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Delta Opioid Receptors within the Cortico‐Thalamic Circuitry Underlie Hyperactivity Induced by High‐Dose Morphine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Morphine activates the excitatory cingulate cortex–intermediate rostrocaudal division of zona incerta (Cg‐ZIm) pathway to drive hyperlocomotion in mice. Inhibiting the Cg‐ZIm pathway attenuates both acute and chronic morphine‐induced hyperlocomotion, while its activation mimics morphine's motor effects.
Chun‐Yue Li, Huiqian Huang, Xiao‐Fan Shen, Ke‐Lei Cao, Di Zheng, Yi Zhu, Shi‐Ze Xie, Xiao‐Dan Yu, Hao Wang, Jia‐Dong Chen, Jie Shi, Yue Li, Min Yan, Xiao‐Ming Li   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

PET imaging reveals lower kappa opioid receptor availability in alcoholics but no effect of age

Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018
Opioid receptors are implicated in alcoholism, other addictions, withdrawal, and depression, and are considered potential pharmacological targets for treatment. Our goal in the present study was to compare the availability of kappa opioid receptors (KOR)
A. Vijay, D. Cavallo, Alissa Goldberg, B. de Laat, N. Nabulsi, Yiyun Huang, S. Krishnan-Sarin, E. Morris   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scalable Production of Highly-Sensitive Nanosensors Based on Graphene Functionalized with a Designed G Protein-Coupled Receptor [PDF]

, 2014
We have developed a novel, all-electronic biosensor for opioids that consists of an engineered mu opioid receptor protein, with high binding affinity for opioids, chemically bonded to a graphene field-effect transistor to read out ligand binding.
Crook, Alexander, Han, Gang Hee, Hong, Sung Ju, Johnson, A. T. Charlie, Lerner, Mitchell B., Liu, Renyu, Matsunaga, Felipe, Park, Yung Woo, Perez-Aguilar, Jose Manuel, Saven, Jeffery G., Xi, Jin   +10 more
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Morphine Tolerance Gated through EZH2‐Mediated Suppression of Trpc5 in Spinal GABAergic Interneurons in Male Mice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic morphine suppresses Trpc5 in spinal GABAergic interneurons via EZH2‐mediated histone modification, reducing Ca2+ influx and GABA release. TRPC5 activation enhances morphine analgesia, while EZH2 inhibition restores efficacy and reverses tolerance.
Li Wan, Mengyao Zhang, Haiyue Guo, Yan Xu, Chenjie Xu, Fan Hu, Yinbing Pan, Xian Wang, Wentao Liu, Chun‐Yi Jiang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential stability of the crystallographic interfaces of mu- and kappa-opioid receptors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The recent mu-opioid receptor (MOPr) and kappa-opioid receptor (KOPr) crystal structures have inspired hypotheses of physiologically relevant dimerization contacts, specifically: a closely packed interface involving transmembrane (TM) helices TM5 and TM6,
Jennifer M Johnston, Marta Filizola
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Functionally Selective, Small Molecule Agonists at Kappa Opioid Receptors*

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013
Background: Kappa opioid receptor (KOR) signaling may produce antinociception through G protein or dysphoria through βarrestin pathways. Results: Two highly selective, brain penetrant agonist scaffolds bias KOR signaling toward G protein coupling and ...
Lei Zhou, K. Lovell, K. Frankowski, Stephen R Slauson, A. Phillips, J. Streicher, Edward L Stahl, Cullen L. Schmid, P. Hodder, Franck Madoux, M. Cameron, T. Prisinzano, J. Aubé, L. Bohn   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Placenta ingestion by rats enhances d- and k-opioid antinociception, but suppresses m-opioid antinociception [PDF]

, 2004
Ingestion of placenta or amniotic fluid produces a dramatic enhancement of centrally mediated opioid antinociception in the rat. The present experiments investigated the role of each opioid receptor type (m, d, k) in the antinociception-modulating ...
DiPirro, Jean M., Kristal, Dr. Mark B.
core  

Opioid regulation of Mu receptor internalisation: relevance to the development of tolerance and dependence [PDF]

, 2010
Internalisation of the mu opioid receptor from the surface of cells is generally achieved by receptor occupancy with agonist ligands of high efficacy. However, in many situations the potent analgesic morphine fails to promote internalisation effectively ...
Lopez-Gimenez, J.F., Milligan, G.
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Characterization and visualization of rat and guinea pig brain kappa opioid receptors: evidence for kappa 1 and kappa 2 opioid receptors. [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988
kappa opioid receptors (kappa receptors) have been characterized in homogenates of guinea pig and rat brain under in vitro binding conditions. kappa receptors were labeled by using the tritiated prototypic kappa opioid ethylketocyclazocine under conditions in which mu and delta opioid binding was suppressed. In the case of guinea pig brain membranes, a
R S, Zukin, M, Eghbali, D, Olive, E M, Unterwald, A, Tempel   +4 more
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Esketamine/Ketamine: Dual‐Action Mechanisms and Clinical Prospects beyond Anesthesia in Psychiatry, Immunology, and Oncology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Esketamine and ketamine are widely used for perioperative analgesia and anesthesia. Despite their established roles in analgesia, sedation, and anesthesia, as well as emerging antidepressant, anti‐tumor, and anti‐inflammatory effects, their clinical use is limited due to side effects and addiction potential.
Yinxin Wang, Jiangang Xu, Xinyu Zhou, Lu Che, Minghan Qiu, Yang Liu, Ming Gao, Zhen Yang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source