Abstract:
:It has been shown that inflammation of rat paws elicits accumulation of opioid peptide beta-endorphin-containing immune cells in the inflamed subcutaneous tissue, contributing to immunocyte-produced pain suppression. However, the possible mechanisms involved in the pharmacological application of beta-endorphin in rat paw inflammation have not been investigated. The present study was set up to explore the effects of intraplantar injection of beta-endorphin on Concanavalin A-induced paw edema in two inbred rat strains, Albino Oxford (AO) and Dark Agouti (DA). Both high dose-induced suppression and low dose-induced potentiation of edema development in AO and DA rats, respectively, were blocked with antagonists specific for delta (naltrindole) and kappa (nor-binaltorphimine) opioid receptors. beta-endorphin in vitro decreased phagocytosis and increased nitric oxide (NO) production in air pouch granulocytes obtained from AO rats. However, in cells from DA rat strain beta-endorphin modulated both phagocytosis and NO production in a concentration-dependent manner. It could be concluded that the strain-dependent opposing effects of beta-endorphin on paw inflammation are mediated through delta and kappa opioid receptors and probably involve changes in the production of reactive oxygen species by inflammatory cells. Our results point to the importance of genotype for pharmacological manipulations and the development of inflammation.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Stanojević S,Mitić K,Vujić V,Kovacević-Jovanović V,Dimitrijević Mdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-11-07 00:00:00pages
157-65issue
1-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(06)00836-3journal_volume
549pub_type
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