Opioid enhancement of evoked [Met5]enkephalin release requires activation of cholinergic receptors: possible involvement of intracellular calcium.
AUTOR(ES)
Xu, H
RESUMO
Previous work from this laboratory has shown that the electrically evoked release of enkephalin from the guinea pig myenteric plexus is regulated by an opiate receptor-mediated, concentration-dependent mechanism. Low concentrations (nanomolar) of opioids enhance release, whereas higher concentrations (10-100 nM) inhibit release. Each opioid effect is mediated by a different guanine nucleotide-binding protein. We now demonstrate that activation of cholinergic receptors in the myenteric plexus is a prerequisite for opioid excitatory effects, but not inhibitory effects, on enkephalin release. Pretreatment with the muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist atropine abolishes the opioid facilitation of stimulated enkephalin release but does not alter the inhibition of release that is observed with higher concentrations of opioid agonist. Exposure to the calcium ionophore A23187 overcomes the abolishment of opioid enhancement of enkephalin release produced by cholinergic receptor blockade. In tissue treated with both atropine and A23187, the magnitude of the opioid enhancement of release is indistinguishable from that observed in untreated preparations. This suggests that the lack of stimulation-induced generation of elevated cytosolic calcium is responsible for the abolishment of facilitory opioid effects when cholinergic receptors are blocked. The known coupling of muscarinic receptors to phospholipase C activation and the generation of inositol trisphosphate (which elevates cytosolic calcium) could suggest that this second messenger is critical for the manifestation of opioid facilitation of enkephalin release.
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