Functional coupling, desensitization and internalization of virally expressed μ opioid receptors in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons from μ opioid receptor knockout mice
Functional coupling, desensitization and internalization of virally expressed μ opioid receptors in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons from μ opioid receptor knockout mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.08.060
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
Maidment, NT
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作者:
Walwyn, WM;Keith, DE;Maidment, NT
Although mu oploid receptors desensitize in various cell lines in vitro, the relationship of this change in signaling efficacy to the development of tolerance in vivo remains uncertain. It is clear that. a system is needed in which functional mu opioid receptor expression is obtained in appropriate neurons so that desensitization can be measured, manipulated, and mutated receptors expressed in this environment. We have developed a recombinant system in which expression of a flag-tagged mu opioid receptor is returned to dorsal root ganglia neurons from mu opioid receptor knockout mice in vitro. Flow cytometry analysis showed that adenoviral-mediated expression of the amino-terminal flag-tagged mu opioid receptor in neurons resulted in approximately 1.3 x 10(6) receptors/cell. Many mu opioid receptor cell lines express a similar density of receptors but this is approximately 7x greater than the number of endogenous receptors expressed by matched wild-type neurons. Inhibition of the high voltage-activated calcium currents in dorsal root ganglia neurons by the mu agonist, D-Ala(2), N-MePhe(4), Gly(5)-ol-enkephalin (DAMGO), was not different between the endogenous and flag-tagged receptor at several concentrations of DAMGO used. Both receptors desensitized equally over the first 6 h of DAMGO pre-incubation, but after 24 h the response of the endogenous receptor to DAMGO had desensitized further than the flag-tagged receptor (71+/-3 vs 29+/-7% respectively; P