title: Effects of selective opiate antagonists on morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl.
abstract: Although morphine typically produces analgesia in a variety of species, recent research has identified a biological model in which morphine produces a naloxone-reversible, paradoxical hyperalgesic response to a noxious thermal stimulus in young domestic fowl. The present study examined opioid receptor-mediation of this atypical opiate effect. Patterns of morphine hyperalgesia (1.25 to 5.0 mg/kg IM) were examined on a standard hot-plate test following administration (10 micrograms/5 microliters ICV) of the mu antagonist beta-funaltrexamine, the delta antagonist naltrindole, or the kappa antagonist nor-binaltorphimine in 15-day-old White Leghorn cockerels. Respiration measures were also recorded because they are indicative of opiate effects. Morphine produced a dose-dependent decrease in mean jump latencies (i.e., hyperalgesic effect). Mu receptor antagonism attenuated this morphine-induced hyperalgesic effect. Kappa receptor antagonism attenuated morphine-induced hyperalgesia only at the highest morphine dose (i.e., 5.0 mg/kg) and delta receptor antagonism failed to attenuate morphine-induced hyperalgesia. These results suggest that morphine-induced hyperalgesia, like morphine-induced analgesia, is mediated primarily by mu receptor activation.
authors.affiliation: Neuropharmacology Laboratory, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311-4505.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Sufka
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giordano
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D009019:Morphinans / Q000494:pharmacology; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D009019:Morphinans; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; C051844:norbinaltorphimine; D009271:Naltrexone; C024524:beta-funaltrexamine; D009020:Morphine; C055382:naltrindole