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Venlafaxine prevents morphine antinociceptive tolerance: the role of neuroinflammation and the l-arginine-nitric oxide pathway

Mansouri, Mohammad Taghi, Naghizadeh, Bahareh, Ghorbanzadeh, Behnam, Alboghobeish, Soheila, Amirgholami, Neda, Houshmand, Gholamreza, Cauli, Omar·2018·Experimental Neurology

Abstract

Opioid-induced neuroinflammation and the nitric oxide (NO) signal-transduction pathway are involved in the development of opioid analgesic tolerance. The antidepressant venlafaxine (VLF) modulates NO in nervous tissues, and so we investigated its effect on induced tolerance to morphine, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress in mice. Tolerance to the analgesic effects of morphine were induced by injecting mice with morphine (50 mg/kg) once a day for three consecutive days; the effect of co-administration of VLF (5 or 40 mg/kg) with morphine was similarly tested in a separate group. To determine if the NO precursor l-arginine hydrochloride (l-arg) or NO are involved in the effects rendered by VLF, animals were pre-treated with l-arg (200 mg/kg), or the NO synthesis inhibitors N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 30 mg/kg) or aminoguanidine hydrochloride (AG; 100 mg/kg), along with VLF (40 mg/kg) for three days before receiving morphine for another three days. Nociception was assessed with a hot-plate test on the fourth day, and the concentration of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, NO, and oxidative stress factors such as total thiol, malondialdehyde content, and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity in the brain was also determined. Co-administration of VLF with morphine attenuated morphine-induced analgesic tolerance and prevented the upregulation of proinflammatory…

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Authors
Mansouri, M. T., Naghizadeh, B., Ghorbanzadeh, B., Alboghobeish, S., Amirgholami, N., Houshmand, G., & Cauli, O.
Affiliations
  • Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (IR)
  • Dezful University of Medical Sciences (IR)
  • Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
  • Universitat de València (ES)
Corresponding author
  • Mansouri, Mohammad Taghi
  • Cauli, Omar
Venue
Experimental Neurology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-05
Volume
303
Pages
134-141
ISSN
0014-4886 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2790624761
Cited by
39
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 1
FWCI
4.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Experimental Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
Keywords
venlafaxine, morphine tolerance, opioid tolerance, neuroinflammation, nitric oxide, L-arginine, L-NAME, aminoguanidine, oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, glutathione peroxidase, malondialdehyde, antidepressants, anti-inflammatory activity, nociception
MeSH terms
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride, Analgesics, Opioid, Animals, Brain, Disease Models, Animal, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glutathione Peroxidase, Male, Morphine, Morphine Dependence, Nitrites, Pain Measurement, Lipid Peroxidation, Signal Transduction, Cytokines, Oxidative Stress, Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation, NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester, Mice

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