petrov
- Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University-SUNY, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, USA
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Gazyakan E, Disko U, Haaf A, Heimrich B, Jackisch R. Postnatal development of opioid receptors modulating acetylcholine release in hippocampus and septum of the rat. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 123:135-41. [PMID: 11042342 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(00)00091-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The postnatal development of presynaptic opioid receptors inhibiting the release of acetylcholine (ACh) was studied in rat brain hippocampus, medial septum (MS) and diagonal band of Broca (DB). To this end, the corresponding brain slices (350 microm thick) of rats of various postnatal ages (postnatal day 4 [P4] to P16, and adult) were preincubated with [(3)H]choline and stimulated twice for 2 min (S(1), S(2): at 3 Hz, 2 ms, 60 mA) during superfusion with physiological buffer containing hemicholinium-3. In parallel, the activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was determined in crude homogenates of the tissues as a marker for the development of cholinergic neurons. At any postnatal age, the electrically evoked overflow of tritium from slices preincubated with [(3)H]choline was highest in the DB, followed by the MS and the hippocampus. The evoked [(3)H]overflow increased with postnatal age, reached about 50% (MS, DB) or 30% (hippocampus) of the corresponding adult levels at P16 and correlated significantly with the corresponding ChAT activities. Presence of the preferential mu-opioid receptor agonist DAMGO during S(2) significantly inhibited the evoked overflow of tritium already at P4 in DB and MS, whereas in the hippocampus significant inhibitory effects were first observed at P8 only. Moreover, adult levels of inhibition due to DAMGO were reached at P16 in the DB and MS but not in the hippocampus. In septal areas, also the effect of the preferential delta-opioid receptor agonist DPDPE on the evoked [(3)H]overflow was studied: in contrast to DAMGO, however, significant inhibitory effects of DPDPE were first observed at P12 only. In conclusion, the postnatal development of presynaptic mu-opioid receptors on cholinergic neurons in the DB and MS starts earlier than in the hippocampus and precedes that of presynaptic delta-opioid receptors.
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- E Gazyakan
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Neuropharmakologisches Labor, Universität Freiburg, Hansastrasse 9A, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Hauser KF, Houdi AA, Turbek CS, Elde RP, Maxson W. Opioids intrinsically inhibit the genesis of mouse cerebellar granule neuron precursors in vitro: differential impact of mu and delta receptor activation on proliferation and neurite elongation. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1281-93. [PMID: 10762357 PMCID: PMC4306580 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.01015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although opioids are known to affect neurogenesis in vivo, it is uncertain the extent to which opioids directly or indirectly affect the proliferation, differentiation or death of neuronal precursors. To address these questions, the intrinsic role of the opioid system in neurogenesis was systematically explored in cerebellar external granular layer (EGL) neuronal precursors isolated from postnatal mice and maintained in vitro. Isolated neuronal precursors expressed proenkephalin-derived peptides, as well as specific mu and delta, but negligible kappa, opioid receptors. The developmental effects of opioids were highly selective. Morphine-induced mu receptor activation inhibited DNA synthesis, while a preferential delta2-receptor agonist ([D-Ala2]-deltorphin II) or Met-enkephalin, but not the delta1 agonist [D-Pen2, D-Pen5]-enkephalin, inhibited differentiation within the same neuronal population. If similar patterns occur in the developing cerebellum, spatiotemporal differences in endogenous mu and delta opioid ligand-receptor interactions may coordinate distinct aspects of granule neuron maturation. The data additionally suggest that perinatal exposure to opiate drugs of abuse directly interfere with cerebellar maturation by disrupting normal opioid signalling and inhibiting the proliferation of granule neuron precursors.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antimetabolites/metabolism
- Antimetabolites/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Bromodeoxyuridine/metabolism
- Bromodeoxyuridine/pharmacology
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Division/physiology
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cell Survival/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebellum/chemistry
- Cerebellum/cytology
- DNA/biosynthesis
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Methionine/pharmacology
- Enkephalins/analysis
- In Vitro Techniques
- Mice
- Microscopy, Electron
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Neurites/physiology
- Neurites/ultrastructure
- Neurons/chemistry
- Neurons/metabolism
- Neurons/ultrastructure
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- Opioid-Related Disorders/metabolism
- Protein Precursors/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Stem Cells/chemistry
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- Stem Cells/ultrastructure
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- K F Hauser
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
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Wiedenmayer CP, Barr GA. Mu opioid receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray mediate stress-induced analgesia but not immobility in rat pups. Behav Neurosci 2000; 114:125-36. [PMID: 10718268 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.1.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rat pups become immobile and analgesic when exposed to an adult male rat. The aim of this study was to determine whether these reactions are under the control of endogenous opioids and to determine the role of the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG), which mediates stress-induced immobility and analgesia in adult animals. In Experiment 1, 14-day-old rats were injected systemically with the general opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone (1 mg/kg), which blocked male-induced analgesia to thermal stimulation but did not affect immobility. In Experiment 2, the selective mu opioid receptor antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH2 (CTOP; 50 or 100 ng/200 nl) was microinjected into the ventrolateral and lateral PAG. CTOP suppressed male-induced analgesia when injected into the ventrolateral PAG. Male-induced immobility was not affected by CTOP. Male proximity therefore seems to induce analgesia in rat pups by releasing endogenous opioids that bind to mu opioid receptors in the ventrolateral PAG.
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- C P Wiedenmayer
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA.
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D'Amato FR, Mazzacane E, Capone F, Pavone F. Effects of postnatal manipulation on nociception and morphine sensitivity in adult mice. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 117:15-20. [PMID: 10536227 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(99)00090-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The long-term effects of postnatal manipulation on nociception were studied in NMRI albino male mice. During the first two weeks of life, pups were removed from their cage and deprived of maternal/nest odour for 15 min/day. To evaluate pain sensitivity, adult mice exposed to this postnatal manipulation (CB group) were tail flick and formalin tested for acute and tonic pain, respectively. CB mice showed a reduced pain sensitivity both in tail-flick and in formalin tests in comparison with control animals. Moreover, responsiveness to morphine (MO 1.0, 2.5, and 5.0 mg/kg, i.p.) in young (35 days old) and adult (90 days old) postnatally manipulated animals was evaluated with the tail-flick test: a decrease of the antinociceptive effects induced by morphine both in young and adult males was observed in postnatally manipulated animals. Morphine induced significant analgesic effects in control mice at doses lower than those affecting nociceptive thresholds both in young and adult CB mice. In addition, young animals showed a higher sensitivity to morphine than adults, independently of postnatal manipulation. The long-term effects of postnatal manipulation on nociception are discussed in terms of involvement of the opioid system and of the characteristics of pup manipulation.
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- F R D'Amato
- Istituto di Psicobiologia e Psicofarmacologia del CNR, Viale Marx 43, 00137, Rome, Italy.
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Niesink RJ, van Buren-van Duinkerken L, van Ree JM. Social behavior of juvenile rats after in utero exposure to morphine: dose-time-effect relationship. Neuropharmacology 1999; 38:1207-23. [PMID: 10462133 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(99)00050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the present study, the effects of morphine exposure in utero on social behavior in juvenile male rats was investigated. Pinning, a measure for play behavior, and social grooming of the offspring were measured at postnatal day 21. The subjects were offspring of Wistar rat dams given sc. injections of 1 or 10 mg/kg body weight morphine HCl daily from gestational days 8 (GD8)-GD 21 and control dams injected daily with saline. Pinning and social grooming of the morphine-treated offspring were significantly elevated compared to saline controls. The doses of morphine used neither affected the gestation of pregnant mother rats nor sensorimotor development of the juvenile rats. Prenatal exposure to morphine of 10 mg/kg daily increased both pinning and social grooming, prenatal exposure to a lower dose of 1 mg/kg increased pinning behavior but not social grooming in the offspring. To study the importance of the gestational period, offspring of dams given 10 mg/kg body weight morphine HCl from GD8-GD15 and saline from GD16-parturition or morphine from GD16-parturition and saline from GD8-GD15 was tested. Pinning was only increased when morphine exposure occurred during the third week of gestation, social grooming was increased when morphine exposure had been in the second week of gestation. Subcutaneous administration of 1 mg/kg naltrexone 1 h before the test significantly decreased play behavior in control rats, but not in animals prenatally exposed to morphine. From these experiments we conclude that the long term effect of in utero exposure to morphine on play behavior is established by affecting the endogenous opioid system.
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- R J Niesink
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. rniesink.@trimbos.nl
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Rahman W, Dickenson AH. Electrophysiological studies on the postnatal development of the spinal antinociceptive effects of the delta opioid receptor agonist DPDPE in the rat. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 126:1115-22. [PMID: 10204998 PMCID: PMC1565889 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The antinociceptive effects of the delta opioid receptor selective agonist, DPDPE [(D-Pen2,D-Pen5)-enkephalin] was studied in rats aged postnatal day (P) 14, P21, P28 and P56. 2. Antinociceptive effects of DPDPE were measured as percentage inhibition of the C-fibre evoked response and post-discharge of dorsal horn neurones evoked by peripheral electrical stimulation. DPDPE was administered by topical application, akin to intrathecal injection. 3. DPDPE (0.1-100 microg) produced dose-related inhibitions at all ages; these inhibitions were reversed by 5 microg of the opioid antagonist naloxone. 4. The dose-response curves for C-fibre evoked response and post-discharge of the neurones were not different in rats aged P14 and P21. DPDPE was significantly more potent at P14 and P21 compared with its inhibitory effects on these responses at P28 and P56. 5. DPDPE produced minor inhibitions of the A-fibre evoked response of the neurones at P14, P21, P28 and P56, suggesting that the inhibitory effects of DPDPE are mediated via presynaptic receptors on the terminals of C-fibre afferents. 6. Since spinal delta opioid receptor density changes little over this period, the increased antinociceptive potency of DPDPE in the rat pups compared with the adult is likely to be due to post-receptor events, or in developmental changes in the actions of other transmitter/receptor systems within the spinal cord.
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- W Rahman
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, England
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Fernández B, Antelo MT, Kitchen I, Viveros MP. Effects of neonatal naltrindole treatment on antinociceptive and behavioral responses to mu and kappa agonists in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1999; 62:145-9. [PMID: 9972857 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(98)00138-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effects of a daily injection of the delta selective opioid antagonist naltrindole (1 mg/kg), from birth to postnatal day 19, on antinociceptive and behavioral responses to the mu selective agonist alfentanil (65 microg/kg) and the kappa selective agonist CI-977 (50 microg/kg) in 20-day-old male rats were investigated. Antinociception was assessed using the tail immersion test and behavioral testing was performed by employing an open field. The functional blockade of the delta receptor by naltrindole blocked the antinociceptive response to alfentanil but did not affect the antinociception induced by CI-977. The effects of alfentanil (increased exploration) and CI-977 (a marked hypoactivity) in the open field were not modified by neonatal naltrindole treatment. The results suggest a functional interaction between delta and mu receptors in the postnatal period but not between delta and kappa receptors. The data also suggest differences in the delta and mu receptors interacting in the modulation of antinociception and those involved in behavioral responses in the open field.
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- B Fernández
- Departamento de Biología Animal II, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Ikeda K, Watanabe M, Ichikawa T, Kobayashi T, Yano R, Kumanishi T. Distribution of prepro-nociceptin/orphanin FQ mRNA and its receptor mRNA in developing and adult mouse central nervous systems. J Comp Neurol 1998; 399:139-51. [PMID: 9725707 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980914)399:1<139::aid-cne11>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) and its receptor share similarities to opioids and their receptors in terms of the molecular structure and signaling pathway, but the two systems exhibit different actions in vivo. To understand the mechanism of N/OFQ-system actions, we examined, by in situ hybridization analysis, the distribution of preproN/OFQ and N/OFQ receptor mRNAs in the developing and adult mouse central nervous systems (CNS). In most neural regions, preproN/OFQ mRNA was mainly expressed in a small population of middle-sized neurons. These neurons were scattered between large projection-type neurons or within the neuropil, suggestive of interneurons. In some other nuclei (lateral septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, reticular thalamic nucleus, inferior colliculus, and rostral periolivery nucleus), preproN/OFQ mRNA was expressed in a number of large projection-type neurons. By contrast, N/OFQ receptor mRNA was evenly expressed in most neurons of the adult CNS. Considering the inhibitory actions of N/OFQ, the distinct cellular expression pattern of the N/OFQ system suggests that the release of N/OFQ from interneurons may lower neuronal and synaptic activities of neighboring neurons, leading to integration or modulation of local circuits. Furthermore, the cellular expression pattern, distinct from that of the opioid system, may provide a possible molecular/cellular basis for the different in vivo actions of N/OFQ and opioids. In embryonic stages, both preproN/OFQ and N/OFQ receptor mRNAs were highly and widely expressed in the mantle zone, suggesting the possible importance of N/OFQ signaling in CNS development.
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- K Ikeda
- Laboratory for Cellular Information Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Opanashuk LA, Hauser KF. Opposing actions of the EGF family and opioids: heparin binding-epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) protects mouse cerebellar neuroblasts against the antiproliferative effect of morphine. Brain Res 1998; 804:87-94. [PMID: 9729296 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00647-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Endogenous opioids and opiate drugs of abuse inhibit the proliferation of cerebellar external granular layer (EGL) neuroblasts by mechanisms that are incompletely understood. Opioids do not act alone, rather multiple extracellular factors regulate granule cell neurogenesis and these undoubtedly act in concert with opioids to shape developmental outcome. We examined whether, heparin binding-epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), a recently described member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, might compete with an inhibitory opioid signal. The results confirmed our ongoing studies that morphine inhibited neuroblast proliferation, while HB-EGF enhanced cell replication. HB-EGF not only counteracted the antiproliferative morphine signal, but invariably enhanced DNA synthesis irrespective of morphine treatment. Our findings suggest that regional and temporal differences in the availability of endogenous HB-EGF may serve to limit the response of EGL neuroblasts to opioids, and HB-EGF may be neuroprotective in opiate drug abuse. If similar responses occur in vivo, then the EGF family and the opioid system may represent distinct and contrasting components of an extracellular signaling system serving to coordinate EGL neurogenesis.
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- L A Opanashuk
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0084, USA
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Georges F, Normand E, Bloch B, Le Moine C. Opioid receptor gene expression in the rat brain during ontogeny, with special reference to the mesostriatal system: an in situ hybridization study. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 109:187-99. [PMID: 9729374 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(98)00082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
The three main types of opioid receptors micro, delta and kappa are found in the central nervous system and periphery. In situ hybridization study was undertaken to determine the expression of mu, delta, kappa-opioid receptors mRNAs in the brain during pre- and postnatal development, especially in the mesostriatal system. By G13, mu and kappa-opioid receptor mRNA were detectable in the telencephalon; mu-opioid receptor mRNA was found in the striatal neuroepithelium and cortical plate and kappa-opioid receptor mRNA in the corroidal fissure. By G15, kappa-opioid receptor mRNA was detectable in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum, and in the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area, suggesting an early expression of the corresponding receptor on dopaminergic terminal fibers. For the mu-opioid receptor mRNA in the striatum, patches appeared at G20. Delta-opioid receptor mRNA was first detected at G21, in many areas including the accumbens nucleus and the dorsal striatum. At P8, delta-opioid receptor mRNA was detected in large-sized cells of the striatum, possibly cholinergic, suggesting a possible modulation by opioids of the striatal cholinergic neurons. Our results demonstrate the early appearance of mu and kappa-opioid receptor mRNA (G13) and the relatively late development of delta-opioid receptor mRNA (G21) in the brain. We also show a distinct pattern of expression for mu, delta and kappa-opioid receptor mRNAs in the mesostriatal system during the development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Brain/growth & development
- Brain Chemistry/genetics
- Female
- In Situ Hybridization
- Neostriatum/growth & development
- Pregnancy
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Receptors, Opioid/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- F Georges
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5541, Laboratoire d'Histologie Embryologie, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Rahman W, Dashwood MR, Fitzgerald M, Aynsley-Green A, Dickenson AH. Postnatal development of multiple opioid receptors in the spinal cord and development of spinal morphine analgesia. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 108:239-54. [PMID: 9693800 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(98)00054-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The postnatal ontogeny of mu, delta and kappa opioid receptor binding sites in the spinal cord of rat pups at various postnatal days was determined using in vitro autoradiographical methods. The functional effect of spinal morphine was also assessed using in vivo electrophysiological methods in rats at P14, P21 and adults (P56). Both mu and kappa opioid receptor binding-sites are present from P0 and spread relatively diffusely throughout the spinal cord. Overall binding peaks at P7 and subsequently decreases to adult levels with the mu opioid receptor binding sites regressing to become denser in the superficial dorsal horn. delta Opioid receptor binding was first seen at P7, and no distinction between superficial and deeper laminae was seen. In the adult, the relative proportions of the opiate receptors in the superficial dorsal horn are 63%, 22% and 15%, for mu, delta and kappa receptor binding sites, respectively. C-fibre evoked dorsal horn neuronal responses recorded from anaesthetized rat pups were highly sensitive to spinal morphine at P21, (EC50 0.005 microgram), compared to the adult (EC50 0.9 microgram). However, the EC50 (0.2 microgram) at P14 was greater than at P21 despite the fact that mu receptor binding was greater at P14. Opioid receptor binding is developmentally regulated and undergoes substantial postnatal reorganization. However, the number of mu receptor binding sites appears not to be the only determinant of functional sensitivity to spinal morphine. Other factors, such as coupling of the receptors are likely to be important.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Autoradiography
- Benzeneacetamides
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophysiology
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-
- Enkephalins/pharmacology
- Male
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Nerve Fibers/chemistry
- Nerve Fibers/drug effects
- Nerve Fibers/physiology
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Radioligand Assay
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Opioid/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/analysis
- Spinal Cord/chemistry
- Spinal Cord/drug effects
- Spinal Cord/growth & development
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- W Rahman
- Dept. of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Hellbach S, Gärtner P, Deicke J, Fischer D, Hassan AH, Almeida OF. Inherent glucocorticoid response potential of isolated hypothalamic neuroendocrine neurons. FASEB J 1998; 12:199-207. [PMID: 9472985 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.2.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Within the broader framework of facilitating investigations into the inherent responses of restricted neuronal phenotypes devoid of their in vivo afferents, serum- and steroid-free cultures enriched in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), arginine vasopressin (AVP), and beta-endorphin (beta-END) peptidergic neurons were prepared from the hypothalamic paraventricular (PVN: CRH and AVP) and/or arcuate (ARC: beta-END) nuclei of juvenile male rats. The functional viability of these ARC/PVN cultures was verified by their ability to synthesize and secrete CRH, AVP, and beta-END under basal and depolarizing (veratridine) conditions in vitro. Peptide secretion was shown to be Ca2+ and Na+ dependent in that it was blocked in the presence of verapamil and tetrodotoxin, respectively. Exposure of ARC/PVN cocultures to the glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) resulted in a dose-dependent increase of CRH secretion and an inhibition of AVP and beta-END; the CRH responses deviated strikingly from predictions based on in vivo experiments. Steroid withdrawal or treatment with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU38486 reversed these trends. Opposite effects of DEX on CRH secretion were observed in cultures consisting of PVN cells only. Supported by studies using an opioid receptor agonist (morphine) and antagonist (naloxone), these observations demonstrate that ARC-derived (beta-END) neurons modulate the responses of PVN neurons to DEX.
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- S Hellbach
- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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Tong Y, Dumont Y, Shen SH, Quirion R. Comparative developmental profile of the neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor gene and protein in the rat brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 48:323-32. [PMID: 9332730 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00107-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most abundant peptides found in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) and plays several important roles in regulating brain function. Physiological roles of NPY in the brain are mediated by at least six receptor subtypes (Y1 to Y6). In the present study, a rat Y1 receptor cRNA probe was used for in in situ hybridization experiments in order to determine the developmental profile of this receptor mRNA and to compare it with its translated protein using receptor autoradiography with the radiolabelled ligand [125I][Leu31,Pro34]PYY. The NPY Y1 receptor mRNA is expressed as early as by the 12th day of gestation while specific [125I][Leu31,Pro34]PYY binding is observed by day 14 of gestation. Thereafter, both signals steadily increased, with Y1 receptor mRNA increasing faster than its translated protein during fetal life. The in situ hybridization signals reached a plateau around birth and remained high during the first 2 post-natal weeks to display the adult distribution by the end of the 3rd post-natal week. Similarly, specific [125I][Leu31,Pro34]PYY binding constantly increased during brain maturation and reached a plateau by the end of the 3rd post-natal week. In some brain areas, such as the cerebral cortex, specific binding declined slightly before attaining its adulthood pattern. Throughout ontogenesis, the profile of both the Y1 receptor mRNA and protein was well-matched except in hypothalamic areas where relatively higher mRNA signals were observed. Taken together, these results along with previous reports describing NPY-like immunoreactivity in the early developmental rat brain, suggest that the NPY Y1 receptor may play an important role in early brain development and maturation on the basis of its very early pattern of embryonic expression.
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- Y Tong
- Douglas Hospital Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Qué., Canada
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Petrov ES, Varlinskaya EI, Smotherman WP. Endogenous mu opioid systems and perioral responsiveness in the rat fetus. Physiol Behav 1997; 62:31-7. [PMID: 9226339 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00106-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Pharmacological manipulation of mu opioid receptors located in rostral and caudal parts of the brain produces distinctive changes in perioral responsiveness to nipple-like tactile stimulation in the E20 rat fetus. Blockade of caudal mu opioid receptors by intracistema magna (I.C.) injection of the selective mu antagonist drug CTOP reduces appetitive responses directed toward the artificial nipple. In contrast, blockade of mu opioid receptors in the rostral part of the brain by intracerebroventricular (I.C.V.) administration of CTOP increases fetal responsiveness to perioral cutaneous stimulation including oral capture and grasping of the artificial nipple. This pattern of the results suggests that there are at least two functionally different neuronal populations of mu opioid receptor-containing neurons that are involved in the regulation of the perioral responsiveness in the E20 rat fetus. The caudal part of this mu opioid system increases perioral responsiveness while the rostral part of the system decreases responsiveness to nipple-like perioral stimulation. These findings suggest the possibility that mu opioid systems may play a functional role in regulating neonatal behavior at the nipple.
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- E S Petrov
- Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 13902-6000, USA
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