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The effect of intracerebroventricular treatment of mice with pertussis toxin (PTX) on pain perception and 3H-nitrendipine binding was examined to study a possible change in the GTP-binding proteins in morphine tolerant rodents. It was observed that both PTX treatment and chronic administration of morphine cause hyperalgesia in the acetic acid-induced writhing test. Analgesic effects brought by the acute administration of morphine or nifedipine, a calcium antagonist, were not affected by PTX treatment. In synaptic membrane fractions prepared from mice treated with PTX or morphine chronically, specific binding of 3H-nitrendipine was enhanced approximately 41.8% and 35.7%, respectively, without alteration in its affinity. Chronic administration of morphine followed by PTX treatment did not display further increases in 3H-nitrendipine binding.
These results suggest that the PTX-sensitive GTP-binding proteins may not be involved in the manifestation of the analgesic effect of morphine in mice.
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Abbreviations
- PTX:
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Pertussis toxin
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Ohnishi, T., Saito, K., Maeda, S. et al. Intracerebroventricular treatment of mice with pertussis toxin induces hyperalgesia and enhances 3H-nitrendipine binding to synaptic membranes: Similarity with morphine tolerance. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 341, 123–127 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195068
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