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Moreover order lozol 1.5mg on line, a significant decrease in production of and this finding altered their initial hypothesis lozol 2.5 mg low price, that such new receptors could contribute to a so-called down-regula- chronic exposure to an opioid agonist would cause down- tion. Although the terms down-regulation and up-regulation regulation of receptors (55–57). Subsequent studies using have been used loosely with inadequate definitions, the diverse ligands and dosing regimens continued to give varied overall concept that chronic -opioid agonist administra- results, with up-regulation of -opioid receptors, down- tion may cause reduced capacity to bind, or increased capac- regulation of -opioid receptors, and no change of -opi- ity to bind, or to have no effect, but each alternative with oid-receptor density or binding after chronic -opioid-ago- reduced capacity of activated receptors to have an effect nist administration all reported. The prevailing concept for (or 'tolerance'), has persisted, and repeatedly studied, with receptor-agonist ligands and, in this case, specifically ago- conflicting results. The earliest studies to address this issue nists for the -opioid-receptor system, has been that persis- of impact of chronic opioid administration effects on bind- tent activation of receptors would generally lead to down- ing were conducted to elucidate the well-documented and regulation, and conversely, the persistent deprivation of re- accepted phenomenon of tolerance, both in cell systems and ceptors of specific ligands would generally lead to persistent in whole animals. Morphine was the most common opiate lack of activation of receptors and thus to up-regulation. From 1996 to 2000, several intriguing articles appeared Later, the effects of specific opioid antagonists on opioid- concerning the effects of opioid-agonist administration on receptor binding or density were also conducted, primarily receptor internalization (44–52). The binding of opioid antagonists, of relevant studies on signal transduction, primarily through course, does not involve coupling; that is, no Gi/o-pro- G-protein–coupling mechanisms, but also alternative tein–coupled signal transduction mechanisms are involved, mechanisms, appeared and extended our earlier knowledge because the opioid antagonists (according to most current and may ultimately explain some of the apparently conflict- theories) do not activate receptors, but rather prevent activa- ing results concerning receptor binding and density (12–15, tion by endogenous or exogenous opioids. There is now animals was shown to alter, at a cellular level, the function essentially a consensus from many and diverse studies that of neurons, specifically in the locus ceruleus, and also to the chronic administration of opioid antagonists, primarily lead to tolerance and physical dependence (12,18,20,24). There has, how- inhibition by morphine of adenylyl cyclase, as well as result- ever, been some controversy regarding whether opioid an- ant inhibition of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate tagonist treatment and the resultant up-regulation of - (cAMP)–dependent cascade, followed by, during chronic opioid receptors leads to a sensitized state, that is, a state morphine treatment, a compensatory increase of activity of in which an opioid agonist would have a greater than usual adenylyl cyclase, with an increase in the cAMP-dependent effect on any system. This has been addressed both in animal cascade, including increases in protein kinase A and in- models and in humans, with some conflicting results. Nestler and Aghajanian hypothesized that this up- merous studies have used several different opioid agonists, regulation of the entire cAMP pathway in the locus ceruleus primarily morphine, given by different regimens, ranging represents a compensatory change to oppose or offset the from intermittent injections to repeated pellet implantation, initial inhibitory effects of morphine and thus could be con- to a few studies using chronic administration by pump, sidered to be one component of tolerance (18,20). They there have been conflicting study results and no consensus also suggested that these increases in the cAMP pathway on the effects on -opioid-receptor binding or density. The components could contribute to opiate dependence and results reported from studies conducted in living adult ani- thus withdrawal, because these changes could be involved mals, for the most part, have shown no overall net changes in a variety of functions once no longer opposed by mor- in -opioid-receptor–binding capacity, that is, no overall phine (18,20). This concept is of particular relevance be- changes in opioid-receptor density, as measured by quanti- cause this up-regulation of the entire cAMP pathway during tative autoradiography or by classic homogenate binding chronic morphine exposure has been shown to occur pre- assay studies, and, more recently, no overall changes in - dictably in the locus ceruleus of all strains and species of opioid-receptor mRNA levels. Because the locus ceruleus is the ducted in living adult animals by the groups that included major noradrenergic nucleus of the brain, diverse noradren- those who first defined opioid receptors, showed no altera- ergic functions that are known to be activated in opiate Chapter 104: Neurobiology and Pathophysiology of Opiate Addiction 1493 withdrawal could be affected. Nestler and other groups tein–coupled family of seven transmembrane receptors; showed that although these changes occur uniformly in the there has been further documentation of receptor phosphor- locus ceruleus neurons, and in a few other brain regions, ylation, desensitization, and uncoupling from G proteins, particularly in the nucleus accumbens, this type of change as well as new studies documenting internalization (endocy- in the nucleus accumbens is strain dependent, and also such tosis) of opioid receptors (36–52). However, studies in ani- changes do not occur in many other brain regions in any mals continue to produce very conflicting results concerning strain or species (12,18,20,24). They also do not occur in the effects of chronic opiate administration on opioid-recep- the gastrointestinal tract. Nestler and others did not find a tor binding and density or number. Similarly, despite docu- down-regulation of -opioid receptors during chronic mor- mentation by many groups that cellular adaptations may phine treatment in the locus ceruleus (18,20,24). They did, be directly involved in the development of tolerance and however, report an uncoupling of the -opioid receptor dependence, the mechanisms have yet to be fully elucidated. This is intriguing in the context of findings changes in G-protein–coupled signal transduction mecha- of the laboratories of Yu and Kreek, who reported that after nisms and changes in downstream effectors, such as in- binding of the long, 31-residue, endogenous opioid -en- creases in CREB and phosphorylated CREB, and also other dorphin to the variant -opioid receptor coded by the very changes such as increases in and accumulation of chronic common SNP, A118G, there is enhancement of activity FRAs (Fos-related antigens), are all nonspecific. For in- of these G-protein–coupled inwardly rectifying potassium stance, diverse stimuli such as cocaine, opiates, opiate with- channels (58). CREB is of Aghajanian, as well as more recent work of Nestler and one component of the enhanced cAMP response and is a others, have suggested that the locus ceruleus may be pri- transcription factor; chronic FRAs have now been identified marily involved in expression of opioid physical dependence as isoforms of FosB, which is a splice variant of the fosB and thus in opioid withdrawal (20). Each of these enhanced or altered transcription factors al. These increases in CREB and from the locus ceruleus and showed that chronic morphine in chronic FRAs, both results of chronic morphine adminis- treatment decreased the inhibitory G-protein activity in the tration, may yield enhanced or altered gene transcription locus ceruleus and yet did not produce any detectable desen- elements and, in turn, changes in levels of expression of sitization, a finding suggesting a potential adaptation at that specific genes and in specific brain regions. Chronic morphine treatment decreased both in chronic FRAs after long-term morphine administration basal and opioid stimulated guanosine triphosphatase occur exclusively in the striatum, whereas the increases in (GTPase) activity and yet caused no changes in the percent- chronic FRAs seen after stress occur in the prefrontal cortex age of stimulation by an opioid agonist. For 35 were extended by binding assays using [ S]GTP S (40). These increased and accumulated amounts of CREB nist–stimulated [35S]GTP S binding was observed in the and chronic FRAs are tangible examples of neuroplasticity locus ceruleus and in a few related regions during long-term of the brain and document one type of change that may heroin self-administration. These findings were similar to occur and persist with chronic exposure to a drug of abuse. Moreover, the decreased -opi- many such changes and, although related to specific addic- oid-stimulated [35S]GTP S binding was found in two addi- tion related phenomena, are not the sole cause of any of tional regions, the thalamus and the amygdala, which may the three distinct and separable phenomena of tolerance, be of importance for the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse physical dependence, or addiction. Moreover, all the result- and thus self-administration (42).

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Thus buy lozol 2.5 mg fast delivery, as stated earlier effective 2.5 mg lozol, costly droxytryptamine, 5-HT) to presynaptic and postsynaptic products are unlikely to gain wide acceptance, and glass receptors, of which there are at least 14 subtypes (50). For Among these, 5-HT1A receptors on serotoninergic raphe this reason, I now discuss their production and use. Some sets of cDNAs have been se- anxiety, inhibit serotonin secretion. Conversely, desensitiza- quence verified and are ideal to use for preparing arrays; tion of 5-HT1A receptors, which could result from elevated others have not been validated and are less useful. To make 5-HT levels in the synaptic space following SSRI adminis- arrays, plasmid DNA is prepared from gridded sets of clones tration, may have the opposite effect—an increase in 5-HT to be printed, and (typically) the 3′ end of each cDNA is release by raphe neurons, and chronic stimulation of 5-HT amplified by PCR. The purified PCR products are then receptors in regions such as the hippocampus, amygdala, spotted using a robotic arrayer. Many thousands of 100- M spots type I and type II (42). In the former, two samples are can be printed on a single glass microscope slide (see ref. This is because the relationship between be labeled with a different fluorescent dye that could, in the amount of transcript in a mixture and the intensity of turn, be visualized with a different laser. Presently, most the fluorescent spot it produces is a complex one—in- commercial readers have only two lasers, but four-color in- fluenced by labeling efficiency, hybridization and wash con- struments have already appeared on the market. To achieve this goal, in a two-sample experi- duces. Pools of cell-line RNAs have been used as standards mined for each spot, and the relative abundance of the two for human work. It would be useful if a central source of input RNAs can then be estimated. NORMALIZING RATIOS Since it is difficult, if not impossible, to measure the amount of RNA used to produce a labeled probe, normalizing the signals from the source RNAs is essential. The housekeeping set needs to be defined empirically, and in looking for candi- dates to include in such a set, few genes have been found that have constant expression levels. When small arrays are employed, on the other hand, the size and composition of the gene set used for normaliza- tion are very important. Just as a reference standard is ur- gently needed now, a normalization set supplied by a central site would be quite valuable. To perform microarray experiments, RNA is puri- fied from two or more samples of cultured cells or dissected tis- QUALITY CONTROL sues. Inthe exam- ple given, the dye cy5, which fluoresces red, was used to label probe from sample 1; and the dye cy3, which fluoresces green, While we have methods to assess the quality of DNA se- was used to label probe from sample 2. The labeled products are quence data, for example, there is no generally accepted mixed and hybridized to the spots on the microarray. Following a wash step, the array is scanned and the signals from the red method for establishing the quality of an array study. If an RNA species is more spite of this, there are some controls that can be built into abundant in sample 1than 2, the resulting spot will be red; in an array. As noted earlier, scientists are arraying DNAs gen- the reverse case, the spot will be green. When the RNA is equally abundant in the two samples, the spot is yellow. See color version erated by PCR from plasmid templates. Amplifying these with 294 Neuropsychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation of Progress Over time, the methods used to make and probe arrays should improve, and false negatives will grow less important. Presently, we can detect RNAs with an abundance of about 1:300,000 in a complex sample. This translates into a few copies per cell if one is studying a homogeneous cell line. Seeing increases in rare transcripts under these circum- stances should be simple, but measuring decreases will diffi- cult if not impossible when one can barely detect a weak signal in the first place. Since brain samples are much more heterogeneous than cell lines, the problem of detecting rare mRNAs is even harder. For this reason, it may be necessary to isolate neuronal populations from brain sections by mi- crodissection or to collect single neurons by laser capture methods to enrich and study rare, cell-specific transcripts. To take full advantage of these dissection techniques, meth- FIGURE 23. Care must be taken if PCR is used in the labeling procedure to avoid biasing the sample.

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