Article ; Online: Subanalgesic morphine doses augment fentanyl analgesia by interacting with delta opioid receptors in male rats.
Journal of neuroscience research
2021 Volume 100, Issue 1, Page(s) 149–164
Abstract: Opioids are commonly used for the treatment of postoperative and post-traumatic pain; however, their therapeutic effectiveness is limited by undesirable and life-threatening side effects. Researchers have long attempted to develop opioid co- ... ...
| Abstract | Opioids are commonly used for the treatment of postoperative and post-traumatic pain; however, their therapeutic effectiveness is limited by undesirable and life-threatening side effects. Researchers have long attempted to develop opioid co-administration therapies that enhance analgesia, but the complexity of opioid analgesia and our incomplete mechanistic understanding has made this a daunting task. We discovered that subanalgesic morphine doses (100 ng/kg-10 µg/kg) augmented the acute analgesic effect of fentanyl (20 µg/kg) following subcutaneous drug co-administration to male rats. In addition, administration of equivalent drug ratios to naïve rat spinal cord membranes induced a twofold increase in G protein activation. The rate of GTP hydrolysis remained unchanged. We demonstrated that these behavioral and biochemical effects were mediated by the delta opioid receptor (DOP). Subanalgesic doses of the DOP-selective agonist SNC80 also augmented the acute analgesic effect of fentanyl. Furthermore, co-administration of the DOP antagonist naltrindole with both fentanyl-morphine and fentanyl-SNC80 combinations prevented augmentation of both analgesia and G protein activation. The mu opioid receptor (MOP) antagonist cyprodime did not block augmentation. Confocal microscopy of the substantia gelatinosa of rats treated with fentanyl, subanalgesic morphine, or this combination showed that changes in MOP internalization did not account for augmentation effects. Together, these findings suggest that augmentation of fentanyl analgesia by subanalgesic morphine is mediated by increased G protein activation resulting from a synergistic interaction between or heterodimerization of MOPs and DOPs. This finding is of great therapeutic significance because it suggests a strategy for the development of DOP-selective ligands that can enhance the therapeutic index of clinically used MOP drugs. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Analgesia ; Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology ; Animals ; Fentanyl/pharmacology ; Fentanyl/therapeutic use ; Male ; Morphine/pharmacology ; Pain ; Rats ; Receptors, Opioid, delta ; Receptors, Opioid, mu |
| Chemical Substances | Analgesics, Opioid ; Receptors, Opioid, delta ; Receptors, Opioid, mu ; Morphine (76I7G6D29C) ; Fentanyl (UF599785JZ) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-09-14 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
| ZDB-ID | 195324-2 |
| ISSN | 1097-4547 ; 0360-4012 |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-4547 |
| ISSN | 0360-4012 |
| DOI | 10.1002/jnr.24944 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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