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In Vitro Analyses of Spinach-Derived Opioid Peptides, Rubiscolins: Receptor Selectivity and Intracellular Activities through G Protein- and β-Arrestin-Mediated Pathways

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Activated opioid receptors transmit internal signals through two major pathways: the G-protein-mediated pathway, which exerts analgesia, and the β-arrestin-mediated pathway, which leads to unfavorable side effects. Hence, G-protein-biased opioid agonists
Yusuke Karasawa   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Various Drug Interventions to Prevent Etomidate-Induced Myoclonus: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundMyoclonic movement is a very common but undesirable phenomenon during the induction of general anesthesia using etomidate. Such movement may cause unnecessary problems.
Kang-Da Zhang   +5 more
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Strategies for Developing κ Opioid Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Pain with Fewer Side Effects

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2020
There is significant need to find effective, nonaddictive pain medications. κ Opioid receptor (KOPr) agonists have been studied for decades but have recently received increased attention because of their analgesic effects and lack of abuse potential ...
Kelly F Paton   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Narrative Pharmacological Review of Buprenorphine: A Unique Opioid for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

open access: yesPain and Therapy, 2020
Buprenorphine is a Schedule III opioid analgesic with unique pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties that may be preferable to those of Schedule II full μ-opioid receptor agonists.
Jeffrey Gudin, Jeffrey Fudin
doaj   +1 more source

Κ-opioid receptor stimulation improves endothelial function in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The present study was designed to investigate the effect of κ-opioid receptor stimulation with U50,488H on endothelial function and underlying mechanism in rats with hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH).
Qi Wu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modification of κ-Opioid Receptor Agonist-Induced Antinociception by Diabetes in the Mouse Brain and Spinal Cord

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005
The supraspinal and spinal antinociceptive effects of several κ-opioid receptor agonists were examined in diabetic and non-diabetic mice using the tail-flick assay. The antinociception induced by intrathecal (i.t.), but not intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.
Masahiro Ohsawa, Junzo Kamei
doaj   +1 more source

Biological Effects on μ-Receptors Affinity and Selectivity of Arylpropenyl Chain Structural Modification on Diazatricyclodecane Derivatives

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Opioid analgesics are clinically used to relieve severe pain in acute postoperative and cancer pain, and also in the long term in chronic pain. The analgesic action is mediated by μ-, δ-, and κ-receptors, but currently, with few exceptions for k-agonists,
Sandra Piras   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Specific down-regulation of spinal μ-opioid receptor and reduced analgesic effects of morphine in mice with postherpetic pain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The analgesic effects of opioid agonists and the expression of μ-and κ-opioid receptors were compared between mice with herpetic pain and those with postherpetic pain induced by herpetic virus inoculation.
Kuraishi Yasushi   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Butorphanol: Effects of a Prototypical Agonist-Antagonist Analgesic on κ-Opioid Receptors

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005
The opioid analgesic, butorphanol (17-cyclobutylmethyl-3,14-dihydroxymorphinan) tartrate is a prototypical agonist-antagonist opioid analgesic agent whose potential for abuse has been the cause of litigation in the United States.
Stephen Commiskey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An opioid-like system regulating feeding behavior in C. elegans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Neuropeptides are essential for the regulation of appetite. Here we show that neuropeptides could regulate feeding in mutants that lack neurotransmission from the motor neurons that stimulate feeding muscles. We identified nlp-24 by an RNAi screen of 115
Artyukhin, Alexander B.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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