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Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons
To reveal cellular mechanisms for antinociception produced by clinically used tramadol, we investigated the effect of its metabolite O-desmethyltramadol (M1) on glutamatergic excitatory transmission in spinal dorsal horn lamina II (substantia gelatinosa; SG) neurons. The whole-cell patch-clamp techn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6348506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30799694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744806918824243 |
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author | Koga, Akiko Fujita, Tsugumi Piao, Lian-Hua Nakatsuka, Terumasa Kumamoto, Eiichi |
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description | To reveal cellular mechanisms for antinociception produced by clinically used tramadol, we investigated the effect of its metabolite O-desmethyltramadol (M1) on glutamatergic excitatory transmission in spinal dorsal horn lamina II (substantia gelatinosa; SG) neurons. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was applied at a holding potential of −70 mV to SG neurons of an adult rat spinal cord slice with an attached dorsal root. Under the condition where a postsynaptic action of M1 was inhibited, M1 superfused for 2 min reduced the frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current in a manner sensitive to a μ-opioid receptor antagonist CTAP; its amplitude and also a response of SG neurons to bath-applied AMPA were hardly affected. The presynaptic effect of M1 was different from that of noradrenaline or serotonin which was examined in the same neuron. M1 also reduced by almost the same extent the peak amplitudes of monosynaptic primary-afferent Aδ-fiber and C-fiber excitatory postsynaptic currents evoked by stimulating the dorsal root. These actions of M1 persisted for >10 min after its washout. These results indicate that M1 inhibits the quantal release of L-glutamate from nerve terminals by activating μ-opioid but not noradrenaline and serotonin receptors; this inhibition is comparable in extent between monosynaptic primary-afferent Aδ-fiber and C-fiber transmissions. Considering that the SG plays a pivotal role in regulating nociceptive transmission, the present findings could contribute to at least a part of the inhibitory action of tramadol on nociceptive transmission together with its hyperpolarizing effect as reported previously. |
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spelling | pubmed-63485062019-02-04 Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons Koga, Akiko Fujita, Tsugumi Piao, Lian-Hua Nakatsuka, Terumasa Kumamoto, Eiichi Mol Pain Research Article To reveal cellular mechanisms for antinociception produced by clinically used tramadol, we investigated the effect of its metabolite O-desmethyltramadol (M1) on glutamatergic excitatory transmission in spinal dorsal horn lamina II (substantia gelatinosa; SG) neurons. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was applied at a holding potential of −70 mV to SG neurons of an adult rat spinal cord slice with an attached dorsal root. Under the condition where a postsynaptic action of M1 was inhibited, M1 superfused for 2 min reduced the frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current in a manner sensitive to a μ-opioid receptor antagonist CTAP; its amplitude and also a response of SG neurons to bath-applied AMPA were hardly affected. The presynaptic effect of M1 was different from that of noradrenaline or serotonin which was examined in the same neuron. M1 also reduced by almost the same extent the peak amplitudes of monosynaptic primary-afferent Aδ-fiber and C-fiber excitatory postsynaptic currents evoked by stimulating the dorsal root. These actions of M1 persisted for >10 min after its washout. These results indicate that M1 inhibits the quantal release of L-glutamate from nerve terminals by activating μ-opioid but not noradrenaline and serotonin receptors; this inhibition is comparable in extent between monosynaptic primary-afferent Aδ-fiber and C-fiber transmissions. Considering that the SG plays a pivotal role in regulating nociceptive transmission, the present findings could contribute to at least a part of the inhibitory action of tramadol on nociceptive transmission together with its hyperpolarizing effect as reported previously. SAGE Publications 2019-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6348506/ /pubmed/30799694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744806918824243 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Koga, Akiko Fujita, Tsugumi Piao, Lian-Hua Nakatsuka, Terumasa Kumamoto, Eiichi Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title | Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title_full | Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title_fullStr | Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title_full_unstemmed | Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title_short | Inhibition by O-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
title_sort | inhibition by o-desmethyltramadol of glutamatergic excitatory transmission in adult rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6348506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30799694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744806918824243 |
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