Acute intermittent morphine increases preprodynorphin and kappa opioid receptor mRNA levels in the rat brain.
| Autor: | Wang XM; Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University, Box 171, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA., Zhou Y, Spangler R, Ho A, Han JS, Kreek MJ |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Brain research. Molecular brain research [Brain Res Mol Brain Res] 1999 Mar 20; Vol. 66 (1-2), pp. 184-7. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00021-2 |
| Abstrakt: | We determined the effects of morphine on mRNA levels for the opioid ligands preprodynorphin (PPD) and preproenkephalin (PPE) and the kappa opioid receptor (KOR). Rats received six injections of morphine (6.25 mg/kg/injection) every 2 h, and were sacrificed 30 min later. mRNA levels were measured in brain tissue after removal of the cortex, cerebellum and brainstem. There were increases in PPD and KOR mRNA levels (P<0.05 and P<0.005, respectively), with no alteration of PPE. These alterations in the kappa/dynorphin system may counter morphine-induced effects on the brain. (Copyright 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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