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NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Differential Mechanisms of Antianalgesia Induced by Endomorphin-1 and Endomorphin-2 in the Ventral Periaqueductal Gray of the Rat

Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The effects of pretreatment with endomorphin-1 (EM-1) and endomorphin-2 (EM-2) given into the ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) to induce antianalgesia against the tail-flick (TF) inhibition produced by morphine given into the vPAG were studied in rats. Pretreatment with EM-1 (3.5-28 nmol) given into vPAG for 45 min dose-dependently attenuated the TF inhibition produced by morphine (9 nmol) given into vPAG. Similarly, pretreatment with EM-2 (1.7-7.0 nmol) for 45 min also attenuated the TF inhibition induced by morphine; however, a high dose of EM-2 (14 nmol) did not attenuate the morphine-produced TF inhibition. The attenuation of morphine-produced TF inhibition induced by EM-2 or EM-1 pretreatment was blocked by pretreatment with µ-opioid antagonist (-)-naloxone (55 pmol) but not nonopioid (+)-naloxone (55 pmol). However, pretreatment with a morphine-6-glucuronide-sensitive µ-opioid receptor antagonist 3-methoxynaltrexone (6.4 pmol) selectively blocked EM-2- but not EM-1-induced antianalgesia. Pretreatment with dynorphin A(1-17) antiserum reversed only EM-2- but not EM-1-induced antianalgesia. Pretreatment with antiserum against -endorphin, [Met⁵]enkephalin, [Leu⁵]enkephalin, substance P or cholecystokinin, or with -opioid receptor antagonist naltrindole (2.2 nmol) or -opioid receptor antagonist norbinaltorphimine (6.6 nmol) did not affect EM-2-induced antianalgesia. It is concluded that EM-2 selectively releases dynorphin A(1-17) by stimulation of a novel subtype of µ-opioid receptor, tentatively designated as µ₃ in the vPAG to induce antianalgesia, whereas the antianalgesia induced by EM-1 is mediated by the stimulation of another subtype of µ₁- or µ₂-opioid receptor.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Leon F. Tseng, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Education Building, Room M4308, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226. E-mail: ltseng{at}post.its.mcw.edu

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