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  • Title: Dynorphin-mediated antinociceptive effects of L-arginine and SIN-1 (an NO donor) in mice.
    Author: Chung E, Burke B, Bieber AJ, Doss JC, Ohgami Y, Quock RM.
    Journal: Brain Res Bull; 2006 Jul 31; 70(3):245-50. PubMed ID: 16861110.
    Abstract:
    The antinociceptive response of mice to the amino acid L-arginine (L-ARG) has been attributed to either an opioid mechanism or a non-opioid but nitric oxide (NO)-dependent mechanism. Earlier it was reported that the mechanism of nitrous oxide-induced antinociception involved opioid components and was also dependent on brain NO. This study was designed to determine whether the antinociceptive effects of L-ARG and the NO donor 3-morpholinosydnoimine (SIN-1) might be mediated by brain mechanisms similar to those that are responsible for nitrous oxide (N(2)O) antinociception. L-ARG and SIN-1 were administered to mice intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.), and antinociception was assessed using the acetic acid abdominal constriction test. Both L-ARG and SIN-1 caused dose-related antinociceptive effects that were blocked by naloxone and norbinaltorphimine. The antinociceptive effects of both SIN-1 and L-ARG were also blocked to a greater extent by i.c.v. administration of a rabbit antiserum against rat dynorphin 1-13 than an antiserum against methionine-enkephalin, suggesting that the SIN-1 and L-ARG effects may be related to stimulated release of dynorphin. The antinociceptive effect of L-ARG was antagonized by an inhibitor of neuoronal NO synthase enzyme, indicating that L-ARG had to be converted to NO for its antinociceptive action. These findings indicate that the mechanisms of antinociceptive action of L-ARG and SIN-1 are both mediated by dynorphin and dependent on NO.
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