title: Pretreatment with beta-endorphin facilitates the attenuation of delta-opioid receptor-mediated antinociception caused by delta-opioid receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.
abstract: Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) pretreatment of male ICR mice with beta-endorphin (0.6 nmol) or intrathecal (i.t.) pretreatment with antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to delta-opioid receptor mRNA (163 pmol) alone given 24 h earlier did not have any effect on i.t. administered delta-opioid receptor agonist [D-Ala2]deltorphin II (6.4 nmol)-induced antinociception. However, a concomitant i.c.v. pretreatments with beta-endorphin (0.08-0.6 nmol) and i.t. pretreatment with delta-opioid receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (163 pmol) for 24 h dose-dependently attenuated i.t. challenged [D-Ala2]deltorphin II-induced antinociception. A concomitant i.c.v. pretreatment with mu-opioid receptor agonist [D-Ala2,N MePhe4,Gly(ol)5]enkephalin (DAMGO) or kappa-opioid receptor agonist U50,488H and i.t. pretreatment with delta-opioid receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide for 24 h did not affect i.t. challenged [D-Ala2]deltorphin II-induced antinociception. beta-Endorphin given supraspinally has been documented to release [Met5]enkephalin acting on delta-opioid receptors in the spinal cord. Our results indicate that supraspinal pretreatment with beta-endorphin selectively causes a loss of spinal delta-opioid receptor-mediated antinociception in mice receiving delta-opioid receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Tseng
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Narita
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Kampine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000187:drug effects*; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D001615:beta-Endorphin