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Title: sup. alpha. N-acetyl derivatives of. beta. -endorphin-(1-31) and -(1-27) regulate the supraspinal antinociceptive activity of different opioids in mice

Abstract

{sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin(1-31) injected icv to mice antagonized the analgesic activity of {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) and morphine whereas the analgesia evoked by DADLE and DAGO was enhanced by this treatment. The modulatory activity of {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) was exhibited at remarkable low doses (fmols) reaching a maximum that persisted even though the dose was increased 100,000 times. The regulatory effect of a single dose of the acetylated neuropeptide lasted for 24h. The activity of {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin(1-31) was partially retained by the shorter peptide {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin-(1-27) and to a lesser extent by {beta}-endorphin-(1-27), {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) lacked this regulatory activity on opioid analgesia. Acetylated {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) displayed a biphasic curve when competing with 5 pM ({sup 125}I)-Tyr{sup 27} human {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) specific binding, the first step was abolished with an apparent IC{sub 50} of 0.35 nM, and the rest with an IC{sub 50} of 200 nM. It is suggested that {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) changed the efficiency of the opioid analgesics by acting upon a specific substrate that is functionally coupled to the opioid receptor, presumably the guanine nucleotide binding regulatory proteins G{sub i}/G{sub 0}.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Cajal Institute, Madrid (Spain)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5947300
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Life Sciences; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 48:14; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-3205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ENDORPHINS; RECEPTORS; MORPHINE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PEPTIDES; BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GUANINE; IODINE 125; MICE; TRACER TECHNIQUES; ALKALOIDS; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; AROMATICS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; AZAARENES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DRUGS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NARCOTICS; NEUROREGULATORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OPIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; PURINES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTION KINETICS; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES; 550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques

Citation Formats

Garzon, J, and Sanchez-Blazquez, P. sup. alpha. N-acetyl derivatives of. beta. -endorphin-(1-31) and -(1-27) regulate the supraspinal antinociceptive activity of different opioids in mice. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.1016/0024-3205(91)90439-I.
Garzon, J, & Sanchez-Blazquez, P. sup. alpha. N-acetyl derivatives of. beta. -endorphin-(1-31) and -(1-27) regulate the supraspinal antinociceptive activity of different opioids in mice. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(91)90439-I
Garzon, J, and Sanchez-Blazquez, P. 1991. "sup. alpha. N-acetyl derivatives of. beta. -endorphin-(1-31) and -(1-27) regulate the supraspinal antinociceptive activity of different opioids in mice". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(91)90439-I.
@article{osti_5947300,
title = {sup. alpha. N-acetyl derivatives of. beta. -endorphin-(1-31) and -(1-27) regulate the supraspinal antinociceptive activity of different opioids in mice},
author = {Garzon, J and Sanchez-Blazquez, P},
abstractNote = {{sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin(1-31) injected icv to mice antagonized the analgesic activity of {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) and morphine whereas the analgesia evoked by DADLE and DAGO was enhanced by this treatment. The modulatory activity of {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) was exhibited at remarkable low doses (fmols) reaching a maximum that persisted even though the dose was increased 100,000 times. The regulatory effect of a single dose of the acetylated neuropeptide lasted for 24h. The activity of {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin(1-31) was partially retained by the shorter peptide {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl human {beta}-endorphin-(1-27) and to a lesser extent by {beta}-endorphin-(1-27), {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) lacked this regulatory activity on opioid analgesia. Acetylated {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) displayed a biphasic curve when competing with 5 pM ({sup 125}I)-Tyr{sup 27} human {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) specific binding, the first step was abolished with an apparent IC{sub 50} of 0.35 nM, and the rest with an IC{sub 50} of 200 nM. It is suggested that {sup {alpha}}N-acetyl {beta}-endorphin-(1-31) changed the efficiency of the opioid analgesics by acting upon a specific substrate that is functionally coupled to the opioid receptor, presumably the guanine nucleotide binding regulatory proteins G{sub i}/G{sub 0}.},
doi = {10.1016/0024-3205(91)90439-I},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5947300}, journal = {Life Sciences; (USA)},
issn = {0024-3205},
number = ,
volume = 48:14,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
}