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Prostanoids modulate opioid cerebrovascular responses in newborn pigs

WM Armstead, R Mirro, DW Busija and CW Leffler

Laboratory for Research in Neonatal Physiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.

The influences of opioids on pial arteriolar diameter and cortical periarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid prostanoid concentration were investigated in piglets with closed cranial windows. Methionine enkephalin (10(-12)-10(-6) M) increased pial arteriolar diameter (139 +/- 4, 149 +/- 3, 178 +/- 3 microns, for control, 10(-12), and 10(-6) M, respectively). Leucine enkephalin produced similar pial arteriolar dilation. In contrast, dynorphin elicited dilation during normotension and constriction during hypotension. beta-Endorphin (10(-12)-10(-6) M) decreased pial arteriolar diameter (137 +/- 6, 128 +/- 6, 92 +/- 7 microns, for control, 10(-12) and 10(-6) M, respectively). All four opioids increased cerebrospinal fluid 6-keto-prostaglandin (PG)F1 alpha, PGE2, PGF2 alpha and thromboxane B2. Indomethacin (5 mg/kg i.v.) blocked methionine and leucine enkephalin and dynorphin-induced pial arteriolar dilation, but potentiated beta-endorphin-induced constriction and the constriction caused by dynorphin in hypotensive piglets. These data indicate that prostanoids modulate opioid effects on the cerebral vasculature.

Volume 255, Issue 3, pp. 1083-1089, 12/01/1990
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