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EFFECTS OF NARCOTIC ANALGESIC DRUGS ON THE CYCLIC ADENOSINE 3′, 5′‐MONOPHOSPHATE‐ADENYLATE CYCLASE SYSTEM IN RAT BRAIN
Author(s) -
CLOUET DORIS H.,
GOLD G.J.,
IWATSUBO K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1975.tb07602.x
Subject(s) - adenylate kinase , analgesic , cyclase , adenosine , pharmacology , narcotic , cyclic adenosine monophosphate , adenosine monophosphate , chemistry , medicine , neuroscience , anesthesia , endocrinology , psychology , receptor
1 The concentrations of cyclic adenosine 3′, 5′‐monophosphate (cyclic AMP), measured in discrete brain areas removed from rats killed by microwave irradiation, rose transiently in most areas after the administration of morphine. The most pronounced changes, however, were found 2 h after doses of either 10 or 60 mg/kg morphine when cyclic AMP levels declined significantly in the hypothalamus, medulla and cerebellum. In morphine‐tolerant rat brains there were no decreases in cyclic AMP levels. 2 Basal adenylate cyclase activity in crude nerve‐ending fractions from discrete areas of rat brain was unaffected by the addition of active analgesic agonists, antagonists or inactive isomers to the assay medium in vitro , except for a nonspecific inhibition at drug concentrations of 1 mM. 3 The acute administration of morphine or levorphanol, but not dextrorphan produced transient increases in basal cyclase activity of crude nerve‐ending preparations from midbrain and striatum. In morphine‐tolerant rats, these changes in basal adenylate cyclase activity were no longer seen.