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Kavgaci G, Guven DC, Kaygusuz Y, Karaca E, Dizdar O, Kilickap S, Aksoy S, Erman M, Yalcin S. Impact of opioid analgesics on survival in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:467. [PMID: 38937345 PMCID: PMC11211103 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08681-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the effects of concurrent opioid analgesic (OA) use with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). METHODS In this observational retrospective study, we included advanced cancer patients who received ICIs at Hacettepe University Hospital's Department of Medical Oncology between June 2018 and January 2023. RESULTS Our study included 375 recurrent or metastatic cancer patients treated with ICIs in the first, second line, or beyond. There were no significant differences between the OA-treated and OA-untreated groups regarding median age, age group, gender, primary tumor location, ICI type, or the presence of baseline liver and lung metastases. However, the OA-treated group exhibited a significantly higher proportion of patients who had received three or more prior treatments before initiating ICIs (p = 0.015). OA-Untreatment was significantly correlated with prolonged mPFS (6.83 vs. 4.30 months, HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.44-0.79, p < 0.001) and mOS (17.05 vs. 7.68 months, HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.45-0.80, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates an association between the concurrent use of OAs and reduced OS and PFS in patients treated with ICIs. While OA treatment serves as a surrogate marker for higher disease burden, it may also suggest a potential biological relationship between opioids and immunotherapy efficacy.
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- Gozde Kavgaci
- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Liv Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Medical Oncology, Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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Sah D, Shoffel-Havakuk H, Tsur N, Uhelski ML, Gottumukkala V, Cata JP. Opioids and Cancer: Current Understanding and Clinical Considerations. Curr Oncol 2024; 31:3086-3098. [PMID: 38920719 PMCID: PMC11203256 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31060235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients with cancer. Pain not only negatively affects the quality of life of patients with cancer, but it has also been associated with reduced survival. Pain management is therefore a critical component of cancer care. Prescription opioids remain the first-line approach for the management of moderate-to-severe pain associated with cancer. However, there has been increasing interest in understanding whether these analgesics could impact cancer progression. Furthermore, epidemiological data link a possible association between prescription opioid usage and cancer development. Until more robust evidence is available, patients with cancer with moderate-to-severe pain may receive opioids to decrease suffering. However, future studies should be conducted to evaluate the role of opioids and opioid receptors in specific cancers.
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- Dhananjay Sah
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (D.S.); (V.G.)
- Anesthesiology and Surgical Oncology Research Group (ASORG), Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva 4941492, Israel; (H.S.-H.); (N.T.)
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva 4941492, Israel; (H.S.-H.); (N.T.)
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (D.S.); (V.G.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (D.S.); (V.G.)
- Anesthesiology and Surgical Oncology Research Group (ASORG), Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Skiba D, Jaskuła K, Nawrocka A, Poznański P, Łazarczyk M, Szymański Ł, Żera T, Sacharczuk M, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A, Gaciong Z. The Role of Opioid Receptor Antagonists in Regulation of Blood Pressure and T-Cell Activation in Mice Selected for High Analgesia Induced by Swim Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2618. [PMID: 38473865 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Opioid peptides and their G protein-coupled receptors are important regulators within the cardiovascular system, implicated in the modulation of both heart and vascular functions. It is known that naloxone-an opioid antagonist-may exert a hypertensive effect. Recent experimental and clinical evidence supports the important role of inflammatory mechanisms in hypertension. Since opioids may play a role in the regulation of both blood pressure and immune response, we studied these two processes in our model. We aimed to evaluate the effect of selective and non-selective opioid receptor antagonists on blood pressure and T-cell activation in a mouse model of high swim stress-induced analgesia. Blood pressure was measured before and during the infusion of opioid receptor antagonists using a non-invasive tail-cuff measurement system. To assess the activation of T-cells, flow cytometry was used. We discovered that the non-selective antagonism of the opioid system by naloxone caused a significant elevation of blood pressure. The selective antagonism of μ and κ but not δ opioid receptors significantly increased systolic blood pressure. Subsequently, a brief characterization of T-cell subsets was performed. We found that the blockade of μ and δ receptors is associated with the increased expression of CD69 on CD4 T-cells. Moreover, we observed an increase in the central memory CD4 and central memory CD8 T-cell populations after the δ opioid receptor blockade. The antagonism of the μ opioid receptor increased the CD8 effector and central memory T-cell populations.
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- Dominik Skiba
- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Center for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postepu 36A Street, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 81 Street, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Center for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases, Hypertension and Angiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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Bataduwaarachchi VR, Hansanie SMN, Rockwood N, D'Cruz LG. Immunomodulatory properties of morphine and the hypothesised role of long-term opioid use in the immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1265511. [PMID: 37942336 PMCID: PMC10628761 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1265511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Epidemiological studies have shown high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence among chronic opioid users. Opioid receptors are found on multiple immune cells and immunomodulatory properties of opioids could be a contributory factor for ensuing immunosuppression and development or reactivation of TB. Toll-like receptors (TLR) mediate an immune response against microbial pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterial antigens and opioids co-stimulate TLRs 2/4/9 in immune cells, with resulting receptor cross-talk via multiple cytosolic secondary messengers, leading to significant immunomodulatory downstream effects. Blockade of specific immune pathways involved in the host defence against TB by morphine may play a critical role in causing tuberculosis among chronic morphine users despite multiple confounding factors such as socioeconomic deprivation, Human immunodeficiency virus co-infection and malnutrition. In this review, we map out immune pathways involved when immune cells are co-stimulated with mycobacterial antigens and morphine to explore a potential immunopathological basis for TB amongst long-term opioid users.
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- Vipula R. Bataduwaarachchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Research and Innovation Department, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research and Innovation Department, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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de Sousa JT, Dihl RR, Menezes Boaretto FB, Garcia ALH, Grivicich I, da Silva J, Picada JN. Morphine decreases cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of doxorubicin in vitro: Implications for cancer chemotherapy. Chem Biol Interact 2023; 382:110652. [PMID: 37524295 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Morphine is the most common opioid analgesic administered to treat pain in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. This study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of morphine alone and in combination with doxorubicin (Dox), an antineoplastic agent largely used in patients with solid cancers. Cytotoxicity was evaluated in neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and fibroblast (V79) cells using 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric assay while mutagenicity was assessed using the Salmonella/microsome assay in the absence and in the presence of S9 mix. Morphine showed a cytotoxic effect mainly on SH-SY5Y cells and reduced the cytotoxic effects of Dox when evaluated in a co-treatment procedure. In the Salmonella/microsome assay, it was observed that morphine did not induce mutations and, in fact, decreased the mutagenic effects induced by Dox in TA98 and TA102 strains in the absence of metabolic activation. Furthermore, in the presence of metabolic activation, no induction of mutations was observed with morphine. In conclusion, morphine decreased Dox cytotoxicity in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells and showed antimutagenic effects in the TA102 strain which detects mutagens inducing DNA oxidative damages. However, morphine decreased frameshift mutations induced by Dox in non-cytotoxic concentrations, an effect suggesting interference of Dox intercalation activity that could decrease its chemotherapeutic efficacy. These compelling findings highlight the importance of conducting further studies to explore the potential implications of co-administering morphine and Dox during cancer chemotherapy.
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- Jayne Torres de Sousa
- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil; Laboratory of Genetic Toxicity and Cellular Toxic-Genetic Analysis, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicity and Cellular Toxic-Genetic Analysis, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil; Laboratory of Genetics Toxicology, La Salle University, Av. Victor Barreto, 2288, 92010-000, Canoas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil; Laboratory of Genetics Toxicology, La Salle University, Av. Victor Barreto, 2288, 92010-000, Canoas, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health, Lutheran University of Brazil, Av. Farroupilha 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
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Scheff NN, Nilsen ML, Li J, Harris AL, Acharya R, Swartz A, Hsieh RW, Anderson JL, Ferris RL, Menk AV, Delgoffe GM, Zandberg DP. The effect of opioids on the efficacy of immunotherapy in recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Oral Oncol 2023; 140:106363. [PMID: 36963232 PMCID: PMC10450941 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) causes severe pain and opioids, the mainstay of pain management, may have immunomodulatory effects. We evaluated the effect of opioids on immunotherapy efficacy in recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HNSCC patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a retrospective study of 66 R/M HNSCC patients from 2015 to 2020, opioid dosage, calculated as mean morphine milligram equivalent per day, was assessed on the day of anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment and most recent prior visit. Intratumoral T cells were evaluated by single cell RNAseq and immunohistochemistry prior to treatment. Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards and logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between opioid usage, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), disease control rate. RESULTS Patients were 79% male, 35% oropharynx, 35% oral cavity, 40% locoregional recurrence, and 56% platinum failure. Higher opioid dosage by continuous variable was significantly associated with lower PFS (p = 0.016) and OS (p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, including platinum failure status and PD-L1, higher opioids were associated with lower OS. Opioid usage by categorical variable was associated with significantly lower intratumoral CD8+ T cells. Opioid receptor, OPRM1, expression was identified in intratumoral and circulating T cells. CONCLUSIONS In our study cohort of anti-PD-1 mAb treatment in R/M HNSCC patients, higher opioids were associated with significantly lower PFS and OS and lower CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment. To our knowledge, this is the first analysis in R/M HNSCC patients and further research into the clinical and biologic effect of opioids is warranted.
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- Nicole N Scheff
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States
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- Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA, United States.
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Kawakami K, Miyasaka T, Nakamura Y, Metoki H, Miyata S, Sato M, Sora I, Yamauchi K, Kawakami K, Blendy JA, Kawano T, Shimokawa H, Takayanagi M, Ohno I, Takahashi T. The A118G single-nucleotide polymorphism in OPRM1 is a risk factor for asthma severity. Allergol Int 2022; 71:55-65. [PMID: 34688555 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2021.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although population studies have implicated emotional burden in asthma severity, the underlying genetic risk factors are not completely understood. We aimed to evaluate the genetic influence of a functional single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the stress-related μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1; A118G SNP, rs1799971) on asthma severity. METHODS We initially assessed disease severity in asthmatic outpatients carrying A118G. Using an ovalbumin-induced experimental asthma rodent model harboring the functionally equivalent SNP, we investigated the mechanism by which this SNP influences the allergic immune response. RESULTS Among 292 outpatients, 168 underwent airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine testing. Compared with patients carrying the AA and AG genotypes, those carrying the GG genotype exhibited enhanced AHR. The stress levels were presumed to be moderate among patients and were comparable among genotypes. Compared with Oprm1 AA mice, GG mice demonstrated aggravated asthma-related features and increased pulmonary interleukin-4+CD4+ effector and effector memory T cells under everyday life stress conditions. Intraperitoneal naloxone methiodide injection reduced effector CD4+ T cell elevation associated with increased eosinophil numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of GG mice to the levels in AA mice, suggesting that elevated Th2 cell generation in the bronchial lymph node (BLN) of GG mice induces enhanced eosinophilic inflammation. CONCLUSIONS Without forced stress exposure, patients with asthma carrying the OPRM1 GG genotype exhibit enhanced AHR, attributable to enhanced Th2 cell differentiation in the regional lymph node. Further research is necessary to elucidate the role of the OPRM1 A118G genotype in the Th2 cell differentiation pathway in the BLN.
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- Kaori Kawakami
- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan
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- Division of Public Health, Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Intelligent Network for Infection Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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Brejchova J, Holan V, Svoboda P. Expression of Opioid Receptors in Cells of the Immune System. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 22:E315. [PMID: 33396783 PMCID: PMC7795304 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The observation of the immunomodulatory effects of opioid drugs opened the discussion about possible mechanisms of action and led researchers to consider the presence of opioid receptors (OR) in cells of the immune system. To date, numerous studies analyzing the expression of OR subtypes in animal and human immune cells have been performed. Some of them confirmed the expression of OR at both the mRNA and protein level, while others did not detect the receptor mRNA either. Although this topic remains controversial, further studies are constantly being published. The most recent articles suggested that the expression level of OR in human peripheral blood lymphocytes could help to evaluate the success of methadone maintenance therapy in former opioid addicts, or could serve as a biomarker for chronic pain diagnosis. However, the applicability of these findings to clinical practice needs to be verified by further investigations.
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- Jana Brejchova
- Laboratory of Biomathematics, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Nanotoxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic;
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12843 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Biomathematics, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic;
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Opioid receptors beyond pain control: The role in cancer pathology and the debated importance of their pharmacological modulation. Pharmacol Res 2020; 159:104938. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang Y, Jiang W, Xia B, Zhang M, Wang Y. MicroRNA-146a attenuates the development of morphine analgesic tolerance in a rat model. Neurol Res 2020; 42:415-421. [PMID: 32131713 DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2020.1735818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Underwood ML, Nguyen T, Uebelhoer LS, Kunkel LE, Korthuis PT, Lancioni CL. Altered monocyte phenotype and dysregulated innate cytokine responses among people living with HIV and opioid-use disorder. AIDS 2020; 34:177-188. [PMID: 31687981 PMCID: PMC6948804 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Background: Opioid-use disorders (OUD) and hepatitis C or B co-infection (HEP) are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). The impact of OUD on innate and adaptive immunity among PLHIV with and without HEP is unknown. Objectives: To investigate the impact of OUD on monocyte and T-cell phenotypes, cytokine responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and plasma inflammatory markers, among PLHIV with and without HEP. Methods: Cross-sectional study enrolling PLHIV receiving ART, with and without OUD. Flow cytometry determined monocyte and T-cell phenotypes; LPS and PHA-induced cytokine production was assessed following LPS and PHA stimulation by multiplex cytokine array; plasma IL-6, soluble CD163, and soluble CD14 were measured by ELISA. Results: Twenty-two PLHIV with OUD and 37 PLHIV without OUD were included. PLHIV with OUD exhibited higher frequencies of intermediate (CD14++CD16+) and nonclassical (CD14dimCD16+) monocytes when compared with PLHIV without OUD (P = 0.0025; P = 0.0001, respectively), regardless of HEP co-infection. Soluble CD163 and monocyte cell surface CD163 expression was increased among PLHIV with OUD and HEP, specifically. Regardless of HEP co-infection, PLHIV with OUD exhibited reduced production of IL-10, IL-8, IL-6, IL-1alpha, and TNF-alpha in response to LPS when compared with PLHIV without OUD; PHA-induced production of IL-10, IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha were also reduced among individuals with OUD. Conclusion: OUD among PLHIV are associated with altered monocyte phenotypes and a dysregulated innate cytokine response. Defining underlying mechanisms of opioid-associated innate immune dysregulation among PLHIV should be prioritized to identify optimal OUD treatment strategies.
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Mendes-Lima T, Kirsten TB, Rodrigues PS, Sampaio ACS, Felício LF, Rocha PRDA, Reis-Silva TM, Bondan EF, Martins MFM, Queiroz-Hazarbassanov N, Bernardi MM. Prenatal LPS induces sickness behaviour and decreases maternal and predatory behaviours after an LPS challenge. Int J Neurosci 2020; 130:804-816. [PMID: 31916878 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2019.1706505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Purpose: The influence of a challenge dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the behavioural selection between maternal (MB) and predatory behaviours (PB) of female rats prenatally treated with the same endotoxin or saline solution (F1 generation) were studied.Material and methods: Thus, in adult age, these female rats were mated and, at lactation days 5 or 6, the following groups were formed: (1) LPS + LPS group-female rats prenatally treated with LPS and received an LPS challenge dose; (2) S + LPS group-female rats prenatally treated with saline solution and received a challenge LPS dose (3) S + S group-females rats prenatally treated with saline which received a saline injection. MB, PB to cockroaches, exploratory behaviour, periaqueductal grey (PAG) expression of the astrocytic biomarker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and corticosterone and TNF-alpha serum levels were evaluated.Results: Showed that: (1) relative to the S + S group, the LPS + S group showed decreased MB and slightly increased PB, without inducing sickness behaviour; (2) the LPS + LPS group showed decreased MB but few effects on PB; (3) there was increased sickness behaviour associated with increased TNF-alpha serum levels in the LPS + LPS group; (4) a significant increase in GFAP expression was observed in both LPS groups, which was greater in the LPS + LPS group and (5) no differences in the corticosterone of all groups.Conclusions: Prenatal LPS impaired the switch from MB to PB in female rats of the LPS + LPS group by increased sickness behaviour as well as an increase in plasmatic TNF-alpha levels inducing PAG astrogliosis.
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- T Mendes-Lima
- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Paulista University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Up-regulation of μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptors in concanavalin A-stimulated rat spleen lymphocytes. J Neuroimmunol 2018; 321:12-23. [PMID: 29957382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Regulation of μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptor protein level in spleen lymphocytes when stimulated by mitogen is not known. To answer the question whether these cells do express opioid receptor (OR) proteins, primary, fresh rat spleen lymphocytes were prepared and stimulated for 48 h with mitogenic dose of Con A. The unstimulated lymphocytes did not express μ- and δ-OR proteins in detectable amounts, however, stimulation with Con A resulted in appearance of clearly detectable immunoblot signals of both μ-OR and δ-OR. κ-OR were detected already in primary cells and increased 2.4-fold in Con A-stimulated cells. These results were supported by data obtained by flow cytometry analysis indicating a dramatic increase in number of μ-, δ- and κ-OR expressing cells after mitogen stimulation. The newly synthesized μ-, δ- and κ-OR in Con A-stimulated spleen lymphocytes were present in the cells interior and not functionally mature, at least in terms of their ability to enhance activity of trimeric G proteins determined by three different protocols of agonist-stimulated, high-affinity [35S]GTPγS binding assay. The up-regulation of μ-, δ- and κ-OR was associated with specific decrease of their cognate trimeric G proteins, Gi1α/Gi2α; the other Gα and Gβ subunits were unchanged. The level of β-arrestin-1/2 was also decreased in Con A-stimulated splenocytes. We conclude that up-regulation of OR expression level in spleen lymphocytes by Con A proceeds in conjunction with down-regulation of their intracellular signaling partners, Gi1α/Gi2α proteins and β-arrestin-1/2. These regulatory proteins are expressed in high amounts already in unstimulated cells and decreased by mitogen stimulation.
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Zhang XY, Liang YX, Yan Y, Dai Z, Chu HC. Morphine: double-faced roles in the regulation of tumor development. Clin Transl Oncol 2017; 20:808-814. [DOI: 10.1007/s12094-017-1796-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Site-Specific Regulation of P2X7 Receptor Function in Microglia Gates Morphine Analgesic Tolerance. J Neurosci 2017; 37:10154-10172. [PMID: 28924009 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0852-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Tolerance to the analgesic effects of opioids is a major problem in chronic pain management. Microglia are implicated in opioid tolerance, but the core mechanisms regulating their response to opioids remain obscure. By selectively ablating microglia in the spinal cord using a saporin-conjugated antibody to Mac1, we demonstrate a causal role for microglia in the development, but not maintenance, of morphine tolerance in male rats. Increased P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) activity is a cardinal feature of microglial activation, and in this study we found that morphine potentiates P2X7R-mediated Ca2+ responses in resident spinal microglia acutely isolated from morphine tolerant rats. The increased P2X7R function was blocked in cultured microglia by PP2, a Src family protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor. We identified Src family kinase activation mediated by μ-receptors as a key mechanistic step required for morphine potentiation of P2X7R function. Furthermore, we show by site-directed mutagenesis that tyrosine (Y382-384) within the P2X7R C-terminus is differentially modulated by repeated morphine treatment and has no bearing on normal P2X7R function. Intrathecal administration of a palmitoylated peptide corresponding to the Y382-384 site suppressed morphine-induced microglial reactivity and preserved the antinociceptive effects of morphine in male rats. Thus, site-specific regulation of P2X7R function mediated by Y382-384 is a novel cellular determinant of the microglial response to morphine that critically underlies the development of morphine analgesic tolerance.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Controlling pain is one of the most difficult challenges in medicine and its management is a requirement of a large diversity of illnesses. Although morphine and other opioids offer dramatic and impressive relief of pain, their impact is truncated by loss of efficacy (analgesic tolerance). Understanding why this occurs and how to prevent it are of critical importance in improving pain therapies. We uncovered a novel site (Y382-384) within the P2X7 receptor that can be targeted to blunt the development of morphine analgesic tolerance, without affecting normal P2X7 receptor function. Our findings provide a critical missing mechanistic piece, site-specific modulation by Y382-384, that unifies P2X7R function to the activation of spinal microglia and the development of morphine tolerance.
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Boland JW, Pockley AG. Influence of opioids on immune function in patients with cancer pain: from bench to bedside. Br J Pharmacol 2017; 175:2726-2736. [PMID: 28593737 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In patients with cancer, opioids are principally used for the management of acute surgical and chronic cancer-related pain. However, opioids have many non-analgesic effects, including direct and indirect effects on cancer cells and on anti-tumour immunity (NK cells, macrophages and T-cells). Direct effects on immune cells are manifested via opioid and non-opioid toll-like receptors, whereas indirect effects are manifested via the sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Opioids can also decrease/alter immune cell infiltration into the tumour micro-environment. Animal models have shown that this is not a class effect, in that morphine and fentanyl suppress NK cell cytotoxicity; buprenorphine does not affect NK cell cytotoxicity, whereas tramadol increases NK cell cytotoxicity, reducing metastasis. In healthy individuals, morphine suppresses and fentanyl enhances NK cell cytotoxicity. In patients undergoing surgery, fentanyl decreased and tramadol increased NK cell cytotoxicity; clinical outcomes were not determined. Meta-analyses of opioid-sparing surgical studies report an association between improved recurrence-free and/or overall survival with regional/neuraxial anaesthesia compared with systemic opioids. In patients receiving opioids for non-surgical cancer-related pain, morphine has variable effects on immunity; clinical outcomes were not assessed. Although there is a potential association between systemic opioid administration and shorter survival in cancer patients with a prognosis of months to years, studies have not been designed to primarily assess survival, as a consequence of which causality cannot be apportioned. Pain is immunosuppressive, so analgesia is important. Opioids for cancer-related pain will continue to be recommended until definitive data on the effects of opioids on clinical outcomes in specific patient groups becomes available. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Emerging Areas of Opioid Pharmacology. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v175.14/issuetoc.
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- Jason W Boland
- Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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The influence of breast milk and infant formulae hydrolysates on bacterial adhesion and Caco-2 cells functioning. Food Res Int 2016; 89:679-688. [PMID: 28460966 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2016.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The aim of the study was to determine the concentration of BCM7 in human milk and infant formulae (IF) before and after eznymatic hydrolysis, and to evaluate the effect of obtained hydrolysates on interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion and on proliferation of enterocytes in the in vitro model (Caco-2 cells). This study evaluates also the effect of hydrolysates on the adhesion of intestinal microbiota isolated from faeces of both healthy (H) and allergic (A) infants. In the study we investigated breast milk delivered by mothers of healthy ('healthy milk'; HM) and allergic ('allergic milk'; AM) infants. Three infant formulae were investigated: from hydrolysed cow casein (IF1), from hydrolysed cow whey (IF2) and from whole cow milk (IF3). Intestinal bacteria: Bifidobacterium, lactic acid bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, Clostridium and Enterococcus were isolated from faeces of five healthy and five allergic infants. Mixtures of bacterial isolates and bacteria adhering to Caco-2 cells were characterised qualitatively with PCR-DGGE, and quantitavely with FISH. Concentration of BCM7 in breast milk and infant formulae was 1.6 to 8.9 times higher after enzymatic hydrolysis in comparison to undigested samples. The presence of this peptide resulted in alteration of intestinal epithelial proliferation and increase in secretion of IL-8. The quantitative profile of adherred bacteria applied as a mix of all isolates from healthy infants (H-MIX) was unchanged in the presence of HM hydrolysate and was modulated (increased number of beneficial Bifidobacterium and reduced commensal Enterobacteriaceae) in the presence of all IF hydrolysates. The presence of IF hydrolysates affected the profile of adhering isolates obtained from allergic infants (A-MIX) and reduced the adhesion of Enterobacteriaceae; the IF2 and IF3 hydrolysates decreased also the total number of adhering bacteria (TBN). However, a stimulating effect of AM hydrolysate on A-MIX adhesion (increased TBN) was observed.
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Chiarlone A, Börner C, Martín-Gómez L, Jiménez-González A, García-Concejo A, García-Bermejo ML, Lorente M, Blázquez C, García-Taboada E, de Haro A, Martella E, Höllt V, Rodríguez R, Galve-Roperh I, Kraus J, Guzmán M. MicroRNA let-7d is a target of cannabinoid CB1 receptor and controls cannabinoid signaling. Neuropharmacology 2016; 108:345-52. [PMID: 27179908 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cannabinoid CB1 receptor, the molecular target of endocannabinoids and cannabis active components, is one of the most abundant metabotropic receptors in the brain. Cannabis is widely used for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Despite the ever-growing fundamental roles of microRNAs in the brain, the possible molecular connections between the CB1 receptor and microRNAs are surprisingly unknown. Here, by using reporter gene constructs that express interaction sequences for microRNAs in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, we show that CB1 receptor activation enhances the expression of several microRNAs, including let-7d. This was confirmed by measuring hsa-let-7d expression levels. Accordingly, knocking-down CB1 receptor in zebrafish reduced dre-let-7d levels, and knocking-out CB1 receptor in mice decreased mmu-let-7d levels in the cortex, striatum and hippocampus. Conversely, knocking-down let-7d increased CB1 receptor mRNA expression in zebrafish, SH-SY5Y cells and primary striatal neurons. Likewise, in primary striatal neurons chronically exposed to a cannabinoid or opioid agonist, a let-7d-inhibiting sequence facilitated not only cannabinoid or opioid signaling but also cannabinoid/opioid cross-signaling. Taken together, these findings provide the first evidence for a bidirectional link between the CB1 receptor and a microRNA, namely let-7d, and thus unveil a new player in the complex process of cannabinoid action.
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- Anna Chiarlone
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) and Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain.
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Fiedorowicz E, Kaczmarski M, Cieślińska A, Sienkiewicz-Szłapka E, Jarmołowska B, Chwała B, Kostyra E. β-casomorphin-7 alters μ-opioid receptor and dipeptidyl peptidase IV genes expression in children with atopic dermatitis. Peptides 2014; 62:144-9. [PMID: 25281794 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes reflecting genetic predisposition and exposure to environmental factors. Reactions to food may play a significant role especially in young children. Milk proteins are particularly strong allergens and are additional source of bioactive peptides including β-casomorphin-7 (BCM7, Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro-Gly-Pro-Ile). BCM7 exerts its influence on nervous, digestive, and immune functions via the μ-opioid receptor (MOR). Proline dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV; EC 3.4.14.5) appears to be the primary degrading enzyme of BCM7. Moreover, DPPIV is known to restrict activity of proinflammatory peptides. BCM7 is considered to modulate an immune response by affecting MOR and DPPIV genes expression. In this study, we determined the MOR and DPPIV genes expression in children diagnosed with a severe form of AD. 40 healthy children and 62 children diagnosed with severe AD (AD score ≥60) were included in the study. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from the studied subjects were incubated with the peptide extracts of raw and hydrolysed cow milk with defined β-casein genotypes (A1A1, A2A2 and A1A2) and MOR and DPPIV genes expression was determined with real-time PCR. Incubation PBMCs with peptide extracts from cow milk caused an increase of the MOR gene expression (p<0.05; p<0.001) in AD children with a simultaneous decrease in the DPPIV gene expression (p<0.001). The obtained results supplement the knowledge on the BCM7 participation in AD etiology and provide an important diagnostic tool.
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- Ewa Fiedorowicz
- Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology, Medical University of Białystok, Poland
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- Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- The Regional Children's Specialized Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
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Börner C, Kraus J. Inhibition of NF-κB by opioids in T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:4640-7. [PMID: 24068670 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Opioids potently inhibit a number of physiological and pathophysiological effects such as pain and inflammation in the brain and the periphery. One of the targets of opioids mediating such effects is the proinflammatory transcription factor NF-κB. In neuronal cells, opioids inhibit this factor by inducing I-κB independently on calcium, involving the opioid-mediated activation of the transcription factor AP-1. However, when and how precisely NF-κB is modulated by opioids in T cells are unknown. By using the TNF-triggered, NF-κB-mediated induction of IL-8 mRNA in primary human T cells and Jurkat T cells, in this study we show that opioids inhibit NF-κB in T cells as well, but that the underlying mechanisms are different from those observed in neuronal cells. We found that stimulation of the T cells with opioids resulted in a significant inhibition of the TNF-triggered ubiquitination and degradation of I-κB. Additionally, an opioid-mediated induction of the deubiquitinating enzyme ubiquitin-specific protease 15 was observed, which is known to inhibit the NF-κB pathway by stabilizing I-κB. The induction of ubiquitin-specific protease 15 was dependent on calcium and the transcription factor NFAT. Activation of AP-1 and induction of I-κB in response to the opioids were not observed in the T cells. These results indicate that μ opioid receptors, which mediate the effects in both cell types, might be coupled to different effector cascades in the different cell types, which may then result in cell type-specific effects of the drugs.
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- Christine Börner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Stevens CW, Aravind S, Das S, Davis RL. Pharmacological characterization of LPS and opioid interactions at the toll-like receptor 4. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 168:1421-9. [PMID: 23083095 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2012] [Revised: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous work in our laboratory showed opioid agents inhibit cytokine expression in astrocytes. Recently, Watkins and colleagues hypothesized that opioid agonists activate toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signalling, which leads to neuroinflammation. To test this hypothesis, we characterized LPS and opioid effects on TLR4 signalling in reporter cells. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH NF-κB reporter cells expressing high levels of TLR4 were used to compare LPS and opioid effects on NF-κB activation, a pathway activated by TLR4 stimulation. KEY RESULTS LPS increased TLR4 signalling in a concentration-dependent manner and was antagonized by LPS antagonist (LPS-RS, from Rhodobacter sphaeroides). A concentration ratio analysis showed that LPS-RS was a competitive antagonist. The opioid agonists, morphine and fentanyl, produced minor activation of TLR4 signalling when given alone. When tested following LPS stimulation, opioid agonists inhibited NF-κB activation but this inhibition was not blocked by the general opioid antagonist, naloxone, nor by the selective μ opioid receptor antagonist, β-FNA. Indeed, both naloxone and β-FNA also inhibited NF-κB activation in reporter cells. Further examination of fentanyl and β-FNA effects revealed that both opioid agents inhibited LPS signalling in a non-competitive fashion. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results show that LPS-RS is a competitive antagonist at the TLR4 complex, and that both opioid agonists and antagonists inhibit LPS signalling in a non-competitive fashion through a non-GPCR, opioid site(s) in the TLR4 signalling pathway. If confirmed, existing opioid agents or other drug molecules more selective at this novel site may provide a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of neuroinflammation.
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- C W Stevens
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA.
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Börner C, Lanciotti S, Koch T, Höllt V, Kraus J. μ opioid receptor agonist-selective regulation of interleukin-4 in T lymphocytes. J Neuroimmunol 2013; 263:35-42. [PMID: 23965172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Opioids are irreplaceable for the treatment of severe pain. However, opioid-induced immunomodulation affects therapies. Here we report that treatment of human T lymphocytes with the opioids fentanyl, methadone, loperamide and beta-endorphin resulted in a strong induction of the cytokine interleukin-4. In contrast, morphine and buprenorphine induced markedly and significantly lower levels of interleukin-4 mRNA and protein. These findings suggest agonist-biased μ opioid receptor signaling in T cells. In the future, better knowledge about agonist-specific immunomodulatory effects of opioids offers the possibility to select drugs for a therapy with more favorable and/or less detrimental side effects in immune cells.
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- Christine Börner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 44 Leipzigerstrasse, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Gong L, Dong C, Ouyang W, Qin Q. Regulatory T cells: A possible promising approach to cancer recurrence induced by morphine. Med Hypotheses 2013; 80:308-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Byrne LS, Peng J, Sarkar S, Chang SL. Interleukin-1 beta-induced up-regulation of opioid receptors in the untreated and morphine-desensitized U87 MG human astrocytoma cells. J Neuroinflammation 2012; 9:252. [PMID: 23164507 PMCID: PMC3526549 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that can be produced in the central nervous system during inflammatory conditions. We have previously shown that IL-1β expression is altered in the rat brain during a morphine tolerant state, indicating that this cytokine may serve as a convergent point between the immune challenge and opiate mediated biological pathways. We hypothesized that IL-1β up-regulates opioid receptors in human astrocytes in both untreated and morphine-desensitized states. Methods To test this hypothesis, we compared the basal expression of the mu (MOR), delta (DOR), and kappa (KOR) opioid receptors in the human U87 MG astrocytic cell line to SH-SY5Y neuronal and HL-60 immune cells using absolute quantitative real time RT-PCR (AQ-rt-RT-PCR). To demonstrate that IL-1β induced up-regulation of the MOR, DOR and KOR, U87 MG cells (2 x 105 cells/well) were treated with IL-1β (20 ng/mL or 40 ng/mL), followed by co-treatment with interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IL-1RAP) (400 ng/mL or 400 ng/mL). The above experiment was repeated in the cells desensitized with morphine, where U87 MG cells were pre-treated with 100 nM morphine. The functionality of the MOR in U87 MG cells was then demonstrated using morphine inhibition of forksolin-induced intracellular cAMP, as determined by radioimmunoassay. Results U87 MG cells treated with IL-1β for 12 h showed a significant up-regulation of MOR and KOR. DOR expression was also elevated, although not significantly. Treatment with IL-1β also showed a significant up-regulation of the MOR in U87 MG cells desensitized with morphine. Co-treatment with IL-1β and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IL-1RAP) resulted in a significant decrease in IL-1β-mediated MOR up-regulation. Conclusion Our results indicate that the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-1β, affects opiate-dependent pathways by up-regulating the expression of the MOR in both untreated and morphine-desensitized U87 MG.
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- Linda Staikos Byrne
- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA
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Kraus J. Expression and functions of μ-opioid receptors and cannabinoid receptors type 1 in T lymphocytes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2012; 1261:1-6. [PMID: 22823387 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06524.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Opioids and cannabinoids modulate T lymphocyte functions. Many effects of the drugs are mediated by μ-opioid receptor and cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1), respectively. These two receptors are strikingly similar with respect to their expression in T cells and the mechanisms by which they mediate modulation of T cell activity. Thus, μ-opioid receptors and CB1 not expressed in resting primary human and Jurkat T cells. However, in response to the cytokine IL-4, the epigenetic modifiers 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A, and activation of T cells, functional μ-opioid receptors and CB1 are induced. The induced receptors mediate inhibition of T cell signaling and, thereby, IL-2 production, a hallmark of activated T cells. Although coupled to inhibitory G proteins, μ-opioid receptors and CB1 produce a remarkable increase in cAMP levels in T cells stimulated with opioids and cannabinoids, which is a key mechanism for the inhibition of T cell signaling.
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- Jürgen Kraus
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Gabrilovac J, Čupić B, Zapletal E, Brozovic A. IFN-γ up-regulates kappa opioid receptors (KOR) on murine macrophage cell line J774. J Neuroimmunol 2012; 245:56-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Börner C, Höllt V, Kraus J. Mechanisms of the inhibition of nuclear factor-κB by morphine in neuronal cells. Mol Pharmacol 2012; 81:587-97. [PMID: 22258905 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.076620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Opioids potently modulate neuronal functions, for example, by regulating the activity of transcription factors. Here, we investigated the effect of morphine on the activity of the transcription factor nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Establishing cellular models for our investigations, we demonstrated that NF-κB mediated the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced transcription of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 gene in primary fetal striatal neurons from rats and the human neuroblastoma cell line SH SY5Y. The activity of NF-κB in these models was strongly inhibited by morphine, which was achieved by a marked up-regulation of the inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB (IκB). The opioid-induced up-regulation of IκB was dependent on the transcription factors NF-κB itself and activator protein-1 (AP-1). In fact, stimulation of the cells with morphine resulted in a transient activation of NF-κB and a strong induction of c-Fos, one of the constituents of AP-1. This resulted in IκB levels significantly exceeding the basal, constitutive levels of IκB. These data, together with experiments in which AP-1 and IκB were down-regulated by decoy oligonucleotides and siRNA, suggest that the morphine-induced activation of AP-1 and the subsequent overexpression of IκB are key factors in the inhibition of NF-κB by the drug. In contrast, stimulation of primary neurons from rats and SH SY5Y cells with TNF, which is a classic activator of NF-κB, resulted in a resynthesis of IκB, in which the basal levels of IκB were restored only but did not result in an activation of AP-1 and overexpression of IκB.
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- Christine Börner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Börner C, Martella E, Höllt V, Kraus J. Regulation of opioid and cannabinoid receptor genes in human neuroblastoma and T cells by the epigenetic modifiers trichostatin A and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Neuroimmunomodulation 2012; 19:180-6. [PMID: 22262103 DOI: 10.1159/000331474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the epigenetic modifiers trichostatin A and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on the expression of the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 and μ-opioid receptors in human SH SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and human Jurkat T lymphocytes. METHODS Using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, mRNA specific for the aforementioned receptors was determined. The functionality of the induced receptors was determined by analyzing the effect of the ligands to regulate intracellular cAMP. RESULTS We demonstrated that treatment of SH SY5Y cells, which endogenously express μ-opioid receptors and CB1, but not CB2, resulted in de novo induction of CB2, while mRNA levels of CB1 and μ-opioid receptors were not significantly altered. In contrast, treatment of Jurkat lymphocytes, which endogenously express CB2, but not CB1 and μ-opioid receptors, resulted in de novo induction of CB1 and μ-opioid receptors, while mRNA levels of CB2 were not significantly altered. Furthermore, the functionality of the induced μ-opioid receptors and CB1 in the Jurkat cells was demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest an epigenetically regulated expression of cannabinoid receptors and μ-opioid receptors. Their induction by epigenetic modifiers in distinct cells of the nervous and immune system might result in increased effects of the cognate drugs on neuronal and immune functions. Such modifications might be useful for novel therapies for various disorders, e.g. multiple sclerosis, where the elevated transmission of cannabinoid or opioid signals is beneficial.
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MESH Headings
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/pharmacology
- Azacitidine/analogs & derivatives
- Azacitidine/pharmacology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Decitabine
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Humans
- Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology
- Jurkat Cells
- Neuroblastoma/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/genetics
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/genetics
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- Christine Börner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Roy S, Ninkovic J, Banerjee S, Charboneau RG, Das S, Dutta R, Kirchner VA, Koodie L, Ma J, Meng J, Barke RA. Opioid drug abuse and modulation of immune function: consequences in the susceptibility to opportunistic infections. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2011; 6:442-65. [PMID: 21789507 PMCID: PMC3601186 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-011-9292-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Infection rate among intravenous drug users (IDU) is higher than the general public, and is the major cause of morbidity and hospitalization in the IDU population. Epidemiologic studies provide data on increased prevalence of opportunistic bacterial infections such as TB and pneumonia, and viral infections such as HIV-1 and hepatitis in the IDU population. An important component in the intravenous drug abuse population and in patients receiving medically indicated chronic opioid treatment is opioid withdrawal. Data on bacterial virulence in the context of opioid withdrawal suggest that mice undergoing withdrawal had shortened survival and increased bacterial load in response to Salmonella infection. As the body of evidence in support of opioid dependency and its immunosuppressive effects is growing, it is imperative to understand the mechanisms by which opioids exert these effects and identify the populations at risk that would benefit the most from the interventions to counteract opioid immunosuppressive effects. Thus, it is important to refine the existing animal model to closely match human conditions and to cross-validate these findings through carefully controlled human studies. Better understanding of the mechanisms will facilitate the search for new therapeutic modalities to counteract adverse effects including increased infection rates. This review will summarize the effects of morphine on innate and adaptive immunity, identify the role of the mu opioid receptor in these functions and the signal transduction activated in the process. The role of opioid withdrawal in immunosuppression and the clinical relevance of these findings will also be discussed.
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- Sabita Roy
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Gavioli EC, Romão PRT. NOP Receptor Ligands as Potential Agents for Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases. JOURNAL OF AMINO ACIDS 2011; 2011:836569. [PMID: 22312472 PMCID: PMC3268226 DOI: 10.4061/2011/836569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is a seventeen-amino acid peptide that is the endogenous ligand of a G-protein-coupled receptor (NOP). Various immune cells express the precursor protein and secrete N/OFQ as well as display binding sites for this peptide. The functional capacity of NOP receptor was demonstrated in vitro and in vivo studies by the ability of N/OFQ to induce chemotaxis of immune cells, to regulate the expression of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators, and to control cellular and humoral immunity. In this context, N/OFQ could modulate the outcome of some inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis and autoimmune pathologies by mechanisms not clearly elucidated yet. In fact, human body fluid revealed increased levels of N/OFQ under sepsis, arthritis, and Parkinson's diagnose. Preclinical studies pointed to the blockade of NOP receptor signaling as successful in treating these experimental conditions. Further preclinical and clinical studies are required to investigate the potential of NOP ligands in treating inflammatory diseases.
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- Elaine C Gavioli
- Laboratório de Farmacologia Comportamental, Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento e Inovação Tecnológica em Medicamentos, Departamento de Biofísica e Farmacologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil
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The role of morphine in regulation of cancer cell growth. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2011; 384:221-30. [PMID: 21800094 PMCID: PMC3158334 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-011-0672-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Morphine is considered the "gold standard" for relieving pain and is currently one of the most effective drugs available clinically for the management of severe pain associated with cancer. In addition to its use in the treatment of pain, morphine appears to be important in the regulation of neoplastic tissue. Although morphine acts directly on the central nervous system to relieve pain, its activities on peripheral tissues are responsible for many of the secondary complications. Therefore, understanding the impact, other than pain control, of morphine on cancer treatment is extremely important. The effect of morphine on tumor growth is still contradictory, as both growth-promoting and growth-inhibiting effects have been observed. Accumulating evidence suggests that morphine can affect proliferation and migration of tumor cells as well as angiogenesis. Various signaling pathways have been suggested to be involved in these extra-analgesic effects of morphine. Suppression of immune system by morphine is an additional complication. This review provides an update on the influence of morphine on the growth and migration potential of tumor cells.
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Langsdorf EF, Chang SL. Methamphetamine-mediated modulation of MOR expression in the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line. Synapse 2011; 65:858-65. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.20913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AbstractThis study examined the presence and cellular localization of three types of opioid receptors (MOR, DOR and KOR) in five human cancer cell lines: MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, HT-29, MGH-U1 and SH-SY5Y. Expression levels of opioid receptors were measured quantitatively using real-time PCR, and the localizations of the receptors in the cells were determined by immunocytochemistry. All three types of opioid receptors were present in each of the five cell lines examined. However, three of the cell lines (MCF-7, HT-29 and SH-SY5Y) showed significantly higher levels of MOR mRNA and protein than the other two types of receptors (DOR and KOR). Immunocytochemistry revealed that MOR, DOR and KOR receptors were predominantly present on the surface of cell membranes, although these receptors were also occasionally present in the cell cytoplasm.
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Kraus J, Lehmann L, Börner C, Höllt V. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in the induction of the mu opioid receptor gene in Jurkat T cells in response to interleukin-4. Mol Immunol 2010; 48:257-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 08/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mohan S, Davis RL, DeSilva U, Stevens CW. Dual regulation of mu opioid receptors in SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells by morphine and interleukin-1β: evidence for opioid-immune crosstalk. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 227:26-34. [PMID: 20615556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Revised: 05/27/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Treatment of SK-N-SH cells with morphine and interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) produced dual regulation of the mRNA for the human mu opioid receptor (MOR) protein. Morphine produced a decrease in the MOR mRNA while IL-1β increased it, as assessed by real-time quantitative PCR. These data were consistent with immunocytochemical studies of treated and untreated cells. Morphine-mediated down-regulation of MOR was blocked by naltrexone and IL-1β-induced up-regulation of MOR was blocked by interleukin-1 receptor type 1 antagonist. Immune-opioid crosstalk was examined by IL-1β and morphine co-treatment. These data are the first to show dual regulation of MOR in neuroblastoma cells.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Humans
- Interleukin-1beta/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-1beta/metabolism
- Interleukin-1beta/physiology
- Morphine/metabolism
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Neuroblastoma/immunology
- Neuroblastoma/metabolism
- Neuroblastoma/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptor Cross-Talk/drug effects
- Receptor Cross-Talk/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Shekher Mohan
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, 1111 West 17(th) Street, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
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Campana G, Sarti D, Spampinato S, Raffaeli W. Long-term intrathecal morphine and bupivacaine upregulate MOR gene expression in lymphocytes. Int Immunopharmacol 2010; 10:1149-52. [PMID: 20609402 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2010.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have shown that opioids may suppress the immune system either by binding to mu-opioid receptors (MOR) expressed in immune cells or by activating these receptors within the central nervous system. OBJECTIVE To assess the level of lymphocyte expression of MOR mRNA in patients with chronic non-cancer pain, who were treated with intrathecal morphine or with morphine plus bupivacaine via an intrathecal drug delivery system, and to investigate whether intrathecal morphine and the associated local anesthetic administration influences lymphocyte subpopulations. METHODS In total, 29 people [10 controls (age range 59-85 years) and 19 patients (age range 47-89 years) with various chronic non-malignant pain conditions] were enrolled in the study. MOR mRNA levels were evaluated in peripheral lymphocytes, and lymphocyte subsets were determined by direct immunofluorescence using flow cytometry. RESULTS After 12 months of treatment with intrathecal morphine (1.5-4 mg/day), there was an increase in MOR mRNA levels in lymphocytes of 65% compared with controls and 47% with pretreatment values. Even higher levels (increase of 142% compared with controls and 135% with pretreatment values) were observed in the patients treated with morphine plus bupivacaine (0.2-0.4 mg/day). Elevation of MOR mRNA levels was confirmed in patients after 24 months of treatment. At this time point, the percentage of natural killer cells was significantly decreased. CONCLUSION This preliminary study suggests that opioids must be used with care in patients who are already immunosuppressed by disease or by other, concurrently administered drugs.
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Reduction of cell proliferation and potentiation of Fas-induced apoptosis by the selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist U50 488 in the multiple myeloma LP-1 cells. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 220:69-78. [PMID: 20163878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As opioid receptors modulate proliferation and apoptosis of immune cells, we hypothesized that they could reduce malignant haematopoietic cells. After screening, we selected the human multiple myeloma LP-1 cells which express mu- (MOP-) and kappa-opioid receptors (KOP-R). U50 488 produces a modest but significant decrease in viability associated with an arrest in the G0/G1 phase, but not antagonized by NorBNI and not associated with modulation of p21(Cip1), p27(Kip1) or p53 expression. In contrast, no effect was observed with dynorphin, U69 593 and morphine. In conclusion, the anti-proliferative effects of U50 488 are not mediated by KOP-R in the LP-1 cells.
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Börner C, Smida M, Höllt V, Schraven B, Kraus J. Cannabinoid receptor type 1- and 2-mediated increase in cyclic AMP inhibits T cell receptor-triggered signaling. J Biol Chem 2010; 284:35450-60. [PMID: 19858202 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.006338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to characterize inhibitory mechanisms on T cell receptor signaling mediated by the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2. Both receptors are coupled to G(i/o) proteins, which are associated with inhibition of cyclic AMP formation. In human primary and Jurkat T lymphocytes, activation of CB1 by R(+)-methanandamide, CB2 by JWH015, and both by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol induced a short decrease in cyclic AMP lasting less than 1 h. However, this decrease was followed by a massive (up to 10-fold) and sustained (at least up to 48 h) increase in cyclic AMP. Mediated by the cyclic AMP-activated protein kinase A and C-terminal Src kinase, the cannabinoids induced a stable phosphorylation of the inhibitory Tyr-505 of the leukocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (Lck). By thus arresting Lck in its inhibited form, the cannabinoids prevented the dephosphorylation of Lck at Tyr-505 in response to T cell receptor activation, which is necessary for the subsequent initiation of T cell receptor signaling. In this way the cannabinoids inhibited the T cell receptor-triggered signaling, i.e. the activation of the zeta-chain-associated protein kinase of 70 kDa, the linker for activation of T cells, MAPK, the induction of interleukin-2, and T cell proliferation. All of the effects of the cannabinoids were blocked by the CB1 and CB2 antagonists AM281 and AM630. These findings help to better understand the immunosuppressive effects of cannabinoids and explain the beneficial effects of these drugs in the treatment of T cell-mediated autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis.
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- Christine Börner
- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Martin JL, Koodie L, Krishnan AG, Charboneau R, Barke RA, Roy S. Chronic morphine administration delays wound healing by inhibiting immune cell recruitment to the wound site. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 176:786-99. [PMID: 20042674 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Patients prescribed morphine for the management of chronic pain, and chronic heroin abusers, often present with complications such as increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and inadequate healing of wounds. We investigated the effect of morphine on wound-healing events in the presence of an infection in an in vivo murine model that mimics the clinical manifestations seen in opioid user and abuser populations. We show for the first time that in the presence of an inflammatory inducer, lipopolysaccharide, chronic morphine treatment results in a marked decrease in wound closure, compromised wound integrity, and increased bacterial sepsis. Morphine treatment resulted in a significant delay and reduction in both neutrophil and macrophage recruitment to the wound site. The delay and reduction in neutrophil reduction was attributed to altered early expression of keratinocyte derived cytokine and was independent of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 expression, whereas suppression of macrophage infiltration was attributed to suppressed levels of the potent macrophage chemoattractant monocyte chemotactic protein-1. When the effects of chronic morphine on later wound healing events were investigated, a significant suppression in angiogenesis and myofibroblast recruitment were observed in animals that received chronic morphine administration. Taken together, our findings indicate that morphine treatment results in a delay in the recruitment of cellular events following wounding, resulting in a lack of bacterial clearance and delayed wound closure.
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- Josephine L Martin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Börner C, Warnick B, Smida M, Hartig R, Lindquist JA, Schraven B, Höllt V, Kraus J. Mechanisms of Opioid-Mediated Inhibition of Human T Cell Receptor Signaling. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:882-9. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bigliardi PL, Tobin DJ, Gaveriaux-Ruff C, Bigliardi-Qi M. Opioids and the skin - where do we stand? Exp Dermatol 2009; 18:424-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Guo L, Li H, Liu H, Li C, Li M, Jiang W, He P, Wang S, McNutt MA, Li G. Involvement of STAT5a signaling in morphine-induced up-regulation of the cyclin D1. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 77:1553-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Li ZH, Chu N, Shan LD, Gong S, Yin QZ, Jiang XH. Inducible expression of functional mu opioid receptors in murine dendritic cells. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2009; 4:359-67. [PMID: 19189219 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-009-9145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Opioids are known to exert direct effects on the immune system, and the expression of functional opioid receptors has been reported on several immune cell types. Dendritic cells (DCs) are important inducers and regulators of immune responses. In this study, we investigated whether murine dendritic cells express functional mu opioid receptors (MOR). RT-PCR analysis and double immunofluorescence staining revealed the expression of MOR in activated murine dendritic cells. We also studied the dynamic expression of MOR messenger RNA in murine dendritic cells in response to different Toll-like receptor ligands. Functionally, treatment of DCs with endomorphin 1 (EM1), a specific agonist of MOR, can inhibit the forskolin-induced formation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate level in activated DCs. Moreover, EM1 treatment resulted in less activation of p38 MAPK and more activation of ERK signaling in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated DCs. Consistently, treatment of DCs with EM1 altered cytokine production by increasing IL-10 and decreasing IL-12 and IL-23. Our results suggest that MOR is inducibly expressed on activated DCs and functionally mediates EM1-induced effects on DCs. Thus, dendritic cells might be involved in crosstalk between the neuroendocrine and the immune system.
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- Zheng-Hong Li
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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Cloning of opioid receptors in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and their involvement in regulation of stress and immune response. Brain Behav Immun 2009; 23:257-66. [PMID: 18977430 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In mammals opiate alkaloids and endogenous opioid peptides exert their physiological and pharmacological actions through opioid receptors (MOR, DOR and KOR) expressed not only on neuroendocrine cells but also on leukocytes. Therefore, opioids can modulate the immune response. We cloned and sequenced all three classical opioid receptors (MOR, DOR and KOR) in common carp, and studied changes in their expression during stress and immune responses. Messenger RNA of opioid receptors was constitutively expressed in brain areas, specially in the preoptic nucleus NPO (homologous to mammalian hypothalamus). After exposure to prolonged restraint stress, mRNA levels of MOR and DOR decreased in the NPO and in the head kidney. Increased expression of all studied opioid receptors was observed in the pituitary pars distalis (containing ACTH-producing cells). In immune organs, constitutive but lower expression of opioid receptor genes was observed. During in vivo zymosan-induced peritonitis or after in vitro LPS-induced stimulation, when pro-inflammatory functions are activated, expression of the OR genes in leukocytes was concomitantly up-regulated. Additionally, specific agonists of opioid receptors especially reduced leukocyte migratory properties, manifested by reduced chemotaxis and down-regulated expression of chemokine receptors. Our data indicate an evolutionary conserved role for the opioid system in maintaining a dynamic equilibrium while coping with stress and/or infection.
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This paper is the thirtieth consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2007 that studied the behavioral effects of molecular, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of opioid peptides, opioid receptors, opioid agonists and opioid antagonists. The particular topics that continue to be covered include the molecular-biochemical effects and neurochemical localization studies of endogenous opioids and their receptors related to behavior, and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia; stress and social status; tolerance and dependence; learning and memory; eating and drinking; alcohol and drugs of abuse; sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology; mental illness and mood; seizures and neurologic disorders; electrical-related activity and neurophysiology; general activity and locomotion; gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions; cardiovascular responses; respiration and thermoregulation; and immunological responses.
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd.,Flushing, NY 11367, United States.
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Human umbilical cord blood-derived non-hematopoietic stem cells suppress lymphocyte proliferation and CD4, CD8 expression. J Neuroimmunol 2008; 197:99-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Börner C, Kraus J, Bedini A, Schraven B, Höllt V. T-cell receptor/CD28-mediated activation of human T lymphocytes induces expression of functional mu-opioid receptors. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 74:496-504. [PMID: 18463202 DOI: 10.1124/mol.108.046029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Opiates function as immunomodulators, partly by their effects on T cells. Opioids act via mu-, delta-, and kappa-opioid receptors, among which the mu-type is of particular interest, because morphine-like opioids preferentially bind to it. Here we report that mu-opioid receptor mRNA was induced after CD3/28-mediated activation of primary human T lymphocytes and Jurkat T cells, neither of which expresses the gene constitutively. Moreover, a reporter gene construct containing 2624 base pairs of the mu-opioid receptor promoter was transactivated by CD3/28 stimulation. Transcriptional induction of the mu-opioid receptor gene was mediated by activator protein-1 (AP-1), nuclear factor-kappaB, and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). NFAT was found to bind to three sequences of the mu-opioid receptor promoter, located at nucleotides -1064, -785, and -486. Although the -486 element is in close proximity to a putative AP-1 site, there was no evidence for a combined AP-1/NFAT site. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the induction of interleukin-2 mRNA and protein in activated T cells was inhibited by morphine in cells, in which mu-opioid receptors had been induced by CD3/28 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and that this effect was blocked by the mu-opioid receptor-specific antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Arg-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH(2). CD3/28 mAb-induced interleukin-2 transcription was also inhibited by the opioids fentanyl and loperamide. This indicates that the induced mu-opioid receptor mRNA is translated into functional receptor protein. Furthermore, a mu-opioid receptor-enhanced green fluorescent protein-fusion protein was localized in membranes of Jurkat cells and internalized in response to [D-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly(5)-ol]-enkephalin but not morphine. In conclusion, these data emphasize the role of opioids in the modulation of T lymphocyte signaling.
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- Christine Börner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Sacerdote P, Franchi S, Gerra G, Leccese V, Panerai AE, Somaini L. Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance treatment of heroin addicts preserves immune function. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:606-13. [PMID: 18294814 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Opiate addiction influences many physiological functions including immune responses. The objective of this study was to investigate the immune system function in heroin addicted patients submitted to methadone or buprenorphine maintenance treatment compared to untreated heroin addicts and healthy controls. Four groups were studied: group A included nine heroin addicted subjects, who were still injecting heroin; groups B and C were composed of 12 patients previously addicted to heroin, being treated with methadone (mean dosage 58+/-12.7 mg/day) or buprenorphine (mean dose 9.3+/-2.3mg/day) since at least 6 months; group D was composed of 15 sex and age matched healthy controls. Lymphoproliferation and peripheral mononuclear cell cultures production of the Th1 cytokines IL-2 and IFN-gamma, the Th2 cytokine IL-4, and of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha were evaluated in all the patients and controls. PHA-lymphoproliferation was lower in untreated heroin addicts than in controls, while it was normal in methadone and buprenorphine treated patients. An altered Th1/Th2 balance, characterized by reduced IL-4, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha but normal IL-2 levels, was present in untreated heroin addicted subjects, while the Th1/Th2 balance was well conserved in the methadone and buprenorphine groups. These findings suggest that the immune system abnormalities in heroin addicted patients can be restored to almost normal values by controlled treatment with methadone and buprenorphine.
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- Paola Sacerdote
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Milano, via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy
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Li H, Liu H, Wang Z, Liu X, Guo L, Huang L, Gao L, McNutt MA, Li G. The role of transcription factors Sp1 and YY1 in proximal promoter region in initiation of transcription of the mu opioid receptor gene in human lymphocytes. J Cell Biochem 2008; 104:237-50. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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