Evidence for differential opioid mu 1- and mu 2-receptor-mediated regulation of heart rate in the conscious rat.
The possibility that mu-opioid-induced tachycardia and bradycardia could be mediated by different subtypes of the mu-receptor was studied in conscious Sprague-Dawley rats. The selective mu-receptor agonist dermorphin and its analog, TAPS (Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-sarcosine), a putative mu 1-receptor agonist, were given centrally. Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-sarcosine increased the heart rate, the response being inversely correlated to the dose (an increase of 71 +/- 22, 49 +/- 14 and 30 +/- 17 beats/min at doses of 0.3, 3 and 30 pmol, respectively). Dermorphin induced less clear changes in heart rate (maximum increase of 39 +/- 14 beats/min at the dose of 1 pmol). After treatment with the mu 1-selective antagonist naloxonazine (NAZ), TAPS 30 pmol and dermorphin 1 pmol decreased heart rate by -22 +/- 10 and -24 +/- 7 bpm, respectively. The bradycardiac effect of larger doses of dermorphin was potentiated by NAZ (from -25 +/- 8 to -97 +/- 22 bpm) but abolished by the non-selective antagonist naloxone. These data suggest that the high affinity mu 1-opioid receptors mediate tachycardic responses and mu 2-receptors mediate bradycardic responses.
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Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20889.
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D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000502:physiology*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009842:Oligopeptides; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; C030058:dermorphin; D009270:Naloxone; C034643:naloxonazine