Morphine tolerance increases [3H]MK‐801 binding affinity and constitutive neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in rat spinal cord
Morphine tolerance increases [3H]MK‐801 binding affinity and constitutive neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in rat spinal cord
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10.1093/bja/85.4.587
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2000-10
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Chih-Shung Wong;M. Hsu;Y. Chou;P. Tao;C. Tung
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Chih-Shung Wong;M. Hsu;Y. Chou;P. Tao;C. Tung
N -Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors inhibit morphine tolerance. In the present study, a lumbar subarachnoid polyethylene (PE 10 ) catheter was implanted for drug administration to study alterations in NMDA receptor activity and NOS protein expression in a morphine-tolerant rat spinal model. Antinociceptive tolerance was induced by intrathecal (i.t.) morphine infusion (10 μg h −1 ) for 5 days. Co-administered (+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro- 5 H -dibenzo[ a , d ]cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate (MK-801) (10 μg h −1 i.t.) with morphine was used to inhibit the development of morphine tolerance. Lumbar spinal cord segments were removed and prepared for [ 3 H]MK-801 binding assays and NOS western blotting. The binding affinity of [ 3 H]MK-801 was higher in spinal cords of morphine-tolerant rats (mean (sem) K D =0.41 (0.09) nM) than in control rats (1.50 (0.13) nM). There was no difference in B max . Western blot analysis showed that constitutive expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS) protein in the morphine-tolerant group was twice that in the control group. This up-regulation was partially prevented by MK-801. The results suggest that morphine tolerance affects NMDA receptor binding activity and increases nNOS expression in the rat spinal cord.