title: Inhibitory effect of intracerebroventricularly-administered [D-Arg(2), beta-Ala(4)]-dermorphin (1-4) on gastrointestinal transit.
abstract: The inhibitory effect of intracerebroventricularly-administered [D-Arg(2), beta-Ala(4)]-dermorphin (1-4) (TAPA), a highly selective mu(1)-opioid receptor agonist, on mouse gastrointestinal transit was compared with that of morphine and [D-Ala(2), N-methyl-Phe(4), Gly(5)-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO). When administered intracerebroventricularly 5 min before the oral injection of charcoal meal, TAPA (10-100 pmol), morphine (0.25-4 nmol), and DAMGO (20-80 pmol) dose-dependently inhibited gastrointestinal transit of charcoal. The inhibitory effect of each mu-opioid receptor agonist was completely antagonized by naloxone, a nonselective opioid receptor antagonist. The inhibitory effects of morphine and DAMGO were significantly antagonized by both beta-funaltrexamine, a selective mu-opioid receptor antagonist, and naloxonazine, a selective mu(1)-opioid receptor antagonist. In contrast, the inhibitory effect of TAPA was not affected at all by beta-funaltrexamine, naloxonazine, nor-binaltorphimine (a selective kappa-opioid receptor antagonist), or naltrindole (a selective delta-opioid receptor antagonist). These results suggest that the inhibitory effect of TAPA on gastrointestinal transit may be mediated through an opioid receptor mechanism different from that of morphine and DAMGO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niijima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tan-No
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esashi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagawasai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tadano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yonezawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kisara
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002606:Charcoal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)- / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009270:Naloxone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009842:Oligopeptides; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D002606:Charcoal; D009270:Naloxone; C051844:norbinaltorphimine; D009271:Naltrexone; C024524:beta-funaltrexamine; D009020:Morphine; C053416:tyrosyl-alanyl-phenylalanyl-glycine; C034643:naloxonazine; C055382:naltrindole