Table 1.
Morphine |
Fentanyl |
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AC inhibition |
Phosphorylated ERK (% of control) | AC inhibition |
Phosphorylated ERK (% of control) | |||
KI (nm) | Maximum inhibition (%) | KI (pm) | Maximum inhibition (%) | |||
PBS | 24.2 ± 6.5 | 30.0 ± 2.7 | 173 ± 15 | 165 ± 40 | 29.2 ± 5.1 | 178 ± 8 |
Con-vir | 26.0 ± 3.5 | 28.9 ± 4.2 | 165 ± 16 | 201 ± 45 | 27.4 ± 4.3 | 174 ± 10 |
190-vir | 67.6 ± 8.1* | 10.0 ± 3.1* | 125 ± 8* | 857 ± 109* | 7.7 ± 2.8* | 128 ± 4* |
190-vir plus nd-vir | 38.7 ± 9.4 | 21.6 ± 3.2 | 151 ± 5 | 256 ± 48 | 23.1 ± 3.8 | 159 ± 13 |
nd-vir | 22.2 ± 4.8 | 33.4 ± 2.5 | 177 ± 25 | 178 ± 27 | 27.2 ± 3.1 | 176 ± 13 |
Rat primary hippocampal neuron cultures were infected with PBS, con-vir, 190-vir, 190-vir plus nd-vir, or nd-vir for 3 d. Cells were then treated for 5 min with 1 μm morphine or 10 nm fentanyl before ERK phosphorylation was measured. Serial doses of morphine (10 μm∼0.01 nm) or etorphine (100 nm∼0.1 pm) were used to determine the dose response of the agonists to induce adenylyl cyclase (AC) inhibition as described in Materials and Methods. To determine ERK phosphorylation, the immunoreactivity of phosphorylated ERK was normalized to the immunoreactivity of total ERK and β-actin, and the results were further normalized against those in untreated cells. Adenylyl cyclase inhibition induced by agonists was indicated by both IC50 (KI) and the maximum inhibition. No difference in the basal levels of OPRM1 signaling was observed in different groups.
*Decreased signaling capability of OPRM1.