title: Cholera toxin effects on body temperature changes induced by morphine.
abstract: The present study evaluates the influence of cholera toxin and its B-subunit on thermic responses to morphine in the rats. The holotoxin (1 microg/rat) and the B-subunit (5 microg) were administered ICV and three days later rats were challenged ICV with morphine and tested for changes of body temperature. Cholera toxin, but not its B-subunit, modified the time course of the hyperthermic response induced by a low dose of morphine (2.5 microg), converted the hypothermia due to a higher dose of morphine (18 microg) to a consistent hyperthermia and only partially reduced the greater hypothermia induced by 36 microg of morphine. Cholera toxin-induced modifications of thermic responses to morphine were paralleled with a decreased Gs(alpha) immunoreactivity and a reduced ability for the toxin to catalyse the "in vitro" ADP-ribosylation of Gs(alpha) in hypothalamic membranes. In contrast, at the same time when morphine-induced effects on body temperature were assessed, no changes in pertussis toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation of Gi(alpha)/Go(alpha), or basal adenylate cyclase activity, or binding of mu-opioid receptor selective ligand [3H]-DAMGO were observed in hypothalamic areas from rats treated with cholera toxin. These findings suggest that adaptative events secondary to prolonged activation of Gs(alpha) play a role in the modifications of thermic responses to morphine induced by CTX.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basilico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parenti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parolaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giagnoni
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000187:drug effects; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002384:Catalysis; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D009020:Morphine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases