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Mas-related G-protein–coupled receptors inhibit pathological pain in mice [PDF]

, 2010
An important objective of pain research is to identify novel drug targets for the treatment of pathological persistent pain states, such as inflammatory and neuropathic pain.
Altier, Baron, Basbaum, Cai, Calignano, Callaghan, Caterina, Chen, Chen, Coderre, Costigan, Costigan, D. J. Anderson, De Felipe, Delmas, Dong, Gerevich, Guan, Guan, Herrero, Honan, Ikeda, Julius, Knabl, Kusudo, Lembo, Li, Li, Liu, Liu, Lu, MacDermott, MacPherson, Malmberg, Melzack, Melzack, Miraucourt, Ndong, Neumann, Q. Liu, Rau, Rodriguez Parkitna, S. N. Raja, Scholz, Seal, Woolf, X. Dong, Y. Guan, Z. Tang, Zeng   +49 more
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Morphine activates neuroinflammation in a manner parallel to endotoxin [PDF]

, 2012
Opioids create a neuroinflammatory response within the CNS, compromising opioid-induced analgesia and contributing to various unwanted actions. How this occurs is unknown but has been assumed to be via classic opioid receptors.
A. A. Somogyi, A. J. de Jesus, A. Reddy, Barochia, Bevan, Bokhari, Dziarski, H. Yin, Hargreaves, Hoshino, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, J. Thomas, Jacquet, Joce, K. Cheng, K. Ramos, Kirikae, L. C. Loram, L. R. Watkins, Lewis, Li, Liu, Liu, M. R. Hutchinson, Manavalan, Milligan, Nagyoszi, Narita, Ohto, Park, Resman, Rice, Slivka, Takeuchi, Viriyakosol, Watkins, X. Wang, Youn   +42 more
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Heteromerization of μ-opioid receptor and cholecystokinin B receptor through the third transmembrane domain of the μ-opioid receptor contributes to the anti-opioid effects of cholecystokinin octapeptide

Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2018
Pain medicine: Boosting the potency of opioid analgesics A hormone known to weaken the pain-relieving effects of opioid drugs does so because of interaction between the hormone receptor and the opioid receptor.
Yin Yang, Qian Li, Qi-Hua He, Ji-Sheng Han, Li Su, You Wan   +5 more
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Food-inspired peptides from spinach Rubisco endowed with antioxidant, antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties

Food Chemistry: X, 2023
Rubiscolin-6 (amino acid sequence: YPLDLF) is a selective δ-opioid receptor peptide isolated from spinach Rubisco. Its synthetic analogue, peptide YPMDIV is the most potent described so far for its increased opioid activity, thus in this work it was ...
Lorenza Marinaccio, Gokhan Zengin, Stefano Pieretti, Paola Minosi, Edina Szucs, Sandor Benyhe, Ettore Novellino, Domiziana Masci, Azzurra Stefanucci, Adriano Mollica   +9 more
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Concomitant duplications of opioid peptide and receptor genes before the origin of jawed vertebrates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: The opioid system is involved in reward and pain mechanisms and consists in mammals of four receptors and several peptides. The peptides are derived from four prepropeptide genes, PENK, PDYN, PNOC and POMC, encoding enkephalins, dynorphins ...
Görel Sundström, Susanne Dreborg, Dan Larhammar   +2 more
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Nociceptin attenuates the escalation of oxycodone self-administration by normalizing CeA-GABA transmission in highly addicted rats. [PDF]

, 2020
Approximately 25% of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, and 5 to 10% develop an opioid use disorder. Although the neurobiological target of opioids is well known, the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the ...
Carrette, Lieselot LG, de Guglielmo, Giordano, George, Olivier, Kallupi, Marsida, Kononoff, Jenni, Palmer, Abraham A, Schweitzer, Paul, Solberg Woods, Leah C   +7 more
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Signal Transduction and Pathogenic Modifications at the Melanocortin-4 Receptor: A Structural Perspective [PDF]

, 2019
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) can be endogenously activated by binding of melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSH), which mediates anorexigenic effects. In contrast, the agouti-related peptide (AgRP) acts as an endogenous inverse agonist and suppresses
Biebermann, Heike, Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel, Heyder, Nicolas, Kleinau, Gunnar, Krude, Heiko, Kwiatkowski, Dennis, Kühnen, Peter, Scheerer, Patrick, Soletto, Lucia, Speck, David, Szczepek, Michal   +10 more
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Evaluation of the analgesic effect of 4-anilidopiperidine scaffold containing ureas and carbamates [PDF]

, 2016
Fentanyl is a powerful opiate analgesic typically used for the treatment of severe and chronic pain, but its prescription is strongly limited by the well-documented side-effects.
Benyhe, Sa ́ndor, CARRADORI, Simone, Csaba To ̈mbo ̈ly, Erdei, Anna I., Ferenc O. ̈tvos, Ferenc Za ́dor, Fidanza, Lorenzo, Marzoli, Francesca, Mirzaie, Sako, MOLLICA, Adriano, MONTI, LUDOVICA, Moriello, Aniello Schiano, Novellino, Ettore, Petrocellis, Luciano De, PIERETTI, stefano, Samavati, Reza, STEFANUCCI, AZZURRA, Szabolcs Dvora ́csko, Szucs, Edina   +18 more
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Alum adjuvant is more effective than MF59 at prompting early germinal center formation in response to peptide-protein conjugates and enhancing efficacy of a vaccine against opioid use disorders

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Opioid use disorders (OUD) and fatal overdoses are a national emergency in the United States. Therapeutic vaccines offer a promising strategy to treat OUD and reduce the incidence of overdose.
Christine Robinson, Carly Baehr, Shirdi E. Schmiel, Claudia Accetturo, Daniel L. Mueller, Marco Pravetoni   +5 more
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A Bicyclic Analog of the Linear Peptide Arodyn Is a Potent and Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonist

Molecules
Kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists have potential therapeutic applications in the treatment of stress-induced relapse to substance abuse and mood disorders.
Solomon A. Gisemba, Michael J. Ferracane, Thomas F. Murray, Jane V. Aldrich   +3 more
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