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Afrose L, McDermott MV, Bhuiyan AI, Pathak SK, Bobeck EN. GPR171 activation regulates morphine tolerance but not withdrawal in a test-dependent manner in mice. Behav Pharmacol 2022; 33:442-451. [PMID: 35942845 PMCID: PMC9477863 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A newly deorphanized G protein-coupled receptor, GPR171, is found to be highly expressed within the periaqueductal gray, a pain-modulating region in the brain. Our recent research has shown that a GPR171 agonist increases morphine antinociception in male mice and opioid signaling in vitro . The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of combination treatment in females as well as whether chronic treatment can be used without exacerbating morphine-induced tolerance and withdrawal in female and male mice. Our results demonstrate that activation of GPR171 with an agonist attenuates morphine tolerance in both female and male mice on the tail-flick test, but not the hotplate test. Importantly, the GPR171 agonist in combination with morphine does not exacerbate morphine-induced tolerance and withdrawal during long-term morphine treatment. Taken together, these data suggest that the GPR171 agonist may be combined with morphine to maintain antinociception while reducing the dose of morphine and therefore reducing side effects and abuse liability. The outcome of this study is clearly an important step toward understanding the functional interactions between opioid receptors and GPR171 and developing safer therapeutics for long-term pain management.
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- Department of Biology
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Queens College of The City University of New York, Flushing, New York
- Chemistry Doctoral Program
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Queens College of The City University of New York, Flushing, New York
- Chemistry Doctoral Program
- Biochemistry Doctoral Program, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York
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- Department of Biology
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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Khan F, Mehan A. Addressing opioid tolerance and opioid-induced hypersensitivity: Recent developments and future therapeutic strategies. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2021; 9:e00789. [PMID: 34096178 PMCID: PMC8181203 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Opioids are a commonly prescribed and efficacious medication for the treatment of chronic pain but major side effects such as addiction, respiratory depression, analgesic tolerance, and paradoxical pain hypersensitivity make them inadequate and unsafe for patients requiring long-term pain management. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the outcomes of chronic opioid administration to lay the foundation for the development of novel pharmacological strategies that attenuate opioid tolerance and hypersensitivity; the two main physiological mechanisms underlying the inadequacies of current therapeutic strategies. We also explore mechanistic similarities between the development of neuropathic pain states, opioid tolerance, and hypersensitivity which may explain opioids' lack of efficacy in certain patients. The findings challenge the current direction of analgesic research in developing non-opioid alternatives and we suggest that improving opioids, rather than replacing them, will be a fruitful avenue for future research.
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- Faris Khan
- School of Clinical MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- School of Clinical MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Bouchet CA, Ingram SL. Cannabinoids in the descending pain modulatory circuit: Role in inflammation. Pharmacol Ther 2020; 209:107495. [PMID: 32004514 PMCID: PMC7183429 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The legalization of cannabis in some states has intensified interest in the potential for cannabis and its constituents to lead to novel therapeutics for pain. Our understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying cannabinoid actions in the brain have lagged behind opioids; however, the current opioid epidemic has also increased attention on the use of cannabinoids as alternatives to opioids for pain, especially chronic pain that requires long-term use. Endogenous cannabinoids are lipid signaling molecules that have complex roles in modulating neuronal function throughout the brain. In this review, we discuss cannabinoid functions in the descending pain modulatory pathway, a brain circuit that integrates cognitive and emotional processing of pain to modulate incoming sensory inputs. In addition, we highlight areas where further studies are necessary to understand cannabinoid regulation of descending pain modulation.
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- Courtney A Bouchet
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, United States of America
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, United States of America.
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Lueptow LM, Fakira AK, Bobeck EN. The Contribution of the Descending Pain Modulatory Pathway in Opioid Tolerance. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:886. [PMID: 30542261 PMCID: PMC6278175 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Opioids remain among the most effective pain-relieving therapeutics. However, their long-term use is limited due to the development of tolerance and potential for addiction. For many years, researchers have explored the underlying mechanisms that lead to this decreased effectiveness of opioids after repeated use, and numerous theories have been proposed to explain these changes. The most widely studied theories involve alterations in receptor trafficking and intracellular signaling. Other possible mechanisms include the recruitment of new structural neuronal and microglia networks. While many of these theories have been developed using molecular and cellular techniques, more recent behavioral data also supports these findings. In this review, we focus on the mechanisms that underlie tolerance within the descending pain modulatory pathway, including alterations in intracellular signaling, neural-glial interactions, and neurotransmission following opioid exposure. Developing a better understanding of the relationship between these various mechanisms, within different parts of this pathway, is vital for the identification of more efficacious, novel therapeutics to treat chronic pain.
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- Lindsay M Lueptow
- Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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Wei C, Han X, Weng D, Feng Q, Qi X, Li J, Luo M. Response dynamics of midbrain dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons to heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and MDMA. Cell Discov 2018; 4:60. [PMID: 30416749 PMCID: PMC6218454 DOI: 10.1038/s41421-018-0060-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and MDMA are abused by billions of people. They are believed to target midbrain dopamine neurons and/or serotonin neurons, but their effects on the dynamic neuronal activity remain unclear in behaving states. By combining cell-type-specific fiber photometry of Ca2+ signals and intravenous drug infusion, here we show that these four drugs of abuse profoundly modulate the activity of mouse midbrain dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons with distinct potency and kinetics. Heroin strongly activates dopamine neurons, and only excites serotonin neurons at higher doses. Nicotine activates dopamine neurons in merely a few seconds, but produces minimal effects on serotonin neurons. Cocaine and MDMA cause long-lasting suppression of both dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons, although MDMA inhibits serotonin neurons more profoundly. Moreover, these inhibitory effects are mediated through the activity of dopamine and serotonin autoreceptors. These results suggest that the activity of dopamine neurons and that of serotonin neurons are more closely associated with the drug's reinforcing property and the drug's euphorigenic property, respectively. This study also shows that our methodology may facilitate further in-vivo interrogation of neural dynamics using animal models of drug addiction.
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- Chao Wei
- 1School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China.,2Peking University-Tsinghua University-NIBS Graduate Program, Peking University, Beijing, 100081 China.,3National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206 China
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- 4Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850 China
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- 3National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206 China
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- 3National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206 China
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- 3National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206 China
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- 4Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850 China
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- 3National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206 China.,5School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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Unravelling cortico-hypothalamic pathways regulating unconditioned fear-induced antinociception and defensive behaviours. Neuropharmacology 2016; 113:367-385. [PMID: 27717879 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The medial prefrontal cortex can influence unconditioned fear-induced defensive mechanisms organised by diencephalic neurons that are under tonic GABAergic inhibition. The posterior hypothalamus (PH) is involved with anxiety- and panic attack-like responses. To understand this cortical mediation, our study characterised anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)-PH pathways and investigated the effect of ACC local inactivation with lidocaine. We also investigated the involvement of PH ionotropic glutamate receptors in the defensive behaviours and fear-induced antinociception by microinjecting NBQX (an AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist) and LY235959 (a NMDA receptor antagonist) into the PH. ACC pretreatment with lidocaine decreased the proaversive effect and antinociception evoked by GABAA receptor blockade in the PH, which suggests that there may be descending excitatory pathways from this cortical region to the PH. Microinjections of both NBQX and LY235959 into the PH also attenuated defensive and antinociceptive responses. This suggests that the blockade of AMPA/kainate and NMDA receptors reduces the activity of glutamatergic efferent pathways. Both inputs from the ACC to the PH and glutamatergic hypothalamic short links disinhibited by intra-hypothalamic GABAA receptors blockade are potentially implicated. Microinjection of a bidirectional neurotracer in the PH showed a Cg1-PH pathway and PH neuronal reciprocal connections with the periaqueductal grey matter. Microinjections of an antegrade neurotracer into the Cg1 showed axonal fibres and glutamatergic vesicle-immunoreactive terminal boutons surrounding both mediorostral-lateroposterior thalamic nucleus and PH neuronal perikarya. These data suggest a critical role played by ACC-PH glutamatergic pathways and AMPA/kainate and NMDA receptors in the panic attack-like reactions and antinociception organised by PH neurons.
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Barbaresi P, Mensà E. Connections from the rat dorsal column nuclei (DCN) to the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG). Neurosci Res 2016; 109:35-47. [PMID: 26902642 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Electrical stimulation of the dorsal columns (DCs; spinal cord stimulation; SCS) has been proposed to treat chronic neuropathic pain. SCS may activate a dual mechanism that would affect both the spinal cord and supraspinal levels. Stimulation of DCs or DC nuclei (DCN) in animals where neuropathic pain has been induced causes activation of brainstem centers including the periaqueductal gray (PAG), which is involved in the endogenous pain suppression system. Biotinylated dextran-amine (BDA) was iontophoretically injected into the DCN to analyze the ascending projection directed to the PAG. Separate injections into the gracile nucleus (GrN) and the cuneate nucleus (CunN) showed BDA-positive fibers terminating in different regions of the contralateral PAG. GrN-PAG afferents terminated in the caudal and middle portions of PAG-l, whereas CunN-PAG fibers terminated in the middle and rostral portions of PAG-l. Based on the DCN somatotopic map, the GrN sends information to the PAG from the contralateral hindlimb and the tail and the CunN from the contralateral forelimb, shoulder, neck and ear. This somatotopic organization is consistent with earlier electrophysiological and PAG stimulation studies. These fibers could form part of the DCs-brainstem-spinal cord loop, which may be involved in the inhibitory effects of SCS on neuropathic pain.
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- Paolo Barbaresi
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Tronto 10/A, Torrette di Ancona, I-60020 Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Tronto 10/A, Torrette di Ancona, I-60020 Ancona, Italy
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Opioidergic, GABAergic and serotonergic neurotransmission in the dorsal raphe nucleus modulates tonic immobility in guinea pigs. Physiol Behav 2012; 106:109-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Farahmandfar M, Zarrindast MR, Kadivar M, Karimian SM, Naghdi N. The effect of morphine sensitization on extracellular concentrations of GABA in dorsal hippocampus of male rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 669:66-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Revised: 06/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Scoto GM, Aricò G, Iemolo A, Ronsisvalle G, Parenti C. Selective inhibition of the NOP receptor in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray attenuates the development and the expression of tolerance to morphine-induced antinociception in rats. Peptides 2010; 31:696-700. [PMID: 20067813 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Revised: 12/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) is a major site of opioid analgesic action and a key locus for the development of morphine tolerance. Previous experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that the brain synthesizes and secretes neuropeptides, which act as a part of the homeostatic system to attenuate the effects of morphine and endogenous opioid peptides. Among the known antiopioid peptides, nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) has been shown to inhibit various opioid effects, especially analgesia. The present study investigated the effect of NOP receptor blockade on the tolerance to morphine antinociception in the vlPAG. Systemic morphine (10mg/kg s.c. twice per day) induced an antinociceptive effect that diminished significantly on the third day when tolerance developed, as quantified by the tail flick and the hot plate tests. Intra vlPAG (i.vlPAG) administration of the NOP receptor antagonist (+/-)-J 113397 restored the opioid's analgesic effect. When (+/-)-J 113397 was administered beginning the first day preceding each morphine administration, tolerance did not develop, but it appeared if the NOP antagonist had been suspended. These data suggest that the N/OFQ in the vlPAG may play a key role in opioid-induced antinociceptive tolerance.
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- Giovanna M Scoto
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Pharmacology Section, University of Catania, vle A Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Butler RK, Finn DP. Stress-induced analgesia. Prog Neurobiol 2009; 88:184-202. [PMID: 19393288 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 444] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Revised: 03/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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For over 30 years, scientists have been investigating the phenomenon of pain suppression upon exposure to unconditioned or conditioned stressful stimuli, commonly known as stress-induced analgesia. These studies have revealed that individual sensitivity to stress-induced analgesia can vary greatly and that this sensitivity is coupled to many different phenotypes including the degree of opioid sensitivity and startle response. Furthermore, stress-induced analgesia is influenced by age, gender, and prior experience to stressful, painful, or other environmental stimuli. Stress-induced analgesia is mediated by activation of the descending inhibitory pain pathway. Pharmacological and neurochemical studies have demonstrated involvement of a large number of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. In particular, there are key roles for the endogenous opioid, monoamine, cannabinoid, gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate systems. The study of stress-induced analgesia has enhanced our understanding of the fundamental physiology of pain and stress and can be a useful approach for uncovering new therapeutic targets for the treatment of pain and stress-related disorders.
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- Ryan K Butler
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, NCBES Neuroscience Cluster and Centre for Pain Research, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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Fu LW, Longhurst JC. Electroacupuncture modulates vlPAG release of GABA through presynaptic cannabinoid CB1 receptors. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 106:1800-9. [PMID: 19359606 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91648.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that electroacupuncture (EA) attenuates sympathoexcitatory reflex responses by activating a long-loop pathway involving the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), midbrain ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG), and rostral ventrolateral medulla (rVLM). Neurons in the ARC provide excitatory input to the vlPAG, whereas the vlPAG inhibits neuronal activity in the rVLM. gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate (Glu) have been identified in the vlPAG. Endocannabinoids (ECs), acting as atypical neurotransmitters, inhibit the release of both neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus and midbrain through a presynaptic cannabinoid type 1 (CB(1)) receptor mechanism. The EC system has been observed in the dorsal but not in the vlPAG. Since it is uncertain whether ECs influence GABA and Glu in the vlPAG, the present study tested the hypothesis that EA modulates the release of these neurotransmitters in the vlPAG through a presynaptic CB(1) receptor mechanism. We measured the release of GABA and Glu simultaneously by using HPLC to assess samples collected with microdialysis probes inserted unilaterally into the vlPAG of intact anesthetized rats. Twenty-eight min of EA (2 Hz, 2-4 mA, 0.5 ms) at the P5-6 acupoints reduced the release of GABA by 39% during EA and by 44% 15 min after EA. Thirty-five minutes after EA, GABA concentrations returned to pre-EA levels. In contrast, sham EA did not change the vlPAG GABA concentration. Blockade of CB(1) receptors with AM251, a selective CB(1) receptor antagonist, reversed the EA-modulated changes in GABA concentration, whereas microinjection of vehicle into the vlPAG did not alter EA-modulated GABA changes. In addition, we observed no changes in the vlPAG Glu concentrations during EA, although the baseline concentration of Glu was much higher than that of GABA (3,541 +/- 373 vs. 33.8 +/- 8.7 nM, Glu vs. GABA). These results suggest that EA modulates the sympathoexcitatory reflex responses by decreasing the release of GABA, but not Glu, in the vlPAG, most likely through a presynaptic CB(1) receptor mechanism.
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- Liang-Wu Fu
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Blundell J, Tabuchi K, Bolliger MF, Blaiss CA, Brose N, Liu X, Südhof TC, Powell CM. Increased anxiety-like behavior in mice lacking the inhibitory synapse cell adhesion molecule neuroligin 2. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2008; 8:114-26. [PMID: 19016888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2008.00455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Neuroligins (NL) are postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules that are thought to specify synapse properties. Previous studies showed that mutant mice carrying an autism-associated point mutation in NL3 exhibit social interaction deficits, enhanced inhibitory synaptic function and increased staining of inhibitory synaptic puncta without changes in overall inhibitory synapse numbers. In contrast, mutant mice lacking NL2 displayed decreased inhibitory synaptic function. These studies raised two relevant questions. First, does NL2 deletion impair inhibitory synaptic function by altering the number of inhibitory synapses, or by changing their efficacy? Second, does this effect of NL2 deletion on inhibition produce behavioral changes? We now show that although NL2-deficient mice exhibit an apparent decrease in number of inhibitory synaptic puncta, the number of symmetric synapses as determined by electron microscopy is unaltered, suggesting that NL2 deletion impairs the function of inhibitory synapses without decreasing their numbers. This decrease in inhibitory synaptic function in NL2-deficient mice correlates with a discrete behavioral phenotype that includes a marked increase in anxiety-like behavior, a decrease in pain sensitivity and a slight decrease in motor co-ordination. This work confirms that NL2 modulates inhibitory synaptic function and is the first demonstration that global deletion of NL2 can lead to a selective behavioral phenotype.
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- J Blundell
- Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8813, USA
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Pro-nociceptive action of cholecystokinin in the periaqueductal grey: A role in neuropathic and anxiety-induced hyperalgesic states. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2008; 32:852-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Revised: 12/31/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Contributions of capillary electrophoresis to neuroscience. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1184:144-58. [PMID: 18054026 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.10.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2007] [Revised: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a small-volume separation approach amenable to the analysis of complex samples for their small molecule, peptide and protein content. A number of the features of CE make it a method of choice for addressing questions related to neurochemistry. The figures of merit inherent to CE that make it well suited for studying cell-to-cell and intracellular signaling include small sample volumes, high separation efficiency, the ability for online analyte concentration, and compatibility with sensitive and high-information content detection methods. A variety of instrumental aspects are detailed, including detection methods and sampling techniques that are particularly useful for the analysis of signaling molecules. Studies that have used these techniques to increase our understanding of neurobiology are emphasized throughout. One notable application is single neuron chemical analysis, a research area that has been greatly advanced by CE.
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Schepers RJF, Mahoney JL, Zapata A, Chefer V, Shippenberg TS. The effects of local perfusion of DAMGO on extracellular GABA and glutamate concentrations in the rostral ventromedial medulla. J Neurochem 2007; 104:806-17. [PMID: 17961151 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05017.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Electrophysiological data suggest an involvement of rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) GABA and glutamate (GLU) neurons in morphine analgesia. Direct evidence that extracellular concentrations of GABA or GLU are altered in response to mu opioid receptor (MOP-R) activation is, however, lacking. We used in vivo microdialysis to investigate this issue. Basal GABA overflow increased in response to intra-RVM perfusion of KCl (60 mmol/L). Reverse microdialysis of the MOP-R agonist D-Ala(2),NMePhe(4),Gly-ol(5)]enkephalin (DAMGO) (20-500 micromol/L) produced a concentration-dependent decrease of RVM GABA overflow. Behavioral testing revealed that concentrations that decreased GABA levels increased thermal withdrawal thresholds. A lower agonist concentration that did not increase GABA failed to alter thermal thresholds. DAMGO did not alter GLU concentrations. However, KCl also failed to modify GLU release. Since rapid, transporter-mediated uptake may mask the detection of changes in GLU release, the selective excitatory amino acid transporter inhibitor pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (tPDC, 0.6 mmol/L) was added to the perfusion medium for subsequent studies. tPDC increased GLU concentrations, confirming transport inhibition. KCl increased GLU dialysate levels in the presence of tPDC, demonstrating that transport inhibition permits detection of depolarization-evoked GLU overflow. In the presence of tPDC, DAMGO increased GLU overflow in a concentration-dependent manner. These data demonstrate that MOP-R activation decreases GABA and increases GLU release in the RVM. We hypothesize that the opposing effects of MOP-R on GLU and GABA transmission contribute to opiate antinociception.
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Barbaresi P. Cellular and subcellular localization of the GABAB receptor 1a/b subunit in the rat periaqueductal gray matter. J Comp Neurol 2007; 505:478-92. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Watson CJ, Lydic R, Baghdoyan HA. Sleep and GABA levels in the oral part of rat pontine reticular formation are decreased by local and systemic administration of morphine. Neuroscience 2006; 144:375-86. [PMID: 17055662 PMCID: PMC2729685 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Revised: 08/31/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Morphine, a mu-opioid receptor agonist, is a commonly prescribed treatment for pain. Although highly efficacious, morphine has many unwanted side effects including disruption of sleep and obtundation of wakefulness. One mechanism by which morphine alters sleep and wakefulness may be by modulating GABAergic signaling in brain regions regulating arousal, including the pontine reticular nucleus, oral part (PnO). This study used in vivo microdialysis in unanesthetized Sprague-Dawley rat to test the hypothesis that mu-opioid receptors modulate PnO GABA levels. Validation of the high performance liquid chromatographic technique used to quantify GABA was obtained by dialyzing the PnO (n=4 rats) with the GABA reuptake inhibitor nipecotic acid (500 microM). Nipecotic acid caused a 185+/-20% increase in PnO GABA levels, confirming chromatographic detection of GABA and demonstrating the existence of functional GABA transporters in rat PnO. Morphine caused a concentration-dependent decrease in PnO GABA levels (n=25 rats). Coadministration of morphine (100 microM) with naloxone (1 microM), a mu-opioid receptor antagonist, blocked the morphine-induced decrease in PnO GABA levels (n=5 rats). These results show for the first time that mu-opioid receptors in rat PnO modulate GABA levels. A second group of rats (n=6) was used to test the hypothesis that systemically administered morphine also decreases PnO GABA levels. I.v. morphine caused a significant (P<0.05) decrease (19%) in PnO GABA levels relative to control i.v. infusions of saline. Finally, microinjections followed by 2 h recordings of electroencephalogram and electromyogram tested the hypothesis that PnO morphine administration disrupts sleep (n=8 rats). Morphine significantly (P<0.05) increased the percent of time spent in wakefulness (65%) and significantly (P<0.05) decreased the percent of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (-53%) and non-REM sleep (-69%). The neurochemical and behavioral data suggest that morphine may disrupt sleep, at least in part, by decreasing GABAergic transmission in the PnO.
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- C J Watson
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, 7433 Medical Sciences Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0615, USA
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Mensah-Brown EPK, Garey LJ. The superior colliculus of the camel: a neuronal-specific nuclear protein (NeuN) and neuropeptide study. J Anat 2006; 208:239-50. [PMID: 16441568 PMCID: PMC2100190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In this study we examined the superior colliculus of the midbrain of the one-humped (dromedary) camel, Camelus dromedarius, using Nissl staining and anti-neuronal-specific nuclear protein (NeuN) immunohistochemistry for total neuronal population as well as for the enkephalins, somatostatin (SOM) and substance P (SP). It was found that, unlike in most mammals, the superior colliculus is much larger than the inferior colliculus. The superior colliculus is concerned with visual reflexes and the co-ordination of head, neck and eye movements, which are certainly of importance to this animal with large eyes, head and neck, and apparently good vision. The basic neuronal architecture and lamination of the superior colliculus are similar to that in other mammals. However, we describe for the first time an unusually large content of neurons in the superior colliculus with strong immunoreactivity for met-enkephalin, an endogenous opioid. We classified the majority of these neurons as small (perimeters of 40-50 microm), and localized diffusely throughout the superficial grey and stratum opticum. In addition, large pyramidal-like neurons with perimeters of 100 microm and above were present in the intermediate grey layer. Large unipolar cells were located immediately dorsal to the deep grey layer. By contrast, small neurons (perimeters of 40-50 microm) immunopositive to SOM and SP were located exclusively in the superficial grey layer. We propose that this system may be associated with a pain-inhibiting pathway that has been described from the periaqueductal grey matter, juxtaposing the deep layers of the superior colliculus, to the lower brainstem and spinal cord. Such pain inhibition could be important in relation to the camel's life in the harsh environment of its native deserts, often living in very high temperatures with no shade and a diet consisting largely of thorny branches.
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- E P K Mensah-Brown
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Höcht C, Opezzo JAW, Taira CA. Applicability of reverse microdialysis in pharmacological and toxicological studies. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2006; 55:3-15. [PMID: 16567112 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A recent application of microdialysis is the introduction of a substance into the extracellular space via the microdialysis probe. The inclusion of a higher amount of a drug in the perfusate allows the drug to diffuse through the microdialysis membrane to the tissue. This technique, actually called as reverse microdialysis, not only allows the local administration of a substance but also permits the simultaneous sampling of the extracellular levels of endogenous compounds. Local effects of exogenous compounds have been studied in the central nervous system, hepatic tissue, dermis, heart and corpora luteae of experimental animals by means of reverse microdialysis. In central nervous studies, reverse microdialysis has been extensively used for the study of the effects on neurotransmission at different central nuclei of diverse pharmacological and toxicological agents, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonians, hallucinogens, drugs of abuse and experimental drugs. In the clinical setting, reverse microdialysis has been used for the study of local effects of drugs in the adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and dermis. The aim of this review is to describe the principles of the reverse microdialysis, to compare the technique with other available methods and finally to describe the applicability of reverse microdialysis in the study of drugs properties both in basic and clinical research.
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- Christian Höcht
- Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, (C1113AAD) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Ribeiro SJ, Ciscato JG, de Oliveira R, de Oliveira RC, D'Angelo-Dias R, Carvalho AD, Felippotti TT, Rebouças ECC, Castellan-Baldan L, Hoffmann A, Corrêa SAL, Moreira JE, Coimbra NC. Functional and ultrastructural neuroanatomy of interactive intratectal/tectonigral mesencephalic opioid inhibitory links and nigrotectal GABAergic pathways: Involvement of GABAA and μ1-opioid receptors in the modulation of panic-like reactions elicited by electrical stimulation of the dorsal midbrain. J Chem Neuroanat 2005; 30:184-200. [PMID: 16140499 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2004] [Revised: 06/30/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present study, the functional neuroanatomy of nigrotectal-tectonigral pathways as well as the effects of central administration of opioid antagonists on aversive stimuli-induced responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the midbrain tectum were determined. Central microinjections of naloxonazine, a selective mu(1)-opiod receptor antagonist, in the mesencephalic tectum (MT) caused a significant increase in the escape thresholds elicited by local electrical stimulation. Furthermore, either naltrexone or naloxonazine microinjected in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata (SNpr), caused a significant increase in the defensive thresholds elicited by electrical stimulation of the continuum comprised by dorsolateral aspects of the periaqueductal gray matter (dlPAG) and deep layers of the superior colliculus (dlSC), as compared with controls. These findings suggest an opioid modulation of GABAergic inhibitory inputs controlling the defensive behavior elicited by MT stimulation, in cranial aspects. In fact, iontophoretic microinjections of the neurotracer biodextran into the SNpr, a mesencephalic structure rich in GABA-containing neurons, show outputs to neural substrate of the dlSC/dlPAG involved with the generation and organization of fear- and panic-like reactions. Neurochemical lesion of the nigrotectal pathways increased the sensitivity of the MT to electrical (at alertness, freezing and escape thresholds) and chemical (blockade of GABA(A) receptors) stimulation, suggesting a tonic modulatory effect of the nigrotectal GABAergic outputs on the neural networks of the MT involved with the organization of the defensive behavior and panic-like reactions. Labeled neurons of the midbrain tectum send inputs with varicosities to ipsi and contralateral dlSC/dlPAG and ipsilateral substantia nigra, pars reticulata and compacta, in which the anterograde and retrograde tracing from a single injection indicates that the substantia nigra has reciprocal connections with the dlSC/dlPAG featuring close axo-somatic and axo-dendritic appositions in both locations. In addition, ultrastructural approaches show inhibitory axo-axonic synapses in MT and inhibitory axo-somatic/axo-axonic synapses in the SNpr. These findings, in addition to the psychopharmacological evidence for the interaction between opioid and GABAergic mechanisms in the cranial aspects of the MT as well as in the mesencephalic tegmentum, offer a neuroanatomical basis of a pre-synaptic opioid inhibition of GABAergic nigrotectal neurons modulating fear in defensive behavior-related structures of the cranial mesencephalon, in a short link, and through a major neural circuit, also in GABA-containing perikarya and axons of nigrotectal neurons.
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- S J Ribeiro
- Laboratory of Neuroanatomy and Neuropsychobiology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo FMRP-USP, Avenue of Bandeirantes, 3900, Ribeirão Preto SP 14049-900, Brazil
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Hirose N, Murakawa K, Takada K, Oi Y, Suzuki T, Nagase H, Cools AR, Koshikawa N. Interactions among mu- and delta-opioid receptors, especially putative delta1- and delta2-opioid receptors, promote dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience 2005; 135:213-25. [PMID: 16111831 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2004] [Revised: 02/28/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
The effect of interactions among mu- and delta-opioid receptors, especially the putative delta(1)- and delta(2)-opioid receptors, in the nucleus accumbens on accumbal dopamine release was investigated in awake rats by in vivo brain microdialysis. In agreement with previous studies, perfusion of the nucleus accumbens with the mu-, delta(1)- and delta(2)-opioid receptor agonists [D-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly(5)-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO), [D-Pen(2,5)]-enkephalin (DPDPE) and [D-Ser(2)]Leu-enkephalin-Thr(6), respectively, significantly enhanced the extracellular amount of accumbal dopamine in a dose-related manner (5.0 nmol and 50.0 nmol). However, the highest concentration tested (50.0 nmol) of DAMGO induced a biphasic effect, i.e. a rapid onset increase lasting for 75 min followed by a slower onset gradual and prolonged increase. The mu-opioid receptor antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-d-Trp-Orn-Thr-Phe-Thr-NH(2) (0.15 nmol) primarily reduced the DAMGO-induced second component. The delta(1)-opioid receptor antagonist (E)-7-benzylidenenaltrexone (0.15 nmol) significantly reduced the first component and abolished the second component induced by DAMGO, while the delta(2)-opioid receptor antagonist naltriben (1.5 nmol) significantly reduced only the first component. The DPDPE (50.0 nmol)-induced dopamine increase was almost completely abolished by (E)-7-benzylidenenaltrexone, but only partially reduced by D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-d-Trp-Orn-Thr-Phe-Thr-NH(2) and naltriben. The [D-Ser(2)]Leu-enkephalin-Thr(6) (50.0 nmol)-induced dopamine increase was almost completely abolished by naltriben, but not at all by D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-d-Trp-Orn-Thr-Phe-Thr-NH(2) and (E)-7-benzylidenenaltrexone. The non-selective opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (0.75 and 1.5 nmol) dose-dependently reduced the effects of DAMGO, DPDPE and [D-Ser(2)]Leu-enkephalin-Thr(6) but only to about 10-25% of the control values. Moreover, perfusion with the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin (0.1 nmol) reduced the DAMGO-induced dopamine increase by 75%, while it almost completely abolished the increase induced by DPDPE or [D-Ser(2)]Leu-enkephalin-Thr(6). The results show that stimulation of mu-opioid receptors or, to a lesser degree, delta(1)-opioid receptors results in a large naloxone-sensitive increase and a small naloxone-insensitive increase of extracellular dopamine. It is suggested that the naloxone-insensitive component is also tetrodotoxin-insensitive. Furthermore, it is hypothesized that stimulation of mu-opioid receptors activates delta(1)-receptors, which in turn activate delta(2)-opioid receptors, thereby giving rise to a rapid onset increase of extracellular dopamine. In addition, it is hypothesized that stimulation of another group of mu-opioid receptors activates a second group of delta(1)-opioid receptors that is not coupled to delta(2)-opioid receptors and mediates a slow onset increase of extracellular dopamine. Finally, it is suggested that stimulation of delta(1)- or delta(2)-opioid receptors inhibits mu-opioid receptors involved in the slow onset increase in extracellular dopamine, whereas stimulation of delta(1)-, but not delta(2)-, opioid receptors is suggested to activate mu-opioid receptors involved in the rapid increase in extracellular dopamine.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Anesthetics, Local/pharmacology
- Animals
- Benzylidene Compounds/pharmacology
- Dopamine/metabolism
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Leucine/analogs & derivatives
- Enkephalin, Leucine/pharmacology
- Extracellular Space/drug effects
- Extracellular Space/metabolism
- Male
- Microdialysis
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects
- Nucleus Accumbens/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives
- Somatostatin/pharmacology
- Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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- N Hirose
- Department of Dental Anaesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan
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Lane DA, Patel PA, Morgan MM. Evidence for an intrinsic mechanism of antinociceptive tolerance within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of rats. Neuroscience 2005; 135:227-34. [PMID: 16084660 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2004] [Revised: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Repeated microinjections of morphine into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray produce antinociceptive tolerance. This tolerance may be a direct effect of morphine on cells within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray or may require activation of downstream structures such as the rostral ventromedial medulla or spinal cord. Experiment 1 examined whether tolerance develops when opioid receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray are blocked prior to repeated systemic morphine administration. Microinjections of naltrexone hydrochloride (1microg/0.4microl) into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray blocked antinociception and significantly attenuated the development of antinociceptive tolerance produced from systemic morphine administration. Experiment 2 examined whether tolerance develops when the effects of morphine are isolated to the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray. This was accomplished by microinjecting morphine (5microg/0.4microl) into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray while simultaneously blocking the descending output through the rostral ventromedial medulla. Inhibition of neurons within the rostral ventromedial medulla by microinjecting the GABA(A) agonist muscimol (10ng/0.5microl) blocked the antinociception produced by microinjection of morphine into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray but did not block the development of tolerance. These data demonstrate that the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is both necessary and sufficient to produce tolerance to the antinociceptive effect of morphine. The ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is necessary in that tolerance does not develop if opiate action within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is blocked (experiment 1). The ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is sufficient in that tolerance occurs even when morphine's effects are restricted to the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (experiment 2).
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- D A Lane
- Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 Northeast Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686, USA
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Lane DA, Tortorici V, Morgan MM. Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for tolerance to continuous morphine administration into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray. Neuroscience 2004; 125:63-9. [PMID: 15051146 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Repeated microinjections of morphine into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) produce tolerance to the antinociceptive effect of morphine [Behav Neurosci 113 (1999) 833]. These results may be a direct effect of morphine on cells within the vPAG or be caused by cues linked to the microinjection procedure (i.e. associative tolerance). The objective of this paper was to determine whether continuous administration of morphine into the vPAG (i.e. no cues) would produce tolerance. Tolerance was assessed by measuring changes in behavior and changes in the activity of neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), the primary output target of the PAG. Rats were implanted with an osmotic minipump that released morphine (2.5 or 5 microg/h) or saline into the vPAG continuously. Continuous administration of morphine produced an increase in hotplate latency when measured 6 h after initiation of treatment. Tolerance to this antinociception was evident within 24 h. After 3 days, rats were anesthetized and the activity of RVM neurons was assessed. Although acute morphine administration into the RVM inhibits the activity of RVM on-cells and enhances the activity of off-cells, these neurons appeared normal following 3 days of continuous morphine administration. Systemic naloxone administration produced hyperalgesia that was associated with a marked increase in on-cell activity and a complete cessation of off-cell activity. The loss of morphine inhibition of nociception, measured behaviorally and electrophysiologically, demonstrates that tolerance is caused by a direct action of morphine on vPAG neurons.
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- D A Lane
- Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 Northeast Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686, USA
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Murakawa K, Hirose N, Takada K, Suzuki T, Nagase H, Cools AR, Koshikawa N. Deltorphin II enhances extracellular levels of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens via opioid receptor-independent mechanisms. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 491:31-6. [PMID: 15102530 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2003] [Revised: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of the delta2-opioid receptor agonist, deltorphin II, on extracellular levels of dopamine in the rat nucleus accumbens were investigated in awake animals by in vivo brain microdialysis. In agreement with previous studies, perfusion of deltorphin II (50.0 nmol) into the nucleus accumbens significantly increased the extracellular amount of accumbal dopamine. The effect of deltorphin II (50.0 nmol) was not altered by the selective delta2-opioid receptor antagonist, naltriben (1.5 nmol), which alone did not significantly affect the basal levels of dopamine. Selective antagonists of neither the mu-opioid receptors, D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Phe-Thr-NH2 (0.15 nmol), nor the delta1-opioid receptors, (E)-7-benzylidenenaltrexone tartrate (0.15 nmol), failed to significantly alter the effects of deltorphin II. The nonselective opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone (0.75 and 1.5 nmol), which alone did not significantly affect the basal levels of dopamine, also failed to affect the effects of deltorphin II. Moreover, under the condition that the sodium channel blocker, tetrodotoxin (0.1 nmol), was perfused continuously into the nucleus accumbens, the deltorphin II-induced increase in extracellular levels of dopamine was reduced by 72%. These results suggest that deltorphin II enhances extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens via opioid receptor-independent, tetrodotoxin-sensitive mechanisms.
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- Kaoru Murakawa
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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Osaki MY, Castellan-Baldan L, Calvo F, Carvalho AD, Felippotti TT, de Oliveira R, Ubiali WA, Paschoalin-Maurin T, Elias-Filho DH, Motta V, da Silva LA, Coimbra NC. Neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological study of opioid pathways in the mesencephalic tectum: effect of μ1- and κ-opioid receptor blockade on escape behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus. Brain Res 2003; 992:179-92. [PMID: 14625057 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Deep layers of the superior colliculus (DLSC), the dorsal and ventral periaqueductal gray matter (PAG), and inferior colliculus (IC) are midbrain structures involved in the generation of defensive behavior. beta-Endorphin and Leu-enkephalin are some neurotransmitters that may modulate such behavior in mammals. Light microscopy immunocytochemistry with streptavidin method was used for the localization of the putative cells of defensive behavior with antibodies for endogenous opioids in rat brainstem. Midbrain structures showed positive neurons to beta-endorphin and Leu-enkephalin in similar distributions in the experimental animals, but we also noted the presence of varicose fibers positive to endogenous opioids in the PAG. Neuroanatomical techniques showed varicose fibers from the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus to ventral aspects of the PAG, at more caudal levels. Naloxonazine and nor-binaltorphimine, competitive antagonists that block mu(1)- and kappa-opioid receptors, were then used in the present work to investigate the involvement of opioid peptide neural system in the control of the fear-induced reactions evoked by electrical stimulation of the neural substrates of the inferior colliculus. The fear-like responses were measured by electrical stimulation of the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus, eliciting the escape behavior, which is characterized by vigorous running and jumping. Central administration of opioid antagonists (2.5 microg/0.2 microl and 5.0 microg/0.2 microl) was performed in non-anesthetized animals (Rattus norvegicus), and the behavioral manifestations of fear were registered after 10 min, 2 h, and 24 h of the pretreatment. Naloxonazine caused an increase of the defensive threshold, as compared to control, suggesting an antiaversive effect of the antagonism on mu(1)-opioid receptor. This finding was corroborated with central administration of nor-binaltorphimine, which also induced a decrease of the fear-like responses evoked by electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus, since the threshold of the escape behavior was increased 2 and 24 h after the blockade of kappa-opioid receptor. These results indicate that endogenous opioids may be involved in the modulation of fear in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus. Although the acute treatment (after 10 min) of both naloxonazine and nor-binaltorphimine causes nonspecific effect on opioid receptors, we must consider the involvement of mu(1)- and kappa-opioid receptors in the antiaversive influence of the opioidergic interneurons in the dorsal mesencephalon, at caudal level, after chronic (2-24 h) treatment of these opioid antagonists. The neuroanatomical study of the connections between the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus and the periaqueductal gray matter showed neuronal fibers with varicosities and with terminal bottons, both in the pericentral nucleus of the inferior colliculus and in ventral and dorsal parts of caudal aspects of the periaqueductal gray matter.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biotin/analogs & derivatives
- Biotin/pharmacology
- Dextrans/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electric Stimulation
- Escape Reaction/drug effects
- Escape Reaction/physiology
- Fear/drug effects
- Fear/physiology
- Inferior Colliculi/drug effects
- Inferior Colliculi/physiology
- Male
- Naloxone/analogs & derivatives
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Neural Pathways/drug effects
- Neural Pathways/physiology
- Opioid Peptides/metabolism
- Periaqueductal Gray/drug effects
- Periaqueductal Gray/physiology
- Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
- Presynaptic Terminals/ultrastructure
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- M Y Osaki
- Laboratório de Neuroanatomia e Neuropsicobiologia, Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 14049-900, Avenida dos Bandeirantes, 3900, SP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Stiller CO, Taylor BK, Linderoth B, Gustafsson H, Warsame Afrah A, Brodin E. Microdialysis in pain research. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2003; 55:1065-79. [PMID: 12935945 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-409x(03)00104-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In vivo microdialysis has been used in preclinical pain research for more than a decade. This valuable tool allows correlations between nociceptive behavior and neurotransmitter release in pain-related CNS sites. However, several methodological issues must be considered to adequately interpret microdialysis data. Thus, the aim of this review is to describe key considerations, potential pitfalls, and important control experiments. We focus on animal experiments which evaluate the effects of noxious stimulation on CNS neurotransmitter release, particularly those that address clinically relevant problems in patients with long-lasting painful conditions.
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- Carl-Olav Stiller
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nemmani KVS, Mogil JS. Serotonin-GABA interactions in the modulation of mu- and kappa-opioid analgesia. Neuropharmacology 2003; 44:304-10. [PMID: 12604090 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(02)00374-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the present study, we studied the interaction between serotonergic (5-HTergic) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic systems in the modulation of analgesia from morphine, a mu-opioid agonist, and U50,488, a kappa-opioid agonist. All experiments were performed in mice using the 49 degrees C tail-withdrawal assay. The benzodiazepine receptor agonist, diazepam, the serotonin synthesis inhibitor, para-chlorophenylalanine (p-CPA), and the 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, were all found to attenuate morphine and U50,488 analgesia. In each case, the attenuation was itself blocked by treatment with L-5-HTP, a serotonin precursor, bicuculline, a GABA(A) receptor antagonist or picrotoxin, a GABA(A)-gated chloride channel blocker. Neither L-5-HTP nor the GABA(A) receptor antagonists were found to affect morphine or U50,488 analgesia per se. Thus, these findings indicate that a benzodiazepine-GABAergic agent (diazepam) attenuates opioid analgesia through the serotonergic system, and antiserotonergic agents (8-OH-DPAT, p-CPA) attenuate opioid analgesia through the GABAergic system. The intimate interactions between GABA and serotonin in the present study further suggest that these neurotransmitters work in complex ways together rather than alone in the modulation of opioid analgesia.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer/pharmacology
- 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine/pharmacology
- 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin/pharmacology
- Analgesia
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Animals
- Bicuculline/pharmacology
- Diazepam/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Interactions
- Fenclonine/pharmacology
- GABA Antagonists/pharmacology
- GABA Modulators/pharmacology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Morphine
- Pain Threshold/drug effects
- Reaction Time/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa
- Receptors, Opioid, mu
- Serotonin/physiology
- Serotonin Agents/pharmacology
- Serotonin Antagonists/pharmacology
- gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/physiology
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- K V S Nemmani
- Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, QC, Montreal, Canada H3A 1B1
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Acosta-Martinez M, Etgen AM. Activation of mu-opioid receptors inhibits lordosis behavior in estrogen and progesterone-primed female rats. Horm Behav 2002; 41:88-100. [PMID: 11863387 DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The present study investigated the effect of highly selective mu-opioid receptor (OR) agonists on lordosis behavior in ovariectomized rats treated with 3 microg of estradiol benzoate followed 48 h later by 200 microg of progesterone. Ventricular infusion of the endogenous mu-OR agonists endomorphin-1 and -2 suppressed receptive behavior in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. At 6 microg, both endomorphin-1 and -2 inhibited lordosis behavior within 30 min. However, while the effect of endomorphin-1 lasted 60 min, endomorphin-2 inhibition lasted up to 120 min after infusion. Pretreatment with naloxone (5 mg/kg sc) was able to block both endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 effects on lordosis. Site-specific infusions of endomorphin-1 or endomorphin-2 into the medial preoptic area (mPOA), the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH), or into the mesencephalic central gray did not affect receptivity. In contrast, infusion of 1 mug of either compound into the medial septum/horizontal diagonal band of Broca inhibited lordosis in a pattern very similar to that seen after intraventricular infusions. Infusion of the potent synthetic mu-OR agonist [D-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin (0.08 microg) into the VMH and mPOA inhibited lordosis behavior for at least 60 min after infusion. The nonspecific opioid receptor antagonist naloxone was able to facilitate lordosis in partially receptive female rats when infused into the mPOA but not when infused into the VMH. The behavioral effects of the agonists and antagonist used in this study suggest that the endogenous mu-opioid system modulates estrogen and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Brain Chemistry/physiology
- Diagonal Band of Broca/drug effects
- Diagonal Band of Broca/physiology
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Estrogens/pharmacology
- Female
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- Posture
- Preoptic Area/drug effects
- Preoptic Area/physiology
- Progesterone/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology
- Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives
- Somatostatin/pharmacology
- Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects
- Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- Maricedes Acosta-Martinez
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Forchheimer 113, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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Kim Y, Shin M, Chung J, Kim E, Koo G, Lee C, Kim C. Modulation of Chelidonii herba on GABA activated chloride current in rat PAG neurons. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2002; 29:265-79. [PMID: 11527069 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x01000290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Modulation of Chelidonii herba on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) activated chloride current in the acutely dissociated periaqueductal gray (PAG) neuron was studied by nystatin-perforated patch-clamp technique. High concentrations of Chelidonii herba elicited ion current, that was blocked by bicuculline. Low concentrations reduced the GABA activated current in PAG. Two types of inhibitory action of Chelidonii herba on GABA activated current have been implicated in PAG. One is the inhibitory action of Chelidonii herba on GABA was abolished by naltrexone and the other is that of Chelidonii herba was potentiated by naltrexone. In addition, all of two types of action of Chelidonii herba are linked to pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding proteins. These results suggest that the inhibitory modulation of Chelidonii herba on GABA activated current via G-proteins in PAG neuron is an important analgesic mechanism.
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- Y Kim
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
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Eichenberger GCD, Ribeiro SJ, Osaki MY, Maruoka RY, Resende GCC, Castellan-Baldan L, Corrêa SAL, Da Silva LA, Coimbra NC. Neuroanatomical and psychopharmacological evidence for interaction between opioid and GABAergic neural pathways in the modulation of fear and defense elicited by electrical and chemical stimulation of the deep layers of the superior colliculus and dorsal periaqueductal gray matter. Neuropharmacology 2002; 42:48-59. [PMID: 11750915 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(01)00155-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of central administration of opioid antagonists on the aversive responses elicited by electrical (at the freezing and escape thresholds) or chemical stimulation (crossings, rearings, turnings and jumps, induced by microinjections of bicuculline) of the midbrain tectum were determined. Central microinjections of naloxone and naltrexone in the mesencephalic tectum caused a significant increase in the freezing and escape thresholds elicited by electrical midbrain tectum stimulation. Furthermore, both opioid antagonists caused a significant decrease in the mean incidence of aversive behavioral responses induced by microinjections of bicuculline in the deep layers of the superior colliculus (DLSC) and in dorsal aspects of the periaqueductal gray matter (DPAG), as compared with controls. These findings suggest an opioid modulation of the GABAergic inhibitory inputs controlling the aversive behavior elicited by midbrain tectum stimulation. In fact, immunohistochemical evidence suggests that the dorsal mesencephalon is rich in beta-endorphin-containing neurons and fibers with varicosities. Iontophoretical microinjections of the neurotracer biodextran in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata (SNpr), show nigro-tectal pathways connecting SNpr with the same neural substrate of the DPAG rich in neuronal cells immunoreactive for opioid peptides. Labeled neurons of the DLSC and periaqueductal gray matter send inputs with varsicosities to ipsi- and contralateral DPAG and ipsilateral SNpr. These findings, in addition to the psychopharmacological evidence for the interaction between opioid and GABAergic mechanisms, offer a neuroanatomical basis of a possible presynaptic opioid inhibition of GABAergic nigro-tectal neurons modulating the fear in aversive structures of the cranial mesencephalon, in a short link, and maybe through a major neural circuit, also in GABA-containing perikarya of nigro-tectal neurons.
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- G C D Eichenberger
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Lab. de Neuroanatomia e Neuropsicobiologia, Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Wang QP, Guan JL, Shioda S. Immunoelectron microscopic study of beta-endorphinergic synaptic innervation of GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus. Synapse 2001; 42:234-41. [PMID: 11746721 DOI: 10.1002/syn.10008] [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: 12/19/2022]
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Using a preembedding double immunoreactive technique by immunostaining with antirat beta-endorphin and antisynthetic glutamic acid decarboxylase antisera sequentially, the synaptic relationships between beta-endorphinergic neuronal fibers and GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus of the rat were examined at the ultrastructural level. Although both beta-endorphin-like immunoreactive fibers and glutamic acid decarboxylase-like immunoreactive neurons can be found in the mediodorsal and medioventral parts of the dorsal raphe nucleus, the synapses between them were found only in the mediodorsal part. Most of the beta-endorphin-like immunoreactive neuronal fibers contained many dense-cored vesicles. The synapses made by beta-endorphin-like immunoreactive neuronal axon terminals on glutamic acid decarboxylase-like immunoreactive neurons were both symmetrical and asymmetrical, with the latter predominant, especially in the axo-dendritic synapses. Perikarya with beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity were found only in the ventrobasal hypothalamus. These findings suggest the possibility that the beta-endorphin-producing neurons in the ventrobasal hypothalamus could influence GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus directly by synaptic relationships.
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- Q P Wang
- Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142, Japan.
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Páez X, Hernández L. Biomedical applications of capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2001; 22:273-89. [PMID: 11835251 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a high-efficiency analytical technique that has had a great impact as a tool in biomedical research, clinical and forensic practice in the last ten years. Only in one of the applications, the DNA analysis, it has had an explosive exponential growth in the last few years. This impact is expressed in an enormous amount of CE articles and many reviews. The CE advantages with respect to other analytical techniques: the required very small sample volume, rapid analysis, great resolution power and low costs, have made this technique ideal for the analysis of a numerous endogenous and exogenous substances present in biological fluids. The different modes of CE have been coupled to different detection techniques such as UV-absorbance, electrochemical, mass spectrometry and laser-induced fluorescence detection (LIFD) to detect different nature and molecular size separated analytes. This review focuses mostly on the applications of CE-LIFD, to measure drugs and endogenous neuroactive substances such as amino acids and monoamines, especially in microdialysis samples from experimental animals and humans. CE-LIFD trends are discussed: automated faster analysis with capillary array systems, resolution power improvement, higher detection sensitivity, and CE systems miniaturization for extremely small sample volume, in order to make CE easier and affordable to the lab bench or the clinical bed.
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- X Páez
- Laboratory of Behavioral Physiology, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
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Rubakhin SS, Page JS, Monroe BR, Sweedler JV. Analysis of cellular release using capillary electrophoresis and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:3752-8. [PMID: 11699914 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200109)22:17<3752::aid-elps3752>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In order to increase our understanding of the mechanisms of learning and memory in the central nervous system, it is necessary to know the neurotransmitters and neuromodulators used in the specific neuronal circuits under study. Methods have been developed to identify the peptides released from single neurons and neuronal clusters from the common neuronal model Aplysia californica. Specifically, solid-phase extraction (SPE), capillary electrophoresis (CE) and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) are combined for profiling neuropeptide releasates. A variety of combinations of SPE and CE were coupled off-line with MALDI-TOF-MS to reduce the high physiological salts, to concentrate the analytes, and to reduce the complexity of the mass spectra using separation. With these protocols, peptides and proteins up to 11000 Da were detected in releasates, offering a much wider mass range compared to direct MALDI analysis of the same releasates. A number of expected and unknown neuropeptides, including egg-laying hormone (ELH) and the partially processed delta/gamma-bag cell peptide were observed in the SPE-treated releasates from a single Aplysia-cultured bag cell neuron. However, by adding a CE separation after the SPE step preceding off-line MALDI-TOF-MS detection, the most complete neuropeptide profiles were obtained.
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- S S Rubakhin
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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Xu XJ, Alster P, Wu WP, Hao JX, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z. Increased level of cholecystokinin in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with chronic pain-like behavior in spinally injured rats. Peptides 2001; 22:1305-8. [PMID: 11457525 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(01)00456-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a physiological antagonist of opioid-mediated antinociception and may be involved in some chronic pain states where opioids have reduced effect. We have previously shown in a rat model of central neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury that blockade of CCK-B receptors lead to marked pain relief. In the present study, we showed that spinally injured rats exhibiting chronic pain-like behaviors (aversive reaction to innocuous mechanical and cold stimulation) had significantly elevated level of CCK-like immunoreactivity in cerebrospinal fluid compared to normal rats or spinally injured rats which did not exhibit pain-like behaviors. The increased level of circulating CCK in the cerebrospinal fluid may thus contribute to the maintenance of chronic pain in these rats by reducing the endogenous inhibitory tone provided by opioid peptides and may be involved in the phenomenon of opioid insensitivity.
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- X J Xu
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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Parent M, Bush D, Rauw G, Master S, Vaccarino F, Baker G. Analysis of amino acids and catecholamines, 5-hydroxytryptamine and their metabolites in brain areas in the rat using in vivo microdialysis. Methods 2001; 23:11-20. [PMID: 11162146 DOI: 10.1006/meth.2000.1102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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In vivo microdialysis, using dialysis probes inserted into discrete brain areas and subsequent analysis of neurotransmitters and related substances in the dialysates (usually with HPLC), has yielded a great deal of important information about the actions of psychotropic drugs and endogenous neurotransmitter systems and about the functional interactions between various brain areas. This paper reviews the principles involved in in vivo microdialysis, its advantages and disadvantages, and recent innovations in methodology and applications. The first section includes brief discussions of principles and applications of dialysis, use of anesthetized versus conscious freely moving animals, and methods used to determine the neural origin of neurotransmitters in the dialysate. The subsequent sections provide detailed descriptions, based largely on our own studies in rats, of stereotaxic surgery, in vivo microdialysis, and dialysate analysis, with an emphasis on amino acids and biogenic amines and their metabolites. A discussion of methodological problems which may be encountered in the analysis of amino acids and biogenic amines is also included.
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- M Parent
- Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Wang QP, Guan JL, Shioda S. Synaptic contacts between serotonergic and cholinergic neurons in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. Neuroscience 2000; 97:553-63. [PMID: 10828537 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00605-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We examined synaptic connectivity between cholinergic and serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus and the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus of the rat. To this purpose we employed two variations (the combination of pre-embedding immunogold-silver intensification with avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique and the combination of avidin-biotin-peroxidase/3, 3'-diaminobenzidine/silver-gold intensification with avidin-biotin-peroxidase/3,3'-diaminobenzidine reaction) of a double pre-embedding immunoelectron procedure, using primary antibodies against vesicular acetylcholine transporter and serotonin. At the light-microscopic level, serotonin-like immunoreactive neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus appeared as reddish black and vesicular acetylcholine transporter-like immunoreactive axon terminals were brown colored using a combination of pre-embedding immunogold-silver technique and avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique. Serotonin-like immunoreactive fibers projected to the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. At the electron microscopy level, with both methods we observed in the dorsal raphe nucleus vesicular acetylcholine transporter-immunopositive axon terminals in synaptic contact with serotonin-like immunoreactive dendrites and, to a lesser degree, with serotonin-like immunoreactive cell bodies. These synapses usually were of the symmetrical type. Occasionally we noted, next to vesicular acetylcholine transporter-immunopositive axon terminals, also immunonegative terminals synapsing with the serotonin-like immunoreactive dendrites. In the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus we found serotonin-like immunoreactive axon terminals and immunonegative terminals forming synapses with vesicular acetylcholine transporter-immunoreactive dendrites. Most synapses formed by the serotonin-like immunopositive terminals were of the asymmetrical type. Our results suggest that serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus and cholinergic neurons in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus may reciprocally influence each other by means of synaptic connectivity. Such connectivity may serve to regulate pain sensation, or be involved in the regulation of the sleeping-waking cycle.
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- Q P Wang
- Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, 142-8555, Tokyo, Japan.
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Silva E, Hernandez L, Contreras Q, Guerrero F, Alba G. Noxious stimulation increases glutamate and arginine in the periaqueductal gray matter in rats: a microdialysis study. Pain 2000; 87:131-135. [PMID: 10924806 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00275-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is an important center in the modulation of behavioral responses during nociception and stress. In the present experiment, extracellular excitatory amino acid overflow in the PAG was measured every 30 s during noxious stimulation. A combination of in vivo brain microdialysis in freely moving rats and capillary zone electrophoresis with laser induced-fluorescence detection allowed us to detect short lasting changes of excitatory amino acid in dialysates. A formalin injection in the hindpaw of the rat increased glutamate, arginine and aspartate concentration in PAG dialysates. This increase was calcium and nerve impulse-dependent, suggesting neuronal and glial origin of glutamate and arginine, respectively. Handling, pinching or saline injection in the hind paw did not increase glutamate showing that this neurochemical phenomenon is related to painful and persistent noxious stimulation. The results suggest that a rapid excitation of the PAG occurs during noxious stimulation. The role of glutamate and arginine in analgesia is discussed.
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- Elizabeth Silva
- School of Medicine, Los Andes University, Merida, Venezuela Behavioral Physiology Laboratory, ULA, Merida, Venezuela Scientific Instrument Laboratory, Science Faculty, ULA, Merida, Venezuela
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Nuseir K, Proudfit HK. Bidirectional modulation of nociception by GABA neurons in the dorsolateral pontine tegmentum that tonically inhibit spinally projecting noradrenergic A7 neurons. Neuroscience 2000; 96:773-83. [PMID: 10727795 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00603-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The A7 catecholamine cell group in the dorsolateral pontine tegmentum constitutes an important part of the descending pathways that modulate nociception. Evidence from immunocytochemical studies demonstrate that noradrenergic A7 neurons are densely innervated by GABA terminals arising from GABA neurons that are located in the dorsolateral pontine tegmentum medial to the A7 cell group. GABA(A) receptors are also located on the somata and dendrites of noradrenergic A7 neurons. These findings suggest that noradrenergic neurons in the A7 cell group may be under tonic inhibitory control by GABA neurons. To test this hypothesis, the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline methiodide in doses of 0.2 or 1.0nmol was microinjected into sites located dorsal to the A7 cell group and the resulting effects on tail flick and nociceptive foot withdrawal responses were measured. Both doses of bicuculline produced significant increases in tail flick latencies and small, but significant, increases in foot withdrawal latencies. Intrathecal injection of the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine, in a dose of 76.7nmol (30microg), attenuated the antinociceptive effect of bicuculline on both the tail and the feet. In contrast, the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist WB4101, in a nearly equimolar dose of 78.6nmol (30microg), increased the antinociceptive effect of bicuculline on both the tail and the feet. Intrathecal injection of the antagonists alone did not consistently alter nociceptive responses of either the feet or the tail. These findings suggest that noradrenergic neurons in the A7 cell group are tonically inhibited by local GABA neurons. Furthermore, these findings suggest that inhibition of GABA(A) receptors located on spinally-projecting A7 noradrenergic neurons disinhibits, or activates, two populations of A7 neurons that have opposing effects on nociception. One of these populations facilitates nociception by an action mediated by alpha(1)-adrenoceptors in the spinal cord dorsal horn and the other population inhibits nociception by an action mediated by alpha(2)-adrenoceptors.
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- K Nuseir
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Jolas T, Nestler EJ, Aghajanian GK. Chronic morphine increases GABA tone on serotonergic neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus: association with an up-regulation of the cyclic AMP pathway. Neuroscience 2000; 95:433-43. [PMID: 10658623 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00436-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Major adaptations after chronic exposure to morphine include an up-regulation of the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway. Acute opioids, via mu-opioid receptors, disinhibit midbrain serotonergic neurons by suppressing inhibitory GABAergic transmission in the dorsal raphe nucleus and adjacent periaqueductal gray. This study examined whether chronic morphine induces a compensatory increase in GABA inputs to 5-hydroxytryptamine neurons and whether this was associated with an up-regulation of the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway. The firing rate of serotonergic neurons was reduced in brain slices from morphine-dependent rats, an effect reversed by the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline. The reduction in firing rate was accompanied by an increased frequency of spontaneous GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents, indicating increased GABA tone in the slice. The increase in GABA tone in brain slices from dependent rats was associated with increased induction of inhibitory postsynaptic currents by the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin, suggesting an up-regulation of the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway. Indeed, chronic morphine increased levels of adenylyl cyclase VIII (but not of adenylyl cyclase I, III or V) immunoreactivity in the dorsal raphe nucleus area. Two adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated mechanisms for the increase in GABA tone were discerned. The first, which predominated when impulse-flow was blocked by tetrodotoxin, involves protein kinase A since it was sensitive to protein kinase A inhibitors. The second, seen when impulse-flow was intact (i.e. absence of tetrodotoxin), was insensitive to protein kinase A inhibitors but was suppressed by ZD7288, a blocker of hyperpolarizing-activated Ih channels which are directly activated by adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate. We conclude that chronic morphine induces an up-regulation of the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway in GABAergic inputs to serotonergic cells, resulting in an increase in spontaneous and impulse-flow dependent GABA release. These changes would lead to an increase in GABA tone and subsequently to the reported decrease in serotonergic activity during opiate withdrawal.
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- T Jolas
- Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine and the Ribicoff Research Facilities, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven 06508, USA
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Gustafsson H, Afrah A, Brodin E, Stiller CO. Pharmacological characterization of morphine-induced in vivo release of cholecystokinin in rat dorsal horn: effects of ion channel blockers. J Neurochem 1999; 73:1145-54. [PMID: 10461906 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Previous studies indicate that an increased release of cholecystokinin (CCK) in response to morphine administration may counteract opioid-induced analgesia at the spinal level. In the present study we used in vivo microdialysis to demonstrate that systemic administration of antinociceptive doses of morphine (1-5 mg/kg, s.c.) induces a dose-dependent and naloxone-reversible release of CCK-like immunoreactivity (CCK-LI) in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. A similar response could also be observed following perfusion of the dialysis probe for 60 min with 100 microM but not with 1 microM morphine. The CCK-LI release induced by morphine (5 mg/kg, s.c.) was found to be calcium-dependent and tetrodotoxin-sensitive (1 microM in the perfusion medium). Topical application of either the L-type calcium channel blocker verapamil (50 microg) or the N-type calcium channel blocker omega-conotoxin GVIA (0.4 microg) onto the dorsal spinal cord completely prevented the CCK-LI release induced by morphine (5 mg/kg, s.c.). Our data indicate that activation of L- and N-type calcium channels is of importance for morphine-induced CCK release, even though the precise site of action of morphine in the dorsal horn remains unclear. The present findings also suggest a mechanism for the potentiation of opioid analgesia by L- and N-type calcium channel blocking agents.
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- H Gustafsson
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Denoroy L, Bert L, Parrot S, Robert F, Renaud B. Assessment of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic characteristics of drugs using microdialysis sampling and capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 1998; 19:2841-7. [PMID: 9870378 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150191609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Microdialysis sampling combined with capillary electrophoresis is emerging as a new approach in drug studies. It allows the continuous monitoring, in vivo or in vitro, of changes in free endogenous compounds as well as in drug substances, following the administration of pharmacological agents. The low volume requirement of capillary electrophoresis for injection allows the collection of dialysates during short sampling times, leading to a precise temporal description of drug-induced biochemical changes or pharmacokinetics. Various protocols can be used for analyzing endogenous compounds and drug substances in microdialysis samples. Capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection often affords the high sensitivity level which is needed in most studies. Furthermore, the direct on-line coupling of microdialysis, derivatization of samples, and electrophoretic analysis now brings a separation-based biosensor, allowing a real-time description of chemical events with a high molecular specificity. Microdialysis sampling combined with capillary electrophoresis has recently been used to assess pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic characteristics of various drugs in animal studies; it may also represent a new approach in clinical pharmacology in the near future.
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- L Denoroy
- Laboratoire de Neuropharmacologie et Neurochimie, INSERM CJF 95-06, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
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Gustafsson H, de Araújo Lucas G, Schött E, Stiller CO, Alster P, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z, Brodin E. Peripheral axotomy influences the in vivo release of cholecystokinin in the spinal cord dorsal horn-possible involvement of cholecystokinin-B receptors. Brain Res 1998; 790:141-50. [PMID: 9593865 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00060-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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An increased expression of cholecystokinin (CCK) messenger RNA (mRNA) as well as CCK-B receptor mRNA in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells following peripheral axotomy has previously been demonstrated. In the present in vivo microdialysis study, the effect of unilateral sciatic nerve section on basal and potassium-induced release of CCK-like (CCK-LI) immunoreactivity in the rat dorsal horn was investigated. We also compared the effects of the CCK-B receptor antagonist CI988 on basal and potassium-stimulated CCK-LI release in intact animals and in chronically axotomized rats. Perfusion of the microdialysis probe with KCl (100 mM) induced a more than 6-fold increase of the extracellular level of CCK-LI in control animals. In contrast, following unilateral sciatic nerve section the same KCl stimulation failed to evoke a release of CCK-LI ipsilaterally. However, after systemic administration of CI988 (1 mg kg-1, i.v.), 100 mM KCl induced a significant increase of the extracellular CCK-LI level in axotomized rats, similar to that observed in control animals. In control animals no effect of CI988 on KCl-stimulated CCK-LI release could be detected. CI988 by itself had no influence on the extracellular CCK-LI level in either nerve injured or control animals. The present data suggest that axotomy reduces the release of CCK-like immunoreactivity in the spinal cord by a mechanism involving the CCK-B receptor binding site.
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- H Gustafsson
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Pharmacological Pain Research, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Stiller CO, Gustafsson H, Fried K, Brodin E. Opioid-induced release of neurotensin in the periaqueductal gray matter of freely moving rats. Brain Res 1997; 774:149-58. [PMID: 9452203 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)81698-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The midbrain periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is an important region for endogenous pain suppression. Nerve terminals containing opioid peptides and neurotensin (NT), as well as high densities of opioid- and NT-receptors, have been demonstrated in the ventromedial PAG. Local administration of opioids or NT in this region induces antinociception in experimental animals. In the present microdialysis study, the effect of opioids on the release of NT in the ventromedial PAG was investigated. Perfusion of the microdialysis probe with 10 microM morphine induced a significant increase (P < 0.05; n = 5) of the extracellular level of NT-like immunoreactivity (NT-LI), while perfusion with a 10-fold higher concentration of morphine had no significant effect on the NT-LI release in the PAG. Also perfusion of the dialysis probe with the mu-opioid receptor-specific agonist [D-Ala2-N-Me-Phe4-Gly5-ol]-enkephaline (DAGO) (1 or 100 microM) induced a significant (P < 0.05; n = 7-9) increase of the NT-LI level. The increase in NT-LI release in response to 1 microM DAGO was both calcium-dependent and naloxone-reversible. Since opioid agonists generally inhibit neuronal activity, an indirect mechanism, involving inhibition of tonically active inhibitory neurons, e.g. gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons, could be of importance for the opioid induced release of NT. However, local administration in the PAG of the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline (0.1-10 microM) or the GABA(A) agonist muscimol (1-100 microM) had no significant effect on the extracellular NT-LI level in the PAG, suggesting that GABAergic mechanisms are not involved in the opioid-induced release of NT-LI. In conclusion, the present data provide in vivo evidence that mu-opioid receptors mediate stimulation of neurotensin release in the PAG.
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- C O Stiller
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Dawson LA. Capillary electrophoresis and microdialysis: current technology and applications. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 697:89-99. [PMID: 9342659 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00533-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Microdialysis sampling has become an important method for the continuous monitoring from an in vivo environment. This technique has been used to monitor many endogenous molecules, such as neurotransmitters, as well as exogenous species such as drug substances. Microdialysis samples have traditionally been analyzed by liquid chromatographic (LC) methods to gain resolution and quantification of the molecules of interest. However, LC separations have a relatively large injection volume requirement which, as a consequence, increases microdialysis sampling times. Capillary electrophoresis (CE), with its very small sample volume requirements and high resolving power, has therefore gained popularity as an alternative to LC. Reviewed here are many of the technologies currently available for CE and examples of how this technique has been effectively applied to the analysis of microdialysis samples.
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- L A Dawson
- CNS Disorders Division, Wyeth Ayerst Research, Princeton, NJ 08543-8000, USA
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a separation technique particularly suited to the analysis of pharmaceutical compounds. This review offers a detailed discussion of the four common modes of detection coupled to CE-UV absorption, fluorescence, electrochemical, and mass spectrometry-and gives examples of the use of these methods in pharmaceutical analyses. Sample preparation and pretreatment techniques used for CE separations are described, as well as methods of preconcentration including hydrophobic retention, affinity concentration, sample stacking, and isotachophoresis. The use of affinity CE, chiral CE, and capillary gel electrophoresis for analysis of pharmaceuticals is covered in detail, and recent advances in capillary electrochromatography and CE on a chip are also discussed.
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- L A Holland
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66047, USA
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Waters AJ, Lumb BM. Inhibitory effects evoked from both the lateral and ventrolateral periaqueductal grey are selective for the nociceptive responses of rat dorsal horn neurones. Brain Res 1997; 752:239-49. [PMID: 9106463 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01462-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In rats anaesthetized with alphaxalone/alphadolone a comparative study was made of the inhibitory effects on dorsal horn neurones evoked by chemical stimulation at identified pressor and depressor sites in the lateral and ventrolateral periaqueductal grey (PAG). Stimulating micropipettes were inserted stereotaxically into the lateral or ventrolateral PAG at sites where microinjection of DL-homocysteic acid (DLH) evoked increases or decreases respectively in mean arterial blood pressure. The effects of DLH microinjection at these sites were tested against the responses of dorsal horn neurones to noxious and innocuous stimuli applied to their cutaneous receptive fields. Single unit extracellular recordings were made from 15 Class 1 (low-threshold) and 37 Class 2 (wide dynamic range) dorsal horn neurones in laminae II-VI of the lower lumbar spinal cord. The responses of Class 1 neurones to innocuous prodding of their receptive fields were unaffected by neuronal activation in either the lateral or ventrolateral PAG. The nociceptive (noxious pinch/heat) responses of most Class 2 neurones were strongly inhibited by chemical stimulation in either sector of the PAG. The low threshold (prod) responses of the same neurones were generally unaffected or only weakly inhibited by identical stimulation, regardless of stimulation site. No significant differences were found between the effects of lateral vs. ventrolateral PAG stimulation on the responses of dorsal horn neurones. These results do not support the view that dorsal horn neurones may be inhibited with different selectivities by hyper- and hypotensive regions of the PAG.
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- A J Waters
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK.
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