INVOLVEMENT OF CENTRAL MU-OPIOID AND DELTA-OPIOID RECEPTORS IN MEDIATING THE REINFORCING EFFECTS OF BETA-ENDORPHIN IN THE RAT
INVOLVEMENT OF CENTRAL MU-OPIOID AND DELTA-OPIOID RECEPTORS IN MEDIATING THE REINFORCING EFFECTS OF BETA-ENDORPHIN IN THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-2999(90)90153-w
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发表时间:
1990-01-03
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
HERZ, A
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作者:
BALSKUBIK, R;SHIPPENBERG, TS;HERZ, A
An unbiased place preference conditioning procedure was used to identify the central opioid receptor types through which the endogenous opioid peptide, .beta.-endorphin, acts to exert its reinforcing effects in rats in vivo. The intracerebroventricular administration of .beta.-endorphin, and selective .mu. (DAGO) or .delta. (DPDPE) opioid receptor agonists produced marked preferences for the drug-associated place. Intracerebroventircular pretreatment with the selective .mu. antagonist, CTOP, elimated the place preference produced by DAGO but not that produced by DPDPE. Pretreatment with the selective .delta. antagonist, ICI 174,864, abolished the place preference induced by DPDPE. It did not modify the effect of DAGO. In contrast, pretreatment with either ICI 174,864 or CTOP abolished the effects of .beta.-endorphin. These data demonstrate that both .mu. and .delta. recptors are involved in mediating the reinforcing effect of .beta.-endorphin and indicate that the activation of both receptor types is required for the expression of the motivational effects of .beta.-endorphin. Further they suggest that .beta.-endorphin produces its motivational effects via an interaction with an opioid receptor complex composed of both .mu. and .delta. receptors.