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GX/Z and Gi2 transducer proteins on μ/δ opioid-mediated supraspinal antinociception

1993; Elsevier BV; Volume: 53; Issue: 23 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0024-3205(93)90166-z

1879-0631

Pilar Sánchez‐Blázquez, JoséLuis Juarros, Yolanda Martínez-Peña, Marián Castro, Javier Garzón,

Ion channel regulation and function

Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of immune sera raised against Gi2 alpha subunits to mice, significantly reduced the supraspinal antinociceptive effect of opioids when evaluated 24 h later in the tail-flick test. Antisera directed against Gi1 alpha subunits did not modify this opioid activity. In mice injected with sera anti-Gx/z alpha, the mu-preferential agonists, DAMGO and morphine, and the endogenous mu/delta opioid peptide beta-endorphin-(1-31) displayed a reduced antinociceptive activity, whereas, the potency of the delta-selective agonists DPDPE and [D-Ala2]Deltorphin II, was not altered. This reduction was present for 3 to 7 days and returned to the control values after 10 days. Anti-Gi2 alpha and anti-Gx/z alpha, but not anti-Gi1 alpha, reduced the specific binding of [3H]DAMGO to the opioid receptor in PAG. These results suggest the ability of the mu receptor to interact in vivo with different classes of G transducer proteins (Gx/z/Gi2) to produce an effect. This work also indicates a functional role of the pertussis toxin insensitive Gx/z protein, on the mu-mediated (but not delta-mediated) supraspinal antinociception in mice.