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Cellular actions of opioids and other analgesics: implications for synergism in pain relief.

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:1. mu-Opioid receptor agonists mediate their central analgesic effects by actions on neurons within brain regions such as the mid-brain periaqueductal grey (PAG). Within the PAG, mu-opioid receptor-mediated analgesia results from inhibition of GABAergic influences on output projection neurons. We have established that mu-opioid receptor activation in the PAG causes a presynaptic inhibition of GABA release that is mediated by activation of a voltage-dependent K+ channel via 12-lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolites of arachidonic acid. 2. At a cellular level, mu-opioid agonists have also been shown to open inwardly rectifying K+ channels, close voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and presynaptically inhibit glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the PAG. 3. The mu-opioid receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition of GABAergic transmission was abolished by phospholipase A2 inhibitors and non-specific LOX and specific 12-LOX inhibitors. Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) and specific 5-LOX inhibitors did not reduce the inhibitory effects of mu-opioid agonists. 4. The opioid actions on GABAergic transmission were mimicked by arachidonic acid and 12-LOX metabolites, but not 5-LOX metabolites. The efficacy of mu-opioids was enhanced synergistically by treatment of PAG neurons with inhibitors of the other major enzymes responsible for arachidonic acid metabolism, COX and 5-LOX. 5. These results explain a previously described analgesic action of COX inhibitors in the central nervous system that was both independent of prostanoid release and inhibited by opioid receptor antagonists and they also explain the synergistic interaction of opioids with COX inhibitors. These findings also suggest new avenues for the development of centrally active analgesic agents involving combinations of lowered doses of opioids and specific 5-LOX inhibitors.

journal_name

Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol

journal_title

Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors

Christie MJ,Connor M,Vaughan CW,Ingram SL,Bagley EE

doi

10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03291.x

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pub_date

2000-07-01 00:00:00

pages

520-3

issue

eissn

0305-1870

issn

1440-1681

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Cellular actions of opioids and other analgesics: implications for synergism in pain relief.