Review Article

The Emerging Perspective of Morphine Tolerance: MicroRNAs

Table 1

The possible miRNAs for morphine tolerance.

miRNAsModel/siteChange after chronic morphine exposureTargetEffect on tolerance after artificial regulationReferences

miR-23bHuman neuroblastoma cellsUpMORWu et al. [14]
miR-339-3pMouse hippocampus cellsUpMORAlleviationWu et al. [15]
miR-212/132Zebrafish embryosUpMORGarcia-Concejo et al. [16]
miR-16CEM ×174 cellsDownMORHou et al. [17]
Let-7a/7c/7gMouse, s.c., brainUpMORAlleviationHe et al. [18]
miR-103/107Mouse, s.c., brainUpMORLu et al. [19]
miR-365Rat, i.t., spinal cordDownβ-arrestin-2AlleviationWang et al. [9]
Wu et al. [20]
miR-219Mouse, s.c., DRGDownCaMKII γAlleviationHu et al. [21]
miR-219Rat, i.t., spinal cordDownCaMKII γAlleviationWang et al. [22]
miR-375Mouse, s.c., DRGDownJAK2AlleviationLi et al. [23]
miR-1Mouse, s.c., brainDownBDNFTapocik et al. [5]
Neuman et al. [24]
miR-27aMouse, s.c., brainDownSerpini1, Dicer1Tapocik et al. [5]
miR-146bMouse, s.c., brainDownSerpini1, Dicer1Tapocik et al. [5]
miR-505Mouse, s.c., brainUpSerpini1, Dicer1Tapocik et al. [5]
miR-9Mouse, s.c., brainDownSerpini1Tapocik et al. [5]
miR-133bRat hippocampal neuronsDownPitx3Sanchez-Simon et al. [25]
miR-190Mouse, s.c., DRGNoNeurod1AlleviationLi et al. [26]
miR-19bMouse, s.c., brainDownNeurod1Tapocik et al. [5]
Zheng et al. [27]
miR-124Mouse, bone cancer pain, spinal cordSynaptopodin, Neurod1Elramah et al. [28]
Zheng et al. [27]
miR-146amiR-146aDownTRAF6Tapocik et al. [5]
Lu et al. [29]

s.c., subcutaneous; i.t., intrathecal; DRG, dorsal root ganglion; –, no research; MOR, μ opioid receptors; CaMKII γ, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II gamma; JAK2, Janus kinase 2; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; Serpini1, serpin peptidase inhibitor clade-1; Pitx3, paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 3; Neurod1, neurogenic differentiation-1; TRAF6, tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6.