title: Opiate receptor mediated hyperthermic responses in rat following Ca++ channel antagonists.
abstract: The effects of morphine sulfate on rectal temperature and on Ca++-stimulated Mg++ATPase activity in crude synaptosomal fraction (P2) of cortex, hypothalamus and cerebellum were investigated in rat. Morphine (3-15 mg/kg, SC) produced hyperthermia at 30-120 min after the drug administration. The Ca++/Mg++ ATPase activity in hypothalamus and cortex was decreased while there was no change in Mg++ ATPase activity. The enzyme activity in cerebellum was not affected. The opiate antagonist naloxone hydrochloride (5 mg/kg, SC) antagonized the effect of morphine on rectal temperature and Ca++/Mg++ ATPase activity. The effects of different calcium channel antagonists (nimodipine 1 mg/kg, verapamil 2.5 mg/kg and diltiazem 10 mg/kg, SC) on the changes induced by morphine were also investigated. These antagonists not only antagonized morphine hyperthermia, but also the inhibitory effect of morphine on Ca++/Mg++ ATPase activity in hypothalamus. The calcium channel agonist BAY K8644 (3 mg/kg, SC) produced hypothermia and also stimulation of Ca++/Mg++ ATPase activity in hypothalamus. Naloxone failed to alter these effects of BAY K8644. These studies demonstrate that Ca++ transport in hypothalamus, as indicated by Ca++/Mg++ ATPase activity, plays an important role in thermoregulation and thermoregulatory changes induced by opiates.
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D009270:Naloxone; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D009020:Morphine; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium