PMID- 3926517 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19850916 LR - 20190624 IS - 0014-2999 (Print) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 112 IP - 3 DP - 1985 Jun 19 TI - The antinociceptive effects of histidyl-proline diketopiperazine and thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the mouse. PG - 287-94 AB - Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of histidyl-proline diketopiperazine [cyclo (His-Pro)], an active metabolite of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in mice produced an antinociceptive effect in a dose-dependent manner as measured in four antinociceptive tests; tail-pressure, tail-flick, hot-plate and acetic acid writhing. The antinociceptive effect of cyclo (His-Pro) reached a maximum at 5 min and lasted for 30 min. The ED50 values for the tests were 760.0 (598.4-965.2), 540.0 (442.6-658.8), 595.0 (487.7-725.9) and 370.0 (286.8-477.3) nmol/mouse and the slope functions were 1.61, 1.56, 1.57 and 1.66, respectively. Pretreatment with naloxone (0.5, 2 and 8 mg/kg), an opioid antagonist, administered subcutaneously antagonized the antinociceptive effect of cyclo (His-Pro). TRH injected i.c.v. to mice also exerted a dose-dependent antinociceptive action as measured in three antinociceptive tests; tail-pressure, hot-plate and acetic acid writhing. The antinociceptive effect of TRH was only seen at 5 min. The ED50 values for each test were 112.0 (47.5-264.3), 19.2 (10.4-35.5) and 0.2 (0.1-0.4) nmol/mouse and the slope functions were 8.89, 4.14 and 3.94, respectively. TRH was without effect in the tail-flick test. In contrast to cyclo (His-Pro), TRH-induced antinociception was not antagonized by pretreatment with naloxone (0.5, 2 and 8 mg/kg). The data suggest that the two peptides have a different mechanism of antinociceptive action in relation to the involvement of the opioid system in the central nervous system. FAU - Kawamura, S AU - Kawamura S FAU - Sakurada, S AU - Sakurada S FAU - Sakurada, T AU - Sakurada T FAU - Kisara, K AU - Kisara K FAU - Sasaki, Y AU - Sasaki Y FAU - Suzuki, K AU - Suzuki K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 0 (Analgesics) RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 36B82AMQ7N (Naloxone) RN - 5Y5F15120W (Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone) RN - Q10817UXVT (histidyl-proline diketopiperazine) RN - Q40Q9N063P (Acetic Acid) SB - IM MH - Acetates MH - Acetic Acid MH - *Analgesics MH - Animals MH - Hot Temperature MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred Strains MH - Naloxone/pharmacology MH - Pain/chemically induced MH - Peptides, Cyclic/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Piperazines/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Reaction Time/drug effects MH - Stimulation, Chemical MH - Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology EDAT- 1985/06/19 00:00 MHDA- 1985/06/19 00:01 CRDT- 1985/06/19 00:00 PHST- 1985/06/19 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1985/06/19 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1985/06/19 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0014-2999(85)90774-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0014-2999(85)90774-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 1985 Jun 19;112(3):287-94. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(85)90774-5.