title: Involvement of NMDA receptors and nitric oxide in the thermoregulatory effect of morphine in mice.
abstract: Morphine has long been known to have potent effects on body temperature. It has been suggested that both N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and nitric oxide (NO) pathway are involved in thermoregulation and also known to play important roles in some of morphine effects. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the contribution of NMDA receptors and NO to the thermoregulatory effect of morphine. Morphine produced a hypothermic effect, especially at the dose of 10mg/kg. Ketamine (5-40mg/kg, i.p.) and N(G)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME, 1-100mg/kg, i.p.) also produced hypothermic effects with their higher doses. At doses which themselves produced no effect on colonic temperature in mice, both ketamine (10mg/kg, i.p.) and L-NAME (10mg/kg, i.p.) enhanced the hypothermic effect of morphine (10mg/kg, i.p.). These results further support the relationship between NO and NMDA receptors and suggest a possible role of NMDA-NO pathway in the thermoregulatory effect of morphine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey. farmakoloji@trakya.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulugol
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dost
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dokmeci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akpolat
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Karadag
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dokmeci
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007649:Ketamine; D009020:Morphine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester