title: Involvement of opioid receptors in the CGRP8-37-induced inhibition of the activity of wide-dynamic-range neurons in the spinal dorsal horn of rats.
abstract: The present study was performed to explore the involvement of opioid receptors in the calcitonin gene-related peptide 8-37 (CGRP8-37, an antagonist of CGRP receptor)-induced inhibition of the activity of wide-dynamic-range (WDR) neurons in the spinal dorsal horn of rats. Extracellular recording was performed with a multibarrelled glass micropipette, and the chemicals were delivered by micro-iontophoresis. The discharge frequency of WDR neurons was evoked by subcutaneous electrical stimulation applied to the ipsilateral hindpaw. Iontophoretic application of CGRP8-37 by an ejection current of 160 nA induced significant inhibition of the discharge frequency of WDR neurons. The inhibitory effect of CGRP8-37 on the activity of WDR neurons was attenuated by later iontophoretic application of the opioid antagonist naloxone. Furthermore, the effect of CGRP8-37 was attenuated by either iontophoretic application of the kappa-receptor antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (nor-BNI) or the mu-receptor antagonist beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA) but not by the delta-receptor antagonist naltrindole. The results indicate that kappa- and mu-opioid receptors on the membrane of WDR neurons are involved in the modulation of CGRP8-37-induced antinociception in dorsal horn of the spinal cord in rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurobiology, College of Life Sciences, and National Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Peking University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Long-Chuan
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077221:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Antagonists; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020671:Posterior Horn Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000077221:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Antagonists; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; C058636:calcitonin gene-related peptide (8-37); D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide