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. 1982 Nov;31(20-21):2359-62.
doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(82)90156-4.

Repeated electroconvulsive shock or chronic morphine treatment increases the number of 3H-D-Ala2,D-Leu5-enkephalin binding sites in rat brain membranes

Repeated electroconvulsive shock or chronic morphine treatment increases the number of 3H-D-Ala2,D-Leu5-enkephalin binding sites in rat brain membranes

J W Holaday et al. Life Sci. 1982 Nov.

Abstract

Experiments were performed in rats to evaluate the possible mechanisms responsible for the pharmacological cross-sensitization observed between repeated electroconvulsive shock (ECS) and chronic morphine administration. Repeated daily ECS for 9 days as well as chronic morphine pellet implantation resulted in a significant increase in the number of 3H-DADLE binding sites (Bmax values of 231 and 196 fmoles/mg protein, respectively). By contrast, single ECS, repeated sham ECS, and placebo pellet-treated rats all had significantly lower Bmax values (approx. 170 fmoles/mg protein). Affinities were not significantly altered by these treatments (Kd values between 3.1 and 4.0 nM). These data may link pharmacological cross-sensitization (repeated ECS and chronic morphine treatment) with a functional increase in the number of available opioid receptors.

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