title: [NO involvement in mediation of spinal neuron sensitization in morphine-withdrawal rats].
abstract: The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on the activation of spinal cord neurons were studied using immunocytochemistry, intrathecal injection and antisense oligonucleotides (AS-ONs) techniques in morphine-withdrawal rats. Acute administration of naloxone and chronic administration of morphine changed neither the expression of Fos-LI and NADPH-d positive neurons nor the expression of Fos/NADPH-d double-labeled neurons in the spinal cord of rats. Fos-LI, NADPH-d positive and Fos/NADPH-d double-labeled neurons were increased significantly in number in morphine-withdrawal rats and they were observed in all the laminae of the spinal cord. Intrathecal injection of L-NA, nNOS antisense oligonucleotides significantly inhibited the expression of Fos-LI in the spinal cord and decreased the scores for morphine-withdrawal symptoms in morphine-withdrawal rats, but not in nNOS-S group. The results suggest that NO mediates the spinal neurons sensitization in morphine-withdrawal rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009020:Morphine