NITROUS-OXIDE SELECTIVELY RELEASES MET(5)-ENKEPHALIN AND MET(5)-ENKEPHALIN-ARG(6)-PHE(7) INTO CANINE 3RD VENTRICULAR CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID
NITROUS-OXIDE SELECTIVELY RELEASES MET(5)-ENKEPHALIN AND MET(5)-ENKEPHALIN-ARG(6)-PHE(7) INTO CANINE 3RD VENTRICULAR CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID
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DOI:
10.1097/00000539-199504000-00003
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发表时间:
1995-04-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
NGAI, SH
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作者:
FINCK, AD;SAMANIEGO, E;NGAI, SH
The rule of the opioid receptor-endogenous opioid peptide system in mediating analgesia induced by nitrous oxide has been a controversial subject. Most previous studies provided only indirect evidence either to support or refute the involvement of opioid receptors and/or endogenous opioid peptides. To provide more direct evidence, we measured concentrations of five naturally occurring endogenous opioid peptides in third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid from eight acclimated dogs with chronically implanted ventricular catheters. Paired samples of cerebrospinal fluid were obtained from each animal when breathing room air or 66-75 vol% nitrous oxide in oxygen through a face mask. Endogenous opioid peptides were physically separated using reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography and quantified using radioimmunoassays. Nitrous oxide inhalation increased cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of met(5)-enkephalin from a control value of 0.30 +/- 0.07 (mean +/- SEM, n = 8) to 42.4 +/- 8.1 pmol/mL (P = 0.0006). Increases ranged from 28 to more than 400 times the control value. Met(5)-enkephalin-arg(6)-phe(7) concentrations also increased from 14.5 +/- 2.5 to 57.6 +/- 17.8 pmol/mL (P = 0.018). No significant changes were noted in concentrations of dynorphin A, dynorphin B, or beta-endorphin. These results directly support the hypothesis that nitrous-oxide-induced analgesia involves the proenkephalin-derived family of endogenous opioid peptides.