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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Effects of leu- and met-enkephalin, pentazocine and morphine on negative or positive chronotropic response to vagal nerve stimulation or cardiac sympathetic nerve stimulation were examined in anesthetized dogs in order to determine whether opioid receptors modulate vagal and sympathetic transmission. Leu- and met-enkephalin (10-100 micrograms/kg i.v.) and pentazocine (100-1000 micrograms/kg i.v.) inhibited bradycardic response to vagal nerve stimulation (1-4 Hz) in a dose-dependent manner. Morphine (300 and 1000 micrograms/kg i.v.) did not affect vagal bradycardia. The inhibitory effect of leu-enkephalin (30 micrograms/kg) and pentazocine (300 micrograms/kg) was effectively antagonized by naloxone (1000 micrograms/kg i.v.). Bradycardic response to intracoronary injection of methacholine (0.1, 0.3 and 1 microgram) into the right coronary artery was unaffected by leu-enkephalin (30 micrograms/kg). On the other hand, leu-enkephalin and pentazocine did not modify tachycardic response to sympathetic nerve stimulation (1-8 Hz). Morphine attenuated sympathetic tachycardia only slightly. These results suggest that presynaptic opioid receptors, probably delta type, are present in the vagus nerves, and that the activation of opioid receptors inhibit vagal transmission to the dog heart. In contrast, the presence of opioid receptors in the cardiac sympathetic nerves is not evident.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
250
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1087-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of opioid agonists on sympathetic and parasympathetic transmission to the dog heart.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't