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Mattioli TA, Leduc-Pessah H, Skelhorne-Gross G, Nicol CJB, Milne B, Trang T, Cahill CM. Toll-like receptor 4 mutant and null mice retain morphine-induced tolerance, hyperalgesia, and physical dependence. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97361. [PMID: 24824631 PMCID: PMC4019634 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The innate immune system modulates opioid-induced effects within the central nervous system and one target that has received considerable attention is the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Here, we examined the contribution of TLR4 in the development of morphine tolerance, hyperalgesia, and physical dependence in two inbred mouse strains: C3H/HeJ mice which have a dominant negative point mutation in the Tlr4 gene rendering the receptor non-functional, and B10ScNJ mice which are TLR4 null mutants. We found that neither acute antinociceptive response to a single dose of morphine, nor the development of analgesic tolerance to repeated morphine treatment, was affected by TLR4 genotype. Likewise, opioid induced hyperalgesia and opioid physical dependence (assessed by naloxone precipitated withdrawal) were not altered in TLR4 mutant or null mice. We also examined the behavioural consequence of two stereoisomers of naloxone: (-) naloxone, an opioid receptor antagonist, and (+) naloxone, a purported antagonist of TLR4. Both stereoisomers of naloxone suppressed opioid induced hyperalgesia in wild-type control, TLR4 mutant, and TLR4 null mice. Collectively, our data suggest that TLR4 is not required for opioid-induced analgesic tolerance, hyperalgesia, or physical dependence.
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- Departments of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Division, Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Division, Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Cecchi M, Capriles N, Watson SJ, Akil H. Beta1 adrenergic receptors in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis mediate differential responses to opiate withdrawal. Neuropsychopharmacology 2007; 32:589-99. [PMID: 16823388 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The negative physical and affective aspects of opioid abstinence contribute to the prolongation of substance abuse. Withdrawal treatment is successful only in a subset of subjects, yet little is known about the neurobiological causes of these individual differences. Here, we compare the somatic and motivational components of opioid withdrawal in animals with high reactivity (HR) vs low reactivity (LR) to novelty, a phenotype associated with differential vulnerability to drug abuse. During withdrawal, HR relative to LR showed increased teeth chattering and eye twitching episodes, somatic signs associated with adrenergic modulation. Given the role of noradrenergic circuitry of the extended amygdala in opioid withdrawal, we examined adrenergic receptor gene expression in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BST) and central nucleus of the amygdala. Relative to LR, HR rats exhibit a selective increase in beta(1) adrenergic receptor expression in lateral and medial BST. To uncover the functional relevance of this difference, we microinjected betaxolol, a selective beta(1) receptor antagonist, into dorsal BST and assessed somatic and affective responses during withdrawal. Betaxolol microinjection dose-dependently decreased teeth chattering episodes in HR to levels observed in LR animals. Moreover, the antagonist blocked conditioned place aversion, a measure of negative affect associated with withdrawal, in HR but not in LR animals. Our results reveal for the first time that reactivity to novelty predicts somatic and affective aspects of opiate dependence, and that beta(1) receptors in BST are implicated in opiate withdrawal but only in novelty-seeking individuals.
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- Marco Cecchi
- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0720, USA.
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Keane M. Caution with epidemiological data in relation to chronic opioid use. Pain 2007; 129:226-7. [PMID: 17292546 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang W, Zhou Y, Sun J, Pan L, Kang L, Dai Z, Yu R, Jin G, Ma L. The effect of l-stepholidine, a novel extract of Chinese herb, on the acquisition, expression, maintenance, and re-acquisition of morphine conditioned place preference in rats. Neuropharmacology 2007; 52:355-61. [PMID: 17027045 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2006] [Revised: 08/20/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The effect of L-stepholidine (SPD), a novel alkaloid extract of the Chinese herb Stephania with partial dopamine D1 receptor agonistic and D2 receptor antagonistic dual actions, on morphine conditioned place preference (CPP) was studied. Daily injection of morphine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) for 6 days induced CPP in rats, and daily treatment with SPD at 10 or 20 mg/kg before morphine injection dose-dependently attenuated morphine-induced CPP. On the day following acquisition of morphine CPP, a single administration of SPD at 10 or 20 mg/kg failed to block the expression of CPP. However, daily administration of SPD at 20 mg/kg for 7 days attenuated the maintenance of CPP. Morphine-induced CPP extinguished after a 21-day saline training and then a single injection of morphine (3 mg/kg, i.p.) induced re-acquisition of morphine CPP; however, pretreatment with SPD at 10 or 20 mg/kg 30 min before morphine injection dose-dependently blocked morphine (3 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced re-acquisition of morphine CPP. Furthermore, our data indicate that SPD had no effect on food-induced CPP or state-dependent learning, suggesting that the observed effect of SPD does not result from an inhibition of general learning ability. These results demonstrate that SPD can inhibit acquisition, maintenance, and re-acquisition of morphine conditioned place preference and suggest its potential for treatment of opioid addiction.
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- Wei Wang
- Pharmacology Research Center, Shanghai Medical College and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yi Xue Yuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang ZJ. Disruption of acute opioid dependence by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting neurogranin. Brain Res 2007; 1143:78-82. [PMID: 17306231 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Neurogranin has been suggested to serve as a common regulator synchronizing the activities of PKC and CaMKII in acute opioid tolerance. To examine if a similar mechanism exists in acute opioid dependence, we directly targeted neurogranin using antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. Male ICR mice were pretreated with neurogranin antisense or mismatch oligodeoxynucleotides (2 microg/day, i.c.v.) for 3 consecutive days. On Day 4, morphine (100 mg/kg, s.c.) was used to induce dependence, as revealed by naloxone-precipitated withdrawal in saline or mismatch-pretreated mice. Antisense-pretreated mice showed decreased neurogranin expression, lack of morphine-induced phosphorylation of neurogranin and activation of CaMKII and CREB, and absence of naloxone-induced withdrawal jumping. Taken together, these data suggest that neurogranin plays an essential role in acute opioid dependence, possibly by affecting the CaMKII and CREB signaling pathway.
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- Lei Tang
- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Cancer Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Mo ZX, An SL, Zhou JY. [Effects of Caulis Sinomenii and sinomenine on morphine-induced place preference and brain histamine level in mice]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2006; 26:1709-13. [PMID: 17259103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of Caulis Sinomenii and sinomenine on conditioned place preference (CPP) induced by morphine and brain histamine level in mice. METHODS Sixty mice were randomized into 6 equal groups and morphine (Mor) was injected subcutaneously (9 mg/kg) for 6 consecutive days to induce CPP using a shuttle box. Since the 4th day of training, the mice in 5 of the groups were treated for 3 consecutive days with Caulis Sinomenii (10 g/kg), sinomenine (60 mg/kg), diphenhydramine (30 mg/kg), CP48/80 (5 mg/kg) and L-histidine (750 mg/kg) in addition to morphine (9 mg/kg) treatment, respectively, leaving the other group with exclusive morphine treatment. Another 10 mice received saline injection to serve as saline control group. The content of histamine (HA) in the mouse brain was measured by fluorospectrophotometry. RESULTS In morphine group, the mice showed significantly extended stay in morphine-paired compartment whose HA content in the brain was markedly increased (P<0.01). Treatment with Caulis Sinomenii and sinomenine resulted in significantly reduced time of stay in morphine-paired compartment and brain HA level (P<0.01). CONCLUSION CPP induced by morphine in mice is associated with increased HA level in the brain. Caulis Sinomenii and sinomenine can suppress the acquisition of place preference induced by morphine and modulate HA level in the central nervous system in morphine-dependent mice.
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- Zhi-xian Mo
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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AIM To report the case of a patient, who in the context of an anti-Parkinsonian therapy, developed addiction to apomorphine. METHODS Clinical case description. RESULTS Apomorphine is a dopaminergic agonist that acts directly on D2 receptors. It has been used in alcoholism, male sexual dysfunction and with diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in Parkinson's disease (PD). CONCLUSIONS The present work describes the case of a woman with PD who developed a loss of control over the consumption of apomorphine that resulted in a significant impairment of her functioning. PD patients with high frequency develop different psychiatric symptoms. Conversely, anti-Parkinsonian drugs also generate psychiatric symptoms that can be experienced by the patient as pleasant sensations ('alerting', 'awakening', 'activating', hypomania and hypersexuality). In spite of this, addiction to these drugs in patients with PD is a very rare phenomenon. Currently, the prescription of apomorphine has been extended to patients with erectile dysfunction, which may increase the prevalence of addiction cases or of severe psychiatric symptoms.
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- Carlos Téllez
- Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Substantial evidence indicates that the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic (DA) system has a key role in mechanisms of opiate dependence. Although DA neurons have been studied extensively, little is known about their activity and their response to acute morphine during morphine dependence. We recorded the activity of VTA DA neurons in five groups of anesthetized rats: drug-naive (naive) rats, morphine-dependent [(MD) implanted with pellets] rats, and three groups of withdrawn rats. Withdrawals either were precipitated by naltrexone or occurred spontaneously 24 h or 15 d after pellet removal. We confirmed that acute morphine in naive rats produced a marked increase in the firing of VTA DA neurons. We also found that the basal firing rate of VTA DA neurons was markedly higher in MD than in naive rats; however, in MD rats, acute morphine failed to increase DA activity. We confirmed inhibition of VTA DA activity in MD rats in response to precipitated withdrawal; however, this inhibition resulted only in a normalization of the firing rate to that of naive animals. In rats that had spontaneous withdrawal after 24 h or 15 d, the activity of VTA DA neurons was similar to that of naive rats, and an acute injection of morphine failed to alter their activity. Our results indicate that VTA DA neurons show long-lasting tolerance to the acute effect of morphine after withdrawal. These findings show that VTA DA neural activity is unlikely to be a factor in the altered behavioral responses that occur with acute morphine or naltrexone administration after chronic opiate exposure.
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- François Georges
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5541 Interactions Neuronales et Comportements, Université Victor Segalen, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France.
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Xiang XH, Wang HL, Wu WR, Guo Y, Cao DY, Wang HS, Zhao Y. Ethological analysis of scopolamine treatment or pretreatment in morphine dependent rats. Physiol Behav 2006; 88:183-90. [PMID: 16690091 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Revised: 03/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although scopolamine is currently used to treat morphine addiction in humans, its extensive actions on behaviors have not been systematically analyzed yet, and the underlying mechanisms of its effects still remain ambiguous. The present study was carried out to clarify the possible mechanisms by evaluating the effects of scopolamine pretreatment and treatment on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal signs and some of other general behaviors in morphine dependent rats. Our results showed that scopolamine pretreatment and treatment attenuated naloxone-precipitated withdrawal signs including jumping, writhing posture, weight loss, genital grooming, teeth-chattering, ptosis, diarrhea and irritability, except for wet dog shakes, while general behaviors such as water intake, urine volume and morphine excretion in urine were increased. Our findings suggest that scopolamine has significant actions in the treatment of opiate addiction, which might result from increasing morphine excretion from urine.
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- Xiao-Hui Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, China.
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Jafari MR, Zarrindast MR, Djahanguiri B. Influence of cholinergic system modulators on morphine state-dependent memory of passive avoidance in mice. Physiol Behav 2006; 88:146-51. [PMID: 16678225 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Revised: 01/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Memories are shown to be impaired in mice during step-down passive avoidance tasks with substantial residual effects lasting as long as 24 h after the pre-training administration of morphine. Administration of the same dose of morphine as a pre-test treatment restored memory. Since the cholinergic system has been reported to be involved in several actions of morphine, e.g.: modulation of memory and analgesia, we have investigated the part played by cholinergic modulator drugs, on the memory recall in mice. The locomotor activity of animals was studied as well. Administration of either atropine, a peripheral-central muscarinic antagonist, or mecamylamine, a peripheral-central nicotinic antagonist, failed to alter memory themselves, but significantly prevented morphine-induced memory recall following co-administration with morphine. Neither hexamethonium, a peripheral nicotinic antagonist, nor neostigmine, a peripheral anticholinesterase, showed intrinsic activity or a significant change in morphine-induced memory recall. Finally, physostigmine, a peripheral-central anticholinesterase, not only induced memory recall itself, but also increased morphine-induced retrieval. Memory recall of the step-down passive avoidance task following drug combinations was not related to locomotor activity changes. Thus, morphine-induced memory recall appears to be influenced by central cholinergic activity.
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- Mohammad R Jafari
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
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Ma LX, Zhou Q, Zheng HB, Li SB. [Preparation and characterization of anti-morphine vaccine antibody]. Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi 2006; 22:368-70. [PMID: 16643802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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AIM To prepare anti-morphine vaccine antibody with high titer and good specificity and to identify its properties. METHODS Chemically synthesized 6-succinylmorphine (M-6-S) was cross-linked to BSA in pH 9.0 carbonate buffer. After being purified by gel filtration and (NH4)2SO4 salting out, the immunogen was used to immunize BALB/c mice and SD rats. The titer and specificity of antisera were identified by ELISA and neutralization inhibition test, respectively. The effect of the immunization was examined by the radiant heat tail-flick (TF) reflex test. RESULTS The titers of antiserum from immunized BALB/c mice and SD rats were up to 1:200,000 and over 1:20,000, respectively. Neutralization inhibition test proved that the anti-morphine vaccine antibody had the cross-reactions to following drugs with analogous structure as morphine: 6-monoacetylmorphine, heroin and codeine. The TF reflex test showed: (1) TF reflexes were notable inhibited after intraperitoneal injection of 2 mg/kg morphine, and (2) percentage of the maximum possible effect (% MPE) reduced 74.7%, (3) the TF latency recovered to the baseline level much more rapidly compared with the control rats. CONCLUSION The M-6-S-BSA vaccine has been prepared successfully. The BALB/c mice and SD rats immunized with the vaccine can produce anti-morphine antibody with high titer and satisfactory specificity, which may significantly reduce rats' antinociception against morphine.
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- Li-xia Ma
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Gene-Related Diseases of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
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Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang ZJ. Trifluoperazine, an orally available clinically used drug, disrupts opioid antinociceptive tolerance. Neurosci Lett 2006; 397:1-4. [PMID: 16380209 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been shown to play an important role in the generation and maintenance of opioid tolerance. In this study, trifluoperazine was studied for its effect on morphine tolerance in mice. Acute treatment with trifluoperazine (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) completely reversed the established antinociceptive tolerance to morphine. Pretreatment with trifluoperazine also significantly attenuated the development of antinociceptive tolerance (p<0.01). Morphine induced a significant up-regulation of supraspinal and spinal CaMKII activity in tolerant mice, which was abolished after the pretreatment or acute treatment with trifluoperazine. These data suggested that trifluoperazine was capable of suppressing opioid tolerance, possibly by the mechanism of inhibiting CaMKII. Since trifluoperazine has been safely used as an antipsychotic drug, we propose that the drug should be studied in humans for the prevention and treatment of opioid tolerance and addiction.
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- Lei Tang
- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, 833 South Woods Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Vazquez V, Penit-Soria J, Durand C, Besson MJ, Giros B, Daugé V. Brief early handling increases morphine dependence in adult rats. Behav Brain Res 2006; 170:211-8. [PMID: 16567006 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Revised: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Short early manipulations of rodent postnatal environment may trigger long-term effects on neurobiological and behavioural phenotypes in adulthood. However, little is known about such effects of handling on the vulnerability to develop drug dependence. The present study aimed to analyze the long-term effects of a brief handling (1 min) on morphine and ethanol dependence and on the preproenkephalin (PPE) mRNA and mu opioid receptor levels. Handled rats showed a significant increase in morphine (25mg/l) but not ethanol (10%) consumption and preference after 7 weeks and no difference in morphine (2 and 5mg/kg) conditioned place preference. No difference of preproenkephalin mRNA and mu opioid receptor levels was detected in the mesolimbic system between both groups. These data emphasize that human brief handling, which can lead to morphine dependence development, constitutes in itself an experimental treatment and not a control condition.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Autoradiography/methods
- Behavior, Animal
- Central Nervous System Depressants/adverse effects
- Conditioning, Operant/drug effects
- Conditioning, Operant/physiology
- Endothelin-1/genetics
- Endothelin-1/metabolism
- Ethanol/adverse effects
- Female
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Handling, Psychological
- In Situ Hybridization/methods
- Male
- Morphine/adverse effects
- Morphine Dependence/etiology
- Morphine Dependence/metabolism
- Morphine Dependence/physiopathology
- Narcotics/adverse effects
- Pregnancy
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
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- Vincent Vazquez
- INSERM, U513, Créteil, F-94010 France; Université Paris XII, Créteil, F-94010 France
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Nagai T, Nabeshima T, Takuma K, Yamada K. [Role of tissue plasminogen activator in the rewarding effect of morphine]. Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi 2006; 41:23-30. [PMID: 16619846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a serine protease that catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen (plg) to plasmin. The tPA-plasmin system plays a role in synaptic plasticity and remodeling. In this review, we focused on the role of tPA-plasmin system in the rewarding effect of morphine. A single morphine treatment induced tPA mRNA and protein expression in a naloxone-sensitive manner, which was associated with an increase in the enzyme activity in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). The acute effect of morphine in inducing tPA expression was diminished after repeated administration. No differences were observed in the morphine-induced antinociceptive effect between wild-type and tPA knockout (tPA-/-) mice. Morphine-induced conditioned place preference and hyperlocomotion were significantly reduced in tPA-/- and pLg-/- mice, being accompanied by a loss of morphine-induced dopamine release in the NAc. Microinjection of either exogenous tPA or plasmin into the NAc significantly potentiated morphine-induced dopamine release in the NAc of ICR mice. In contrast, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) dose-dependently reduced morphine-induced dopamine release. Furthermore, the defect of morphine-induced dopamine release and hyperlocomotion in tPA-/- mice was reversed by microinjections of either exogenous tPA or plasmin into the NAc. Our findings demonstrate a novel function of the tPA-plasmin system in regulating dopamine release in the NAc, which is involved in the morphine reward.
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- Taku Nagai
- Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Wang HL, Xiang XH, Guo Y, Wu WR, Cao DY, Wang HS, Zhao Y. Ionotropic glutamatergic neurotransmission in the ventral tegmental area modulates ΔFosB expression in the nucleus accumbens and abstinence syndrome in morphine withdrawal rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 527:94-104. [PMID: 16303124 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2005] [Revised: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study sought to assess whether the blockade of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the ventral tegmental area could modulate morphine withdrawal in morphine-dependent rats and the expression of stable DeltaFosB isoforms in the nucleus accumbens during morphine withdrawal. Rats were injected (i.p.) with increasing doses of morphine for 1 week to develop physical dependence, and withdrawal was then precipitated by one injection of naloxone (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Abstinence signs such as jumping, wet-dog shake, writhing posture, weight loss, and Gellert-Holtzman scale score were recorded to evaluate naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal. Two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists, dizocilpine (MK-801) and 6, 7-dinitroquinnoxaline-2, 3-dione (DNQX), were microinjected unilaterally into the ventral tegmental area 30 min before naloxone precipitation. A second injection of naloxone (2 mg/kg i.p.) was given 1 h after the first naloxone injection to sustain a maximal level of withdrawal so that the expression of stable DeltaFosB isoforms in the nucleus accumbens could be measured. This would enable determination of the correlation between the MK-801 or DNQX-induced decrease in somatic withdrawal signs and the change in neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens. The results showed that both MK-801 and DNQX significantly alleviated all symptoms of morphine withdrawal except for weight loss and reduced the expression of stable DeltaFosB isoforms within the nucleus accumbens. These data suggest that ionotropic glutamatergic neurotransmission in the ventral tegmental area regulates the levels of stable DeltaFosB isoforms in the nucleus accumbens, which play a very important role in modulating opiate withdrawal.
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- Hui-Ling Wang
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
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Carroll FI, Harris LS, Aceto MD. Effects of JDTic, a selective κ-opioid receptor antagonist, on the development and expression of physical dependence on morphine using a rat continuous-infusion model. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 524:89-94. [PMID: 16236279 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2005] [Revised: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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JDTic, (3R)-7-hydroxy-N-[(1S)-1-{[(3R,4R)-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dimethyl-1-piperidinyl]methyl]-2-methylpropyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinoline-carboxamide, is a potent and selective kappa-opioid antagonist with a very long duration of action [Carroll, F.I., Thomas, J.B., Dykstra, L.A., Granger, A.L., Allen, R.M., Howard, J.L., Pollard, G.T., Aceto, M.D., Harris, L.S., 2004. Pharmacological properties of JDTic: A novel k-opioid receptor antagonist. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 501, 111-119.]. When given 24 h prior to a continuous 4-day infusion of morphine sulfate in rats, JDTic did not prevent the stereotypy that developed during the infusion of morphine. It had no effect on the dramatic loss of body weight associated with the abrupt withdrawal of morphine. However, it decreased the number of important withdrawal signs designated wet-dog shakes and facial rubs. These data suggest that JDTic may find some application in the treatment of opiate abuse.
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- F Ivy Carroll
- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
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Benavides M, Laorden ML, Marín MT, Milanés MV. Role of PKC-α,γ isoforms in regulation of c-Fos and TH expression after naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal in the hypothalamic PVN and medulla oblongata catecholaminergic cell groups. J Neurochem 2005; 95:1249-58. [PMID: 16190878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03445.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that morphine withdrawal induced hyperactivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical axis by activation of noradrenergic pathways innervating the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), as evaluated by Fos expression and corticosterone release. The present study was designed to investigate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in this process by estimating changes in PKCalpha and PKCgamma immunoreactivity, and whether pharmacological inhibition of PKC would attenuate morphine withdrawal-induced c-Fos expression and changes in tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity levels in the PVN and nucleus tractus solitarius/ ventrolateral medulla (NTS/VLM). Dependence on morphine was induced in rats by 7 day s.c. implantation of morphine pellets. Morphine withdrawal was induced on day 8 by an injection of naloxone. The protein levels of PKCalpha and gamma were significantly down-regulated in the PVN and NTS/VLM from the morphine-withdrawn rats. Morphine withdrawal induced c-Fos expression in the PVN and NTS/VLM, indicating an activation of neurons in those nuclei. TH immunoreactivity was increased in the NTS/VLM after induction of morphine withdrawal, whereas there was a decrease in TH levels in the PVN. Infusion of calphostin C, a selective protein kinase C inhibitor, produced a reduction in the morphine withdrawal-induced c-Fos expression. Additionally, the changes in TH levels in the PVN and NTS/VLM were significantly modified by calphostin C. The present results suggest that activated PKC in the PVN and catecholaminergic brainstem cell groups may be critical for the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenocortical axis in response to morphine withdrawal.
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- Marta Benavides
- Equip of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University School of Medicine, Murcia, Spain
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- David S Goodsell
- The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Jain R, Mukherjee K, Singh R. Influence of sweet tasting solutions on opioid withdrawal. Brain Res Bull 2005; 64:319-22. [PMID: 15561466 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 07/22/2004] [Accepted: 08/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effect of the ingestion of palatable fluids on the suppression of opioid withdrawals in the opioid-dependent rats was studied. Physical dependence was induced by administration of morphine over a period of 6 days. Withdrawals were precipitated with naloxone (1 mg/kg, s.c.) 4 h after the last morphine injection on the 6th day. Test drugs (10-30% sucrose solution) were given orally for 2 h prior to naloxone-induced withdrawal in 14 h water deprived rats. Somatic signs of withdrawals were scored by using the global Gellert-Holtzman rating scale. Animals pretreated with low doses of sucrose solution (10-15%) did not produce any effect on the global withdrawal scale whereas a significant decrease on the global withdrawal scores was observed at higher doses of sucrose solution (20-30%) as compared to the controls. All the individual behavioral signs of withdrawals were significantly suppressed in a dose-related manner at higher doses of sucrose solutions whereas minimal suppression was observed for facial fasciculation/teeth chattering. These findings provide support that ingestion of high concentrations of sucrose solutions for shorter duration may activate the endogenous opioid system and appears to have an important role in modifying morphine withdrawals.
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- Raka Jain
- Centre for Behavioural Sciences, National Drug Dependence Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
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Nakagawa T, Yamamoto R, Fujio M, Suzuki Y, Minami M, Satoh M, Kaneko S. Involvement of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis activated by the central nucleus of the amygdala in the negative affective component of morphine withdrawal in rats. Neuroscience 2005; 134:9-19. [PMID: 15939543 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2005] [Revised: 03/12/2005] [Accepted: 03/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The central nucleus of the amygdala (Ce) and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) are key structures of the extended amygdala, which is suggested to be involved in drug addiction and reward. We have previously reported that the Ce plays a crucial role in the negative affective component of morphine withdrawal. In the present study, we examined the involvement of the neural pathway between the Ce and the BST in the negative affective component of morphine withdrawal in rats. Rats were rendered morphine dependent by s.c. implantation of a 75-mg morphine pellet for 3 days, and morphine withdrawal was precipitated by an i.p. injection of naloxone (0.3 mg/kg). In the place-conditioning paradigm, discrete bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the Ce or the BST significantly reduced naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal-induced conditioned place aversion. On the other hand, they had little effect on morphine withdrawal-induced somatic signs. In an immunohistochemical study for c-Fos protein, naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal dramatically induced c-Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the capsular part of the Ce, and the lateral and medial divisions of the BST. Bilateral excitotoxic lesion of the Ce reduced the number of morphine withdrawal-induced c-Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the lateral and medial BST, with significant decreases in the posterior, ventral and juxtacapsular parts of lateral division, and anterior part of the medial division, but not in the ventral part of the medial division of the BST. On the other hand, bilateral excitotoxic lesion of the BST had no effect on such c-Fos induction within the capsular part, nor the ventral and medial divisions of the Ce. These results suggest that activation of the BST mediated through the neural pathway from the Ce contributes to the negative affective component of morphine withdrawal.
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- T Nakagawa
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Zhu H, Barr GA. The role of AMPA and metabotropic glutamate receptors on morphine withdrawal in infant rats. Int J Dev Neurosci 2004; 22:379-95. [PMID: 15380837 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Revised: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 06/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Glutamate receptors, especially N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, are hypothesized to play key roles in opiate tolerance and withdrawal. There is also accumulating evidence that alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonists and group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonists attenuate opiate withdrawal. However, most existing data are derived from adult animal models. Glutamate receptor types undergo dramatic developmental changes during early life. Thus, the pharmacological effects on opiate withdrawal of NMDA receptor, AMPA receptor, and mGluR antagonists in the developing organism may not be comparable to those in the adult. Indeed, NMDA receptor antagonists do not block morphine tolerance or withdrawal in the 7-day-old rat, but are partially effective in the 14-day-old, and fully effective in the 21-day-old. Thus, there is a transition period around the second post-natal week for NMDA receptor antagonists to suppress opiate tolerance and withdrawal. A combination of in vivo and in vitro assays was used in the present studies to test the effect of drugs acting on AMPA and group II mGlu receptors on morphine withdrawal in rats at 7, 14, and 21 days of age. These ages represent the critical periods when various glutamate receptor subunits undergo differential change. In contrast to NMDA receptor antagonists' early ineffectiveness in suppressing morphine withdrawal, the AMPA receptor antagonist and the group II mGluR agonists were effective at all ages tested. Thus, for the human infant patient, pharmacotherapies to reduce opiate tolerance and withdrawal should focus on non-NMDA ionotropic and metabotropic receptors.
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- Hongbo Zhu
- Biopsychology Doctoral Program, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Possible reversal of morphine-induced tolerance and dependence by bupropion was studied in mice. A 10-day repeated injection regimen was followed to induce morphine tolerance and dependence. Bupropion (2 and 5 mg/kg) per se, when chronically administered for 9 days, failed to produce any significant change in tail-flick latency compared with the control mice. Chronic administration of bupropion (2 or 5 mg/kg) during the induction phase (days 1-9) delayed the development of tolerance to the antinociceptive action of morphine and also reversed naloxone- (2 mg/kg) precipitated withdrawal jumps. On the other hand, acute administration of bupropion (2 or 5 mg/kg) on day 10, i.e., during the expression phase of morphine dependence, reduced the incidence of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal jumps without affecting tolerance to the analgesic effect. In conclusion, results of the present study suggest the potential use of bupropion in tolerance and dependence.
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- D Joshi
- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Ueda H. Anti-opioid systems in morphine tolerance and addiction--locus-specific involvement of nociceptin and the NMDA receptor. Novartis Found Symp 2004; 261:155-62; discussion 162-6, 191-3. [PMID: 15469049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Mechanisms for opioid tolerance and addiction are divided into two types of plasticity--cellular level and those occurring through multiple neuronal networks. Receptor desensitization through phosphorylation and endocytosis are currently well discussed using cell lines expressing opioid receptors in relation to acute tolerance mechanisms, while altered gene expression is mainly discussed in relation to the model mechanisms of chronic tolerance and dependence. However, little is known of mechanisms operating through plasticity of neuronal networks. In our approach, we began with the assumption that some non-opioid neurons with anti-opioid activity may cause neuronal plasticity, showing opioid adaptation and dependence. In mice lacking nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor (NOP), or the NMDA receptor epsilon1 subunit, both of which mediate anti-opioid activities, analgesic tolerance and dependence following chronic morphine treatments were markedly attenuated. Chronic morphine-treatments increased NOP gene or epsilon1 subunit protein expression in the spinal cord or specific brain loci, respectively. Furthermore the rescue of the epsilon1 subunit gene in the specific brain locus of knockout mice recovers the tolerance and dependence. All these results suggest that the enhanced anti-opioid system may contribute to the development of morphine tolerance and dependence, and their contribution could be brain locus specific.
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- Hiroshi Ueda
- Division of Molecular Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Numerous studies indicate that opioid tolerance involves a disruption in Ca2+ homeostasis. In vivo studies have indicated the involvement of dihydropyridine-sensitive (L-type) voltage-gated channels in morphine abuse. In this study, the effect of multiple administration of the dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker nifedipine (5 mg/kg/twice daily), given in combination with morphine, on the signs of morphine withdrawal and some biochemical parameters were assessed. Multiple morphine administration in increasing doses (from 5 to 40 mg/kg for 7 days) and consequent withdrawal after 18 h, induced writhing, squealing, diarrhea, teeth chattering, eyelid ptosis and wet-dog type shaking. Coadministration of nifedipine prevented the squealing, diarrhea and teeth chattering. On a biochemical level, the activity of brain nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the quantity of cytochrome P450 in rat brain and liver were measured. Nifedipine treatment decreased the brain nNOS activity, induced by multiple administration of morphine. The quantity of liver cytochrome P450, after multiple coadministration of morphine and nifedipine, was also increased. The quantity of brain cytochrome P450 was not significantly changed by morphine and nifedipine alone or in combination. The results of our study suggest that nifedipine influences the effects of morphine both at a pharmacokinetic and a pharmacodynamic level.
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- V Vitcheva
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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OBJECTIVE To exclude possible psychological effects of qigong therapy in the treatment of addiction effectively, morphine-dependence models need to be established in mice and rats. METHOD The effects of external qi on withdrawal syndrome were examined in naloxone-precipitated mice and rats in three randomized control experiments: naloxone-precipitated test in morphine-dependent mice (n = 100 in 5 groups, 20 mice each group); conditioned position preference test in morphine-abstinent mice (n = 30 for 3 groups, 10 each); and naloxone-precipitated test with paired box in morphine-dependent rats (n = 40 for 4 groups, 10 each). RESULTS These experiments showed that morphine-dependent mice, after external qigong (EQ) therapy, had decreased incidence of jumping and lower jumping frequencies, and attenuated loss of body weight. After EQ therapy, morphine-dependent rats had reduced withdrawal scores and body weight loss was inhibited. In the conditioned place preference test, the time spent in the drug-paired box was significantly shorter for the qigong group than for the morphine group. CONCLUSION These results suggest that qigong might have an inhibitory effect on withdrawal syndrome, and reduce the dependence potential in mice. Three different designs confirm that the impact of qigong therapy on morphine-abstinent mice and rats is reliable and substantial. Further research on the effectiveness and the mechanism of qigong therapy on addiction is warranted.
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- Zhixian Mo
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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The effects of the beta-carbolines, harman and harmine, on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent rats were investigated. Two morphine pellets containing 75 mg morphine base were implanted subcutaneously in the scapular area of adult male Wistar rats (200-250 g) under light ether anesthesia. Rats were then assigned to several groups (n = 12 for each group). Seventy-two hours after morphine implantation, harman (5 and 10 mg/kg), harmine (5 and 10 mg/kg) or saline was injected to rats intraperitoneally (ip). After 45 min, a morphine withdrawal syndrome was precipitated by naloxone (2 mg/kg, ip), and morphine withdrawal signs were observed and evaluated for 15 min. Harmine (5 and 10 mg/kg) attenuated significantly the intensity of all signs of morphine withdrawal except for jumping. While jumping behaviour appearing in morphine withdrawal was intensified by harman (5 and 10 mg/kg) treatment, harmine administration did not produce any significant change in the intensity of this sign. Harman attenuated significantly the intensity of wet dog shakes, writhing, defecation, tremor and ptosis. However, it produced no significant changes in the intensity of teeth chattering and diarrhea. Our results suggest that harman and harmine, beta-carbolines, have some beneficial effects on naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal syndrome in rats. Findings from the present study also indicated that harmine was more effective than harman on morphine abstinence syndrome.
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Smith MA, Yancey DL. Sensitivity to the effects of opioids in rats with free access to exercise wheels: mu-opioid tolerance and physical dependence. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2003; 168:426-34. [PMID: 12709780 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1471-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2002] [Accepted: 03/08/2003] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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RATIONALE Exercise stimulates the release of endogenous opioid peptides and increases nociceptive (i.e. pain) thresholds in both human and animal subjects. During chronic, long-term exercise, sensitivity to the effects of morphine and other mu opioids decreases, leading some investigators to propose that exercise may lead to the development of cross tolerance to exogenously administered opioid agonists. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the effects of chronic exercise on sensitivity to mu opioids, and to determine whether these effects can be attributed to the development of opioid tolerance and dependence. METHODS Rats were obtained at weaning and housed singly in standard polycarbonate cages (sedentary) or modified cages equipped with exercise wheels (exercise). After 6 weeks under these conditions, opioids possessing a range of relative efficacy at the mu receptor (morphine, levorphanol, buprenorphine, butorphanol, nalbuphine) were examined in a warm-water tail-withdrawal procedure. RESULTS Morphine, levorphanol and buprenorphine produced maximal levels of antinociception in both groups of rats, but all were more potent in sedentary rats than in exercising rats. Butorphanol and nalbuphine produced maximal levels of antinociception in sedentary rats under some conditions in which they failed to produce antinociception in exercising rats. Sensitivity to the effects of buprenorphine was decreased in sedentary rats that were transferred to cages equipped with exercise wheels, and increased in exercising rats that were transferred to sedentary housing conditions. In the latter group, exercise output prior to housing reassignment was positively correlated with increases in sensitivity to buprenorphine following housing reassignment. Naloxone administration precipitated a mild withdrawal syndrome in exercising rats that was not readily apparent in sedentary rats. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that chronic exercise leads to the development of mu-opioid tolerance and physical dependence, and that these effects are similar to those produced by chronic opioid administration.
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- Mark A Smith
- Department of Psychology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28035-7037, USA.
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Nitsche JF, Schuller AGP, King MA, Zengh M, Pasternak GW, Pintar JE. Genetic dissociation of opiate tolerance and physical dependence in delta-opioid receptor-1 and preproenkephalin knock-out mice. J Neurosci 2002; 22:10906-13. [PMID: 12486185 PMCID: PMC6758444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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Previous experiments have shown that mice lacking a functional delta-opioid receptor (DOR-1) gene do not develop analgesic tolerance to morphine. Here we report that mice lacking a functional gene for the endogenous ligand preproenkephalin (ppENK) show a similar tolerance deficit. In addition, we found that the DOR-1 and ppENK knock-outs as well as the NMDA receptor-deficient 129S6 inbred mouse strain, which also lacks tolerance, exhibit antagonist-induced opioid withdrawal. These data demonstrate that although signaling pathways involving ppENK, DOR, and NMDA receptor are necessary for the expression of morphine tolerance, other pathways independent of these factors can mediate physical dependence. Moreover, these studies illustrate that morphine tolerance can be genetically dissociated from physical dependence, and thus provide a genetic framework to assess more precisely the contribution of various cellular and molecular changes that accompany morphine administration to these processes.
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- Joshua F Nitsche
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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We determined the susceptibility of two ages of rat pups to become tolerant to and dependent on morphine infusions from osmotic minipumps. Neonatal rats (postnatal day 6; P6) were infused for 72 h with morphine at 0.175 or 0.7 mg/kg/h. On P9, morphine's antinociceptive efficacy was reduced in both groups. P14 infant rats were also infused at 0.7 mg/kg/h. Unlike P9 neonates, morphine's potency was reduced in P17 infant rats, without a loss in efficacy. Yet raising the infusion rate to 1.1 mg/kg/h reduced morphine's efficacy. (3)H-DAMGO D-Ala2, N-MePhe4, Gly5-ol-enkephalin) binding revealed no change in the affinity or density of mu-opioid receptors at any age or in any treatment group. P9 and P17 pups were physically dependent on each infusion dose. Thus, chronic infusion of morphine affected both ages to such an extent that acutely administered morphine doses of even 1,000 mg/kg failed to restore antinociception. However, this effect cannot be attributed to changes in mu-opioid receptor number or affinity.
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- Dawn C Stoller
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Va 23298-0613, USA
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We investigated the possible mechanisms of development of latent learning and morphine dependence by the methods of behavioral pharmacology and confirmed them by using mutant mice. The heterozygous mice for the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene and for the cyclic AMP (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB) binding protein (CBP) gene showed the impairment of latent learning in the water finding task, and these mice did not develop morphine dependence. The spatial learning and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) were normal in the both mutants. TH heterozygous mice showed a reduction of high K(+)-evoked noradrenaline release in the frontal cortex measured by the microdialysis technique and of cAMP content in the brain. In conclusion, the results of mutant mice suggest that the alternation of catecholamine biosynthesis and cAMP signal pathways may play a key role in development of latent learning and morphine dependence, and they furthermore show that the expression of genes mediated by phosphorylated CREB may be involved in the development of latent learning and morphine dependence.
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- Yukihiro Noda
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan
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Dehpour AR, Sadr SS, Azizi MR, Namiranian K, Farahani M, Javidan AN. Lithium inhibits the development of physical dependence to clonidine in mice. Pharmacol Toxicol 2002; 90:89-93. [PMID: 12071431 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2002.900206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Based on our previous finding that chronic lithium treatment reduced naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-treated mice, the effect of chronic lithium treatment was evaluated on the development of dependence to clonidine. Dependence was induced by injection of either morphine (50, 50 and 75 mg/kg, intraperitoneally with 3 hr interval for 3 consecutive days), or clonidine (2 mg/kg/day, intraperitoneally for 10 days). Naloxone (4 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) precipitated withdrawal signs in both morphine- and clonidine-treated mice. Yohimbine (5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) precipitated withdrawal signs in the clonidine-treated mice, similar to morphine withdrawal signs; but failed to precipitate any significant sign in the morphine-treated mice. Coadministration of lithium was carried out by adding lithium chloride to drinking water (600 mg/l for 20 days; 10 days before the beginning of clonidine administration and 17 days before the administration of morphine to allow the lithium concentration to reach steady-state). The results indicated that chronic lithium administration significantly attenuated the withdrawal signs, precipitated either by yohimbine or naloxone, in clonidine-treated mice. As a conclusion, clonidine withdrawal signs are very similar to opioid withdrawal signs, and lithium is able to prevent the development of physical dependence to clonidine.
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- Ahmad Reza Dehpour
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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The opioid-dependent patient presents great challenges for pain management. These challenges are not limited to potential addictive behaviors. In contrast to the profound pain relieving effects of acute opioid intake, chronic opioid intake can promote a counterintuitive state of enhanced pain sensitivity. Multiple biologic mechanisms inducing opioid tolerance and hyperalgesia have recently been elucidated. The potential hyperalgesic state accompanying opioid dependence complicates pain management somewhat for acute pain and cancer pain, but it especially does so for chronic pain. Guidelines for treatment of opioid dependence in the pain patient are proposed. Treatment oriented toward the long term requires limit setting and psychologic support that go beyond simple medication management.
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- J Streltzer
- Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1356 Lusitana Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
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A body of evidence supports that excitatory amino acid systems, particularly glutamatergic one, participate in morphine dependence and naloxone-precipitated withdrawal. In this study, we examined the involvement of glial glutamate transporters, GLT-1 and GLAST, in them. Rats were rendered morphine-dependent by subcutaneous implantation of two 75 mg morphine pellets for 5 days. Intracerebroventricular administration of DL-threo-beta-benzyloxyaspartate, a glutamate transporter inhibitor significantly facilitated various naloxone-precipitated withdrawal signs. By northern blot analysis, the expression of GLT-1 mRNA was found to decrease significantly in the striatum and thalamus of morphine-dependent rats, and to increase significantly in the striatum 2 hr after the naloxone-precipitated withdrawal. On the other hand, there were no significant changes in GLAST mRNA levels in any brain regions. In vivo microdialysis experiments revealed that the extracellular glutamate levels was elevated in the striatum and nucleus accumbens, in which the changes of GLT-1 mRNA level were observed, during naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal. In cultured astrocytes, the expression of GLT-1 mRNA was regulated by agents activating the cAMP pathway, as well as beta-adrenergic agonist and dopamine, but not morphine. These results suggest that the changes of GLT-1 expression, which alter the glutamate uptake and affect the glutamatergic transmission efficiency, play a role in the development of morphine dependence and the expression of morphine withdrawal.
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- T Nakagawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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We compared the physical dependence liability of biphalin, a dimeric enkephalin analogue that possesses high antinociceptive activity, with that of morphine in equipotent intravenous doses. Naloxone challenge produced severe withdrawal signs after a 5-day infusion of morphine but only minor withdrawal signs after a 5-day biphalin infusion. In a cross-dependence study, biphalin did not suppress body weight loss after morphine withdrawal, but successfully suppressed weight loss after pentazocine withdrawal. These data support consideration of biphalin as a new analgesic with a novel pharmacological profile and minimum dependence liability.
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- M Yamazaki
- Intensive Care Unit, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether the A1/A2 receptor agonist, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), and the selective A1 agonist, N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), induced physical dependence by quantifying specific antagonist-precipitated withdrawal syndromes in conscious rats. In addition, the presence of bidirectional cross-withdrawal was also investigated. The agonists were administered s.c. to groups of rats at 12 h intervals. Antagonists were administered s.c., 12 hours after the last dose, followed by observation and measurement of faecal output for 20 min. NECA (4 x 0.03 mg kg(-1), s.c) and CPA (4 x 0.03, 0.1 and 0.3 mg kg(-1), s.c.) induced physical dependence, as shown by the expression of a significant withdrawal syndrome when challenged with the adenosine A1/A2 receptor antagonist, 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (DMPX, 0.1 mg kg(-1), s.c.) and the A1 antagonist, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (CPDPX, 0.1 mg kg(-1), s.c.) respectively. The syndromes consisted of teeth chattering and shaking behaviours shown to occur in morphine-dependent animals withdrawn with naloxone viz, paw, body and 'wet-dog' shakes, but with the additional behaviours of head shaking and yawning. In further contrast to the opiate withdrawal syndrome, no diarrhoea occurred in the groups of animals treated with adenosine agonists and withdrawn with their respective antagonists. Bidirectional cross-withdrawal syndromes were also revealed when naloxone (3 mg kg(-1), s.c.) was administered to adenosine agonist pre-treated rats and adenosine antagonists were given to morphine pre-treated rats. This study provides further information illustrating that close links exist between the adenosine and opiate systems.
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- I M Coupar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Parkville, Australia.
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Avery JK. Loss prevention case of the month. Outrageous conduct? Tenn Med 2001; 94:198-9. [PMID: 11402784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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- J K Avery
- Risk Management Committee, State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company, Brentwood, USA
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Three major types of opioid receptors, designated mu, delta, and kappa, are widely expressed in the CNS. Development of selective receptor ligands and recent cloning of each receptor have contributed greatly to our increasing knowledge of the neuropharmacological profile of each opioid receptor type. It is of interest to note that they include noncompetitive and allosteric interactions among their types. This review focuses on the functional interaction among these opioid receptor types that contribute to opioid dependence. Various studies provide arguments to support substantial roles for mu-opioid receptors and the possible involvement of delta-opioid receptors in the development of physical and psychological dependence on morphine. Noradrenergic transmission originating in the locus coeruleus is most likely to play the primary causal role in the expression of physical dependence on morphine. In contrast, many studies have pointed to the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway projecting from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens as a critical site for the initiation of psychological dependence on opioids. It is noteworthy as the broad existence of opposing interactions between mu/delta- and kappa-receptors in the brain. The activation of kappa-receptors leads to the suppression of unpleasant mu/delta-mediated side effects such as the rewarding effect. Considering the functional interaction among opioid receptor types, the co-administration of morphine-like compounds with kappa-receptor agonists may constitute a preferable and superior approach to the treatment of pain with fewer side effects.
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- M Narita
- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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To investigate the involvement of catecholamines and/or the cyclic AMP (cAMP) systems in the development of drug dependence, we examined whether morphine dependence was developed in tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) heterozygous (TH+/-) and cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) binding protein (CBP) heterozygous (CBP+/-) mice. Morphine (10 mg/kg) induced place preference in the wild-type mice. In the TH+/- and CBP+/- mice, however, we could not find any morphine-induced place preference. When the wild-type mice pretreated with morphine (10 mg/kg) twice a day for 5 days were challenged with naloxone (5 mg/kg), they showed increased numbers of jumping, rearing and forepaw tremor as a sign of withdrawal symptom and increased level of cAMP in the thalamus/hypothalamus, but not in the striatum. However, increased numbers of jumping and forepaw tremor in the TH+/- and CBP+/- mice and increased level of cAMP in the thalamus/hypothalamus of TH+/- mice were not observed. These results suggest that catecholamines and CBP are involved in the development of morphine dependence, and that some changes in the catecholaminergic and/or cAMP system induced by repeated morphine treatment play an important role in the addiction of morphine.
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- Y Noda
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-cho, Showaku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan.
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The glutamate receptor contributes to excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system and plays an important role in memory acquisition, learning and neurological disorders. Molecular cloning studies have revealed that NMDA receptors consist of two families, the NR1 and NR2A-NR2D subunits, and NMDA receptors are thought to be pentameric or tetrameric complexes of the NR1 subunit with one or more of the NR2 subunits. It has been proposed that NMDA receptors are implicated in the development of opioid dependence. The non-selective NMDA receptor antagonist dizocilpine has been shown to suppress not only physical but also psychological dependence produced by morphine. An intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) treatment with a specific antibody against the carboxyl-terminal region of the NR2B subunit abolishes the morphine-induced place preference, whereas antibodies against the NR1 and NR2A subunits do not affect the rewarding effect of morphine, indicating that the blockade of the NR2B subunit suppresses the development of the morphine-induced rewarding effect. Under these conditions, the NR2B subunit protein is up-regulated in the limbic forebrain of morphine-conditioned mice. These findings suggest that the NMDA receptor, especially NR2B subunit, is an important modulator of the development and/or expression of psychological dependence on morphine.
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- M Narita
- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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Narita M, Yajima Y, Suzuki T. [A new turn of research for morphine dependence]. Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi 2000; 35:283-94. [PMID: 11144149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) developed practical guidelines for pain relief in cancer patients in 1986. Although morphine is a standard opioid analgesic with sufficient analgesic potency, it also has undesirable effects such as drug dependence. Considering the significant of the management of patients with chronic cancer pain, it is no exaggeration to say that the investigation of morphine dependence is now most required research for pain relief. Various studies provide arguments to support substantial roles for mu-opioid receptors associated with the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway and the possible involvement of delta-opioid receptors in the rewarding effect by morphine in animals. By contrast, the activation of kappa-opioid receptors leads to the suppression of this effect of morphine. It is noteworthy that chronic inflammatory nociception enhances endogenous kappa-opioidergic system, leading to the suppression of rewarding effects of morphine. These results obtained from the basic research strongly reflect the clinical results that psychological dependence on morphine is not a major concern when morphine is used to control pain for cancer patients. Another limiting factor in the clinical utilization of opioids is that repeated administration leads to the development of tolerance to opioids. At the cellular level, phosphorylation of opioid receptors by protein kinases, especially G-protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) and protein kinase C (PKC), is likely to play a major role in these tolerant and dependent states. We recently found that repeated administration of mu-agonist causes a down regulation of mu-receptor-mediated G-protein activation, which is associated with a specific upregulation of PKC gamma isoform. We therefore propose that PKC gamma may play a critical role in the development of morphine tolerance.
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- M Narita
- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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The effects of opioid (e.g., morphine) withdrawal on levels of endogenous opioid peptides and their mRNA in the various brain regions have been studied. However, the role of this opioidergic mechanism in the mediation of opioid withdrawal is not fully understood. Preproenkephalin (PPE) mRNA in the caudal periaqueductal gray (cPAG), an important brain region in opioid withdrawal, is increased by both opioid antagonist (naloxone)-precipitated and spontaneous morphine withdrawal, but not by various other stresses in rats, indicating a role of endogenous enkephalins in the cPAG in morphine withdrawal. In addition, PPE mRNA levels in the cPAG increase in the course of the dissipation of morphine withdrawal, and they are returned to the control levels after disappearance of morphine withdrawal signs. Local administration of an enkephalin analog or peptidase inhibitors into the cPAG suppresses morphine withdrawal signs. These facts suggest that enkephalinergic neurons in the PAG may have a critical role in the recovery phase of morphine withdrawal. Recently, an involvement of transcription factors in morphine withdrawal has been suggested. Thus, the possible role of transcription factors in the regulation of PPE gene expression in the cPAG during morphine withdrawal is also discussed.
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- Y Fukunaga
- Department of Pharmacology, Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama-City, Japan
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Cuéllar B, Fernández AP, Lizasoain I, Moro MA, Lorenzo P, Bentura ML, Rodrigo J, Leza JC. Up-regulation of neuronal NO synthase immunoreactivity in opiate dependence and withdrawal. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2000; 148:66-73. [PMID: 10663419 DOI: 10.1007/s002130050026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RATIONALE Nitric oxide (NO) has been postulated to contribute significantly to analgesic effects of opiates as well as to the development of tolerance and physical dependence to morphine. OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of chronic morphine treatment and abstinence on the expression of neuronal NO synthase (neuronal NOS, nNOS) in several brain regions of mice. METHODS Seven days after the implantation of a 75 mg morphine pellet, adult male CD1 mice received a SC dose of 1 mg/kg naloxone. Fifteen minutes after the naloxone injection, brains were removed and nNOS expression was studied by using immunohistochemical methods. RESULTS Morphine-dependence produced an increase in the number of nNOS-positive cells in the main and accessory olfactory bulb, olfactory nuclei, cerebellum, locus coeruleus, medulla oblongata (nucleus of the solitary tract and prepositus hypoglossal nucleus), and a decrease in nNOS immunoreactivity in hypothalamus. The administration of naloxone to morphine-dependent mice to induce abstinence increased nNOS immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus and locus coeruleus. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that the chronic treatment with morphine leads to alterations in nNOS expression in important regions implicated in the physical tolerance and dependence to opiates and suggest the use of specific inhibitors of this isoform in these conditions.
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- B Cuéllar
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Belozertseva IV, Andreev BV. [The effect of GABA-positive agents on the formation of morphine dependence and on the manifestations of a withdrawal syndrome]. Eksp Klin Farmakol 2000; 63:19-23. [PMID: 10763104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Experiments on mice showed that the GABA-positive preparations (THIP, baclofen, fenibut, valproate sodium) intraperitoneally injected in the course of the morphine addiction development (double daily subcutaneous injections at a dose increasing from 10 to 100 mg/kg over a period of 8 days) and, to a greater extent, upon cessation of the morphine injections, partly reduce manifestations of the naloxone-enhanced (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.) daily abstinence, as evaluated by the hopping activity and pair interaction tests.
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- I V Belozertseva
- Val'dman Institute of Pharmacology, Pavlov Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Fang F, Cao Q, Song F, Liu J. [Effects of long-term morphine exposure on the cAMP system and c-Fos phosphorylation in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1999; 21:262-7. [PMID: 12567447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To further understand the effects of long-term morphine exposure on the cAMP system and c-Fos phosphorylation in differentiated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. METHODS Cellular changes of cAMP, PKA and c-Fos were detected by protein competitive conjunction, enzyme activity and isotope incorporation methods respectively. RESULTS (1) Long-term exposure (2 min-36 h) to morphine (100 mumol/L) could induce the biphasic changes in cAMP contents. Treament for 2 min to 1 h, morphine caused rapid and siginificant decrease of the cAMP level and then gradully recovered and apparently increased at 36 h. At that time, naloxone added to the incubation media caused an overshoot of cellular cAMP; (2) Long-term exposure to morphine could also induce the biphasic changes in cytosolic PKA activity. This is consistent with the changes of cAMP during the chronic treatment of cells with morphine. But no changes were observed in membrane PKA activity; (3) In morphine dependent-like cells decreased c-Fos phosphorylation level was observed. PKA inhibitor could significantly inhibit this change; (4) Concomitant administration of naloxone could block the changes in PKA activity and c-Fos phosphorylation described above. CONCLUSIONS The up-regulation of cAMP system in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells may be involved in the development of morphine dependent and in morphine dependent-like SH-SY5Y cells and PKA was suggested to regulate c-Fos dephosphorylation through activating phosphatase and then activate some genes transcription, which might be one of the important mechanism regardingas cellular adaptive responses underlying dependence to opioid drugs.
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- F Fang
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100005
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This study was performed to measure absorption of morphine from the injection site following treatment of rats with slow-release emulsions formulated with morphine hydrochloride and morphine base. Samples of emulsion were collected from the injection site of halothane anesthetized animals at 24 and 48 h following emulsion treatment and concentrations of morphine remaining in the emulsion were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In another group of morphine-treated rats, at times equivalent to collecting samples of emulsion, the intensity of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal behaviors was monitored. Both morphine base- and hydrochloride-containing emulsions induced a high degree of physical dependence in animals treated over 48 h. Release of morphine from emulsions containing morphine base was slower than that from the hydrochloride formulations. In the 24-h morphine base-treated animals, approximately 45% was absorbed from the injection site as opposed to 99% in the 24-h morphine hydrochloride-treated animals. These results suggest that morphine base containing emulsions provide a more sustained exposure to the opioid.
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- A Salem
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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The possibility that naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal behaviors varied qualitatively over the course of the year was investigated. The experiments were carried out at monthly intervals over a 2-year period using rats treated with a morphine-containing slow-release emulsion. The results obtained from these experiments were equivocal, neither providing support for seasonal variance in the expression of the opiate abstinence syndrome, nor showing a complete lack of time-related differences. Although some behavioral signs of opiate abstinence showed seasonally related alterations in frequency over one of the years, this was not consistent from one year to another. It was therefore concluded that no significant relationship between the severity of the abstinence syndrome and the time of the year in which the experiment carried out could be demonstrated.
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- A Salem
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Baños JE. [Pain and opioids: reasons for an injustice]. Med Clin (Barc) 1997; 109:294-6. [PMID: 9379751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Ohta S, Niwa M, Nozaki M, Asano T, Takeda T, Dohi S. [Changes in alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding nature in guinea-pig brain following the development of morphine dependence]. Masui 1997; 46:640-3. [PMID: 9185461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We examined the effect of morphine dependence on alpha 2-adrenoceptors in guinea-pig brain. We also studied the influence of clonidine on the naloxone-induced withdrawal signs. 1. Guinea-pigs were implanted subcutaneously with MS contin (300 mg.kg-1). Two days after implantation, the binding of 3H-UK14304 (alpha 2 selective ligand) to brain membranes prepared from morphine dependent and control animals was determined. Scatchard plot of the saturation binding data revealed an increase in Bmax values and no change in the Kd values from dependent animals. These results indicate that brain alpha 2-adrenoceptors are up-regulated in morphine dependent guinea pigs. 2. Subcutaneous injection of naloxone on the 2 nd day after implantation caused characteristic withdrawal symptoms. Clonidine has been shown to reduce some opiate withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent animals.
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- S Ohta
- Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, University School of Medicine, Gifu
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Verbitskaia EV, Kudriashova MF. [The effect of ritanserin on the formation and expression of an opiate abstinence syndrome]. Eksp Klin Farmakol 1997; 60:19-21. [PMID: 9162274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The described dependence was formed in mice [correction of rats] by subcutaneous injections of morphine in doses growing from 10 to 100 mg/kg (8 days, twice a day). The effect of 5-HT2 receptor blocker ritanserine (1, 5, and 10 mg/kg) on expression of the abstinence syndrome (according to the behavioral and somato-autonomic parameters) 24 h after morphine discontinuation was studied. Ritanserine attenuated the manifestation of some abstinence parameters associated with activation of the serotonin system in formation of the dependence. The effect was less in expression of abstinence.
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