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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 327-334Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300315
Keywords
morphine; propentofylline; glia; cytokines; tolerance; hyperalgesia
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA11276] Funding Source: Medline
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The activation of glial cells and enhanced proinflammatory cytokine expression at the spinal cord has been implicated in the development of morphine tolerance, and morphine withdrawal-induced hyperalgesia. The present study investigated the effect of propentofylline, a glial modulator, on the expression of analgesic tolerance and withdrawal-induced hyperalgesia in chronic morphine-treated rats. Chronic morphine administration through repeated subcutaneous injection induced glial activation and enhanced proinflammatory cytokine levels at the lumbar spinal cord. Moreover, glial activation and enhanced proinflammatory cytokine levels exhibited a temporal correlation with the expression of morphine tolerance and hyperalgesia. Consistently, propentofylline attenuated the development of hyperalgesia and the expression of spinal analgesic tolerance to morphine. The administration of propentofylline during the induction of morphine tolerance also attenuated glial activation and proinflammatory cytokines at the 1.5 lumbar spinal cord. These results further support the hypothesis that spinal glia and proinflammatory cytokines contribute to the mechanisms of morphine tolerance and associated abnormal pain sensitivity.
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