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On the mechanism(s) of morphine-induced hypothermia

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

A. Vahedy

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

M.R. Heidari

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

M. Ghazi Khansari

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

The effects of morphine on core body temperature of mice in the presence or absence of catecholamine receptor antagonists were examined. Administration of different doses of morphine (20, 30 and 40 mg/kg) to mice caused a hypothermic effect. Pre-treatment of animals with the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (1, 1.5 and 3 mg/kg), the D-2 receptor antagonists sulpiride (25 and 50 mg/kg), pimozide (0.0625, 0.125 and 0.25 mg/kg) and the adenosine receptor antagonist theophylline (25 and 50 mg/kg) decreased the morphine-induced hypothermia. The D-1 receptor antagonist SCH 23390 (0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg), the peripheral D-2 antagonist domperidone (10 and 30 mg/kg), the serotonin (5-HT) antagonist methysergide (5 and 10 mg/kg), the adrenoceptor antagonist phenoxybenzamine (2.5 and 5 mg/kg) and the ß-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol (5 and 10 mg/kg) did not inhibit the morphine response. The antimuscarinic drug atropine (5 and 10 mg/kg) caused a slight decrease in the morphine response. In animals pre-treated with reserpine (5 mg/kg), a hyperthermic response was observed after morphine injection. It is concluded that indirect dopaminergic or adenosine receptor mechanism(s) may be involved in the morphine-induced hypothermia in mice.

Key Words: core body temperature • morphine • naloxone • dopamine antagonists • theophylline • reserpine • mice

Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 8, No. 4, 222-226 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/026988119400800405


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