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  • Title: Spinal delta 2 but not delta 1 opioid receptors are involved in intracerebroventricular beta-endorphin-induced antinociception in the mouse.
    Author: Tseng LF, Collins KA, Portoghese PS.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1993; 52(19):PL211-5. PubMed ID: 8387138.
    Abstract:
    The antinociception induced by beta-endorphin given intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) has been previously demonstrated to be mediated by the release of Met-enkephalin and subsequent stimulation of delta receptors in the spinal cord for antinociception. The present study was designed to determine what type of opioid receptor, delta 1 or delta 2, in the spinal cord is involved in i.c.v. beta-endorphin-induced antinociception. Antinociception was assessed by the tail-flick test in male ICR mice. NTB (0.2-20 nmol) and NTI (0.22-2.2 nmol), selective delta 2 receptor antagonists, given intrathecally (i.t.) dose-dependently attenuated i.c.v. beta-endorphin-induced inhibition of the tail-flick response. On the other hand, BNTX (0.02-2.2 nmol), a selective delta 1 receptor antagonist, given i.t., did not block i.c.v. beta-endorphin-induced antinociception. The tail-flick inhibition induced by DAMGO, a mu receptor agonist, or U50,488H, a kappa receptor agonist, was not blocked by i.t. BNTX, NTB or NTI. It is concluded that delta 2 but not delta 1 receptors in the spinal cord are involved in i.c.v. beta-endorphin-induced antinociception.
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