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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Xenopus oocytes expressed kappa-opioid specific binding sites after injection of cRNA prepared from a clone of the rat kappa-opioid receptor. Coinjection of kappa receptor cRNA with cRNA coding for a G protein-linked, inwardly rectifying, K+ channel (GIRK1, or KGA) resulted in oocytes that responded to the kappa agonist U-69593 by activating a large (1.0-1.5-microA) K+ current. U-69593 exhibited an EC50 of 260 +/- 50 nM and was blocked by the opioid antagonists norbinaltorphimine and naloxone. The kappa agonist bremazocine was 200-fold more potent than U-69593 in eliciting K+ current but exhibited a partial agonist profile in this expression system. The present results indicate that stimulation of inwardly rectifying K+ channels may be a potential effector mechanism for kappa-opioid receptors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0026-895X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
551-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Benzeneacetamides, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Ion Channel Gating, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Naltrexone, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Pyrrolidines, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-RNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Receptors, Opioid, kappa, pubmed-meshheading:7700253-Xenopus
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Kappa-opioid receptors couple to inwardly rectifying potassium channels when coexpressed by Xenopus oocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Washington, Department of Pharmacology, Seattle 98195.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.