Effect of calcium ion on analgesia of opioid peptides. 1989

J F Wang, and S P Han, and Z Lu, and X J Wang, and J S Han, and M F Ren
Department of Physiology, Beijing Medical University, China.

The analgesic effect produced by subcutaneous injection (SC) of morphine was antagonized by intracerebroventricular (ICV) but not intrathecal (ITH) injection of CaCl2. While ITH CaCl2 was devoid of any effect on the analgesia induced by ITH morphine, it did antagonize the analgesic effect produced by ITH injection of dynorphin A or (D-Pen2,D-Pen5)-enkephalin (DPDPE). In accordance with this, the uptake of 45Ca by synaptosomes prepared from the dorsal column of rat spinal cord was suppressed by dynorphin A or DPDPE, but not by morphine. The results imply that different kinds of opioid ligands might have different mechanisms of action at discrete areas of the CNS. Blockade of neuronal Ca2+ uptake may serve as an important mechanism for morphine analgesia in the brain as well as DPDPE and dynorphin A analgesia in the spinal cord.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007276 Injections, Intraventricular Injections into the cerebral ventricles. Intraventricular Injections,Injection, Intraventricular,Intraventricular Injection
D007278 Injections, Spinal Introduction of therapeutic agents into the spinal region using a needle and syringe. Injections, Intraspinal,Injections, Intrathecal,Intraspinal Injections,Intrathecal Injections,Spinal Injections,Injection, Intraspinal,Injection, Intrathecal,Injection, Spinal,Intraspinal Injection,Intrathecal Injection,Spinal Injection
D009020 Morphine The principal alkaloid in opium and the prototype opiate analgesic and narcotic. Morphine has widespread effects in the central nervous system and on smooth muscle. Morphine Sulfate,Duramorph,MS Contin,Morphia,Morphine Chloride,Morphine Sulfate (2:1), Anhydrous,Morphine Sulfate (2:1), Pentahydrate,Oramorph SR,SDZ 202-250,SDZ202-250,Chloride, Morphine,Contin, MS,SDZ 202 250,SDZ 202250,SDZ202 250,SDZ202250,Sulfate, Morphine
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D002122 Calcium Chloride A salt used to replenish calcium levels, as an acid-producing diuretic, and as an antidote for magnesium poisoning. Calcium Chloride Dihydrate,Calcium Chloride, Anhydrous
D002490 Central Nervous System The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. Cerebrospinal Axis,Axi, Cerebrospinal,Axis, Cerebrospinal,Central Nervous Systems,Cerebrospinal Axi,Nervous System, Central,Nervous Systems, Central,Systems, Central Nervous
D004745 Enkephalins One of the three major families of endogenous opioid peptides. The enkephalins are pentapeptides that are widespread in the central and peripheral nervous systems and in the adrenal medulla. Enkephalin
D005260 Female Females
D000698 Analgesia Methods of PAIN relief that may be used with or in place of ANALGESICS. Analgesias
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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