title: Endogenous opioid regulation of norepinephrine release in guinea pig hippocampus.
abstract: Release of endogenous norepinephrine was detected in guinea pig hippocampal slices using a radioligand displacement assay. Focal electrical stimulation released endogenous norepinephrine and caused a calcium-dependent reduction in specific [3H]propranolol binding at beta-adrenergic receptors in the brain slice. The mu-opioid agonist PL017 decreased norepinephrine release, and the inhibition by PL017 could be blocked by the opioid antagonist naloxone. Endogenous opioid peptides concomitantly released by tissue stimulation also decreased norepinephrine release in a naloxone-sensitive manner. These results support the hypothesis that endogenous opioids can regulate excitability in the hippocampus by presynaptic modulation of norepinephrine release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Caudle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chavkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004723:Endorphins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins; D009270:Naloxone; C044708:morphiceptin, N-Me-Phe(3)-; D011433:Propranolol; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine