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NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Dual Effects of DAMGO [D-Ala²,N-Me-Phe⁴,Gly⁵-ol]-Enkephalin and CTAP (D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Arg-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH₂) on Adenylyl Cyclase Activity: Implications for µ-Opioid Receptor G_s Coupling

Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York (M.S., A.R.G.); Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary (M.S.); and Department of Medical Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (K.B.)

The µ-opioid receptor (MOR) couples to multiple G proteins, of which coupling to G_s has long been debated. As expected, in opioid naive Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing recombinant MOR, the predominant action of [D-Ala²,N-Me-Phe⁴,Gly⁵-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO) is inhibitory. However, inactivation of G_i/G_o proteins via pertussis toxin (PTX) unmasks its ability to facilitate forskolin activation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity. Tolerance develops to this effect of DAMGO, which can also be attenuated by cholera toxin (CTX). The latter suggests G mediation. D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Arg-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH₂ (CTAP), previously considered to be a neutral MOR antagonist, also produces a facilitation of forskolin (FSK) activation of AC that is augmented by chronic morphine. Facilitative effects of CTAP in naive as well as its augmentation in tolerant membranes are both substantially reduced by CTX. This suggests that not only G_s mediation but also G_s-linked signaling is critical to the chronic morphine-induced enhanced facilitative action of CTAP. Interestingly, the (augmented) CTAP facilitation of FSK-stimulated AC activity that is observed in opioid tolerant (but not in naive) membranes is also sensitive to PTX. This can best be explained by postulating the involvement of G_i-derived G, which would stimulate type 2 ACs, conditional on the presence of activated G_s. The emergence of a G dimension of AC stimulation by CTAP after chronic morphine could explain its ability to augment the stimulatory action of CTAP on AC. These results support putative MOR coupling to G_s and underscore the multifaceted nature and plasticity of MOR G protein coupling.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Alan Gintzler, Box 8, Department of Biochemistry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203. E-mail: agintzler{at}netmail.hscbklyn.edu

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