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  • Title: The antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in diabetic mice.
    Author: Kamei J, Zushida K, Ohsawa M, Nagase H.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 2000 Mar 10; 391(1-2):91-6. PubMed ID: 10720639.
    Abstract:
    The antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2, endogenous mu-opioid receptor agonists, were examined using the tail-flick test in non-diabetic and diabetic mice. Endomorphin-1, at doses of 1 to 10 microg, i.c.v., and endomorphin-2, at doses of 3 to 30 microg, i.c.v., each dose dependently inhibited the tail-flick response in both non-diabetic and diabetic mice. There was no significant difference between the antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 in non-diabetic mice and diabetic mice. The antinociceptive effect of endomorphin-2 was greater in non-diabetic mice than in diabetic mice. In non-diabetic mice, the antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 were significantly reduced by beta-funaltrexamine, a mu-opioid receptor antagonist, and naloxonazine, a selective mu(1)-opioid receptor antagonist, but not by naltrindole, a delta-opioid receptor antagonist, or nor-binaltorphimine, a kappa-opioid receptor antagonist. In diabetic mice, the antinociceptive effect of endomorphin-2 was significantly reduced by beta-funaltrexamine and naloxonazine. However, these micro-opioid receptor antagonists had no significant effect on the antinociceptive effect of endomorphin-1 in diabetic mice. The antinociception induced by endomorphin-1 in diabetic mice was significantly reduced by naltrindole and 7-benzylidenenaltrexon, a selective delta(1)-opioid receptor antagonist, administered i.c.v. However, nor-binaltorphimine had no significant effect on the antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in diabetic mice. These results indicate that the antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in non-diabetic mice are mediated through the activation of mu(1)-opioid receptors, whereas in diabetic mice, endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 may produce antinociception through different actions at delta(1)- and mu(1)-opioid receptors, respectively.
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