Periaqueductal gray neuroplasticity following chronic morphine varies with age: role of oxidative stress.
Periaqueductal gray neuroplasticity following chronic morphine varies with age: role of oxidative stress.
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10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.028
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发表时间:
2012-12-13
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Commons, K. G.
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Bajic, D.;Berde, C. B.;Commons, K. G.
The development of tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of morphine has been associated with networks within ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) and separately, nitric oxide signaling. Furthermore, it is known that the mechanisms that underlie tolerance differ with age. In this study, we used a rat model of antinociceptive tolerance to morphine at two ages, postnatal day (PD) 7 and adult, to determine if changes in the vlPAG related to nitric oxide signaling produced by chronic morphine exposure were age-dependent. Three pharmacological groups were analyzed: control, acute morphine, and chronic morphine group. Either morphine (10 mg/kg) or equal volume of normal saline was given subcutaneously twice daily for 6 ½ days. Animals were analyzed for morphine dose-response using Hot Plate test, and for the expression of several genes associated with nitric oxide metabolism was evaluated using rtPCR. In addition, the effect of morphine exposure on immunohistochemistry for Fos, and nNOS as well as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) reaction at the vlPAG were measured. In both age groups acute morphine activated Fos in the vlPAG, and this effect was attenuated by chronic morphine, specifically in the vlPAG at the level of the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg). In adults, but not PD7 rats, chronic morphine administration was associated with activation of nitric oxide function. In contrast, changes in the gene expression of PD7 rats suggested superoxide and peroxide metabolisms may be engaged. These data indicate that there is supraspinal neuroplasticity following morphine administration as early as PD7. Furthermore, oxidative stress pathways associated with chronic morphine exposure appear age-specific.
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