Title : Formation of mu-/kappa-opioid receptor heterodimer is sex-dependent and mediates female-specific opioid analgesia.

Pub. Date : 2010 Nov 16

PMID : 21041644






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1 We had demonstrated that spinal morphine antinociception in females, but not males, requires the concomitant activation of spinal mu- and kappa-opioid receptors (MOR and KOR, respectively). Morphine opioid receptor kappa 1 Homo sapiens
2 Cross-linking experiments in combination with in vivo pharmacological analyses indicate that heterodimeric MOR/KOR utilizes spinal dynorphin 1-17 as a substrate and is likely to be the molecular transducer for the female-specific KOR component of spinal morphine antinociception. Morphine opioid receptor kappa 1 Homo sapiens
3 Cross-linking experiments in combination with in vivo pharmacological analyses indicate that heterodimeric MOR/KOR utilizes spinal dynorphin 1-17 as a substrate and is likely to be the molecular transducer for the female-specific KOR component of spinal morphine antinociception. Morphine opioid receptor kappa 1 Homo sapiens