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Obray JD, Jang EY, Klomp AM, Small CA, Richardson AP, LeBaron JJ, Lee JG, Yorgason JT, Yang CH, Steffensen SC. The peripheral dopamine 2 receptor antagonist domperidone attenuates ethanol enhancement of dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2022; 46:396-409. [PMID: 35040146 PMCID: PMC8920780 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dopamine neuron firing in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens have been implicated in reward learning. Ethanol is known to increase both dopamine neuron firing in the VTA and dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens. Despite this, some discrepancies exist between the dose of ethanol required to enhance firing in vivo and ex vivo. In the present study we investigated the effects of peripheral dopamine 2 subtype receptor antagonism on ethanol's effects on dopamine neurotransmission. METHODS Plasma catecholamine levels were assessed following ethanol administration across four different doses of EtOH. Microdialysis and voltammetry were used to assess the effects of domperidone pretreatment on ethanol-mediated increases in dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. A place conditioning paradigm was used to assess conditioned preference for ethanol and whether domperidone pretreatment altered this preference. Open-field and loss-of-righting reflex paradigms were used to assess the effects of domperidone on ethanol-induced sedation. A rotarod apparatus was used to assess the effects of domperidone on ethanol-induced motor impairment. RESULTS Domperidone attenuated ethanol's enhancement of mesolimbic dopamine release under non-physiological conditions at intermediate (1.0 and 2.0 g/kg) doses of ethanol. Domperidone also decreased EtOH-induced sedation at 2.0 g/kg. Domperidone did not alter ethanol conditioned place preference nor did it affect ethanol-induced motor impairment. CONCLUSIONS These results show that peripheral dopamine 2 receptors mediate some of the effects of ethanol on nonphysiological dopamine neurotransmission, although these effects are not related to the rewarding properties of ethanol.
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- James Daniel Obray
- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA,Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA,Research Center for Convergence Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Hernández-Vázquez F, Reyes-Guzmán C, Méndez M. Impact of a novel environment on alcohol-induced locomotor activity in Wistar rats. Alcohol 2018; 71:5-13. [PMID: 29929089 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Clinical studies have shown a positive correlation between novelty-seeking behavior and the susceptibility to consume drugs of abuse. Although several animal studies have demonstrated this correlation with psychostimulants or morphine, studies with alcohol have shown conflicting results. The aim of this work was to investigate alcohol-induced motor effects in Wistar rats with different responses to novelty. Animals were classified as Low- (LR) or High-Responders (HR) to novelty, depending on their horizontal activity in an automated open field. Motor activity was recorded in naïve, saline, and alcohol-administered rats at different doses (0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, or 2.5 g/kg). Horizontal movements, rearings, and stereotyped behaviors were evaluated. After the behavioral test, animals were sacrificed and blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) were measured. Low (0.1 and 0.25 g/kg) and high (2.5 g/kg) alcohol doses decreased horizontal movements in LR animals, whereas 1.0 g/kg increased this parameter in HR rats. Rearings were increased by alcohol 1.0 g/kg in LR animals. In HR rats, alcohol doses of 0.5 and 1.0 g/kg also increased this parameter. Stereotyped behaviors were decreased by an alcohol dose of 2.5 g/kg in LR animals, but were increased by an intermediate dose (1.0 g/kg) in HR rats. Differences in horizontal movements and rearings were found between LR and HR animals at certain ethanol doses. Horizontal movements (0.25 g/kg) and rearings (0.5 g/kg) were lower in LR than HR rats; however, rearings were lower in HR than LR rats at 1.0 g/kg. BACs were similar between LR and HR rats at all ethanol doses. These findings suggest that HR rats are more responsive to the stimulant effects of intermediate alcohol doses, whereas LR animals are sensitive to low/high doses of the drug. Sensitivity to alcohol motor effects may substantially depend on the initial animal's response to a novel environment. The stimulant effects of alcohol may constitute important behavioral traits significantly associated with the rewarding properties of the drug.
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- Fabiola Hernández-Vázquez
- Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México-Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México-Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México-Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Krahe TE, Filgueiras CC, da Silva Quaresma R, Schibuola HG, Abreu-Villaça Y, Manhães AC, Ribeiro-Carvalho A. Energy drink enhances the behavioral effects of alcohol in adolescent mice. Neurosci Lett 2017; 651:102-108. [PMID: 28456714 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Mixing alcohol with energy drinks has become increasingly popular among teenagers and young adults due to the prevailing view that the stimulant properties of energy drinks decrease the depressant effects of alcohol. Surprisingly, in spite of energy drinks being heavily marketed to and consumed by adolescents, there is scarcely available preclinical data on the neurobehavioral effects of energy drinks mixed with alcohol during adolescence. Thus, here we examine the effects of the combined exposure to alcohol and energy drink on adolescent mice using a variety of behavioral tasks to assess locomotor activity, righting reflex and motor coordination. At postnatal day 40, male and female Swiss mice were assigned to the following experimental groups: alcohol diluted in energy drink (Ed+Etoh), alcohol diluted in water (Etoh) or controls (Ctrl: energy drink or water). Alcohol and energy drink (Red Bull) concentrations were 4g/kg and 8ml/kg, respectively, and all solutions were administered via oral gavage. When compared to Etoh mice, Ed+Etoh animals displayed greater locomotor activity and increased anxiety-like behaviors in the open-field, lost their righting reflexes sooner and displayed poorer motor coordination in the rotarod. Collectively, our findings indicate that alcohol-induced deficits in adolescent mice are worsened by energy drink and go against the view that the stimulant properties of energy drinks can antagonize the adverse effects of alcohol.
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- Thomas E Krahe
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Prof. Manoel de Abreu 444, 5 andar - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-170, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências, Faculdade de Formação de Professores da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Dr. Francisco Portela 1470 - Patronato, São Gonçalo, RJ, 24435-005, Brazil.
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Repeated drug injections lead to sensitization of their stimulant effects in mice, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as drug psychomotor sensitization. Previous studies showed that sensitization to cocaine is context dependent as its expression is reduced in an environment that was not paired with cocaine administration. In contrast, the effects of the test context on ethanol sensitization remain unclear. In the present study, female OF1 mice were repeatedly injected with 1.5 g/kg ethanol to test for both the effects of context novelty/familiarity and association on ethanol sensitization. A first group of mice was extensively pre-exposed to the test context before ethanol sensitization and ethanol injections were paired with the test context (familiar and paired group). A second group was not pre-exposed to the test context, but ethanol injections were paired with the test context (nonfamiliar and paired group). Finally, a third group of mice was not pre-exposed to the test context and ethanol was repeatedly injected in the home cage (unpaired group). Control groups were similarly exposed to the test context, but were injected with saline. In a second experiment, cocaine was used as a positive control. The same behavioral procedure was used, except that mice were injected with 10 mg/kg cocaine instead of ethanol. The results show a differential involvement of the test context in the sensitization to ethanol and cocaine. Cocaine sensitization is strongly context dependent and is not expressed in the unpaired group. In contrast, the expression of ethanol sensitization is independent of the context in which it was administered, but is strongly affected by the relative novelty/familiarity of the environment. Extensive pre-exposure to the test context prevented the expression of ethanol sensitization. One possible explanation is that expression of ethanol sensitization requires an arousing environment.
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Nyssen L, Brabant C, Didone V, Quertemont E. Response to novelty and cocaine stimulant effects: lack of stability across environments in female Swiss mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2016; 233:691-700. [PMID: 26554389 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-4146-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RATIONALE In humans, novelty/sensation seeking is seen as a personality trait with a positive relationship with addiction vulnerability. In animal studies, one of the standard procedures to model novelty seeking is the "response to novelty," i.e., the levels of locomotor activity in a new environment. In rodents, a positive correlation was demonstrated between the response to novelty and several effects of drugs, especially the locomotor stimulant effects of cocaine. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to test in mice whether the response to novelty is stable across environments and whether its relationship with the stimulant effects of cocaine is altered by environmental changes. Experiment 1 assessed the responses to novelty of the same mice in two different novel environments. Experiment 2 tested the correlation between response to novelty and acute stimulant effects of cocaine recorded in two distinct environments. RESULTS The results show a weak correlation only during the first 5 min of the session between the responses to novelty measured in two distinct environments. Experiment 2 demonstrates that novelty responses and stimulant effects of cocaine are positively correlated only when both behavioral responses are measured in the same environment. In contrast, the relationship between response to novelty and acute stimulant effects of cocaine is completely lost when the behavioral responses are recorded in two different environments. CONCLUSIONS The present results question the usual interpretation of the correlation between the response to novelty and the stimulant effects of cocaine as reflecting a relationship between two underlying individual stable characteristics.
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- Laura Nyssen
- Département de Psychologie, Cognition et Comportement, Service de psychologie quantitative, Université de Liège, Place des Orateurs, 2/B32, Liège, Belgium
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- Département de Psychologie, Cognition et Comportement, Service de psychologie quantitative, Université de Liège, Place des Orateurs, 2/B32, Liège, Belgium
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- Département de Psychologie, Cognition et Comportement, Service de psychologie quantitative, Université de Liège, Place des Orateurs, 2/B32, Liège, Belgium
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- Département de Psychologie, Cognition et Comportement, Service de psychologie quantitative, Université de Liège, Place des Orateurs, 2/B32, Liège, Belgium.
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Kliethermes CL. Conservation of the Ethanol-Induced Locomotor Stimulant Response among Arthropods. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2015; 85:37-46. [DOI: 10.1159/000370099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ethanol-induced locomotor stimulation has been variously described as reflective of the disinhibitory, euphoric, or reinforcing effects of ethanol and is commonly used as an index of acute ethanol sensitivity in rodents. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster also shows a locomotor stimulant response to ethanol that is believed to occur via conserved, ethanol-sensitive neurobiological mechanisms, but it is currently unknown whether this response is conserved among arthropod species or is idiosyncratic to D. melanogaster. The current experiments surveyed locomotor responses to ethanol in a phylogenetically diverse panel of insects and other arthropod species. A clear ethanol-induced locomotor stimulant response was seen in 9 of 13 Drosophilidae species tested, in 8 of 10 other species of insects, and in an arachnid (wolf spider) and a myriapod (millipede) species. Given the diverse phylogenies of the species that showed the response, these experiments support the hypothesis that locomotor stimulation is a conserved behavioral response to ethanol among arthropod species. Further comparative studies are needed to determine whether the specific neurobiological mechanisms known to underlie the stimulant response in D. melanogaster are conserved among arthropod and vertebrate species.
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Fish EW, DiBerto JF, Krouse MC, Robinson JE, Malanga CJ. Different contributions of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor activity to alcohol potentiation of brain stimulation reward in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014; 350:322-9. [PMID: 24917543 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.216135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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C57BL/6J (C57) and DBA/2J (DBA) mice respond differently to drugs that affect dopamine systems, including alcohol. The current study compared effects of D1 and D2 receptor agonists and antagonists, and the interaction between D1/D2 antagonists and alcohol, on intracranial self-stimulation in male C57 and DBA mice to determine the role of dopamine receptors in the effects of alcohol on brain stimulation reward (BSR). In the initial strain comparison, dose effects on BSR thresholds and maximum operant response rates were determined for the D1 receptor agonist SKF-82958 (±-6-chloro-7,8-dihydroxy-3-allyl-1-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine; 0.1-0.56 mg/kg) and antagonist SCH 23390 (+-7-chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepinehydrochloride; 0.003-0.056 mg/kg), and the D2 receptor agonist quinpirole (0.1-3.0 mg/kg) and antagonist raclopride (0.01-0.56 mg/kg). For the alcohol interaction, SCH 23390 (0.003 mg/kg) or raclopride (0.03 mg/kg) was given before alcohol (0.6-2.4 g/kg p.o.). D1 antagonism dose-dependently elevated and SKF-82958 dose-dependently lowered BSR threshold in both strains; DBA mice were more sensitive to SKF-82958 effects. D2 antagonism dose-dependently elevated BSR threshold only in C57 mice. Low doses of quinpirole elevated BSR threshold equally in both strains, whereas higher doses of quinpirole lowered BSR threshold only in C57 mice. SCH 23390, but not raclopride, prevented lowering of BSR threshold by alcohol in DBA mice. Conversely, raclopride, but not SCH 23390, prevented alcohol potentiation of BSR in C57 mice. These results extend C57 and DBA strain differences to D1/D2 sensitivity of BSR, and suggest differential involvement of D1 and D2 receptors in the acute rewarding effects of alcohol in these two mouse strains.
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- Eric W Fish
- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (E.W.F., J.E.R., C.J.M.), Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.F.D., M.C.K., J.E.R., C.J.M.), and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.E.R., C.J.M.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (E.W.F., J.E.R., C.J.M.), Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.F.D., M.C.K., J.E.R., C.J.M.), and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.E.R., C.J.M.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (E.W.F., J.E.R., C.J.M.), Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.F.D., M.C.K., J.E.R., C.J.M.), and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.E.R., C.J.M.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (E.W.F., J.E.R., C.J.M.), Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.F.D., M.C.K., J.E.R., C.J.M.), and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.E.R., C.J.M.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (E.W.F., J.E.R., C.J.M.), Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.F.D., M.C.K., J.E.R., C.J.M.), and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (J.E.R., C.J.M.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Ledesma JC, Escrig MA, Pastor R, Aragon CM. The MAO-A inhibitor clorgyline reduces ethanol-induced locomotion and its volitional intake in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2014; 116:30-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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March SM, Abate P, Molina JC. Acetaldehyde involvement in ethanol's postabsortive effects during early ontogeny. Front Behav Neurosci 2013; 7:70. [PMID: 23801947 PMCID: PMC3685812 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Clinical and biomedical studies sustains the notion that early ontogeny is a vulnerable window to the impact of alcohol. Experiences with the drug during these stages increase latter disposition to prefer, use or abuse ethanol. This period of enhanced sensitivity to ethanol is accompanied by a high rate of activity in the central catalase system, which metabolizes ethanol in the brain. Acetaldehyde (ACD), the first oxidation product of ethanol, has been found to share many neurobehavioral effects with the drug. Cumulative evidence supports this notion in models employing adults. Nevertheless very few studies have been conducted to analyze the role of ACD in ethanol postabsorptive effects, in newborns or infant rats. In this work we review recent experimental literature that syndicates ACD as a mediator agent of reinforcing aspects of ethanol, during early ontogenetic stages. We also show a meta-analytical correlational approach that proposes how differences in the activity of brain catalase across ontogeny, could be modulating patterns of ethanol consumption.
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- Samanta M March
- Laboratorio de Alcohol, Ontogenia y Desarrollo, Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra Córdoba, Argentina ; Department de Psicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina
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Miranda-Morales RS, Nizhnikov ME, Waters DH, Spear NE. Participation of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor in ethanol-mediated locomotor activation and ethanol intake in preweanling rats. Behav Brain Res 2013; 245:137-44. [PMID: 23439216 PMCID: PMC3666860 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Activation of nociceptin/orphanin FQ (NOP) receptors seems to attenuate ethanol-induced reinforcement in adult rodents. Since early ethanol exposure results in later increased responsiveness to ethanol, it is important to analyze NOP receptor modulation of ethanol-related behaviors during early ontogeny. By measuring NOP involvement in ethanol intake and ethanol-induced locomotor activation, we analyzed the specific participation of NOP receptors on these ethanol-related behaviors in two-week-old rats. In each experiment animals were pre-treated with the endogenous ligand for this receptor (nociceptin/orphanin FQ at 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 μg) or a selective NOP antagonist (J-113397 at 0.0, 0.5, 2.0 or 5.0 mg/kg). Results indicated that activation of the nociceptin receptor system had no effect on ethanol or water intake, while blockade of the NOP receptor has an unspecific effect on consummatory behavior: J-113397 increased ethanol (at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg) and water intake (at 0.5 and 5.0 mg/kg). Ethanol-mediated locomotor stimulation was attenuated by activation of the NOP system (nociceptin at 1.0 and 2.0 μg). Nociceptin had no effect on basal locomotor activity. Blockade of NOP receptors did not modify ethanol-induced locomotor activation. Contrary to what has been reported for adult rodents, nociceptin failed to suppress intake of ethanol in infants. Attenuation of ethanol-induced stimulation by activation of NOP receptor system suggests an early role of this receptor in this ethanol-related behavior.
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- Roberto Sebastián Miranda-Morales
- Department of Psychology, Center for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA.
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Acute and chronic ethanol differentially modify the emotional significance of a novel environment: implications for addiction. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2012; 15:1109-20. [PMID: 21854680 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145711001283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Using open-field behaviour as an experimental paradigm, we demonstrated a complex interaction between the rewarding/stimulating effects and the anxiogenic/stressful effects of both novelty and acute or chronic amphetamine in mice. As a consequence of this interaction, acute amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion was inhibited, whereas the expression of its sensitization was facilitated in a novel environment. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the interactions between exposure to a novel environment and the acute and chronic effects of ethanol (Eth), a drug of abuse known to produce anxiolytic-like behaviour in mice. Previously habituated and non-habituated male Swiss mice (3 months old) were tested in an open field after receiving an acute injection of Eth or following repeated treatment with Eth. Acute Eth administration increased locomotion with a greater magnitude in mice exposed to the apparatus for the first time, and this was thought to be related to the attenuation of the stressful effects of novelty produced by the anxiolytic-like effect of acute Eth, leading to a subsequent prevalence of its stimulant effects. However, locomotor sensitization produced by repeated Eth administration was expressed only in the previously explored environment. This result might be related to the well-known tolerance of Eth-induced anxiolytic-like behaviour following repeated treatment, which would restore the anxiogenic effect of novelty. Our data suggest that a complex and plastic interaction between the emotional and motivational properties of novelty and drugs of abuse can critically modify the behavioural expression of addiction-related mechanisms.
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Arias C, Spear NE. Mianserin, but not ondansetron, reduces the locomotor stimulating effect of ethanol in preweanling rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011; 100:81-5. [PMID: 21835193 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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During infancy rats are highly sensitive to the locomotor stimulating effect of ethanol, an effect particularly observed when they are tested during the rising phase of the blood ethanol curve and in a novel environment. According to a recent study infant rats require some degree of stress to get stimulated after being challenged with ethanol. Ethanol-induced stimulation in preweanling rats required the activation of CRH-1 receptors. Considering these antecedents, we explored modulation of the acute stimulating effect of ethanol (2.5g/kg) by two anxiolytic drugs, Mianserin (2.5 or 5mg/kg) and Ondansetron (1 or 3mg/kg). Mianserin attenuated the stimulating effect of ethanol at a dose that did not affect locomotor activity in water-controls, likely acting through 5-HT2 receptors, while Ondansetron, a 5-HT3 antagonist, did not affect this response. These results are consistent with recent findings indicating that one of the mechanisms by which the CRH-1 receptor modulates anxiety depends on sensitization of the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, and highlight the importance of stress as a modulator of the effects of ethanol during early developmental stages.
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- Carlos Arias
- Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC-CONICET), Córdoba, C.P 5000, Argentina.
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Camarini R, Marcourakis T, Teodorov E, Yonamine M, Calil HM. Ethanol-induced sensitization depends preferentially on D1 rather than D2 dopamine receptors. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2010; 98:173-80. [PMID: 21184775 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Behavioral sensitization, defined as a progressive increase in the locomotor stimulant effects elicited by repeated exposure to drugs of abuse, has been used as an animal model for drug craving in humans. The mesoaccumbens dopaminergic system has been proposed to be critically involved in this phenomenon; however, few studies have been designed to systematically investigate the effects of dopaminergic antagonists on development and expression of behavioral sensitization to ethanol in Swiss mice. We first tested the effects of D(1) antagonist SCH-23390 (0-0.03 mg/kg) or D(2) antagonist Sulpiride (0-30 mg/kg) on the locomotor responses to an acute injection of ethanol (2.0 g/kg). Results showed that all tested doses of the antagonists were effective in blocking ethanol's stimulant effects. In another set of experiments, mice were pretreated intraperitoneally with SCH-23390 (0.01 mg/kg) or Sulpiride (10 mg/kg) 30 min before saline or ethanol injection, for 21 days. Locomotor activity was measured weekly for 20 min. Four days following this pretreatment, all mice were challenged with ethanol. Both antagonists attenuated the development of ethanol sensitization, but only SCH-23390 blocked the expression of ethanol sensitization according to this protocol. When we tested a single dose (30 min before tests) of either antagonist in mice treated chronically with ethanol, both antagonists attenuated ethanol-induced effects. The present findings demonstrate that the concomitant administration of ethanol with D(1) but not D(2) antagonist prevented the expression of ethanol sensitization, suggesting that the neuroadaptations underlying ethanol behavioral sensitization depend preferentially on D(1) receptor actions.
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- Rosana Camarini
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
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Arias C, Mlewski EC, Hansen C, Molina JC, Paglini MG, Spear NE. Dopamine receptors modulate ethanol's locomotor-activating effects in preweanling rats. Dev Psychobiol 2010; 52:13-23. [PMID: 19842128 DOI: 10.1002/dev.20407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Near the end of the second postnatal week motor activity is increased soon after ethanol administration (2.5 g/kg) while sedation-like effects prevail when blood ethanol levels reach peak values. This time course coincides with biphasic reinforcement (appetitive and aversive) effects of ethanol determined at the same age. The present experiments tested the hypothesis that ethanol-induced activity during early development in the rat depends on the dopamine system, which is functional in modulating motor activity early in ontogeny. Experiments 1a and 1b tested ethanol-induced activity (0 or 2.5 g/kg) after a D1-like (SCH23390; 0, .015, .030, or .060 mg/kg) or a D2-like (sulpiride; 0, 5, 10, or 20 mg/kg) receptor antagonist, respectively. Ethanol-induced stimulation was suppressed by SCH23390 or sulpiride. The dopaminergic antagonists had no effect on blood ethanol concentration (Experiments 2a and 2b). In Experiment 3, 2.5 g/kg ethanol increased dopamine concentration in striatal tissue as well as locomotor activity in infant Wistar rats. Adding to our previous results showing a reduction in ethanol induced activity by a GABA B agonist or a nonspecific opioid antagonist, the present experiments implicate both D1-like and D2-like dopamine receptors in ethanol-induced locomotor stimulation during early development. According to these results, the same mechanisms that modulate ethanol-mediated locomotor stimulation in adult rodents seem to regulate this particular ethanol effect in the infant rat.
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- Carlos Arias
- Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC - CONICET) Córdoba C.P 5000, Argentina
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Baliño P, Pastor R, Aragon CMG. Participation of L-type calcium channels in ethanol-induced behavioral stimulation and motor incoordination: effects of diltiazem and verapamil. Behav Brain Res 2010; 209:196-204. [PMID: 20122967 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 01/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Calcium flux through voltage gate calcium channels (VGCC) is involved in many neuronal processes such as membrane depolarization, gene expression, hormone secretion, and neurotransmitter release. Several studies have shown that either acute or chronic exposure to ethanol modifies calcium influx through high voltage activated channels. Of special relevance is the L-type VGCC. Pharmacological manipulation of L-type calcium channels affects ethanol intake, ethanol discrimination and manifestations of withdrawal syndrome. The present study investigates the role of L-type channels on the psychomotor effects (stimulation and sedation/ataxia) of ethanol by testing the effects of different L-type calcium channel blockers (CCB) on such behaviors. Mice were pretreated intraperitoneally with the CCB, diltiazem (0-40 mg/kg) or verapamil (0-30 mg/kg) 30 min before ethanol (0-3.5 g/kg). Locomotion was measured in an open field chamber for 20 min immediately after ethanol. The two CCB tested prevented locomotor stimulation, but not locomotor suppression produced by ethanol. Doses of the two CCB which reduced ethanol stimulation, did not alter spontaneous locomotion. The ataxic effects of ethanol (1.25 g/kg), measured with an accelerating rotarod task, were not affected by diltiazem (20mg/kg) or verapamil (15 mg/kg). In addition, our results indicated that ethanol is more sensitive to the antagonism of L-type calcium channels than other drugs with stimulant properties; doses of the two CCB that reduced ethanol stimulation did not reduce the psychomotor effects of amphetamine, caffeine or cocaine. In conclusion, these data provide further evidence of the important involvement of L-type calcium channels in the behavioral effects produced by ethanol.
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- Pablo Baliño
- Area de Psicobiología, Universtitat Jaume I, Avda. Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castellón, Spain
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Wong K, Elegante M, Bartels B, Elkhayat S, Tien D, Roy S, Goodspeed J, Suciu C, Tan J, Grimes C, Chung A, Rosenberg M, Gaikwad S, Denmark A, Jackson A, Kadri F, Chung KM, Stewart A, Gilder T, Beeson E, Zapolsky I, Wu N, Cachat J, Kalueff AV. Analyzing habituation responses to novelty in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behav Brain Res 2009; 208:450-7. [PMID: 20035794 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2009] [Revised: 12/09/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Analysis of habituation is widely used to characterize animal cognitive phenotypes and their modulation. Although zebrafish (Danio rerio) are increasingly utilized in neurobehavioral research, their habituation responses have not been extensively investigated. Utilizing the novel tank test, we examine intra- and inter-session habituation and demonstrate robust habituation responses in adult zebrafish. Analyzing the intra-session habituation to novelty further, we also show that selected anxiogenic drugs (caffeine, pentylenetetrazole), as well as stress-inducing alarm pheromone, attenuated zebrafish habituation. Some acute anxiolytic agents, such as morphine and ethanol, while predictably reducing zebrafish anxiety, had no effects on habituation. Chronic ethanol and fluoxetine treatments improved intra-session habituation in zebrafish. In general, our study parallels literature on rodent habituation responses to novelty, and reconfirms zebrafish as a promising model for cognitive neurobehavioral research.
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- Keith Wong
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Fukushiro DF, Benetti LF, Josino FS, Oliveira GP, Fernandes MD, Saito LP, Uehara RA, Wuo-Silva R, Oliveira CS, Frussa-Filho R. Environmental novelty and illumination modify ethanol-induced open-field behavioral effects in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2009; 95:13-22. [PMID: 19969017 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Both spontaneous and drug-induced animal behaviors can be modified by exposure to novel stimuli or different levels of environmental illumination. However, research into how these factors specifically impact ethanol (ETH)-induced behavioral effects is currently lacking. We aimed to investigate the effects of these two factors, considered separately or in conjunction, on ETH-induced acute hyperlocomotor effect and its sensitization in adult male Swiss mice. Mice were placed in a novel or familiar open-field under normal light (200 lx) or low light (9 lx) immediately after receiving an ip injection of either 1.8 g/kg ETH or saline (SAL). After 7 days, all animals received an ip challenge injection of 1.8 g/kg ETH, and were placed in the open-field under the same light conditions described above. Novelty increased central locomotion and decreased grooming, while low light increased grooming. Acute ETH administration increased both total and peripheral locomotion and these effects were potentiated by low light. Both low light and novelty were able to facilitate ETH-induced locomotor sensitization, which was detected by the central locomotion parameter. However, there was no synergism between the effects of these two modulating factors on ETH-induced behavioral sensitization. We conclude that both the acute behavioral effects of ETH and behavioral sensitization induced by previous administration of this drug can be critically modified by environmental factors. In addition, our study stresses the importance of using different behavioral parameters to evaluate the interaction between environmental factors and ETH effects.
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- Daniela F Fukushiro
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu, 862, Ed. Leal Prado, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Lo PS, Wu CY, Sue HZ, Chen HH. Acute neurobehavioral effects of toluene: Involvement of dopamine and NMDA receptors. Toxicology 2009; 265:34-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ethanol-induced hyperactivity is associated with hypodopaminergia in the 22-TNJ ENU-mutated mouse. Alcohol 2009; 43:421-31. [PMID: 19801272 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Characterization of neurochemical and behavioral responses to ethanol in phenotypically distinct mouse strains can provide insight into the mechanisms of ethanol stimulant actions. Increases in striatal dopamine (DA) levels have often been linked to ethanol-induced hyperactivity. We examined the functional status of the DA system and behavioral responsiveness to ethanol, cocaine, and a DA-receptor agonist in an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-mutagenized mouse strain, 22-TNJ, generated by the Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism Consortium. The 22-TNJ mouse strain exhibited greater locomotor responses to 2.25g/kg ethanol and 10mg/kg cocaine, compared with control mice. In vivo microdialysis showed low-baseline DA levels and a larger DA increase with both 2.25g/kg ethanol and 10mg/kg cocaine. In in vitro voltammetry studies, the 22-TNJ mice displayed increased V(max) rates for DA uptake, possibly contributing to the low-baseline DA levels found with microdialysis. Finally, 22-TNJ mice showed enhanced in vitro autoreceptor sensitivity to the D2/D3 agonist, quinpirole, and greater locomotor responses to both autoreceptor-selective and postsynaptic receptor-selective doses of apomorphine compared with controls. Taken together, these results indicate that the dopaminergic system of the 22-TNJ mouse is low functioning compared with control, with consequent receptor supersensitivity, such that mutant animals exhibit enhanced behavioral responses to DA-activating drugs, such as ethanol. Thus, the 22-TNJ mouse represents a model for a relatively hypodopaminergic system, and could provide important insights into the mechanisms of hyper-responsiveness to ethanol's stimulant actions.
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Ibba F, Vinci S, Spiga S, Peana AT, Assaretti AR, Spina L, Longoni R, Acquas E. Ethanol-induced extracellular signal regulated kinase: role of dopamine D1 receptors. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009; 33:858-67. [PMID: 19320634 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Addictive drugs activate extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) in brain regions critically involved in their affective and motivational properties. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the ethanol-induced activation of ERK in the nucleus accumbens (Acb) and in the extended amygdala [bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateralis (BSTL) and central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA)] and to highlight the role of dopamine (DA) D(1) receptors in these effects. METHODS Ethanol (0.5, 1, and 2 g/kg) was administered by gavage and ERK phosphorylation was determined in the nucleus Acb (shell and core), BSTL, and CeA by immunohistochemistry. The DA D(1) receptor antagonist, SCH 39166 (SCH) (50 microg/kg), was administered 10 minutes before ethanol (1 g/kg). RESULTS Quantitative microscopic examination showed that ethanol, dose-dependently increased phospho-ERK immunoreactivity (optical and neuronal densities) in the shell and core of nucleus Acb, BSTL, and CeA. Pretreatment with SCH fully prevented the increases elicited by ethanol (1 g/kg) in all brain regions studied. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that ethanol, similar to other addictive drugs, activates ERK in nucleus Acb and extended amygdala via a DA D(1) receptor-mediated mechanism. Overall, these results suggest that the D(1) receptors/ERK pathway may play a critical role in the motivational properties of ethanol.
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- Federico Ibba
- Department of Toxicology, INN-National Institute of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale 72, Cagliari, Italy
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Arias C, Molina JC, Spear NE. Ethanol-mediated aversive learning as a function of locomotor activity in a novel environment in infant Sprague-Dawley rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2009; 92:621-8. [PMID: 19281838 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 02/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Unlike adult heterogeneous rats, infant rats are sensitive to ethanol's locomotor stimulating effects. Susceptibility to this ethanol effect varies as a function of baseline locomotor activity levels. Infant rats with higher baseline activity levels are more sensitive to ethanol's stimulating effects than those with lower baseline activity levels. The present study was designed to analyze susceptibility to ethanol-induced motivational learning in subpopulations of infant heterogeneous rats that differ in baseline activity in a novel environment. On postnatal day 11 (PD 11) baseline locomotor activity was registered and infants were divided into high and low responders (HR, LR). In Experiment 1, pups were trained in a procedure of conditioned taste aversion employing ethanol (0.0, 0.5 or 2.5 g/kg) as unconditioned stimulus (US) and saccharin as conditioned stimulus. In Experiment 2 the same procedure was employed with LiCl (0.0, 0.25 or 0.5% of body weight of a 0.3 M LiCl solution) as US. HR were more resistant to the aversive effects of ethanol than LR while magnitude of LiCl-induced conditioned taste aversion was similar in HR and LR. These results suggest the possibility of early detection of subpopulations of rats with differential sensitivity to ethanol's effects.
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- Carlos Arias
- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martin Ferreyra, (INIMEC-CONICET), Córdoba, C.P 5000, Argentina.
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Arias C, Mlewski EC, Molina JC, Spear NE. Ethanol induces locomotor activating effects in preweanling Sprague-Dawley rats. Alcohol 2009; 43:13-23. [PMID: 19185206 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2008] [Revised: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Abuse of drugs exerts biphasic motor activity effects, which seem to be associated with their motivational effects. In the case of ethanol, heterogenous rat strains appear to be particularly sensitive to the sedative effects of the drug. In contrast, ethanol's activating effects have been consistently reported in rats genetically selected for ethanol affinity. Heightened ethanol affinity and sensitivity to ethanol's reinforcement are also observed in nonselected rats during early ontogeny. In the present study, we examined psychomotor effects of ethanol (1.25 and 2.5 g/kg) in 8-, 12-, and 15-day-old pups. Motor activity in a novel environment was assessed 5-10 or 15-20 min following drug treatment. Rectal temperatures and latency to exhibit the righting reflex were recorded immediately after locomotor activity assessment. Ethanol exerted clear activating effects at 8 and 12 days of age (Experiments 1a and 1b) and to a lesser extent at 15 days. At this age, ethanol enhanced locomotor activity in the first testing interval (Experiment 1b) and suppressed locomotion at 15-20 min (Experiment 1a). Ethanol-mediated motor impairment was more pronounced in the youngest group (postnatal day 8) than in the older ones. Blood ethanol concentrations were equivalent in all age groups. The present study indicates that preweanling rats are sensitive to ethanol's stimulating effects during the second postnatal week, and suggest that specific periods during early ontogeny of the rat can provide a valuable framework for the study of mechanisms underlying ethanol's stimulation and reinforcement effects.
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Pastor R, Aragon CMG. Ethanol injected into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus induces behavioral stimulation in rats: an effect prevented by catalase inhibition and naltrexone. Behav Pharmacol 2009; 19:698-705. [PMID: 18797246 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e328315ecd7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It is suggested that some of the behavioral effects of ethanol, including its psychomotor properties, are mediated by beta-endorphin and opioid receptors. Ethanol-induced increases in the release of hypothalamic beta-endorphin depend on the catalasemic conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde. Here, we evaluated the locomotor activity in rats microinjected with ethanol directly into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ArcN), the main site of beta-endorphin synthesis in the brain and a region with high levels of catalase expression. Intra-ArcN ethanol-induced changes in motor activity were also investigated in rats pretreated with the opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone (0-2 mg/kg) or the catalase inhibitor 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AT; 0-1 g/kg). We found that ethanol microinjections of 64 or 128, but not 256 microg, produced locomotor stimulation. Intra-ArcN ethanol (128 microg)-induced activation was prevented by naltrexone and AT, whereas these compounds did not affect spontaneous activity. The present results support earlier evidence indicating that the ArcN and the beta-endorphinic neurons of this nucleus are necessary for ethanol to induce stimulation. In addition, our data suggest that brain structures that, as the ArcN, are rich in catalase may support the formation of ethanol-derived pharmacologically relevant concentrations of acetaldehyde and, thus be of particular importance for the behavioral effects of ethanol.
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- Raúl Pastor
- Area de Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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Arias C, Mlewski EC, Miller S, Molina JC, Spear NE. Novelty modulates the stimulating motor effects of ethanol in preweanling rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2009; 92:448-56. [PMID: 19463258 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During early ontogeny heterogeneous rats are sensitive to ethanol's stimulating effects. In adulthood locomotor activity in a novel environment is a valuable predictor of acute sensitivity to the activating effects of various drugs, including ethanol. Environmental novelty modulates response to ethanol and other drugs in adult rats. The present study analyzed the role of novelty in the acute locomotor response induced by ethanol earlier in development, during the preweanling period, a stage characterized by enhanced sensitivity to ethanol's reinforcing effects. In Experiment 1 we evaluated the predictive value of baseline locomotor activity upon ethanol-induced locomotor effects in 12-day-old rats. In Experiment 2 we tested whether repeated familiarization with the testing environment would reduce the stimulating effects induced by ethanol on postnatal day 12. Individual differences in response to an inescapable novel environment significantly predicted the locomotor activating effects of ethanol, but not other acute effects of the drug, such as hypothermia, motor impairment or sedation. Behavioral activation induced by ethanol during the preweanling period was attenuated after familiarization with the testing environment, suggesting that environmental novelty is critical for activating effects of ethanol.
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- Carlos Arias
- Center for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA.
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Scibelli AC, Phillips TJ. Combined scopolamine and ethanol treatment results in a locomotor stimulant response suggestive of synergism that is not blocked by dopamine receptor antagonists. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008; 33:435-47. [PMID: 19120057 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00854.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are well positioned to mediate ethanol's stimulant effects. To investigate this possibility, we examined the effects of scopolamine, a receptor subtype nonselective mAChR antagonist, on ethanol-induced stimulation in genotypes highly sensitive to this effect of ethanol. We also investigated whether the dopamine D1-like receptor antagonist, SCH-23390 or the dopamine D2-like receptor antagonist, haloperidol, could block the extreme stimulant response found following co-administration of scopolamine and ethanol. METHODS Scopolamine (0, 0.0625, 0.125, 0.25, or 0.5 mg/kg) was given 10 minutes prior to saline or ethanol (0.75 to 2 g/kg) to female FAST (Experiment I) or DBA/2J (Experiment II) mice that were then tested for locomotion for 30 minutes. In Experiments III and IV, respectively, SCH-23390 (0, 0.015, or 0.03 mg/kg) was given 10 minutes prior, and haloperidol (0, 0.08, or 0.16 mg/kg) was given 2 minutes prior, to scopolamine (0 or 0.5 mg/kg), followed 10 minutes later by saline or ethanol (1.5 g/kg) and female DBA/2J mice were tested for locomotion for 30 minutes. RESULTS FAST and DBA/2J mice displayed a robust enhancement of the locomotor effects of ethanol following pretreatment with scopolamine that was suggestive of synergism. SCH-23390 had no effect on the response to the scopolamine + ethanol drug combination, nor did it attenuate ethanol- or scopolamine-induced locomotor activity. Haloperidol, while attenuating the effects of ethanol, was not able to block the effects of scopolamine or the robust response to the scopolamine-ethanol drug combination. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that while muscarinic receptor antagonism robustly enhances acute locomotor stimulation to ethanol, dopamine receptors are not involved in the super-additive interaction of scopolamine and ethanol treatment. They also suggest that in addition to cautions regarding the use of alcohol when scopolamine is clinically prescribed due to enhanced sedative effects, enhanced stimulation may also be a concern.
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- Angela C Scibelli
- Portland Alcohol Research Center and Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) regulation of ethanol sedation, dependence and consumption: relationship to acamprosate actions. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2008; 11:775-93. [PMID: 18377703 PMCID: PMC2574715 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145708008584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated that metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonists decrease alcohol self-administration and suggest that the anti-craving medication, acamprosate, may also act to decrease mGluR5 function. To address the role of mGluR5 in behavioural actions of ethanol and acamprosate, we compared mutant mice with deletion of the mGluR5 gene and mice treated with a mGluR5 antagonist (MPEP) or acamprosate. Lack of mGluR5 or administration of MPEP reduced the severity of alcohol-induced withdrawal (AW), increased the sedative effect of alcohol (duration of loss of righting reflex; LORR), and increased basal motor activity. The motor stimulation produced by ethanol was blocked by deletion of mGluR5, but not by injection of MPEP. Both acamprosate and MPEP increased ethanol-induced LORR and reduced AW. Importantly, the protective effects of both MPEP and acamprosate on AW were found when the drugs were injected before, but not after, injection of ethanol. This indicates that the drugs prevented development of dependence rather than merely producing an anticonvulsant action. No effects of acamprosate or MPEP on ethanol-induced LORR and AW were found in mGluR5 knockout mice, demonstrating that mGluR5 is required for these actions. mGluR5 null mutant mice showed decreased alcohol consumption in some, but not all, tests. These data show the importance of mGluR5 for several actions of alcohol and support the hypothesis that some effects of acamprosate require mGluR5 signalling.
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This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It summarizes papers published during 2005 that studied the behavioral effects of molecular, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of opioid peptides, opioid receptors, opioid agonists and opioid antagonists. The particular topics that continue to be covered include the molecular-biochemical effects and neurochemical localization studies of endogenous opioids and their receptors related to behavior (Section 2), and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia (Section 3); stress and social status (Section 4); tolerance and dependence (Section 5); learning and memory (Section 6); eating and drinking (Section 7); alcohol and drugs of abuse (Section 8); sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology (Section 9); mental illness and mood (Section 10); seizures and neurologic disorders (Section 11); electrical-related activity, neurophysiology and transmitter release (Section 12); general activity and locomotion (Section 13); gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions (Section 14); cardiovascular responses (Section 15); respiration and thermoregulation (Section 16); immunological responses (Section 17).
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367, USA.
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Conversi D, Bonito-Oliva A, Orsini C, Cabib S. Habituation to the test cage influences amphetamine-induced locomotion and Fos expression and increases FosB/DeltaFosB-like immunoreactivity in mice. Neuroscience 2006; 141:597-605. [PMID: 16713106 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Pre-exposure to the testing cage (habituation or familiarization) is a common procedure aimed at reducing the interference of novelty-induced arousal and drug-independent individual differences on neural and behavioral measures. However, recent results suggest that this procedure might exert a major influence on the effects of addictive drugs. The present experiments tested the effects of repeated exposure to a test cage (1 h daily for four consecutive days) on amphetamine-induced locomotion and Fos expression as well as on FosB/DeltaFosB-like immunoreactivity in mice of the C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred strains that differ for the response to amphetamine, stress and novelty. Daily experiences with the test cage increased FosB/DeltaFosB-like immunoreactivity in the medial-prefrontal cortex of both strains of mice and in the caudate of mice of the C57 strain, as reported for repeated stress in the rat. Moreover, previous habituation to the test cage reduced the locomotor response to a low dose of amphetamine only in DBA mice while it reduced amphetamine-induced Fos expression in medial-prefrontal cortex, dorsal caudate and the accumbens shell of mice of the C57 strain. These results demonstrate indexes of stress-like plasticity in the brains of mice exposed to a procedure of familiarization to the testing environment. Moreover, they suggest that the procedure of daily familiarization influences the pattern of brain Fos expression induced by amphetamine. Finally, they indicate complex interactions between experience with the testing environment, genotype and drug.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Conversi
- Department of Psychology, University "La Sapienza," via dei Marsi 78, Rome I-00185, Italy; Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Recovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Centro Europeo per la Ricerca sul Cervello, via del Fosso di Fiorano, Rome 01443, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University "La Sapienza," via dei Marsi 78, Rome I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University "La Sapienza," via dei Marsi 78, Rome I-00185, Italy; Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Recovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Centro Europeo per la Ricerca sul Cervello, via del Fosso di Fiorano, Rome 01443, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University "La Sapienza," via dei Marsi 78, Rome I-00185, Italy; Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Recovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Centro Europeo per la Ricerca sul Cervello, via del Fosso di Fiorano, Rome 01443, Italy.
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