• J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. · Nov 2016

    Long-Term Reduction of Kappa Opioid Receptor Function by the Biased Ligand, Norbinaltorphimine, Requires c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Activity and New Protein Synthesis in Peripheral Sensory Neurons.

    • Raehannah J Jamshidi, Laura C Sullivan, Blaine A Jacobs, Teresa A Chavera, Kelly A Berg, and William P Clarke.
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
    • J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2016 Nov 1; 359 (2): 319-328.

    AbstractA single administration of the κ opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist, norbinaltorphimine (norBNI), produces long-term reduction in KOR function in heterologous expression systems and brain that is mediated by activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). In this study, we examined the long-term effects of norBNI on adult rat peripheral sensory neurons in vivo and ex vivo. Following a single intraplantar (i.pl.) injection of norBNI into the hind paw, peripheral KOR-mediated antinociception in the ipsilateral, but not the contralateral, hindpaw was abolished for at least 9 days. By contrast, the antinociceptive response to mu and delta opioid receptor agonists was unaltered. The long-term inhibitory effect on antinociception produced by pretreatment with norBNI required occupancy of peripheral KOR and was completely blocked by i.pl. injection of the JNK inhibitor, SP600125. In cultures of peripheral sensory neurons, norBNI activated JNK for at least 30 minutes. Furthermore, norBNI blocked KOR-mediated inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity measured 24 hours later in a JNK-dependent manner, but did not block activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). The long-term inhibitory effect of norBNI on KOR function in vivo and ex vivo was blocked by inhibitors of mRNA translation, cycloheximide and rapamycin. These data suggest that in peripheral sensory neurons norBNI is a KOR-biased ligand for activation of JNK signaling, resulting in long-term blockade of some (antinociception, inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity), but not all (ERK), KOR signaling. Importantly, norBNI elicits de novo protein synthesis in sensory neuron terminals that produces selective long-term regulation of KOR.Copyright © 2016 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

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