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Jaszcza K, Scanes C, Capcarova M, Pierzchała-Koziec K. Effects of opioid and cholinergic receptors inhibition on the intestine hormones concentration and release in rats. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND FEED SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/126351/2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Meng J, Banerjee S, Zhang L, Sindberg G, Moidunny S, Li B, Robbins DJ, Girotra M, Segura B, Ramakrishnan S, Roy S. Opioids Impair Intestinal Epithelial Repair in HIV-Infected Humanized Mice. Front Immunol 2020; 10:2999. [PMID: 32010125 PMCID: PMC6978907 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Intestinal barrier dysfunction and subsequent microbial translocation play crucial roles in persistent immune activation leading to HIV disease progression. Opioid use is associated with worse outcome in HIV-infected patients. The exacerbated disease progression by opioids is mainly driven by excessive intestinal inflammation and increased gut permeability. The objective of this study is to investigate how opioids potentiate HIV disease progression by compromising intestinal barrier function and impairing intestinal epithelial self-repair mechanism. In the present study, abnormal intestinal morphology and reduced epithelial proliferation were observed in bone marrow-liver-thymus humanized mice and in HIV-infected patients who were exposed to opioids. In bone marrow-liver-thymus mice, HIV, and morphine independently, and additively induced gut dysbiosis, especially depletion of Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae, and Muribaculaceae. We also observed that the abundance of Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae, and Muribaculaceae negatively correlated with apoptosis of epithelial cells, and intestinal IL-6 levels. Previous studies have shown that these bacterial families play crucial roles in maintaining intestinal homeostasis because they include most short-chain fatty acid-producing members. Short-chain fatty acids have been shown to maintain stem cell populations and suppress inflammation in the gut by inhibiting histone deacetylases (HDAC). In addition, we demonstrate that morphine exposure inhibited growth of intestinal organoids derived from HIV transgenic mice by suppressing Notch signaling in an HDAC-dependent manner. These studies implicate an important role for HDAC in intestinal homeostasis and supports HDAC modulation as a therapeutic intervention in improving care of HIV patients, especially in opioid-abusing population.
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- Jingjing Meng
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Gupta S, Tiwari P, Gupta N, Nunia V, Saxena AK, Simlot A, Kothari SL, Suravajhala P, Medicherla KM, Mathur P. Is Pouch Specific to Colon and Not Ileum? Curr Pediatr Rev 2019; 15:259-264. [PMID: 31465285 PMCID: PMC7040526 DOI: 10.2174/1573396315666190829155930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Congenital Pouch Colon (CPC) is an anorectal anomaly with an incidence of 3.5:1 in males and females, respectively. We have earlier reported CPC to be quite prevalent in north Indian tertiary care centers. OBJECTIVE In this article, we deliberate on the possible causes associated with CPC bringing the manifestation of the disease. In addition, we throw insights on the effective role of this congenital anomaly in Colon and provide systems genomic evaluation by comparing our recent analysis to that of Colon and Ileum based on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) studies. CONCLUSION In this commentary article, we argue that a host of epigenetic factors could be the reason why the disease is manifested in colon alone. We further hypothesize on the few unmet challenges linking epigenetics to understand the genetic variants.
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- Sonal Gupta
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur 302001, RJ, India.,Department of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 303002 RJ, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur 303007, RJ, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, IIS (Deemed to be University), Mansarovar, Jaipur 302020, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, RJ, India
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstretrics and Gynaecology, SMS Medical College, JLN Marg, Jaipur 302004 RJ, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 303002 RJ, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur 302001, RJ, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur 302001, RJ, India
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, SMS Medical College, JLN Marg, Jaipur 302004 RJ, India
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Imam MZ, Kuo A, Ghassabian S, Smith MT. Progress in understanding mechanisms of opioid-induced gastrointestinal adverse effects and respiratory depression. Neuropharmacology 2017; 131:238-255. [PMID: 29273520 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Opioids evoke analgesia through activation of opioid receptors (predominantly the μ opioid receptor) in the central nervous system. Opioid receptors are abundant in multiple regions of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system including enteric neurons. Opioid-related adverse effects such as constipation, nausea, and vomiting pose challenges for compliance and continuation of the therapy for chronic pain management. In the post-operative setting opioid-induced depression of respiration can be fatal. These critical limitations warrant a better understanding of their underpinning cellular and molecular mechanisms to inform the design of novel opioid analgesic molecules that are devoid of these unwanted side-effects. Research efforts on opioid receptor signalling in the past decade suggest that differential signalling pathways and downstream molecules preferentially mediate distinct pharmacological effects. Additionally, interaction among opioid receptors and, between opioid receptor and non-opioid receptors to form signalling complexes shows that opioid-induced receptor signalling is potentially more complicated than previously thought. This complexity provides an opportunity to identify and probe relationships between selective signalling pathway specificity and in vivo production of opioid-related adverse effects. In this review, we focus on current knowledge of the mechanisms thought to transduce opioid-induced gastrointestinal adverse effects (constipation, nausea, vomiting) and respiratory depression.
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- Mohammad Zafar Imam
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Zielińska M, Ben Haddou T, Cami-Kobeci G, Sałaga M, Jarmuż A, Padysz M, Kordek R, Spetea M, Husbands SM, Fichna J. Anti-inflammatory effect of dual nociceptin and opioid receptor agonist, BU08070, in experimental colitis in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 765:582-90. [PMID: 26404500 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Revised: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Endogenous opioid and nociceptin systems are widely distributed in the gastrointestinal tract where they seem to play a crucial role in maintaining the intestinal homeostasis. The aim of our study was to assess whether activation of nociceptin (NOP) and µ-opioid (MOP) receptors by a mixed NOP/MOP receptor agonist, BU08070, induces anti-inflammatory response in experimental colitis. The anti-inflammatory effect of BU08070 (1 mg/kg i.p.) was characterized in the mouse model of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis, based on the assessment of the macroscopic and microscopic total damage scores and determination of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and TNF-α level in the colon. The effect of BU08070 on cell viability and NF-κB was characterized in THP-1 Blue cell line. The antinociceptive activity of BU08070 was examined in mustard oil-induced mouse model of abdominal pain. A potent anti-inflammatory effect of BU08070 (1 mg/kg i.p.) was observed as indicated by decrease in macroscopic damage score (1.88±0.39 vs. 5.19±0.43 units in TNBS alone treated mice), MPO activity (2.29±0.37 vs. 9.64±2.55 units) and TNF-α level in the colon (35.85±2.45 vs. 49.79±3.81 pg/ml). The anti-inflammatory effect of BU08070 was reversed by selective NOP and MOP receptor antagonists. BU08070 produced concentration-dependent inhibition of TNF-α and LPS-induced NF-κB activation. BU08070 exerted antinociceptive action in mice with experimental colitis. In conclusion, BU08070 significantly reduced the severity of colitis in TNBS-treated mice compared with controls. These results suggest that BU08070 is a potential therapeutic agent for inflammatory bowel diseases therapy.
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- Marta Zielińska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Military Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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Pal S, Woodford K, Kukuljan S, Ho S. Milk Intolerance, Beta-Casein and Lactose. Nutrients 2015; 7:7285-97. [PMID: 26404362 PMCID: PMC4586534 DOI: 10.3390/nu7095339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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True lactose intolerance (symptoms stemming from lactose malabsorption) is less common than is widely perceived, and should be viewed as just one potential cause of cows’ milk intolerance. There is increasing evidence that A1 beta-casein, a protein produced by a major proportion of European-origin cattle but not purebred Asian or African cattle, is also associated with cows’ milk intolerance. In humans, digestion of bovine A1 beta-casein, but not the alternative A2 beta-casein, releases beta-casomorphin-7, which activates μ-opioid receptors expressed throughout the gastrointestinal tract and body. Studies in rodents show that milk containing A1 beta-casein significantly increases gastrointestinal transit time, production of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 and the inflammatory marker myeloperoxidase compared with milk containing A2 beta-casein. Co-administration of the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone blocks the myeloperoxidase and gastrointestinal motility effects, indicating opioid signaling pathway involvement. In humans, a double-blind, randomized cross-over study showed that participants consuming A1 beta-casein type cows’ milk experienced statistically significantly higher Bristol stool values compared with those receiving A2 beta-casein milk. Additionally, a statistically significant positive association between abdominal pain and stool consistency was observed when participants consumed the A1 but not the A2 diet. Further studies of the role of A1 beta-casein in milk intolerance are needed.
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- Sebely Pal
- School of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia.
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- Agricultural Management Group, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- The a2 Milk Company (Australia) Pty Ltd, PO Box 180, Kew East, Victoria 3102, Australia.
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- School of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia.
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Meng J, Sindberg GM, Roy S. Disruption of gut homeostasis by opioids accelerates HIV disease progression. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:643. [PMID: 26167159 PMCID: PMC4481162 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cumulative studies during the past 30 years have established the correlation between opioid abuse and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Further studies also demonstrate that opioid addiction is associated with faster progression to AIDS in patients. Recently, it was revealed that disruption of gut homeostasis and subsequent microbial translocation play important roles in pathological activation of the immune system during HIV infection and contributes to accelerated disease progression. Similarly, opioids have been shown to modulate gut immunity and induce gut bacterial translocation. This review will explore the mechanisms by which opioids accelerate HIV disease progression by disrupting gut homeostasis. Better understanding of these mechanisms will facilitate the search for new therapeutic interventions to treat HIV infection especially in opioid abusing population.
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- Jingjing Meng
- Department of Surgery, Division of Infection, Inflammation, and Vascular Biology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Infection, Inflammation, and Vascular Biology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA ; Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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Brosnahan AJ, Jones BJ, Dvorak CM, Brown DR. Morphine attenuates apically-directed cytokine secretion from intestinal epithelial cells in response to enteric pathogens. Pathogens 2014; 3:249-57. [PMID: 25437799 PMCID: PMC4243445 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens3020249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Epithelial cells represent the first line of host immune defense at mucosal surfaces. Although opioids appear to increase host susceptibility to infection, no studies have examined opioid effects on epithelial immune functions. We tested the hypothesis that morphine alters vectorial cytokine secretion from intestinal epithelial cell (IPEC-J2) monolayers in response to enteropathogens. Both entero-adherent Escherichia coli O157:H7 and entero-invasive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium increased apically-directed IL-6 secretion and bi-directional IL-8 secretion from epithelial monolayers, but only IL-6 secretion evoked by E. coli was reduced by morphine acting through a naloxone-sensitive mechanism. Moreover, the respective type 4 and 5 Toll-like receptor agonists, lipopolysaccharide and flagellin, increased IL-8 secretion from monolayers, which was also attenuated by morphine pretreatment. These results suggest that morphine decreases cytokine secretion and potentially phagocyte migration and activation directed towards the mucosal surface; actions that could increase host susceptibility to some enteric infections.
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- Amanda J Brosnahan
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108-6010, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108-6010, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108-6010, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108-6010, USA.
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Immunohistochemical observations of methionine-enkephalin and delta opioid receptor in the digestive system of Octopus ocellatus. Tissue Cell 2013; 45:83-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2012.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fichna J, Dicay M, Lewellyn K, Janecka A, Zjawiony JK, MacNaughton WK, Storr MA. Salvinorin A has antiinflammatory and antinociceptive effects in experimental models of colitis in mice mediated by KOR and CB1 receptors. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2012; 18:1137-45. [PMID: 21953882 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Salvinorin A (SA) has a potent inhibitory action on mouse gastrointestinal (GI) motility and ion transport, mediated primarily by kappa-opioid receptors (KOR). The aim of the present study was to characterize possible antiinflammatory and antinociceptive effects of SA in the GI tract of mice. METHODS Colonic damage scores and myeloperoxidase activity were determined after intraperitoneal (i.p.), intracolonic (i.c.), and oral (p.o.) administration of SA using the trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) models of colitis in mice. Additionally, KOR, cannabinoid (CB)1, and CB2 western blot analysis of colon samples was performed. The antinociceptive effect of SA was examined based on the number of behavioral responses to i.c. instillation of mustard oil (MO). RESULTS The i.p. (3 mg/kg, twice daily) and p.o. (10 mg/kg, twice daily) administration of SA significantly attenuated TNBS and DSS colitis in mice. The effect of SA was blocked by KOR antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (10 mg/kg, i.p.). Western blot analysis showed no influence of SA on KOR, CB1, or CB2 levels. SA (3 mg/kg, i.p. and 10 mg/kg, i.c.) significantly decreased the number of pain responses after i.c. instillation of MO in the vehicle- and TNBS-treated mice. The antinociceptive action of SA was blocked by KOR and CB1 antagonists. The analgesic effect of i.c. SA was more potent in TNBS-treated mice compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the drugs based on the structure of SA have the potential to become valuable antiinflammatory or analgesic therapeutics for the treatment of GI diseases.
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- Jakub Fichna
- Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation (III), University of Calgary, AB, Canada
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Akbari E. The role of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors in attenuating opioid-induced tolerance, hyperalgesia, and dependence. Med Hypotheses 2011; 78:102-6. [PMID: 22047988 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 08/21/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is no denying that opioids are the most important analgesic drugs which are widely used in clinical situations. Still, prolonged administration of these drugs can cause to reduce their analgesic efficacy due to the development of tolerance. These drugs can also cause induction of hyperalgesia. In addition, long-term administration of opioids through reinforcing- and rewarding pathways of limbic system can result in expression of opioid dependence with the unintended consequences of opioid abuse/misuse and finally opioid addiction. As studies show, over-activity in cyclo-oxygenase pathways and production of prostaglandins due to long-term exposures of opioid have a critical role in the development of tolerance to antinociceptive effect of opioid, hyperalgesia, and opioid dependence. The present study aims at suggesting the hypothesis that through blending a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug with opioid actively causes reduction in unwanted effects of opioid i.e. by inhibition of opioid-induced cyclo-oxygenase overactivity whereas it is well-known that the combination therapy via reducing opioid dosage reduces the unwanted effects.
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- Esmaeil Akbari
- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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Mourad FH, Saadé NE. Neural regulation of intestinal nutrient absorption. Prog Neurobiol 2011; 95:149-62. [PMID: 21854830 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The nervous system and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract share several common features including reciprocal interconnections and several neurotransmitters and peptides known as gut peptides, neuropeptides or hormones. The processes of digestion, secretion of digestive enzymes and then absorption are regulated by the neuro-endocrine system. Luminal glucose enhances its own absorption through a neuronal reflex that involves capsaicin sensitive primary afferent (CSPA) fibres. Absorbed glucose stimulates insulin release that activates hepatoenteric neural pathways leading to an increase in the expression of glucose transporters. Adrenergic innervation increases glucose absorption through α1 and β receptors and decreases absorption through activation of α2 receptors. The vagus nerve plays an important role in the regulation of diurnal variation in transporter expression and in anticipation to food intake. Vagal CSPAs exert tonic inhibitory effects on amino acid absorption. It also plays an important role in the mediation of the inhibitory effect of intestinal amino acids on their own absorption at the level of proximal or distal segment. However, chronic extrinsic denervation leads to a decrease in intestinal amino acid absorption. Conversely, adrenergic agonists as well as activation of CSPA fibres enhance peptides uptake through the peptide transporter PEPT1. Finally, intestinal innervation plays a minimal role in the absorption of fat digestion products. Intestinal absorption of nutrients is a basic vital mechanism that depends essentially on the function of intestinal mucosa. However, intrinsic and extrinsic neural mechanisms that rely on several redundant loops are involved in immediate and long-term control of the outcome of intestinal function.
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- Fadi H Mourad
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Changes in the expression of the μ-opioid receptor in the mare oviduct during oestrus and anoestrus. Anim Reprod Sci 2010; 119:40-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Revised: 11/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cheng F, McLaughlin PJ, Banks WA, Zagon IS. Passive diffusion of naltrexone into human and animal cells and upregulation of cell proliferation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R844-52. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00311.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Naltrexone (NTX) is a potent opioid antagonist that promotes cell proliferation by upregulating DNA synthesis through displacement of the tonically active inhibitory peptide, opioid growth factor (OGF) from its receptor (OGFr). To investigate how NTX enters cells, NTX was fluorescently labeled [1-( N)-fluoresceinyl NTX thiosemicarbazone; FNTX] to study its uptake by living cultured cells. When human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line (SCC-1) was incubated with FNTX for as little as 1 min, cells displayed nuclear and cytoplasmic staining of FNTX as determined by fluorescent deconvolution microscopy, with enrichment of fluorescent signal in the nucleus and nucleolus. The same temporal-spatial distribution of FNTX was detected in a human pancreatic cancer cell line (MIA PaCa-2), African green monkey kidney cell line (COS-7), and human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). FNTX remained in cells for as long as 48 h. FNTX was internalized in SCC-1 cells when incubation occurred at 4°C, with the signal being comparable to that recorded at 37°C. A 100-fold excess of NTX or a variety of other opioid ligands did not alter the temporal-spatial distribution of FNTX. Neither fluorescein-labeled dextran nor fluorescein alone entered the cells. To study the effect of FNTX on DNA synthesis, cells incubated with FNTX at concentrations ranging from 10−5 to 10−8 M had a 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine index that was 39–82% greater than for vehicle-treated cells and was comparable to that of unlabeled NTX (37–70%). Taken together, these results suggested that NTX enters cells by passive diffusion in a nonsaturable manner.
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Page AJ, O'Donnell TA, Blackshaw LA. Opioid modulation of ferret vagal afferent mechanosensitivity. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2008; 294:G963-70. [PMID: 18258789 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00562.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Despite universal use of opioids in the clinic to inhibit pain, there is relatively little known of their peripheral actions on sensory nerve endings, where in fact they may be better targeted with more widespread applications. Here we show differential effects of mu-, kappa-, and delta-opioids on mechanosensitive ferret esophageal vagal afferent endings investigated in vitro. The effects of selective agonists [d-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin (DAMGO), 2-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methyl-N-[(1S)-1phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl) ethyl] acetamide hydrochlorine (ICI 199441), and (+)-4-[(alphaR)-alpha-((2S,5R)-4-allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-methoxybenzyl]-N,N-diethylbenzamide (SNC-80), respectively, on mechanosensory stimulus-response functions were quantified. DAMGO (10(-7) to 10(-5) M) reduced the responses of tension receptors to circumferential tension (1-5 g) by up to 50%, and the responses of mucosal receptors to mucosal stroking (10-1,000 mg von Frey hair) by >50%. DAMGO effects were reversed by naloxone (10(-5) M). Tension/mucosal (TM) receptor responses to tension and stroking were unaffected by DAMGO. ICI 199441 (10(-6) to 10(-5) M) potently inhibited all responses except TM receptor responses to tension, and SNC-80 (10(-5) to 10(-3) M) had no effect other than a minor inhibition of mucosal receptor responses to intense stimuli at 10(-3) M. We conclude that mu- and kappa-opioids have potent and selective peripheral effects on esophageal vagal afferents that may have applications in treatment of disorders of visceral sensation.
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- Amanda J Page
- Nerve Gut Research Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Level 1 Hanson Institute, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Frome Rd., Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
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Nylund G, Pettersson A, Bengtsson C, Khorram-Manesh A, Nordgren S, Delbro DS. Functional expression of mu-opioid receptors in the human colon cancer cell line, HT-29, and their localization in human colon. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:461-6. [PMID: 17680363 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9897-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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We have investigated the functional expression of mu-opioid receptors (MORs) in the human colon cancer cell line, HT-29. As revealed by immunocytochemistry, immunoreactivity was present in both the cytoplasm and nuclei of the cells. Challenge with morphine for 24 h (1 nM to 1 microM) barely affected cell proliferation, while the secretion of urokinase type plasminogen activator (a protease involved in invasion/metastasis) was markedly augmented by a concentration of 0.1 microM. Human colon cancer tissue from 14 consecutively operated patients was investigated by immunohistochemistry. MORs were found in the nuclei of colonocytes and immune cells of the lamina propria in tumor-free tissue. In tumor tissue, immunoreactivity was found in the membrane and often in the nuclei of tumor cells. The current findings suggest that morphine administration could affect tumor progression by interfering with, for example, invasive properties. Our demonstration of a nuclear expression of the MORs appears to be a novel finding.
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- Gunnar Nylund
- Department of Surgery, Kungälv Hospital, Kungälv, Sweden
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Brown DR, Price LD. Catecholamines and sympathomimetic drugs decrease early Salmonella Typhimurium uptake into porcine Peyer's patches. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 52:29-35. [PMID: 18031537 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2007.00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peyer's patches of the small intestine serve as inductive sites for mucosal immunity as well as targets for invasive enteropathogens, including Salmonella. Because they are innervated by catecholamine-containing enteric nerves, the hypothesis that the endogenous catecholamines dopamine and norepinephrine or sympathomimetic drugs alter Salmonella Typhimurium uptake into Peyer's patches was tested. Porcine jejunal Peyer's patch explants were mounted in Ussing chambers and inoculated with a porcine field isolate of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104. Salmonella recovery from gentamicin-treated tissues increased significantly between 30 and 90 min of bacterial exposure to the mucosal surface. Addition of the neuronal conduction blocker saxitoxin (0.1 micromol L(-1)) or dopamine (30 micromol L(-1)) to the contraluminal aspect of explants decreased bacterial recovery after 60 min of Salmonella exposure. The effects of dopamine were mimicked by cocaine and methamphetamine (30 micromol L(-1)), which act on catecholaminergic nerve terminals to increase synaptic neurotransmitter concentrations. These results suggest that enteric catecholaminergic nerves modulate Salmonella colonization of Peyer's patches at the earliest stages of infection, in part by altering epithelial uptake of bacteria.
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- David R Brown
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108-6010, USA.
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Chakass D, Philippe D, Erdual E, Dharancy S, Malapel M, Dubuquoy C, Thuru X, Gay J, Gaveriaux-Ruff C, Dubus P, Mathurin P, Kieffer BL, Desreumaux P, Chamaillard M. micro-Opioid receptor activation prevents acute hepatic inflammation and cell death. Gut 2007; 56:974-81. [PMID: 17299060 PMCID: PMC1994379 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.105122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The detrimental impact of opioid agonist on the clinical management of inflammatory diseases remains elusive. Given the anti-inflammatory properties of the mu-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists at the intestinal barrier, we hypothesised that MOR activation might also dampen acute hepatic inflammation and cell death-major determinants in the pathogenesis of liver diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS The expression of MOR in liver biopsy specimens and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and controls, primary hepatocytes and cell lines was determined by quantitative PCR, immunoblotting and/or immunohistochemistry. The effects of peripheral MOR agonist (d-Ala2,NMe-Phe4,Gly5-ol (DAMGO)) and/or antagonist (naloxone methiodide) were explored in two models of acute hepatitis in mice. MOR-deficient mice were used to evaluate the essential regulatory role of MOR during carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced hepatitis. The role of DAMGO in cell death was investigated using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) analysis and quantification of lactate dehydrogenase release. RESULTS The key role of MOR in the prevention of acute hepatic inflammation and cell death in vivo and in vitro is reported. Whereas MOR gene expression increased transiently in the model of acute liver injury and TNFalpha-treated HepG2 cells, an impaired expression of MOR mRNA in human chronic hepatitis C samples was found. Furthermore, preventive administration of the selective MOR agonist DAMGO enhanced hepatoprotective-signalling pathways in vivo that were blocked by using naloxone methiodide. Consistently, genetic and pharmacological inhibition of MOR enhanced the severity associated with experimental hepatotoxin-induced hepatitis. Finally, treatment with DAMGO was shown to prevent cell death in vitro in HepG2 cells in a MOR-dependent manner and to prevent concanavalin A- and CCl(4)-induced cell death in vivo, providing a possible explanation for the anti-inflammatory role of MOR activation in the liver. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that MOR agonists may prevent acute hepatitis and hold promising therapeutic use to maintain remission in both chronic inflammatory bowel and liver diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Biopsy
- Carbon Tetrachloride
- Cell Death
- Concanavalin A
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/therapeutic use
- Gene Expression
- Hepatitis/metabolism
- Hepatitis/prevention & control
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/metabolism
- Hepatitis, Animal/chemically induced
- Hepatitis, Animal/metabolism
- Hepatitis, Animal/pathology
- Hepatitis, Animal/prevention & control
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
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- Dania Chakass
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U795, University of Lille 2, Digestive Tract Diseases and Nutrition Department, 59037, Lille Cedex, France
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Burleigh DE, Banks MR. Stimulation of intestinal secretion by vasoactive intestinal peptide and cholera toxin. Auton Neurosci 2007; 133:64-75. [PMID: 17023221 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Accepted: 08/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- David E Burleigh
- Department of Adult and Paediatric Gastroenterology, The Wingate Institute, St. Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 2AJ, United Kingdom.
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Baglole CJ, Sigalet DL, Meddings JB. Alpha1-adrenoceptors down-regulate ClC-2 chloride channels in epithelial cells from the acutely denervated jejunum. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 565:202-6. [PMID: 17466294 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 03/08/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Acute sympathetic denervation of the small intestine up-regulates alpha1-adrenoceptors on villus enterocytes and activation of these alpha1-adrenoceptors inhibits chloride secretion. We tested whether alpha1-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of chloride secretion was the result of reduced ClC-2 chloride channel expression. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) (a protein kinase C (PKC) activator) had no effect on ClC-2 levels. In contrast, alpha1-adrenoceptor activation significantly decreased ClC-2 protein levels in both the villus (1.58+/-0.19 to 0.75+/-0.19 arbitrary units) and crypt (1.69+/-0.15 to 0.37+/-0.23 arbitrary units) epithelial cells from the acutely denervated jejunum but not innervated controls. These data suggest that inhibition of chloride secretion following alpha1-adrenoceptor activation in the acutely denervated small intestine may be through ClC-2 down-regulation.
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- Carolyn J Baglole
- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.
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Baglole CJ, Sigalet DL, Martin GR, Yao S, Meddings JB. Acute denervation alters the epithelial response to adrenoceptor activation through an increase in alpha1-adrenoceptor expression on villus enterocytes. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 147:101-8. [PMID: 16258526 PMCID: PMC1615844 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Loss of sympathetic input due to intestinal denervation results in hypersensitivity and increased intestinal secretion. It is unknown whether denervation-induced alterations in intestinal epithelial physiology are the result of changes in adrenoceptors on enterocytes (ENTs). The purpose of this study was to examine adrenoceptor distribution and pharmacology on small intestinal ENTs following acute intestinal denervation. Lewis rats underwent small bowel transplantation (SBT) or sham operation and proximal small intestinal segments were harvested 1, 2 and 4 weeks postoperatively. Intestinal electrolyte movement was assessed using short-circuit current (Isc) measurements of stripped epithelial sheets following stimulation with phenylephrine (PE), an alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist. The presence of adrenoceptor subtypes on separated villus and crypt ENTs was assessed using flow cytometry. Alpha(1)-adrenoceptors were found on approximately 27% of jejunal villus ENTs, but not crypt ENTs, following acute extrinsic denervation. ENTs from the Lewis rat have few beta-adrenoceptors. Alpha(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation of acutely denervated intestinal epithelial sheets decreased Isc by -13.45%. This effect was mediated by a reduction in chloride (Cl(-)) secretion; the absence of Cl(-) reversed the Isc to +13.79%. In conclusion, loss of sympathetic innervation to the gastrointestinal epithelium causes acute upregulation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors on villus ENTs, leading to inhibition of Cl(-) secretion at the villus tip. The increase in adrenoceptors may reflect a compensatory mechanism to combat the increased secretory state of the bowel due to the loss of the sympathetic innervation and tonic control over intestinal secretion.
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- Carolyn J Baglole
- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Philippe D, Chakass D, Thuru X, Zerbib P, Tsicopoulos A, Geboes K, Bulois P, Breisse M, Vorng H, Gay J, Colombel JF, Desreumaux P, Chamaillard M. Mu opioid receptor expression is increased in inflammatory bowel diseases: implications for homeostatic intestinal inflammation. Gut 2006; 55:815-23. [PMID: 16299031 PMCID: PMC1856226 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.080887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Recent studies with mu opioid receptor (MOR) deficient mice support a physiological anti-inflammatory effect of MOR at the colon interface. To better understand the potential pharmacological effect of certain opiates in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), we (1) evaluated the regulation in vivo and in vitro of human MOR expression by inflammation; and (2) tested the potential anti-inflammatory function of a specific opiate (DALDA) in inflamed and resting human mucosa. PATIENTS AND METHODS Expression of MOR mRNA and protein was evaluated in healthy and inflamed small bowel and colonic tissues, isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and purified monocytes, and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from healthy donors and IBD patients. The effect of cytokines and nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) activation on MOR expression in lymphocyte T and monocytic human cell lines was assessed. Finally, DALDA induced anti-inflammatory effect was investigated in mucosal explants from controls and IBD patients. RESULTS MOR was expressed in ileal and colonic enteric neurones as well as in immunocytes such as myeloid cells and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Overexpressed in active IBD mucosa, MOR was significantly enhanced by cytokines and repressed by NFkappaB inhibitor in myeloid and lymphocytic cell lines. Furthermore, ex vivo DALDA treatment dampened tumour necrosis factor alpha mRNA expression in the colon of active IBD patients. CONCLUSIONS Given the increased expression of MOR and the ex vivo beneficial effect of DALDA in active IBD, natural and/or synthetic opioid agonists could help to prevent overt pathological intestinal inflammation.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Colitis, Ulcerative/immunology
- Colitis, Ulcerative/metabolism
- Colon/drug effects
- Colon/metabolism
- Crohn Disease/immunology
- Crohn Disease/metabolism
- Cytokines/physiology
- Female
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Ileum/metabolism
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/immunology
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/metabolism
- Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects
- Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
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Zoghbi S, Trompette A, Claustre J, El Homsi M, Garzón J, Jourdan G, Scoazec JY, Plaisancié P. beta-Casomorphin-7 regulates the secretion and expression of gastrointestinal mucins through a mu-opioid pathway. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2006; 290:G1105-13. [PMID: 16357059 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00455.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have recently shown that beta-casomorphin-7, a milk opioid peptide, strongly stimulates mucin secretion in the rat jejunum through a nervous pathway and opioid receptor activation. In this study, the hypothesis that beta-casomorphin-7 may also act directly on intestinal goblet cells was investigated in vitro in rat and human intestinal mucin-producing cells (DHE and HT29-MTX) using quantitative and semiquantitative RT-PCR and ELISA. The presence of mu-opioid receptors was demonstrated in rat goblet cells in the upper half of the colonic crypt and in the two cell lines by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. In rat DHE cells, beta-casomorphin-7 increased the expression of rat mucin (rMuc)2 and rMuc3 but not rMuc1, rMuc4, and rMuc5AC. This effect was time and dose dependent, with the maximum of increase in transcripts being noticed for a concentration of 10(-4) M after 2 h of stimulation for rMuc2 (225% of controls) and 4 h of stimulation for rMuc3 (208% of controls). Mucin secretion was maximally increased after 8 h of stimulation. Interestingly, these effects were prevented by pretreatment of the cells with the mu-opioid antagonist cyprodime. In human HT29-MTX cells, beta-casomorphin-7 (10(-4) M) also increased MUC5AC mRNA levels (219% after 24 h of stimulation) and the secretion of this mucin (169% of controls). In conclusion, beta-casomorphin-7 may contribute significantly to mucin production via a direct effect on intestinal goblet cells and the activation of mu-opioid receptors. Because intestinal mucins have a crucial mucosal protective function, dairy products containing beta-casomorphin-7 may improve intestinal protection and could have dietary and health applications.
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- Sandra Zoghbi
- INSERM, U45, Lyon, IFR62, University Claude Bernard Lyon I, Faculté de Médecine R. Laennec, France
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Mombeini T, Roushanzamir F, Jorjani M, Pourpak Z, Gaskari SA, Mehr SE, Dehpour AR. Alteration in specific opioid-receptor labeling on peripheral blood leukocytes of bile duct-ligated rat. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2006; 13:111-7. [PMID: 16542827 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2006.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Accepted: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cholestasis is associated with increased tonus and activity of opioidergic system. Opioid peptides have also immunomodulatory effects through stimulation of specific opioid receptors on the immune cells, or in an indirect fashion via the central nervous system. The combination of immunofluorescent technique and flow cytometry has proven to be sensitive method for the detection of leukocyte opioid receptors. This study was designed to examine the effect of cholestasis on the opioid-receptor labeling on the leukocytes from bile duct-ligated rats. Seven days after surgery, leukocytes were isolated from the peripheral blood of bile duct-ligated or sham-operated rats. The cells were incubated with naltrexone-fluorescein, in the absence or presence of unlabeled naltrexone, as a competitor and analysed by flow cytometry. Monocytes and granulocytes from bile duct-ligated rats showed an increase in the percentage of opioid-receptor labeling (29.6+/-2.08 for cholestatic versus 23+/-1.9 for sham, p<0.001; 50.6+/-3.18 for cholestatic versus 39.6+/-1.7 for sham, p<0.05; respectively). Furthermore, there was a decrease in the expression of opioid receptors on leukocytes due to cholestasis. In conclusion, changes in specific opioid-receptor labeling and percent of labeled leukocytes indicate that endogenous opioid-receptor interaction may be altered in peripheral blood leukocytes in acute cholestasis.
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- Tajemah Mombeini
- Department of Pharmacology, Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahed University, P.O. Box 14155-7435, Tehran, Iran
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Karaji AG, Khansari N, Ansary B, Dehpour AR. Detection of opioid receptors on murine lymphocytes by indirect immunofluorescence: mature normal and tumor bearing mice lymphocytes. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1019-27. [PMID: 15829417 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 12/29/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Opioid peptides modulate immune responses via ligation to classical opioid receptors (mu, delta and kappa), expressed on immune cells, or in an indirect fashion via the central nervous system. The combination of immunofluorescent technique and flow cytometry has proven to be sensitive methods for detection of opioid receptors on leukocytes. In the current study a fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated naltrexone (FITC-NTX) derivative in the absence or presence of naltrexone, as a competitor, was used to detect opioid receptors on thymocytes and then on splenocytes of normal and tumor bearing Balb/c mice. Tumor bearing mice were made by intraperitoneal injection of fibrosarcoma cell line. In a two weeks interval, tumor grew and then mice splenocytes were harvested. Cells were incubated with FITC-NTX alone (direct fluorescence), or FITC-NTX followed by biotin-conjugated anti-fluorescein IgG and extravidin-R-phycoerythrin (indirect immunofluorescence). Using flow cytometry we found that, with direct fluorescence staining there is only nonspecific cell staining. In contrast, indirect staining of cells demonstrated labeling of opioid receptors. Thymocytes displayed 37.5+/-7% specific labeling by current staining procedure. However, this specific staining was 17.2+/-4% and 7.5+/-2% in splenocytes of normal and tumor bearing mice, respectively. Taken together, these results showed that, direct fluorescence staining failed to stain opioid receptors expressed on lymphocytes. These receptors can only be detected by a biotin-streptavidin amplification procedure. We also found that the level of opioid receptors on mature lymphocytes is less than that of immature ones and are even lesser in the tumor bearing mice lymphocytes.
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- Ali Gorgin Karaji
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Baglole CJ, Davison JS, Meddings JB. Epithelial distribution of neural receptors in the guinea pig small intestine. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2005; 83:389-95. [PMID: 15897920 DOI: 10.1139/y05-024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neural and paracrine agents, such as dopamine, epinephrine, and histamine, affect intestinal epithelial function, but it is unclear if these agents act on receptors directly at the enterocyte level. The cellular localization and villus-crypt distribution of adrenergic, dopamine, and histamine receptors within the intestinal epithelium is obscure and needs to be identified. Single cell populations of villus or crypt epithelial cells were isolated from the jejunum of adult guinea pigs. Enterocytes were separated from intraepithelial lymphocytes by flow cytometry and specific binding was determined using fluorescent probes. α1-adrenergic receptors were located on villus and crypt intraepithelial lymphocytes and enterocytes. β-adrenergic receptors were found on villus and crypt enterocytes. Dopamine receptors were found on all cell types examined, whereas histamine receptors were not detected (<10% for each cell population). These studies demonstrated that (1) receptors for epinephrine and dopamine exist on epithelial cells of the guinea pig jejunum, (2) β-adrenergic receptors are found primarily on villus and crypt enterocytes and (3) intraepithelial lymphocytes contain α1-adrenergic, but have few β-adrenergic, receptors. The presence of neural receptors suggests that these agents are acting, at least in part, at the enterocyte or intraepithelial lymphocyte levels to modulate intestinal and immune function.Key words: enterocyte, receptor, intestine, epithelium.
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- Carolyn J Baglole
- Gastrointestinal Research Group, University of Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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Ghaffari K, Savadkuhi ST, Honar H, Riazi K, Shafaroodi H, Moezi L, Ebrahimkhani MR, Tahmasebi MSR, Dehpour AR. Obstructive cholestasis alters intestinal transit in mice: role of opioid system. Life Sci 2004; 76:397-406. [PMID: 15530502 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/15/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Acute cholestasis is associated with increased activity of the endogenous opioid system. It is also known that opioid receptor agonists like morphine decrease the intestinal transit. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cholestasis on the small intestine transit and the possible involvement of opioid system in this phenomenon in mice. Cholestasis was induced by bile duct-ligation and intestinal transit was measured with charcoal meal and calculation of percent of transit through small intestine. The effect of chronic administration of naltrexone and acute pretreatment with morphine on intestinal transit was evaluated in bile duct-ligated (BDL) as well as unoperated (CTL) and sham-operated (SHAM) animals. The plasma alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase activities were also measured. A significant decrease in small intestine transit (%transit) was observed in BDL mice compared to SHAM animals, which was prominent even after 24 h of cholestasis. Chronic pretreatment with an opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone, (10 mg/kg, i.p for 2, 4 or 6 days) completely restored the cholestasis-induced decrease in %transit to that of control animals. Although the acute administration of morphine (2 mg/kg, s.c.) 20 min before charcoal feeding caused a significant decrease in the intestinal transit of CTL and SHAM animals, it did not decrease the %transit of BDL animals on the day 5 after operation. Our findings show that acute cholestasis is associated with a prominent decrease in small intestine transit in mice and opioid receptors maybe involved in this phenomenon.
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MESH Headings
- Alanine Transaminase/blood
- Alkaline Phosphatase/blood
- Animals
- Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/blood
- Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/complications
- Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/drug therapy
- Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Gastrointestinal Transit/drug effects
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Intestine, Small/drug effects
- Intestine, Small/physiopathology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Morphine/administration & dosage
- Morphine/therapeutic use
- Naltrexone/administration & dosage
- Naltrexone/therapeutic use
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- Kamyar Ghaffari
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Philippe D, Dubuquoy L, Groux H, Brun V, Chuoï-Mariot MTV, Gaveriaux-Ruff C, Colombel JF, Kieffer BL, Desreumaux P. Anti-inflammatory properties of the mu opioid receptor support its use in the treatment of colon inflammation. J Clin Invest 2003. [PMID: 12727924 DOI: 10.1172/jci200316750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The physiologic role of the mu opioid receptor (MOR) in gut nociception, motility, and secretion is well established. To evaluate whether MOR may also be involved in controlling gut inflammation, we first showed that subcutaneous administration of selective peripheral MOR agonists, named DALDA and DAMGO, significantly reduces inflammation in two experimental models of colitis induced by administration of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) or peripheral expansion of CD4(+) T cells in mice. This therapeutic effect was almost completely abolished by concomitant administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Evidence of a genetic role for MOR in the control of gut inflammation was provided by showing that MOR-deficient mice were highly susceptible to colon inflammation, with a 50% mortality rate occurring 3 days after TNBS administration. The mechanistic basis of these observations suggests that the anti-inflammatory effects of MOR in the colon are mediated through the regulation of cytokine production and T cell proliferation, two important immunologic events required for the development of colon inflammation in mice and patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These data provide evidence that MOR plays a role in the control of gut inflammation and suggest that MOR agonists might be new therapeutic molecules in IBD.
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- David Philippe
- Equipe Mixte INSERM 0114 sur la Physiopathologie des Maladies Inflammatoires Intestinales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France
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Wang L, Tiniakov RL, Yeates DB. Peripheral opioidergic regulation of the tracheobronchial mucociliary transport system. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 94:2375-83. [PMID: 12611768 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00741.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that, in the airway mucosa, opioids are inhibitory neural modulators that cause an increase in net water absorption in the airway mucosa (as in the gut). Changes in bidirectional water fluxes across ovine tracheal mucosa in response to basolateral application of the opioid peptides beta-endorphin, dynorphin A-(1-8), and [d-Ala(2), d-Leu(5)]-enkephalin (DADLE) were measured. beta-Endorphin and dynorphin A-(1-8) decreased luminal-to-basolateral water fluxes, and dynorphin A-(1-8) and DADLE increased basolateral-to-luminal water flux. These responses were electroneutral. In seven beagle dogs, administration of aerosolized beta-endorphin (1 mg) to the tracheobronchial airways decreased the clearance of radiotagged particles from the bronchi in 1 h from 34.7 to 22.0% (P < 0.001). Naloxone abrogated the beta-endorphin-induced changes in vitro and in vivo. Contrary to our hypothesis, the opioid-induced changes in water fluxes would all lead to a predictable increase in airway surface fluid. The beta-endorphin-induced increases in airway fluid together with reduced bronchial mucociliary clearance may produce procongestive responses when opioids are administered as antitussives.
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- Lian Wang
- Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering University of Illinois at Chicago, and Veterans Affairs Health Care System, West Side, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Philippe D, Dubuquoy L, Groux H, Brun V, Chuoï-Mariot MTV, Gaveriaux-Ruff C, Colombel JF, Kieffer BL, Desreumaux P. Anti-inflammatory properties of the mu opioid receptor support its use in the treatment of colon inflammation. J Clin Invest 2003; 111:1329-38. [PMID: 12727924 PMCID: PMC154442 DOI: 10.1172/jci16750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The physiologic role of the mu opioid receptor (MOR) in gut nociception, motility, and secretion is well established. To evaluate whether MOR may also be involved in controlling gut inflammation, we first showed that subcutaneous administration of selective peripheral MOR agonists, named DALDA and DAMGO, significantly reduces inflammation in two experimental models of colitis induced by administration of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) or peripheral expansion of CD4(+) T cells in mice. This therapeutic effect was almost completely abolished by concomitant administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Evidence of a genetic role for MOR in the control of gut inflammation was provided by showing that MOR-deficient mice were highly susceptible to colon inflammation, with a 50% mortality rate occurring 3 days after TNBS administration. The mechanistic basis of these observations suggests that the anti-inflammatory effects of MOR in the colon are mediated through the regulation of cytokine production and T cell proliferation, two important immunologic events required for the development of colon inflammation in mice and patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These data provide evidence that MOR plays a role in the control of gut inflammation and suggest that MOR agonists might be new therapeutic molecules in IBD.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Colitis/chemically induced
- Colitis/drug therapy
- Colitis/mortality
- Colitis/pathology
- Colon/drug effects
- Colon/immunology
- Colon/pathology
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/therapeutic use
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, SCID
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- Oligopeptides/therapeutic use
- Peroxidase/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid/toxicity
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Affiliation(s)
- David Philippe
- Equipe Mixte INSERM 0114 sur la Physiopathologie des Maladies Inflammatoires Intestinales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France
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Townsend D, Brown DR. Predominance of delta-opioid-binding sites in the porcine enteric nervous system. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 300:900-9. [PMID: 11861796 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.300.3.900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The antidiarrheal and constipating actions of opioids are mediated in part by enteric neurons, which lie within the wall of the small intestine and colon, but the differential expression of specific, high-affinity opioid-binding sites in ganglionated plexuses within functionally distinct intestinal segments has not been examined. We determined the saturation binding characteristics under Na+-free conditions of the nonselective opioid receptor (OPR) ligand [3H][(5alpha,7alpha)-17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4,5-epoxy-18,19-dihydro-3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-alpha, alpha-dimethyl-6,14-ethenomorphinan-7-methanol] (diprenorphine) and the respective delta-, kappa-, and mu-OPR ligands [3H]naltrindole, D-(5alpha,7alpha,8beta)-(-)-N-methyl-N-[7-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-oxoaspiro-(4,5)dec-8-yl]benzeneacetamide ([3H]U-69,593), and [3H][D-Ala2,N-Me-Phe4,Gly5-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO) in neuronal membranes isolated from myenteric and submucosal plexuses of porcine small intestine and colon. Naloxone-displaceable [3H]diprenorphine-binding sites (KD values ranging from 0.2-0.5 nM and Bmax = 50-95 fmol/mg of protein) were found in both subregions from all gut segments examined. High-affinity [3H]naltrindole sites (KD = 60-140 pmol) were at highest densities (approximately 60 fmol/mg of protein) in submucosal plexus of the ileum and distal colon myenteric plexus and were at lowest densities (8-9 fmol/mg of protein) in the submucosal plexuses of cecum and distal colon. [3H]U-69,593 sites (KD = 0.3-4 nM) were present only in the myenteric plexuses of all segments examined, with highest densities in cecum and proximal colon (44-47 fmol/mg of protein). [3H]DAMGO-binding sites were expressed at relatively low densities in the enteric plexuses of all gut regions. These results indicate that delta-OPRs predominate in the porcine enteric nervous system with a more circumscribed expression of kappa- and mu-OPRs.
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- DeWayne Townsend
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108-6010, USA
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Pol O, Alameda F, Puig MM. Inflammation enhances mu-opioid receptor transcription and expression in mice intestine. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 60:894-9. [PMID: 11641416 DOI: 10.1124/mol.60.5.894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Opioid receptors (ORs) and their mRNA are present in the central and peripheral nervous systems of mammals and in different peripheral tissues, including the gut. Using a model of croton oil-induced (CO) intestinal inflammation in mice, we have shown a 6-fold increase in the potency of the antitransit and antisecretory effects of mu-OR agonists, mediated by peripheral ORs. We postulate that the enhanced effects are mediated by an increase in the expression of intestinal OR. We used jejunum (stripped of the mucosal layer) from mice with CO-induced intestinal inflammation and, as control subjects, saline-treated animals (SS). We evaluated the quantity of mu-OR mRNA determined by a competitive reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; the levels of mu-OR protein by Western blot immunoassay, and the localization and number of cells expressing mu-OR using immunohistochemistry. The results show a significant increase of mu-OR mRNA (7.7-fold) and receptor protein (3-fold) during intestinal inflammation. Inflammation also induced a 64.3% increase in the number of neurons expressing mu-OR immunoreactivity in the myenteric plexus but not in the submucosal plexus. Our results show that intestinal inflammation enhances the transcription and translation of mu-OR mRNA, thus explaining the increased potency of mu-opioids during inflammation.
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- O Pol
- Anesthesiology Research Unit, Institut Municipal Investigació Mèdica, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
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Pol O, Valle L, Puig MM. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to mu- and delta-opioid receptor mRNA block the enhanced effects of opioids during intestinal inflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 428:127-36. [PMID: 11779029 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01281-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Intestinal inflammation enhances the inhibitory effects of mu- and delta-opioids in the gut, possibly related to an increased receptor expression. We evaluated the effects of opioids after intraperitoneal administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to mu- and/or delta-opioid receptor mRNA. Inflammation was induced in mice by intragastric administration of croton oil; gastrointestinal transit was assessed with charcoal and permeability with [51Cr]etylenediaminetetraacetate ([51Cr]EDTA). Baseline values were unaltered after antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. In controls, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to mu-opioid receptor mRNA decreased the antitransit effects of morphine (27%) and [N-MePhe3D-Pro4]morphiceptin (PL017) (26%), and the reduction was significantly greater during inflammation (50% and 47%). A similar effect was observed on permeability (control: 41-21% decrease; inflamed: 66-45%). In both assays, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to delta-opioid receptor mRNA also reduced the effects of [D-Pen2,5]enkephalin (DPDPE) in a higher percentage during inflammation (43-32% controls, 60-49% inflamed). We show that antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to mu- and/or delta-opioid receptor mRNA are efficiently blocking the intestinal effects of opioids during inflammation, suggesting that an increased transcription of these receptors in the gut mediates the enhanced effects of opioids during inflammation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Croton Oil
- Endorphins/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-/pharmacology
- Enteritis/chemically induced
- Enteritis/physiopathology
- Gastrointestinal Transit/drug effects
- Intestinal Absorption/drug effects
- Irritants
- Male
- Mice
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Narcotics/pharmacology
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
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- O Pol
- Anesthesiology Research Unit, IMIM, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Yates DA, Santos J, Söderholm JD, Perdue MH. Adaptation of stress-induced mucosal pathophysiology in rat colon involves opioid pathways. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001; 281:G124-8. [PMID: 11408263 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.1.g124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Acute stress increases ion secretion and permeability of rat colonic epithelium. However, it is not known if stress-induced mucosal changes are subject to adaptation. Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to either continuous water-avoidance stress (CS) for 60 min or intermittent stress (IS) for three 20-min periods. Distal colonic segments were mounted in Ussing Chambers, and ion-transport [short-circuit current (I(sc))] and permeability [conductance and flux of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)] parameters were measured. CS significantly increased I(sc), conductance, and HRP flux compared with control values. In contrast, in IS rats these variables were similar to those in nonstressed controls. To study the pathways involved in IS-induced adaptation, rats were pretreated intraperitoneally with the opioid antagonists naloxone or methylnaloxone. Opioid antagonists had no effect on values in control or CS rats. However, in the IS group, naloxone and methylnaloxone reversed the adaptive responses, and all variables increased to CS values. We conclude that stress-induced colonic mucosal pathophysiology is subject to rapid adaptation, which involves opioid pathways.
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- D A Yates
- Intestinal Disease Research Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Couvineau A, Maoret JJ, Rouyer-Fessard C, Carrero I, Laburthe M. The human vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide receptor 1 (VPAC1) promoter: characterization and role in receptor expression during enterocytic differentiation of the colon cancer cell line Caco-2Cl.20. Biochem J 2000; 347 Pt 3:623-32. [PMID: 10769164 PMCID: PMC1220997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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The basic organization of the human vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide receptor (VPAC) 1 promoter was investigated after cloning the 5'-flanking region (1.4 kb) of the VPAC1 gene from a human genomic library. Subsequent functional analysis of various deletions of the 5'-flanking sequence, subcloned upstream of a luciferase reporter gene, was carried out in HT-29 cells. The minimal promoter region identified encompasses the -205/+76 sequence and contains a crucial CCAAT box (-182/-178) and a GC-rich sequence. Moreover a region (-1348/-933) containing a silencer element was identified. We previously showed that the expression of the VPAC1 receptor binding site is strictly dependent upon the enterocytic differentiation of human colon cancer Caco-2 cells [Laburthe, Rousset, Rouyer-Fessard, Couvineau, Chantret, Chevalier and Zweibaum (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 10180-10184]. In the present study we show that VPAC1 mRNA increases dramatically when Caco-2Cl.20 cells differentiate, as measured by RNase protection assays and reverse transcriptase-PCR. A single transcript species of 3 kb is detected in differentiated cells by Northern-blot analysis. Accumulation of VPAC1 receptor mRNA is due to a 5-fold increase of transcription rate (run-on assay) without a change in mRNA half-life (9 h). Stable transfections of various constructs in Caco-2Cl.20 cells and subsequent analysis of reporter gene expression, during the enterocytic differentiation process over 25 days of culture, further indicated that the -254/+76 5'-flanking sequence is endowed with the regulatory element(s) necessary for transcriptional regulation of VPAC1 during differentiation. Altogether, these observations provide the first characterization of the basic organization of the human VPAC1 gene promoter and unravel the crucial role of a short promoter sequence in the strict transcriptional control of VPAC1 expression during differentiation of human colon cancer Caco-2 cells.
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- A Couvineau
- Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie et Biologie Cellulaire Digestives, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U-410, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, BP 416, 75870 Paris Cedex 18, France.
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Couvineau A, Maoret JJ, Rouyer-Fessard C, Carrero I, Laburthe M. The human vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide receptor 1 (VPAC1) promoter: characterization and role in receptor expression during enterocytic differentiation of the colon cancer cell line Caco-2Cl.20. Biochem J 2000. [PMID: 10769164 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3470623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The basic organization of the human vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide receptor (VPAC) 1 promoter was investigated after cloning the 5'-flanking region (1.4 kb) of the VPAC1 gene from a human genomic library. Subsequent functional analysis of various deletions of the 5'-flanking sequence, subcloned upstream of a luciferase reporter gene, was carried out in HT-29 cells. The minimal promoter region identified encompasses the -205/+76 sequence and contains a crucial CCAAT box (-182/-178) and a GC-rich sequence. Moreover a region (-1348/-933) containing a silencer element was identified. We previously showed that the expression of the VPAC1 receptor binding site is strictly dependent upon the enterocytic differentiation of human colon cancer Caco-2 cells [Laburthe, Rousset, Rouyer-Fessard, Couvineau, Chantret, Chevalier and Zweibaum (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 10180-10184]. In the present study we show that VPAC1 mRNA increases dramatically when Caco-2Cl.20 cells differentiate, as measured by RNase protection assays and reverse transcriptase-PCR. A single transcript species of 3 kb is detected in differentiated cells by Northern-blot analysis. Accumulation of VPAC1 receptor mRNA is due to a 5-fold increase of transcription rate (run-on assay) without a change in mRNA half-life (9 h). Stable transfections of various constructs in Caco-2Cl.20 cells and subsequent analysis of reporter gene expression, during the enterocytic differentiation process over 25 days of culture, further indicated that the -254/+76 5'-flanking sequence is endowed with the regulatory element(s) necessary for transcriptional regulation of VPAC1 during differentiation. Altogether, these observations provide the first characterization of the basic organization of the human VPAC1 gene promoter and unravel the crucial role of a short promoter sequence in the strict transcriptional control of VPAC1 expression during differentiation of human colon cancer Caco-2 cells.
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- A Couvineau
- Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie et Biologie Cellulaire Digestives, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U-410, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, BP 416, 75870 Paris Cedex 18, France.
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Gauthier C, Reddix R. Dual effect of [D-Pen(2), D-Pen(5)]enkephalin on ion transport in guinea pig colon. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 390:335-8. [PMID: 10708742 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00925-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Effects of the delta-opioid receptor ligand, [D-Pen(2), D-Pen(5)]enkephalin (DPDPE) on basal and endothelin-1-induced ion secretion in guinea pig colon were investigated. Muscle-stripped segments of guinea pig colon were mounted in Ussing flux chambers and changes in the short-circuit current (I(sc)) were monitored continuously. DPDPE significantly reduced baseline I(sc) at a low dose, 1 nM; however DPDPE increased I(sc) at 10 and 100 microM. Endothelin-1 stimulated ion secretion that was unaltered in tissues pretreated with DPDPE. In guinea pig colon, delta-opioid receptor activation evoked both a proabsorptive and prosecretory response.
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- C Gauthier
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Valle L, Puig MM, Pol O. Effects of mu-opioid receptor agonists on intestinal secretion and permeability during acute intestinal inflammation in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 389:235-42. [PMID: 10688989 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00871-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We evaluated and compared the effects of mu-opioid receptor agonists on mucosal fluid transport and permeability, during acute intestinal inflammation. We hypothesized that inflammation would sensitize mu-opioid receptors in the submucosal plexus and/or enterocytes enhancing the effects of mu-opioid receptor agonists. Inflammation was induced by intragastric administration of croton oil, whereas controls received saline. Fluid transport was assessed by enteropooling, and intestinal permeability by blood-to-lumen passage of [51Cr] etylenediaminetetraacetate ([51Cr] EDTA). Intestinal inflammation induced a significant increase in enteropooling (1.9 times) and permeability (2.5 times). In saline- and croton oil-treated animals, mu-opioid receptor agonists produced dose-related inhibitions of enteropooling and intestinal permeability. During inflammation, the potency of morphine increased 4.8 and 3.7 times, inhibiting enteropooling and intestinal permeability, respectively; the potencies of fentanyl and PL017 similarly increased by approximately three (enteropooling) and two times (permeability) in croton oil animals. All effects were reversed by naloxone and naloxone methiodide. The results show that inflammation increases the inhibitory potency of mu-opioid receptor agonists on secretion and permeability, suggesting a sensitization of peripheral mu-opioid receptors.
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- L Valle
- Anesthesiology Research Unit, Institut Municipal Investigació Mèdica, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, C/ Dr Aiguader, 80, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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Sazonova EN, Zhivotova EY, Sazonov OA, Fleishman MY, Timoshin SS. Effects of regulatory peptides on DNA synthesis in duodenal smooth muscle tissues of albino rats during the early postnatal period. Bull Exp Biol Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02433287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ozaki A, Yoshidomi M, Sukamoto T. Effect of the 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3)-receptor antagonist KB-R6933 on experimental diarrhea models. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1999; 80:93-6. [PMID: 10446763 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.80.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effects of a 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3)-receptor antagonist KB-R6933 (6-amino-5-chloro-1-isopropyl-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-benzimidazole dimaleate) on experimental diarrhea and on intestinal fluid secretion stimulated by cholera toxin were examined and compared with those of ramosetron and loperamide. KB-R6933 and ramosetron (0.03-1 mg/kg, p.o.) inhibited the diarrhea induced by 5-HT, but not that by castor oil or prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), in mice. Loperamide significantly inhibited the diarrhea induced by 5-HT, castor oil and PGE2. All drugs tested inhibited the diarrhea induced by restraint stress and the intestinal fluid secretion stimulated by cholera toxin in rats. The results suggest the possibility that KB-R6933 may have clinical efficacy in the treatment of diarrhea.
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- A Ozaki
- Pharmaceuticals R&D Center, Kanebo, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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Pol O, Valle L, Sánchez-Blázquez P, Garzón J, Puig MM. Antibodies and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to mu-opioid receptors, selectively block the effects of mu-opioid agonists on intestinal transit and permeability in mice. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 127:397-404. [PMID: 10385239 PMCID: PMC1566040 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. We have studied the effects of mu and delta opioids on intestinal function (permeability, PER; gastrointestinal transit, GIT), and their antagonism after the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of specific antibodies (ABs) or antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) to mu-receptors (OR). Central versus peripheral site/s of action of subcutaneous (s.c.) mu-opioids, were also assessed. 2. Male Swiss CD-1 mice were used. GIT was measured with charcoal and PER by the passage of 51Cr-EDTA from blood to lumen. 3. Morphine and fentanyl (i.c.v. and s.c.) inhibited GIT and PER in a dose-related manner; they were more potent by i.c.v. route, both on GIT and PER (70 and 17 times for morphine and fentanyl). They also had a greater effect on GIT than PER (4.3 and 1.6 times). DPDPE had a lower potency than mu-agonists in all experiments, and no dose-response could be obtained after s.c. administration on GIT. 4. Pretreatment with i.c.v. ABs (24 h) or antisense ODN (5 days), decreased the effects (GIT and PER) of i.c.v. morphine and fentanyl, while those of DPDPE remained unchanged. The ABs did not alter the peripheral effects of mu-opioids. 5. The results show that (i.c.v. or s.c.) mu opioids produce dose-related inhibitions of PER and GIT, being more potent by the i.c.v. route. Delta-opioids had a greater effect on PER than GIT, while the opposite occurred for mu-agonists. Pretreatment with ABs or ODN to mu-OR, blocked the central effects of mu (but not delta) agonists on GIT and PER.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endorphins/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-
- Enkephalins/pharmacology
- Fentanyl/antagonists & inhibitors
- Fentanyl/pharmacology
- Gastrointestinal Transit/drug effects
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Intestinal Absorption/drug effects
- Male
- Mice
- Morphine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Olga Pol
- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, IMIM, Passeig, Marítim 22, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, IMIM, Passeig, Marítim 22, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuropharmacology, Instituto de Neurobiología Santiago Ramón y Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neuropharmacology, Instituto de Neurobiología Santiago Ramón y Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario del Mar, IMIM, Passeig, Marítim 22, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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Barada KA, Saadé NE, Atweh SF, Nassar CF. Neural mediation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide inhibitory effect on jejunal alanine absorption. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:G822-8. [PMID: 9756514 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.4.g822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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It was recently shown that vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) inhibits rat jejunal alanine absorption, an effect that was significantly reduced by vagotomy. This study assesses the role of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents (CSPA) and the myenteric plexus in the inhibition of rat jejunal alanine absorption by VIP. Continuous intravenous infusion of VIP (11.2 ng . kg-1 . min-1) reduced alanine absorption by 60% in sham control rats and by 20% in rats neonatally treated with capsaicin (P < 0.01). In in vitro experiments, VIP decreased alanine uptake by jejunal strips isolated from sham control rats in a dose-dependent manner. In the presence of 40 nM VIP, alanine uptake by full-thickness jejunal strips was reduced by 54% in sham control rats and by 25% in rats neonatally treated with capsaicin (P < 0.001). On the other hand, VIP reduced alanine uptake by mucosal scrapings by 25% in sham rats compared with 9% reduction in neonatally treated rats. Chemical ablation of the extrinsic innervation and jejunal myenteric plexuses by pretreatment with benzalkonium chloride significantly (P < 0.001) reduced basal alanine absorption and the inhibitory effect of VIP. Moreover, incubation of intestinal strips with tetrodotoxin and atropine reduced significantly (P < 0.05) the inhibitory effect of VIP on alanine absorption. These data suggest that VIP exerts its inhibitory effect on alanine absorption through the CSPA fibers and the myenteric plexus. The neuronal circuitry of this inhibitory process may involve cholinergic muscarinic mechanisms.
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- K A Barada
- Departments of Physiology, Human Morphology, and Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Aikawa N, Karasawa A. Effects of KW-5617 (zaldaride maleate), a potent and selective calmodulin inhibitor, on secretory diarrhea and on gastrointestinal propulsion in rats. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1998; 76:199-206. [PMID: 9541283 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.76.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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KW-5617 (zaldaride maleate), 1,3-dihydro-1-[1-[(4-methyl-4H,6H-pyrrolo[1,2-a][4,1]-benzoxazepin -4-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl]-2H-benzimidazol-2-one maleate, is a selective calmodulin inhibitor. We studied the effects of KW-5617 on secretory diarrhea and gastrointestinal propulsion in rats, as compared with those of loperamide, a conventional anti-diarrheal drug. Diarrhea was induced in rats either by 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (500 microg/kg, i.p.) or by castor oil (1 ml/100 g body weight, p.o.). In the 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 model, KW-5617 at the doses of 3 mg/kg (p.o.) and higher ameliorated the diarrhea. Similarly, loperamide improved the diarrhea, the activity of loperamide being equivalent to that of KW-5617. In the castor oil model, KW-5617 significantly delayed the onset of diarrhea at the doses of 3 mg/kg (p.o.) and higher, while loperamide delayed the onset of diarrhea at the doses of 0.3 mg/kg (p.o.) and higher. KW-5617 only at the high doses of 30 and 100 mg/kg (p.o.) reduced gastric emptying, small intestinal propulsion, proximal colonic propulsion and distal colonic propulsion. In contrast, loperamide at its anti-diarrheal doses inhibited gastrointestinal propulsion. Our results show that KW-5617, unlike loperamide, at its anti-diarrheal doses does not exert anti-propulsive effects in rats. KW-5617 may be a useful drug for the treatment of diarrhea in terms of less side effects such as constipation.
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- N Aikawa
- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
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