Inhibition of the morphine withdrawal syndrome by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
Inhibition of the morphine withdrawal syndrome by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(93)90472-f
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发表时间:
1993-01-01
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6.1
通讯作者:
Cicero, Theodore J.
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作者:
Adams, Michael L.;Kalicki, Joelle M.;Cicero, Theodore J.
The hypothesis that an arginine-nitric oxide (NO) synthase-NO system mediates the morphine abstinence syndrome was tested in adult male rats implanted subcutaneously for 3 days with one morphine (75 mg) pellet followed by naloxone-precipitated withdrawal (0.5 mg/kg). Injection with a NO synthase inhibitor, N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NAME, 100 mg/kg subcutaneous), shortly before naloxone-induced withdrawal significantly inhibited abstinence signs by 25-80%. Continuous infusion of NAME via subcutaneous osmotic pumps during the development of morphine physical dependence and during naloxone-precipitated withdrawal also inhibited morphine abstinence signs. In addition, treatment with isosorbide dinitrate, a NO donor, induced a quasi morphine-abstinence syndrome (QMAS) that was significantly suppressed by implantation of a morphine pellet 3 days before isosorbide dinitrate treatment. These results indicate that NO mediates part of the expression of the morphine abstinence syndrome.