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. 1993 Dec;110(4):1522–1526. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13995.x

Evidence for functional dissociation of dependence and tolerance in guinea-pig isolated ileal segments following 20 hour exposure to morphine in vitro.

C David 1, N Davis 1, R Mason 1, V G Wilson 1
PMCID: PMC2175859  PMID: 8306096

Abstract

1. In the present study we have examined the relationship between tolerance and dependence in isolated ileal segments from the guinea-pig under three different conditions: fresh preparations not previously exposed to morphine (fresh/morphine naive); preparations stored overnight at 4 degrees C in modified Krebs-Henseleit saline (overnight-stored/morphine-naive); preparations stored overnight at 4 degrees C in Krebs-Henseleit saline containing 10 microM morphine and extensively washed with modified Krebs-Henseleit saline to remove residual morphine (overnight-stored/morphine-exposed). 2. Morphine produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of the response of ileal segment to 0.1 Hz, 1 ms and 10 V transmural field stimulation in fresh/morphine-naive, overnight-stored/morphine-naive and overnight-stored/morphine-exposed preparations. The maximum effect observed was similar in all three preparations-approximately 80% inhibition. Although, morphine was significantly more potent in the fresh/morphine-naive preparations (pD2 6.72 +/- 0.05, n = 8) than either the overnight-stored/morphine-native (pD2 6.42 +/- 0.11, n = 8) or the overnight-stored/morphine-exposed (pD2 6.44 +/- 0.14, n = 8), there was no significant difference between the overnight exposure to ileal segments to 10 microM morphine at 4 degrees C failed to induce tolerance to morphine. 3. The mu opiate receptor antagonist, naloxone (10 microM), produced contractions in both fresh/morphine-naive and overnight-stored/morphine-naive ileal segments following acute exposure to 10 microM morphine. Naloxone (10 microM) also produced contractions in 2/9 fresh/morphine-naive, 1/9 overnight-stored/morphine-naive and 7/9 overnight-stored/morphine-exposed preparations in the absence of morphine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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