Abstract
The development of tolerance and cross tolerance to morphine at spinal cord levels on the tail flick inhibition was studied in rats tolerant to D-Ala 2-D-Leu 5-enkephalin (DADL). The long term intrathecal infusion of DADL was accomplished by means of osmotic minipumps. Chronic intrathecal infusion of DADL for 5 days caused a shift of dose response curves of both DADL and morphine sulfate injected intrathecally to the right indicating that tolerance and cross tolerance to morphine had developed after long term intrathecal infusion of DADL. The shift of the dose response curve of DADL was parallel, whereas that of morphine was non-parallel and flattening. Concomitant intrathecal infusion of naloxone which was more sensitive in blocking μ-opioid receptor than δ-opioid receptor blocked the development of cross tolerance to morphine while the development of tolerance to DADL was left unaffected. The studies present the evidence that two types of opioid receptors, δ- and μ-opioid in the spinal cord of rats are involved in the development of tolerance by chronic DADL exposure.
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