Repeated morphine administration results in analgesic tolerance. However, the underlying mechanism of morphine analgesic tolerance remains unclear. NADPH-oxidase 2 (NOX2) is the first discovered NADPH oxidase, which mainly functions to produce reactive oxygen species. Its specific role in morphine tolerance has not been fully investigated. In this work, we found that chronic morphine administration significantly increased the expression of NOX2 in spinal cord. Pretreatment of NOX2 inhibitor blocked the upregulation of NOX2 and autophagy markers, including LC3B and P62, and consequently the development of morphine tolerance. NOX2 and LC3B were both colocalized with NeuN in spinal dorsal horn in morphine-tolerant rats. Our results suggest that the increased autophagy activity in spinal neurons promoted by NOX2 activation contributes to the development of morphine tolerance. NOX2 may be considered as a new therapeutic target for morphine tolerance.
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National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81771191]
第一作者单位：[1]Zhengzhou Univ, Dept Anesthesiol, Affiliated Hosp 2, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
xiao xuyang,bu huilian,li zhisong,et al.NADPH-Oxidase 2 Promotes Autophagy in Spinal Neurons During the Development of Morphine Tolerance[J].NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH.2021,46(8):2089-2096.doi:10.1007/s11064-021-03347-5.
APA：
xiao,xuyang,bu,huilian,li,zhisong,li,zheng,bai,qian...&gao,feng.(2021).NADPH-Oxidase 2 Promotes Autophagy in Spinal Neurons During the Development of Morphine Tolerance.NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH,46,(8)
MLA：
xiao,xuyang,et al."NADPH-Oxidase 2 Promotes Autophagy in Spinal Neurons During the Development of Morphine Tolerance".NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH 46..8(2021):2089-2096
