EVIDENCE FROM OPIATE BINDING-STUDIES THAT HEROIN ACTS THROUGH ITS METABOLITES
EVIDENCE FROM OPIATE BINDING-STUDIES THAT HEROIN ACTS THROUGH ITS METABOLITES
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(83)90616-1
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
SIMON, EJ
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作者:
INTURRISI, CE;SCHULTZ, M;SIMON, EJ
The relative affinity to opiate receptors of heroin, 6-acetylmorphine and morphine was estimated by determining their ability to displace specifically bound3H-naltrexone from rat brain opiate binding sites. In vitro hydrolysis of heroin to 6-acetylmorphine was monitored in the binding assay filtrate by use of a quantitative HPLC procedure. The rate of heroin hydrolysis was significantly slower at 0°C than at 37°C. The displacement of 1 nM3H-naltrexone by unlabeled ligand at concentrations ranging from 7 to 500 nM was measured at 0°C for 120 minutes, yielding IC50values of heroin = 483 nM, 6-acetylmorphine = 73 nM and morphine = 53 nM. When the binding data for heroin were recalculated to include the displacement that could be attributed to the 6-acetylmorphine derived from heroin degradation during the incubation, all of the apparent heroin binding was accounted for by the 6-acetylmorphine. These results are consistent with previous reports of the low binding affinity of morphine congeners (e.g., codeine) that lack a free phenolic 3-hydroxyl group and support the view that heroin is a prodrug which serves to determine the distribution of its intrinsically active metabolites, 6-acetylmorphine and morphine.