Abstract
To investigate the role of protein kinase C in the attenuation of the morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in diabetic mice, we examined the effects of protein kinase C activator or inhibitor on the i.c.v. morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in mice. This reaction was less in diabetic mice than in normal mice. Intracerebroventricular pretreatment with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (50 pmol), a potent protein kinase C activator, attenuated the morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in normal mice, but not in diabetic mice. I.c.v. pretreatment with calphostin C (10 pmol), a selective protein kinase C inhibitor, enhanced the reaction in diabetic mice, but not in normal mice. The dose-response curve for the morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in normal mice, but not in diabetic mice, was shifted to the right by i.c.v. pretreatment with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (50 pmol). Furthermore, i.c.v. pretreatment with calphostin C (3 pmol) shifted the dose-response curve to the left in diabetic mice, but not in normal mice. These results indicate that activation of protein kinase C reduces the morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in normal mice. Also, the attenuation of the morphine-induced Straub tail reaction in diabetic mice may be due in part to increased protein kinase C activity.
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