title: A mu-receptor opioid agonist induces AP-1 and NF-kappa B transcription factor activity in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons.
abstract: Activator protein 1 (AP-1) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) represent mammalian transcription factors which bind to distinct enhancer motifs. The specific mu-receptor opioid agonist, Tyr, D-Ala2, Gly, N-Me-Phe4, Gly-ol5 (DAMGO), was found to increase AP-1 and NF-kappa B activity in primary cultures of neurons from rat cerebral cortex. Acute (2 h, 4 h) and long-term (72 h) treatment with DAMGO time-dependently increased the DNA-binding activity of both AP-1 and NF-kappa B and the stimulation could be abolished or inhibited by concurrent incubation with naloxone. However, acute naloxone-precipitated withdrawal did not significantly change AP-1 or NF-kappa B activity. These results indicate a mu-opioid receptor-related co-induction of AP-1 and NF-kappa B transcription factors in cultured cortical neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vlaskovska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cebers
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kasakov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liljequist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terenius
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000819:agonists*; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004745:Enkephalins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-