μ opioid receptor knockout in mice:: effects on ligand-induced analgesia and morphine lethality
μ opioid receptor knockout in mice:: effects on ligand-induced analgesia and morphine lethality
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DOI:
10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00353-7
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发表时间:
1998-03-01
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Wei, LN
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作者:
Loh, HH;Liu, HC;Wei, LN
The mu opioid receptor gene (MOR) was mutated in mice by a gene targeting procedure. In these MOR-knockout mice, the analgesic effects of morphine, its major metabolites, morphine-6-glucuronide (M-6-G) and morphine-6-ethereal sulfate (M-6-S), and endomorphin-2, as well as morphine-induced lethality, were drastically reduced, whereas the effects of DPDPE and U50488 remained unchanged. It is concluded that analgesic effects of mu-specific opioid ligands and acute morphine lethality are mediated by the mu receptor. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.