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ArticleNeuroscience2007

Resistance to morphine analgesic tolerance in rats with deleted transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1-expressing sensory neurons.

S-R Chen, A Prunean, H-M Pan, K L Welker, H-L Pan

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Article in Neuroscience, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S-R ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Unit 409, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
A Prunean
H-M Pan
K L Welker
H-L Pan
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Mechanisms of Neural Plasticity in Neuropathic PainR01GM064830 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PAN, HUI-LIN · 2001 to 2010
$2.0M
Spinal Plasticity In Diabetic Neuropathic PainR01NS045602 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PAN, HUI-LIN · 2003 to 2010
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA16672NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NIGMS NIH HHS GM64830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064830NINDS NIH HHS NS45602NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deletion of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1)-expressing afferent neurons reduces presynaptic mu opioid receptors but paradoxically potentiates the analgesic efficacy of mu opioid agonists. In this study, we determined if removal of TRPV1-expressing afferent neurons by resiniferatoxin (RTX), an ultrapotent capsaicin analog, influences the development of opioid analgesic tolerance. Morphine tolerance was induced by daily intrathecal injections of 10 microg of morphine for 14 consecutive days or by daily i.p. injections of 10 mg/kg of morphine for 10 days. In vehicle-treated rats, the effect of intrathecal or systemic morphine on the mechanical withdrawal threshold was gradually diminished within 7 days. However, the analgesic effect of intrathecal and systemic morphine was sustained in RTX-treated rats at the time the morphine effect was lost in the vehicle group. Furthermore, the mu opioid receptor-G protein coupling in the spinal cord was significantly decreased ( approximately 22%) in vehicle-treated morphine tolerant rats, but was not significantly altered in RTX-treated rats receiving the same treatment with morphine. Additionally, there was a large reduction in protein kinase Cgamma-immunoreactive afferent terminals in the spinal dorsal horn of RTX-treated rats. These findings suggest that loss of TRPV1-expressing sensory neurons attenuates the development of morphine analgesic tolerance possibly by reducing mu opioid receptor desensitization through protein kinase Cgamma in the spinal cord. These data also suggest that the function of presynaptic mu opioid receptors on TRPV1-expressing sensory neurons is particularly sensitive to down-regulation by mu opioid agonists during opioid tolerance development.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsDiterpenesDown-RegulationDrug ToleranceMaleMorphineNerve DegenerationNeurons, AfferentNociceptorsPainPain ThresholdPosterior Horn CellsProtein Kinase CRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAnalgesics, OpioidDiterpenesMorphineProtein Kinase Cprotein kinase C gammaReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, Opioid, muresiniferatoxinTrpv1 protein, ratTRPV Cation Channels

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PMID17239544
PMCPMC1853343
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