title: Distribution of opioid peptide receptors in muscles of lean and obese-diabetic mice.
abstract: Autoradiography was used to demonstrate beta-endorphin and delta-opioid receptors in muscles of normal and obese-diabetic mice. The density of the receptors was significantly higher in the obese-diabetic mice. In both normal and diabetic mice, glycolytic and oxidative fibers exhibited the beta-endorphin receptors. However, a significantly greater density of beta-endorphin receptors was observed in the extensor digitorum longus muscles than in the soleus muscles in the diabetic mice. In normal muscles the beta-endorphin receptors were largely restricted to regions where endplates were present, but in the obese-diabetic mice they were densely distributed along the length of the muscle fibers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009045:Motor Endplate / Q000378:metabolism; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009765:Obesity; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase