title: Pertussis and cholera toxins modulate kappa-opioid receptor agonists-induced hypothermia and gut inhibition.
abstract: In mice pretreated intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) with either saline (10 microliters/mouse), pertussis (1 microgram/mouse) or cholera (2.5 micrograms/mouse) toxins, effect of kappa-opioid receptor agonists on the colonic temperature and charcoal meal transit time were assessed. The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, trans-(+)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-[2-(1- pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexyl]-benzeneacetamide methane sulfonate hydrate (U-50488H, 50, 100 and 200 micrograms/mouse, i.c.v.) produced dose dependent hypothermia. Pertussis toxin pretreatment (72 and/or 144 h before) antagonized (P < 0.05) the hypothermic effect of U-50488H (100 micrograms/mouse) and (+)-trans-N-methyl-N-[2-(1- pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexyl[benz[b]-thio-phene-4-acetamide (PD 117302, 30 micrograms/mouse). In contrast, cholera toxin pretreatment (48 and/or 96 h before) did not antagonize the hypothermic effect of the kappa-opioid receptor agonists. Moreover, both i.c.v. and intrathecal (i.t.) administration of kappa-opioid receptor agonists, U-50488H, }[5R-(5 alpha,7 alpha,8 beta)]-(+/-)-N-methyl-N-[7-(1- pyrrolidinyl)-1-oxaspiro[4,5]dec-8-yl]-benzeneacetamide¿ (U-69593) and PD 117302, produced dose dependent inhibition of the charcoal meal transit. Cholera toxin pretreatment (48 and 96 h before) augmented (P < 0.05) the antitransit effect of i.c.v. administered U-50488H (100 micrograms/mouse), U-69593 (100 micrograms/mouse) and PD 117302 (50 micrograms/mouse). However, pertussis toxin pretreatment did not affect the gastrointestinal inhibitory effect of the kappa-opioid receptor agonists. The present results extend our previous results on the effect of kappa-selective agonists on gastrointestinal motility and indicate, like the prototype opiate agonist morphine, kappa-opioid receptor agonists are effective in inhibiting the gastrointestinal motility when administered either by intrathecal or intracerebroventricular routes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turndorf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bansinath
mesh_terms: D019900:3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology; D044482:Benzeneacetamides; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000187:drug effects; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000819:agonists*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D044482:Benzeneacetamides; D011758:Pyrroles; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D013876:Thiophenes; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C054718:PD 117302; D019900:3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; C045444:U 69593