Endogenous opioids tonically inhibit the depressor neurones in the caudal ventrolateral medulla of rabbits: mediation through delta- and kappa-receptors.

Abstract:

:In the present studies, an attempt was made to elucidate the role of endogenous opioid inputs to the depressor region of the caudal ventrolateral medulla in the tonic regulation of arterial pressure and to examine the subtype(s) of receptor underlying any observed effects by use of receptor-specific antagonists. The depressor region of the caudal ventrolateral medulla in chloralose-anesthetized, artificially ventilated rabbits was functionally identified by injection of l-glutamate (5 nmol). Bilateral injection of the non-selective opioid antagonist naloxone (0.3, 5 and 20 nmol) into the caudal ventrolateral medulla produced a dose-dependent depressor response, accompanied by a bradycardia, suggesting a tonically active inhibitory opioid input to this region. Bilateral injection of the selective delta-receptor antagonist ICI 174,864 (0.3 nmol) or of the kappa-receptor antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (1 nmol), also markedly reduced both arterial pressure and heart rate. In contrast, injection of the mu-selective antagonist beta-funaltrexamine (0.3-0.6 nmol) produced no effect on arterial pressure or heart rate. These data support the hypothesis that tonically active endogenous opioid inputs, possibly enkephalinergic and/or dynorphinergic, inhibit the depressor neurones of the caudal ventrolateral medulla in the rabbit through activation of delta- and kappa-receptors. Surprisingly, injection of the opioid agonists leu-enkephalin (1 nmol) or dynorphin 1-13 (0.1 nmol), but not the selective mu-receptor agonist DAGO (1 nmol), in the depressor area of the caudal ventrolateral medulla also induced naloxone-sensitive (5 mg/kg, i.v.) decreases in both arterial pressure and heart rate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

journal_name

Neuropharmacology

journal_title

Neuropharmacology

authors

Drolet G,Morilak DA,Chalmers J

doi

10.1016/0028-3908(91)90064-i

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-04-01 00:00:00

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383-90

issue

4

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0028-3908

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1873-7064

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30

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