Autoradiographic analysis of cannabinoid receptor binding and cannabinoid agonist-stimulated [35S]GTP gamma S binding in morphine-dependent mice.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
J RomeroJ A Ramos

Abstract

The present study was designed to test the possible existence of changes in brain cannabinoid receptors in morphine-dependent mice. To this end, we compared cannabinoid receptor binding and WIN 55,212-2-stimulated [35S]guanylyl-5'-O-(gamma-thio)-triphosphate ([35S]GTP gamma S) binding in several brain regions of mice chronically exposed to morphine or saline. The existence of opiate dependence in morphine-injected mice was assessed by analyzing the well-known jumping behavior induced by the blockade of opioid receptors with naloxone, whereas these animals were unresponsive to the blockade of cannabinoid receptors with SR141716. The different structures analyzed exhibited similar cannabinoid receptor binding levels in morphine-dependent and control mice, with the only exception of the globus pallidus, which exhibited a very small, but statistically significant, increase. In addition, the activation of cannabinoid receptors with WIN 55,212-2 increased [35S]GTP gamma S binding in most of the structures examined. The increase was of similar magnitude in morphine-dependent and control mice, except in the substantia nigra, where morphine-dependent mice exhibited lesser [35S]GTP gamma S binding levels in basal conditions, although a s...Continue Reading

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