Oxymatrine Inhibits Development of Morphine-Induced Tolerance Associated With Decreased Expression of P-glycoprotein in Rats

Author:

Yanwei Li 1,Hui Yue 2,Yanmin Xing 2,Haiyan Sun 2,Zhanyu Pan 2,Guangru Xie 3

Affiliation:

1. Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China,

2. Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China

3. Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China

Abstract

The effect of oxymatrine on the development of tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of morphine was investigated in rats. The degree of tolerance was assessed using the tail-flick test before and after 6 days of twice daily administration of oxymatrine premorphine (10/20/30 mg/kg). High doses of oxymatrine inhibited the development of morphine tolerance (resembling the effect of 7.5 mg/kg of the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine) while also increasing the antinociceptive effects. A high dose of oxymatrine (30 mg/kg) also significantly inhibited the dramatic increase in expression of morphine-induced P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an ATP-dependent efflux pump acting at the blood—brain barrier, by Western blot analysis. Furthermore, these studies suggest that P-gp modulates the development of morphine tolerance while not affecting the magnitude of the analgesic effect of morphine. These results imply that oxymatrine prevention of the development of tolerance of morphine may be related to a considerable inhibition of P-gp expression. In contrast, the authors’ data suggest that the mechanism of oxymatrine enhancement of morphine’s analgesic effects is not associated with increase in the level of expression of P-gp. However, they believe that their findings can be used by researchers to develop therapies that will allow patients to take morphine without becoming tolerant of its benefits.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine,Oncology

Cited by 14 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3