title: Role of spleen or spleen products in the deficiency in morphine-induced analgesia in diabetic mice.
abstract: We examined the possibility that the spleen or factor(s) derived from spleen mononuclear cells are involved in the deficient mu-opioid receptor-mediated analgesia encountered in diabetic mice. Splenectomized diabetic mice had a significantly higher sensitivity to morphine analgesia than untreated or sham-operated diabetic mice. Naive recipient mice injected with mononuclear spleen cells from diabetic mice exhibited a lower sensitivity to morphine analgesia than vehicle-treated naive mice. These results suggest that some factor(s) derived from spleen mononuclear cells may play an important, direct or indirect role in the selective reduction in mu-agonist-mediated analgesia in diabetic mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasuya
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000502:physiology*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D013154:Spleen / Q000637:transplantation*; D013156:Splenectomy
chemical_list: D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D009020:Morphine