Contribution of nitric oxide-dependent guanylate cyclase and reactive oxygen species signaling pathways to desensitization of μ-opioid receptors in the rat locus coeruleus.
Patricia Pablos, Aitziber Mendiguren, Joseba Pineda
Index: Neuropharmacology 99 , 422-31, (2015)
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Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in desensitization of μ-opioid receptors (MOR). We used extracellular recordings in vitro to unmask the NO-dependent pathways involved in MOR desensitization in the rat locus coeruleus (LC). Perfusion with ME (3 and 10 μM) concentration-dependently reduced subsequent ME effect, indicative of MOR desensitization. ME (3 μM)-induced desensitization was enhanced by a NO donor (DEA/NO 100 μM), two soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activators (A 350619 30 μM and BAY 418543 1 μM) or a cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) activator (8-pCPT-cGMP 30 μM). DEA/NO-induced enhancement was blocked by the sGC inhibitor NS 2028 (10 μM). A 350619 effect was also blocked by NS 2028, but not by the antioxidant Trolox. ME (10 μM)-induced desensitization was blocked by the neuronal NO synthase inhibitor 7-NI (100 μM) and restored by the PKG activator 8-Br-cGMP (100-300 μM). Paradoxically, ME (10 μM)-induced desensitization was not modified by sGC inhibitors (NS 2028 and ODQ), PKG inhibitors (H8 and Rp-8-Br-PET-cGMP) or antioxidant agents (Trolox, U-74389G and melatonin), but it was attenuated by a combination of NS 2028 and Trolox. In conclusion, MOR desensitization in the LC may be mediated or regulated by NO through sGC and reactive oxygen species signaling pathways. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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