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delta-Opioid Modulation of Striatal Dopaminergic Activity in Mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Ashok K. Dua*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
Carl Pinsky*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
*
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3
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Mu- and delta-opioid subtype receptor antagonists were tested in the mouse for their effects on vertical climbing activity, an index of striatal dopaminergic activity. The selective delta-opioid antagonist ICI 154 129 (1/1) by itself enhanced vertical climbing activity in a dose-related manner, whereas the mu-opioid antagonist naloxone by itself was inactive on climbing behavior. Naloxone increased the climbing-stimulant effect of I/I. Unstimulated vertical climbing activity was reduced, and all opioid-antagonist enhancement of climbing behavior was antagonized, by the competitive dopamine antagonist haloperidol in dose-related fashion. The observed motor-enhancement effect of a selective delta-opioid receptor antagonist is the first demonstration of physiologically-significant tonic activity on a central opioid receptor. Our observations suggest that 1/1 may be useful clinically in striatal dopamine-deficient disease conditions such as parkinsonism.

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