Expression of β-endorphin in peripheral tissues after systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide as a model of endotoxic shock in mice.

CONCLUSION: Expression of proopiomelanocortin mRNA and β-endorphin was detected in peripheral tissues after systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide. These results provide new evidence that peripheral endogenous opioids can be produced not only as a result of local inflammation but also by severe systemic stress such as endotoxic shock. Further study is required to clarify the role of peripheral β-endorphin during endotoxic shock. PMID: 30243475 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annales d'Endocrinologie - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Ann Endocrinol (Paris) Source Type: research