TY - JOUR
T1 - INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MORPHINE AND THE OPIOID‐LIKE PEPTIDES IN THE RAT VAS DEFERENS
AU - HUIDOBRO, F.
AU - HUIDOBRO‐TORO, J. PABLO
AU - MIRANDA, H.
PY - 1980/12
Y1 - 1980/12
N2 - Morphine, methadone, levorphanol, pethidine, etonitazene and related morphine‐like alkaloids produced an increase in the electrically‐evoked muscular contraction of the rat vas deferens. In contrast, the enkephalins and β‐endorphin caused inhibition of the twitching. The concentration of β‐endorphin required to inhibit by 50% the muscular twitch was about 50 to 100 times less than that of the enkephalins. Pretreatment of the vasa with morphine antagonized the inhibition of the neuromuscular transmission caused by either β‐endorphin or enkephalin. Conversely, pretreatment with β‐endorphin sensitized the vasa to the increase in twitch tension caused by morphine. Morphine did not alter the sensitivity to exogenously administered noradrenaline, dopamine or potassium. 1980 British Pharmacological Society
AB - Morphine, methadone, levorphanol, pethidine, etonitazene and related morphine‐like alkaloids produced an increase in the electrically‐evoked muscular contraction of the rat vas deferens. In contrast, the enkephalins and β‐endorphin caused inhibition of the twitching. The concentration of β‐endorphin required to inhibit by 50% the muscular twitch was about 50 to 100 times less than that of the enkephalins. Pretreatment of the vasa with morphine antagonized the inhibition of the neuromuscular transmission caused by either β‐endorphin or enkephalin. Conversely, pretreatment with β‐endorphin sensitized the vasa to the increase in twitch tension caused by morphine. Morphine did not alter the sensitivity to exogenously administered noradrenaline, dopamine or potassium. 1980 British Pharmacological Society
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb09770.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb09770.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 6258678
AN - SCOPUS:0019208718
SN - 0007-1188
VL - 70
SP - 519
EP - 525
JO - British Journal of Pharmacology
JF - British Journal of Pharmacology
IS - 4
ER -