PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F Guerrero-Munoz
AU  - K V Cerreta
AU  - M L Guerrero
AU  - E L Way
TI  - Effect of morphine on synaptosomal Ca++ uptake.
DP  - 1979 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 132--136
VI  - 209
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/209/1/132.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/209/1/132.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1979 Apr 01; 209
AB  - The effect of morphine on the uptake of 45Ca++ was studied in synaptosomes from mouse brain using two procedures, centrifugation and filtration. The addition of morphine (1.7 x 10(-7) or 3.4 x 10(-7) M) reduced 45CA++ uptake by either technique, although the basal 45Ca++ uptake by the filtration method was approximately 7-fold higher than that by the centrifugation procedure. Similar effects were obtained after acute morphine treatment with 10 mg/kg s.c. Previous naloxone in vitro treatment (1.9 x 10(-8) M) or in vivo administration (2 mg/kg s.c.) reversed the morphine inhibition of the 45Ca++ uptake. On the other hand, after the animal was rendered tolerant and dependent by morphine pellet implantation, an enhancement of the synaptosomal 45Ca++ uptake was observed. It is concluded that changes in Ca++ fluxes in synaptosomes observed after acute and chronic morphine treatment may be involved with morphine pharmacological action related with analgesia, tolerance and physical dependence.