These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Nociceptin/orphanin FQ activates mitogen-activated protein kinase in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing opioid receptor-like receptor.
    Author: Lou LG, Zhang Z, Ma L, Pei G.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1998 Mar; 70(3):1316-22. PubMed ID: 9489755.
    Abstract:
    The effect of nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ), an endogenous ligand for the newly identified opioid receptor-like (ORL1) receptor, on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was investigated in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing ORL1 receptor. N/OFQ rapidly stimulated phosphorylation and activity of MAPK (p42 and p44 isoforms) in a concentration-dependent manner. The p42 isoform was preferentially activated by N/OFQ. Maximal activation (5.4 +/- 1.2-fold of basal for p42 isoform) was achieved after a 1-min exposure of cells to 100 nM N/OFQ. The activation was blocked completely by pretreatment with pertussis toxin, but was not reversed by naloxone. U-73122, a phospholipase C-specific inhibitor, significantly inhibited phospholipase C activity, as well as MAPK activation stimulated by N/OFQ. Furthermore, N/OFQ-stimulated MAPK activation was suppressed by a protein kinase C-specific inhibitor, chelerythrine. The results demonstrate that N/OFQ can effectively stimulate MAPK by the activation of ORL1 receptor and pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, and that phospholipase C, as well as protein kinase C, is critically involved in these processes.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]