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McLaurin KA, Ott RK, Mactutus CF, Booze RM. Adolescent oral oxycodone self-administration disrupts neurobehavioral and neurocognitive development. Neuropharmacology 2024; 258:110064. [PMID: 38981578 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.110064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
Abstract
Nonmedical use of prescription opioids peaks during late adolescence, a developmental period associated with the maturation of higher-order cognitive processes. To date, however, how chronic adolescent oxycodone (OXY) self-administration alters neurobehavioral (i.e., locomotion, startle reactivity) and/or neurocognitive (i.e., preattentive processes, intrasession habituation, stimulus-reinforcement learning, sustained attention) function has not yet been systematically evaluated. Hence, the rationale was built for establishing the dose-dependency of adolescent OXY self-administration on the trajectory of neurobehavioral and neurocognitive development. From postnatal day (PD) 35 to PD 105, an age in rats that corresponds to the adolescent and young adult period in humans, male and female F344/N rats received access to either oral OXY (0, 2, 5, or 10 mg/kg) or water under a two-bottle choice experimental paradigm. Independent of biological sex or dose, rodents voluntarily escalated their OXY intake across ten weeks. A longitudinal experimental design revealed prominent OXY-induced impairments in neurobehavioral development, characterized by dose-dependent increases in locomotion and sex-dependent increases in startle reactivity. Systematic manipulation of the interstimulus interval in prepulse inhibition supports an OXY-induced impairment in preattentive processes. Despite the long-term cessation of OXY intake, rodents with a history of chronic adolescent oral OXY self-administration exhibited deficits in sustained attention; albeit no alterations in stimulus-reinforcement learning were observed. Taken together, adolescent oral OXY self-administration induces selective long-term alterations in neurobehavioral and neurocognitive development enjoining the implementation of safer prescribing guidelines for this population.
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- Kristen A McLaurin
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, USA.
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- Cognitive and Neural Science Program, Department of Psychology, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Cognitive and Neural Science Program, Department of Psychology, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Cognitive and Neural Science Program, Department of Psychology, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Navaei F, Fathabadi FF, Moghaddam MH, Fathi M, Vakili K, Abdollahifar MA, Boroujeni ME, Zamani N, Zamani N, Norouzian M, Aliaghaei A. Chronic exposure to methadone impairs memory, induces microgliosis, astrogliosis and neuroinflammation in the hippocampus of adult male rats. J Chem Neuroanat 2022; 125:102139. [PMID: 35872237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Methadone is a centrally-acting synthetic opioid analgesic widely used in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) programs throughout the world. Given its neurotoxic effects, particularly on the hippocampus, this study aims to address the behavioral and histological alterations in the hippocampus associated with methadone administration. To do so, twenty-four adult male albino rats were randomized into two groups, methadone treatment and control. Methadone was administered subcutaneously (2.5-10 mg/kg) once a day for two consecutive weeks. A comparison was drawn with behavioral and structural changes recorded in the control group. The results showed that methadone administration interrupted spatial learning and memory function. Accordingly, treating rats with methadone not only induced cell death but also prompted the actuation of microgliosis, astrogliosis, and apoptotic biomarkers. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that treating rats with methadone decreased the complexity of astrocyte processes and the complexity of microglia processes. These findings suggest that methadone altered the special distribution of neurons. Also, a substantial increase was observed in the expression of TNF-α due to methadone. According to the findings, methadone administration exerts a neurodegenerative effect on the hippocampus via dysregulation of microgliosis, astrogliosis, apoptosis, and neuro-inflammation.
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- Fatemeh Navaei
- Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran; Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biology, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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- Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran; Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Bach P, Frischknecht U, Reinhard I, Bekier N, Demirakca T, Ende G, Vollstädt-Klein S, Kiefer F, Hermann D. Impaired working memory performance in opioid-dependent patients is related to reduced insula gray matter volume: a voxel-based morphometric study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:813-822. [PMID: 31422451 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-019-01052-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Opioid-dependent patients frequently show deficits in multiple cognitive domains that might impact on their everyday life performance and interfere with therapeutic efforts. To date, the neurobiological underpinnings of those deficits remain to be determined. We investigated working memory performance and gray matter volume (GMV) differences in 17 patients on opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) and 17 healthy individuals using magnetic resonance imaging and voxel-based morphometry. In addition, we explored associations between substance intake, gray matter volume, and working memory task performance. Patients on OMT committed more errors during the working memory task than healthy individuals and showed smaller insula and putamen GMV. The duration of heroin use prior to OMT was associated with working memory performance and insula GMV in patients. Neither the substitution agent (methadone and buprenorphine) nor concurrent abuse of illegal substances during the 3 months prior to the experiment was significantly associated with GMV. Results indicate that impaired working memory performance and structural deficits in the insula of opioid-dependent patients are related to the duration of heroin use. This suggests that early inclusion into OMT or abstinence-oriented therapies that shorten the period of heroin abuse may limit the impairments to GMV and cognitive performance of opioid-dependent individuals.
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- Patrick Bach
- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Biostatistics, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Square J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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Asuni GP, Speidell A, Mocchetti I. Neuronal apoptosis induced by morphine withdrawal is mediated by the p75 neurotrophin receptor. J Neurochem 2021; 158:169-181. [PMID: 33742683 PMCID: PMC10176599 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Morphine withdrawal evokes neuronal apoptosis through mechanisms that are still under investigation. We have previously shown that morphine withdrawal increases the levels of pro-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a proneurotrophin that promotes neuronal apoptosis through the binding and activation of the pan-neurotrophin receptor p75 (p75NTR). In this work, we sought to examine whether morphine withdrawal increases p75NTR-driven signaling events. We employed a repeated morphine treatment-withdrawal paradigm in order to investigate biochemical and histological indicators of p75NTR-mediated neuronal apoptosis in mice. We found that repeated cycles of spontaneous morphine withdrawal promote an accumulation of p75NTR in hippocampal synapses. At the same time, TrkB, the receptor that is crucial for BDNF-mediated synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, was decreased, suggesting that withdrawal alters the neurotrophin receptor environment to favor synaptic remodeling and apoptosis. Indeed, we observed evidence of neuronal apoptosis in the hippocampus, including activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and increased active caspase-3. These effects were not seen in saline or morphine-treated mice which had not undergone withdrawal. To determine whether p75NTR was necessary in promoting these outcomes, we repeated these experiments in p75NTR heterozygous mice. The lack of one p75NTR allele was sufficient to prevent the increases in phosphorylated JNK and active caspase-3. Our results suggest that p75NTR participates in the neurotoxic and proinflammatory state evoked by morphine withdrawal. Because p75NTR activation negatively influences synaptic repair and promotes cell death, preventing opioid withdrawal is crucial for reducing neurotoxic mechanisms accompanying opioid use disorders.
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- Gino P. Asuni
- Laboratory of Preclinical Neurobiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
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- Laboratory of Preclinical Neurobiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
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- Laboratory of Preclinical Neurobiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
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Nylander E, Zelleroth S, Nyberg F, Grönbladh A, Hallberg M. The effects of morphine, methadone, and fentanyl on mitochondria: A live cell imaging study. Brain Res Bull 2021; 171:126-134. [PMID: 33741459 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The important role of mitochondria in maintaining normal brain cell function has been demonstrated in several neurodegenerative diseases where mitochondrial dysfunction is a prominent feature. Accumulating evidence indicates that opioids may induce neuronal cell death and inhibit neurogenesis, two factors that are dependent on normal mitochondrial function. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of morphine, methadone, and fentanyl on MitoTracker-stained mitochondria. Cells from the neuroblastoma/glioma hybrid cell-line NG108-15 were seeded on 96-well cell culture plates and treated with MitoTracker for 30 min prior to opioid treatment. Morphine, methadone, and fentanyl were added at various concentrations and images of mitochondria were acquired every 30 min for four hours using a high-content imaging device. The parameters total mitochondrial area, mitochondrial network, as well as the number and mean area of mitochondrial objects were analyzed using automated image analysis. Methadone and fentanyl, but not morphine, decreased the mitochondrial network, the number of mitochondrial objects, and increased the mean area of mitochondrial objects. Both methadone and fentanyl altered mitochondrial morphology with no effects seen from morphine treatment. These data suggest that methadone and fentanyl impact mitochondrial morphology negatively, which may be associated with neuronal cell death.
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- Erik Nylander
- The Beijer Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Prenatal Opioid Exposure Enhances Responsiveness to Future Drug Reward and Alters Sensitivity to Pain: A Review of Preclinical Models and Contributing Mechanisms. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0393-20.2020. [PMID: 33060181 PMCID: PMC7768284 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0393-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The opioid crisis has resulted in an unprecedented number of neonates born with prenatal opioid exposure (POE); however, the long-term effects of POE on offspring behavior and neurodevelopment remain relatively unknown. The advantages and disadvantages of the various preclinical POE models developed over the last several decades are discussed in the context of clinical and translational relevance. Although considerable and important variability exists among preclinical models of POE, the examination of these preclinical models has revealed that opioid exposure during the prenatal period contributes to maladaptive behavioral development as offspring mature including an altered responsiveness to rewarding drugs and increased pain response. The present review summarizes key findings demonstrating the impact of POE on offspring drug self-administration (SA), drug consumption, the reinforcing properties of drugs, drug tolerance, and other reward-related behaviors such as hypersensitivity to pain. Potential underlying molecular mechanisms which may contribute to this enhanced addictive phenotype in POE offspring are further discussed with special attention given to key brain regions associated with reward including the striatum, prefrontal cortex (PFC), ventral tegmental area (VTA), hippocampus, and amygdala. Improvements in preclinical models and further areas of study are also identified which may advance the translational value of findings and help address the growing problem of POE in clinical populations.
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Ahmad-Molaei L, Pourhamzeh M, Ahadi R, Khodagholi F, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Haghparast A. Time-Dependent Changes in the Serum Levels of Neurobiochemical Factors After Acute Methadone Overdose in Adolescent Male Rat. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2020; 41:1635-1649. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-00931-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Blum K, Baron D, McLaughlin T, Gold MS. Molecular neurological correlates of endorphinergic/dopaminergic mechanisms in reward circuitry linked to endorphinergic deficiency syndrome (EDS). J Neurol Sci 2020; 411:116733. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kruyer A, Chioma VC, Kalivas PW. The Opioid-Addicted Tetrapartite Synapse. Biol Psychiatry 2020; 87:34-43. [PMID: 31378302 PMCID: PMC6898767 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Opioid administration in preclinical models induces long-lasting adaptations in reward and habit circuitry. The latest research demonstrates that in the nucleus accumbens, opioid-induced excitatory synaptic plasticity involves presynaptic and postsynaptic elements as well as adjacent astroglial processes and the perisynaptic extracellular matrix. We outline opioid-induced modifications within each component of the tetrapartite synapse and provide a neurobiological perspective on how these adaptations converge to produce addiction-related behaviors in rodent models. By incorporating changes observed at each of the excitatory synaptic compartments into a unified framework of opioid-induced glutamate dysregulation, we highlight new avenues for restoring synaptic homeostasis that might limit opioid craving and relapse vulnerability.
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- Anna Kruyer
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
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The Protective and Restorative Effects of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 on Methadone-Induced Toxicity In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113627. [PMID: 30453639 PMCID: PMC6274959 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Evidence to date suggests that opioids such as methadone may be associated with cognitive impairment. Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are suggested to be neuroprotective and procognitive in the brain and may therefore counteract these effects. This study aims to explore the protective and restorative effects of GH and IGF-1 in methadone-treated cell cultures. Primary cortical cell cultures were harvested from rat fetuses and grown for seven days in vitro. To examine the protective effects, methadone was co-treated with or without GH or IGF-1 for three consecutive days. To examine the restorative effects, methadone was added for the first 24 h, washed, and later treated with GH or IGF-1 for 48 h. At the end of each experiment, mitochondrial function and membrane integrity were evaluated. The results revealed that GH had protective effects in the membrane integrity assay and that both GH and IGF-1 effectively recovered mitochondrial function and membrane integrity in cells pretreated with methadone. The overall conclusion of the present study is that GH, but not IGF-1, protects primary cortical cells against methadone-induced toxicity, and that both GH and IGF-1 have a restorative effect on cells pretreated with methadone.
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Ahmad-Molaei L, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Farnaghi F, Tomaz C, Haghparast A. Delay-Dependent Impairments in Memory and Motor Functions After Acute Methadone Overdose in Rats. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:1023. [PMID: 30250433 PMCID: PMC6139438 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Methadone is used as a substitution drug for the treatment of opioid dependence and chronic pain. Despite its widespread use and availability, there is a serious concern with respect to the relative safety of methadone. The purpose of this study was to characterize how acute methadone overdose affects the cognitive and motor performance of naïve healthy rats. The methadone overdose was induced by administering an acute toxic dose of methadone (15 mg/kg; ip; the equivalent dose of 80% of LD50) to adolescent rats. Resuscitation using a ventilator pump along with a single dose of naloxone (2 mg/kg; ip) was administered following the occurrence of apnea. The animals which were successfully resuscitated divided randomly into three apnea groups that evaluated either on day 1, 5, or 10 post-resuscitation (M/N-Day 1, M/N-Day 5, and M/N-Day 10 groups) in the Y-maze and novel object memory recognition tasks as well as pole and rotarod tests. The data revealed that a single toxic dose of methadone had an adverse effect on spontaneous behavior. In addition, Recognition memory impairment was observed in the M/N-Day 1, 5, and 10 groups after methadone-induced apnea. Further, descending time in the M/N-Day 5 group increased significantly in comparison with its respective Saline control group. The overall results indicate that acute methadone-overdose-induced apnea produced delay-dependent cognitive and motor impairment. We suggest that methadone poisoning should be considered as a possible cause of delayed neurological disorders, which might be transient, in some types of memory or motor performance in naïve healthy rats.
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- Leila Ahmad-Molaei
- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Program, CEUMA University, São Luís, Brazil
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ye JJ, Li W, Zhang DS, Li Q, Zhu J, Chen JJ, Li YB, Yan XJ, Liu JR, Wei X, Wang YR, Wang W. Longitudinal behavioral and fMRI-based assessment of inhibitory control in heroin addicts on methadone maintenance treatment. Exp Ther Med 2018; 16:3202-3210. [PMID: 30214543 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The objective of the present study was to determine whether methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in heroin-dependent patients affects inhibitory control, whether any MMT-induced changes correlate with methadone dose and MMT duration, and whether these changes depend on the psychological characteristics of patients, such as depression, anxiety and impulsivity. Response inhibition in the GO/NO-GO test was combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning data to examine whether MMT affects inhibitory control in 21 heroin-addicted patients who had already undergone at least three months of MMT. Patients were evaluated one year prior to and after the MMT period. Participants exhibited no difference in their GO/NO-GO reaction time and accuracy rate, or in their false alarm rate under NO-GO conditions. However, increased activation was detected in numerous brain regions in their 12-month fMRI scans, although these were not in the frontal-striatal loop. Increased fMRI activation in the left precentral gyrus and superior temporal gyrus were negatively correlated with the daily methadone dose and total methadone dose during the one-year study period. In conclusion, these results suggested that MMT over one year does not significantly change the behavioral indicators of inhibitory control function in heroin-dependent patients. The increase in activation leads to the hypothesis that MMT over one year may increase cognitive inhibitory control, which may be the result of the combined negative effect of methadone and the positive effect of functional recovery after withdrawal of heroin.
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- Jian-Jun Ye
- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China
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Brolin E, Zelleroth S, Jonsson A, Hallberg M, Grönbladh A, Nyberg F. Chronic administration of morphine using mini-osmotic pumps affects spatial memory in the male rat. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2018; 167:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently, the opioid analgesic d,l-methadone has gained much attention as a potential antineoplastic compound, considerably triggered through lay press and media. In consequence, physicians and pharmacists are currently confronted with numerous patients willing to use d,l-methadone against their malignancies. Well-performed in vitro and in vivo models have in fact shown pro-apoptotic effects of d,l-methadone or other opioids, but also proliferation-stimulating properties. Moreover, the mechanisms of proposed opioid-stimulated apoptosis are incompletely described or contradicting. Finally, the receptors mostly responsible for induction of apoptosis by d,l-methadone remain unclear as contributions of both µ-opioid receptors, Fas cell death receptors, toll-like receptors, N-Methyl-d-aspartate receptors and opioid growth factor receptors were suggested. Such ambiguity prevents rational application of d,l-methadone or patient stratification to enhance beneficial antineoplastic effects. From a clinical point of view, d,l-methadone and other opioids might in fact prolong survival, but such effects likely originate from their analgesic and neuro-psychotropic properties and, thus, improvements of quality of life. Crucial obstacles to the administration of d,l-methadone are incomplete knowledge about its systemic disposition, highly variable pharmacokinetics, profound drug-drug- or drug-disease interaction and QT-prolongation potential. This article summarizes and rates the pharmacological basis of d,l-methadone as an antineoplastic agent and puts its administration in clinical oncology into perspective. Despite enthralling experimental findings about d,l-methadone-mediated apoptosis in cancerous cells or tissues, clinicians should realize the current lack of evidence for the use of d,l-methadone as an antineoplastic agent. Its administration against cancer pain is, however, tenable, albeit restricted to certain clinical situations.
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- Dirk Theile
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Levine TA, Woodward LJ. Early inhibitory control and working memory abilities of children prenatally exposed to methadone. Early Hum Dev 2018; 116:68-75. [PMID: 29195088 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance is the most common method of treating opioid-dependent pregnant women. However, little is known about the impact of prenatal methadone exposure on child neurocognitive development. AIMS To examine the early executive functioning of children born to methadone-maintained mothers, and to assess relations between executive functioning and later emotional and behavioral adjustment. STUDY DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS The sample consisted of 68 methadone-exposed children and 88 non-methadone-exposed children. OUTCOME MEASURES At age 2years, children's inhibitory control and working memory were assessed using the Snack Delay and Three Boxes tasks. At 2 and 4.5years, their emotional and behavioral adjustment was assessed using the caregiver-completed Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. RESULTS Methadone-exposed children had poorer inhibitory control than non-exposed children (p<0.0001). These differences were explained by maternal education and prenatal benzodiazepine use. With respect to working memory, although both groups performed similarly on the first trial set, non-exposed children significantly improved their performance on the second trial set (p=0.002), while methadone-exposed children did not (p=0.92). Inhibitory control at age 2years was predictive of higher conduct (p=0.001), hyperactivity (p=0.0001), peer relationship (p=0.02), and total (p<0.0001) problems at 4.5years even after adjustment for behavioral problems at 2years. CONCLUSIONS Methadone-exposed children demonstrate difficulties with inhibitory control and possibly sustained attention/learning. These difficulties were explained by factors correlated with maternal prenatal methadone use. Longer-term follow-up of these children is needed to understand the effects of prenatal methadone exposure and related maternal factors on executive functioning and behavioral adjustment.
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- Terri A Levine
- Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A possible biomarker for methadone related deaths. J Forensic Leg Med 2017; 49:8-14. [PMID: 28482247 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Methadone (MTH) concentrations in those dying of MTH toxicity totally overlap concentrations where the presence of MTH is only an incidental finding, making it very difficult to make distinctions in actual cases. A biomarker, be it anatomical or biochemical for MTH toxicity is badly needed, particularly if that markers were known to disrupt effective ventilation. Because the brainstem houses the regulatory centers for cardiorespiratory-control enters, it would seem to be the most likely anatomical site to seek abnormalities in cardiorespiratory control. OBJECTIVE To locate and describe the cells of nucleus of the solitary tract (TS)(NTS) in human brainstem and determine if neuronal cell death, either necrotic or apoptotic, within the TS of humans is more common in deaths due directly to MTH toxicity than with in the solitary tract itself. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS This was a single cohort study of MTH related decedents autopsied at a large university hospital. Each decedent had a recent history of non medical/illicit MTH use and had been pronounced dead in the field, prior to ever reaching the hospital. Complete autopsy and complete toxicology testing were performed on the formalin fixed brains of each individual. Multiple blocks were prepared of the area of interest, namely the tissue lying immediately between the inferior and the super colliculi. This volume, by definition, would have included the area of the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM), the location of the TS. Immunohistochemistry studies utilizing caspase-9 reaction (a protease enzyme involved in the process of preprogrammed death) were performed in order to estimate the degree and proportion of neuronal apoptosis, and also access the degree of classical necrosis within the NTS. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome measure was the presence or absence of neuronal apoptosis and/or necrosis within the NTS. RESULTS Cells displaying evidence of early apoptosis and advanced apoptosis, consisting primarily of nuclear fragmentation, admixed with other neurons displaying the features of classic necrosis were found. Evidence of classic necrosis was identifiable in most of the controls, though minor degrees of apoptosis were identifiable with Caspase staining and quantitative image analysis of immunohistochemical stains. CONCLUSIONS and Relevance: Our study shows that neurons, primarily along the TS, but occasionally in other cell nuclei (even controls) are vulnerable, both to direct MTH toxicity (via apoptosis) and indirectly (via hypoxia leading to classical cell necrosis). When MTH is found to be present in significant concentrations, but apoptotic lesions are absent, it would be reasonable to assume that MTH was not primarily the cause of cardiorespiratory arrest.
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Nylander E, Grönbladh A, Zelleroth S, Diwakarla S, Nyberg F, Hallberg M. Growth hormone is protective against acute methadone-induced toxicity by modulating the NMDA receptor complex. Neuroscience 2016; 339:538-547. [PMID: 27746341 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Human growth hormone (GH) displays promising protective effects in the central nervous system after damage caused by various insults. Current evidence suggests that these effects may involve N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function, a receptor that also is believed to play a role in opioid-induced neurotoxicity. The aims of the present study were to examine the acute toxic effects of methadone, an opioid receptor agonist and NMDA receptor antagonist, as well as to evaluate the protective properties of recombinant human GH (rhGH) on methadone-induced toxicity. Primary cortical cell cultures from embryonic day 17 rats were grown for 7days in vitro. Cells were treated with methadone for 24h and the 50% lethal dose was calculated and later used for protection studies with rhGH. Cellular toxicity was determined by measuring mitochondrial activity, lactate dehydrogenase release, and caspase activation. Furthermore, the mRNA expression levels of NMDA receptor subunits were investigated following methadone and rhGH treatment using quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis. A significant protective effect was observed with rhGH treatment on methadone-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and in methadone-induced LDH release. Furthermore, methadone significantly increased caspase-3 and -7 activation but rhGH was unable to inhibit this effect. The mRNA expression of the NMDA receptor subunit GluN1, GluN2a, and GluN2b increased following methadone treatment, as assessed by qPCR, and rhGH treatment effectively normalized this expression to control levels. We have demonstrated that rhGH can rescue cells from methadone-induced toxicity by maintaining mitochondrial function, cellular integrity, and NMDA receptor complex expression.
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- Erik Nylander
- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- The Beijer Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, SE-751 24, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Hutsell BA, Banks ML. Effects of environmental and pharmacological manipulations on a novel delayed nonmatching-to-sample 'working memory' procedure in unrestrained rhesus monkeys. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 251:62-71. [PMID: 26003863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Working memory is a domain of 'executive function.' Delayed nonmatching-to-sample (DNMTS) procedures are commonly used to examine working memory in both human laboratory and preclinical studies. NEW METHOD The aim was to develop an automated DNMTS procedure maintained by food pellets in rhesus monkeys using a touch-sensitive screen attached to the housing chamber. Specifically, the DNMTS procedure was a 2-stimulus, 2-choice recognition memory task employing unidimensional discriminative stimuli and randomized delay interval presentations. RESULTS DNMTS maintained a delay-dependent decrease in discriminability that was independent of the retention interval distribution. Eliminating reinforcer availability during a single delay session or providing food pellets before the session did not systematically alter accuracy, but did reduce total choices. Increasing the intertrial interval enhanced accuracy at short delays. Acute Δ(9)-THC pretreatment produced delay interval-dependent changes in the forgetting function at doses that did not alter total choices. Acute methylphenidate pretreatment only decreased total choices. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS All monkeys were trained to perform NMTS at the 1s training delay within 60 days of initiating operant touch training. Furthermore, forgetting functions were reliably delay interval-dependent and stable over the experimental period (∼6 months). CONCLUSIONS Consistent with previous studies, increasing the intertrial interval improved DNMTS performance, whereas Δ(9)-THC disrupted DNMTS performance independent of changes in total choices. Overall, the touchscreen-based DNMTS procedure described provides an efficient method for training and testing experimental manipulations on working memory in unrestrained rhesus monkeys.
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- Blake A Hutsell
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; Institute for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
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Effects of treadmill running exercise during the adolescent period of life on behavioral deficits in juvenile rats induced by prenatal morphine exposure. Physiol Behav 2015; 139:26-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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RHODIN A, EHREN M, SKOTTHEIM B, GRÖNBLADH A, ORTIZ‐NIETO F, RAININKO R, GORDH T, NYBERG F. Recombinant human growth hormone improves cognitive capacity in a pain patient exposed to chronic opioids. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2014; 58:759-65. [PMID: 24712862 PMCID: PMC4265204 DOI: 10.1111/aas.12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During recent decades, the increasing use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has raised concerns regarding tolerance, addiction, and importantly cognitive dysfunction. Current research suggests that the somatotrophic axis could play an important role in cognitive function. Administration of growth hormone (GH) to GH-deficient humans and experimental animals has been shown to result in significant improvements in cognitive capacity. In this report, a patient with cognitive disabilities resulting from chronic treatment with opioids for neuropathic pain received recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) replacement therapy. A 61-year-old man presented with severe cognitive dysfunction after long-term methadone treatment for intercostal neuralgia and was diagnosed with GH insufficiency by GH releasing hormone-arginine testing. The effect of rhGH replacement therapy on his cognitive capacity and quality of life was investigated. The hippocampal volume was measured using magnetic resonance imaging, and the ratios of the major metabolites were calculated using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Cognitive testing revealed significant improvements in visuospatial cognitive function after rhGH. The hippocampal volume remained unchanged. In the right hippocampus, the N-acetylaspartate/creatine ratio (reflecting nerve cell function) was initially low but increased significantly during rhGH treatment, as did subjective cognitive, physical and emotional functioning. This case report indicates that rhGH replacement therapy could improve cognitive behaviour and well-being, as well as hippocampal metabolism and functioning in opioid-treated patients with chronic pain. The idea that GH could affect brain function and repair disabilities induced by long-term exposure to opioid analgesia is supported.
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- A. RHODIN
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesia/Pain Research Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Radiology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Radiology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Radiology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesia/Pain Research Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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Li W, Li Q, Zhu J, Qin Y, Zheng Y, Chang H, Zhang D, Wang H, Wang L, Wang Y, Wang W. White matter impairment in chronic heroin dependence: a quantitative DTI study. Brain Res 2013; 1531:58-64. [PMID: 23895765 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Exposure to addictive drugs has been associated with disrupted brain white matter integrity. A few studies have examined the white matter deficits in heroin users; however, the results were influenced by the use of substitution drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine. The present study assessed the alteration in white matter integrity and heroin-related neuropathology in heroin dependents who had not received any replacement therapy using quantitative diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). The study comprised 17 heroin-dependent (HD) subjects and 15 matched healthy controls (HC). Fractional anisotropy (FA) and eigenvalues (λ┴, λ||) of white matter in the whole brain were measured and compared using a voxel-based analysis. The correlation between DTI measurements in identified regions and history of heroin exposure was tested by partial correlation analysis. Compared with HCs, HD subjects displayed decreased FA in the bilateral frontal lobe sub-gyrus, cingulate gyrus, medial frontal gyrus, extra-nuclear, left temporal lobe sub-gyrus and right superior frontal gyrus. Among these regions, the HD group had significantly increased λ┴ in the bilateral frontal lobe sub-gyrus, cingulate gyrus and extra-nuclear relative to the HC group. There were no group differences in λ||. In addition, there were no significant correlations between duration of heroin use or accumulated dosage and FA or λ┴ values. In conclusion, chronic heroin-dependent subjects had widespread disruption of white matter structural connectivity located mainly in anterior and superior regions of the brain. Damage to myelin other than axons was the primary pathological feature in the brain of the heroin user.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, No. 569 Xinsi Road, Baqiao District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China
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Bach P, Vollstädt-Klein S, Frischknecht U, Hoerst M, Kiefer F, Mann K, Ende G, Hermann D. Diminished brain functional magnetic resonance imaging activation in patients on opiate maintenance despite normal spatial working memory task performance. Clin Neuropharmacol 2013; 35:153-60. [PMID: 22805228 DOI: 10.1097/wnf.0b013e31825c38f5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Despite the beneficial impact on the reduction of addictive behavior, opiate maintenance therapy has been associated with negative effects on cognitive and psychomotor functioning. This may limit the outcome of behavioral strategies, rehabilitation, and reintegration into society. The objective of the study at hand was to investigate the effect of buprenorphine and methadone maintenance therapy on visuospatial working memory performance. METHODS Visuospatial working memory performance of 13 patients, receiving either methadone or buprenorphine, was investigated and compared to 13 control participants using functional magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS Altered neuronal activation was found in the patients, including brain areas associated with working memory performance and addiction. Behavioral performance on the visuospatial working memory task was similar across groups. CONCLUSIONS Results indicate that there are no robust impairments of visuospatial capabilities in patients on opiate maintenance, but altered neuronal activation in working memory-related brain areas-due to chronic presence of opiates-may limit cognitive performance on complex cognitive tasks. Factors in therapeutic strategies that may support rehabilitation of patients' cognitive performance are discussed.
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- Patrick Bach
- Department Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Verdejo-García A, Lubman DI, Roffel K, Vilar-López R, Bora E, MacKenzie T, Yücel M. Cingulate biochemistry in heroin users on substitution pharmacotherapy. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2013; 47:244-9. [PMID: 23060530 DOI: 10.1177/0004867412463088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE High doses of opiate substitution pharmacotherapy are associated with greater treatment retention and lower illicit drug consumption, although the neurobiological bases of these benefits are poorly understood. Dysfunction of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is associated with greater addiction severity and mood dysregulation in opiate users, such that the beneficial effects of substitution pharmacotherapy may relate to normalisation of ACC function. This study aimed to investigate the differential impact of methadone compared with buprenorphine on dorsal ACC biochemistry. A secondary aim was to explore the differential effects of methadone and buprenorphine on dorsal ACC biochemistry in relation to depressive symptoms. METHODS Twenty-four heroin-dependent individuals stabilised on methadone (n=10) or buprenorphine (n=14) and 24 healthy controls were scanned using proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and compared for metabolite concentrations of N-acetylaspartate, glutamate/glutamine, and myo-inositol. RESULTS (1) Methadone was associated with normalisation of dorsal ACC biochemistry (increased N-acetylaspartate and glutamate/glutamine levels, and decreased myo-inositol levels) in a dose-dependent manner; (2) buprenorphine-treated individuals had higher myo-inositol and glutamate/glutamine levels than methadone-treated patients in the right dorsal ACC; and (3) myo-inositol levels were positively correlated with depressive symptoms in participants stabilised on buprenorphine. CONCLUSIONS These findings point to a beneficial role of high-dose methadone on dorsal ACC biochemistry, and suggest a link between elevated myo-inositol levels and depressive symptoms in the context of buprenorphine treatment.
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Nasiraei-Moghadam S, Sherafat MA, Safari MS, Moradi F, Ahmadiani A, Dargahi L. Reversal of prenatal morphine exposure-induced memory deficit in male but not female rats. J Mol Neurosci 2012; 50:58-69. [PMID: 22864979 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9860-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Impaired memory performance in offspring is one of the long-lasting neurobehavioral consequences of prenatal opiate exposure. Here, we studied the effects of prenatal morphine exposure on inhibitory avoidance memory performance in male and female offspring and also investigated whether these deficits are reversible during the postnatal development. Pregnant Wistar rats received morphine sulfate through drinking water, from the first day of gestation up to the day 13, M₁₋₁₃, or to the time of delivery, M₁₋₂₁. Four- and ten-week-old (adolescent and adult, respectively) male and female offspring were subjected to behavioral assays and then analysis of proteins involved in apoptosis or in synaptic plasticity. Results revealed that adolescent and adult female rats failed in passive avoidance retention task in both M₁₋₁₃ and M₁₋₂₁ groups. Adolescent and adult male offspring were similar to control animals in M₁₋₁₃ group. However M₁₋₂₁ impaired retention task in prepubertal male offspring, and this memory loss was repaired in postpubertal stage. Consistently, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and cleaved caspase-3 were significantly increased in both M₁₋₁₃ and M₁₋₂₁ adolescent and adult female rats, but only in M₁₋₂₁ adolescent male rats. Furthermore, prenatal morphine exposure reduced the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor protein in adolescent and adult female offspring and also decreased p-ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II/ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II ratio in adolescent male and female rats. Altogether, the results show that prenatal morphine exposure, depending on the time or duration of exposure, has distinct effects on male and female rats, and postnatal development may reverse these deficits more likely in males.
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- Shiva Nasiraei-Moghadam
- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Evin, 19615-1178, Tehran, Iran
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The effects of acute and chronic steady state methadone on memory retrieval in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2012; 222:225-35. [PMID: 22258154 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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RATIONALE Although widely prescribed to treat opioid addiction, little is known about the possible side effects of methadone on memory functions. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare the effects of acute and chronic methadone on memory retrieval in rats and to explore the selectivity of possible deficits. METHODS Administration of acute (0, 1.25, 2.5, and 5 mg/kg SC) and chronic steady state methadone (0, 10, 30, and 55 mg/kg/day SC by osmotic mini-pump) was tested on recall of three different types of information: stimulus-reward (10-arm parallel maze), stimulus-response (8-arm radial maze), and stimulus-stimulus (Barnes maze). Acute and steady state methadone doses were also compared on tests of locomotor activity and reactivity to aversive stimuli (i.e., swimming and acoustic startle). RESULTS In the stimulus-reward task, acute methadone impaired performance as a result of severe depression of locomotion. This motor deficit, however, was modulated by the motivational valence of environmental stimulation. In fact, acute methadone did not eliminate forced swimming behavior. In the stimulus-response and stimulus-stimulus tasks, accuracy was impaired independently of direct motor deficits, but rats were hyper-reactive to aversive stimulation and, in fact, 5 mg/kg enhanced acoustic startle. Importantly, chronic steady state methadone did not affect accuracy of memory retrieval, did not depress motor or swimming activity, and did not change startle reactivity. CONCLUSION Only acute methadone impaired accuracy and/or performance on three tests of memory retrieval. These findings in rats suggest that memory deficits reported in methadone-maintained individuals may not be directly attributable to methadone.
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Sankararaman A, Masiulis I, Richardson DR, Andersen JM, Mørland J, Eisch AJ. Methadone does not alter key parameters of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the heroin-naïve rat. Neurosci Lett 2012; 516:99-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lin WC, Chou KH, Chen CC, Huang CC, Chen HL, Lu CH, Li SH, Wang YL, Cheng YF, Lin CP. White matter abnormalities correlating with memory and depression in heroin users under methadone maintenance treatment. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33809. [PMID: 22496768 PMCID: PMC3322116 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has elevated rates of co-morbid memory deficit and depression that are associated with higher relapse rates for substance abuse. White matter (WM) disruption in MMT patients have been reported but their impact on these co-morbidities is unknown. This study aimed to investigate changes in WM integrity of MMT subjects using diffusion tensor image (DTI), and their relationship with history of heroin and methadone use in treated opiate-dependent individuals. The association between WM integrity changes from direct group comparisons and the severity of memory deficit and depression was also investigated. Differences in WM integrity between 35 MMT patients and 23 healthy controls were evaluated using DTI with tract-based spatial statistical analysis. Differences in DTI indices correlated with diminished memory function, Beck Depression Inventory, duration of heroin use and MMT, and dose of heroin and methadone administration. Changes in WM integrity were found in several WM regions, including the temporal and frontal lobes, pons, cerebellum, and cingulum bundles. The duration of MMT was associated with declining DTI indices in the superior longitudinal fasciculus and para-hippocampus. MMT patients had more memory and emotional deficits than healthy subjects. Worse scores in both depression and memory functions were associated with altered WM integrity in the superior longitudinal fasciculus, para-hippocampus, and middle cerebellar peduncle in MMT. Patients on MMT also had significant WM differences in the reward circuit and in depression- and memory-associated regions. Correlations among decreased DTI indices, disease severity, and accumulation effects of methadone suggest that WM alterations may be involved in the psychopathology and pathophysiology of co-morbidities in MMT.
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- Wei-Che Lin
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wang Y, Li W, Li Q, Yang W, Zhu J, Wang W. White matter impairment in heroin addicts undergoing methadone maintenance treatment and prolonged abstinence: A preliminary DTI study. Neurosci Lett 2011; 494:49-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 01/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Andersen JM, Olaussen CF, Ripel A, Mørland J. Long-term methadone treatment impairs novelty preference in rats both when present and absent in brain tissue. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011; 98:412-6. [PMID: 21352846 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Behavioral consequences of long-term methadone treatment have received little attention either in humans or experimental animals. In this work, we show that methadone (2.5-10 mg/kg) administered (sc) once daily for three weeks with repeated withdrawal on Saturday and Sunday impairs the novelty preference in rats. One hour after the last injection, when methadone was still present in brain tissue, the rats were too affected by the sedative effects of the drug to perform the test. This was confirmed by an almost total lack of locomotor activity or exploratory behavior. One day after the last injection, the methadone treated rats showed a 70% reduction (p < 0.05) in novelty preference compared to rats administered saline. No methadone was detected in the brain tissue at this time. Moreover, there were no differences in locomotor activity or total exploratory behavior between the groups, indicating a specific impairment of cognitive functioning. In brain tissue, the methadone concentration versus time profile was shifted to the left after long-term treatment, indicating a change in uptake and distribution of the drug. The area under the two concentration versus time curves was, however, similar. Methadone disappeared completely from the brain within one day. Together, these results suggest that long-term methadone treatment may have a negative impact on cognitive functioning in rats, regardless of whether methadone is present in brain tissue.
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- Jannike M Andersen
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, Norway.
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Hong Y, Liang WM, Xia BJ, Hu Y, Han J, Li YX, Xie L. Expression of 5-HT and SP in the rectum of rats during heroin abstinence, detoxification or relapse. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2011; 19:477-482. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v19.i5.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and substance P (SP) in the rectum of rats during heroin abstinence, detoxication, and relapse.
METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into normal control group (NCG), saline control group (SCG), and experiment group (EG). The EG group was further divided into heroin abstinence group (HAG), methadone detoxication group (MDG), and heroin relapse group (HRG). Rectum tissue samples were taken from each group to perform immunohistochemistry to detect the expression of 5-HT and SP.
RESULTS: Compared with the NCG and SCG groups, the immunostaining density of 5-HT- and SP-positive cells was greater, the numbers of 5-HT- and SP-positive cells increased (5-HT: 10 d: 5.09 ± 3.39 vs 3.16 ± 2.05, 2.80 ± 2.13; 24 d: 5.05 ± 3.04 vs 3.16 ± 2.05, 2.81 ± 1.85; SP: 10 d: 2.55 ± 1.35 vs 1.29 ± 0.86, 1.37 ± 0.93; 24 d: 2.57 ± 1.27 vs 1.29 ± 0.86, 1.39 ± 0.79, all P < 0.05), and the mean grey degree of 5-HT- and SP-positive cells decreased (F = 36.642, 4.583, P < 0.05) in the HAG and HRG groups. Compared with the NCG and SCG groups, there were no statistical significances in the immunostaining density, numbers, and mean grey degree of 5-HT- and SP- positive cells in the MDG group (all P > 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Altered expression of 5-HT and SP in the tunica mucosa recti of rats during heroin abstinence or relapse suggests that 5-HT and SP can regulate the recovery of digestive function during heroin abstinence, detoxification, and relapse.
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Perez-Alvarez S, Iglesias-Guimarais V, Solesio ME, Melero-Fernandez de Mera RM, Yuste VJ, Galindo MF, Jordán J. Methadone induces CAD degradation and AIF-mediated necrotic-like cell death in neuroblastoma cells. Pharmacol Res 2010; 63:352-60. [PMID: 21145398 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2010.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Methadone (d,l-methadone hydrochloride) is a full-opioid agonist, originally developed as a substitution for heroin or other opiates abusers. Nowadays methadone is also being applied as long-lasting analgesics in cancer, and it is proposed as a promising agent for leukemia therapy. Previously, we have demonstrated that high concentrations of methadone (0.5mM) induced necrotic-like cell death in SH-SY5Y cells. The pathway involved is caspase-independent but involves impairment of mitochondrial ATP synthesis and mitochondrial cytochrome c release. However, the downstream mitochondrial pathways remained unclear. Here, we studied the participation of apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) in methadone-induced cell death. Methadone resulted in a translocation of AIF from mitochondria to the nucleus. Translocation was inhibited by cyclosporine A, but not by lack of Bax protein. Therefore the effect seems mediated by the formation of the mitochondrial transition pore, but is apparently independent of Bax. Furthermore, methadone-treated SH-SY5Y nuclei show characteristics that are typical for stage I nuclear condensation. Methadone did not induce degradation of DNA into oligonucleosomal fragments or into high molecular weight DNA fragments. Absence of DNA fragmentation coincided with a considerable decrease in the levels of the caspase-actived endonuclase DNase and its chaperone-inhibitor ICAD. In conclusion, our results provide mechanistic insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie methadone-induced cell death. This knowledge may prove useful to develop novel strategies to prevent toxic side-effects of methadone thereby sustaining its use as therapeutical agent against tumors.
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- Sergio Perez-Alvarez
- Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
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Loeber S, Kniest A, Diehl A, Mann K, Croissant B. Neuropsychological Functioning of Opiate-Dependent Patients: A Nonrandomized Comparison of Patients Preferring either Buprenorphine or Methadone Maintenance Treatment. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2009; 34:584-93. [DOI: 10.1080/00952990802308239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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García-Fuster M, Ramos-Miguel A, Rivero G, La Harpe R, Meana J, García-Sevilla J. Regulation of the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways in the prefrontal cortex of short- and long-term human opiate abusers. Neuroscience 2008; 157:105-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2008] [Revised: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 09/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Tramullas M, Martínez-Cué C, Hurlé MA. Chronic administration of heroin to mice produces up-regulation of brain apoptosis-related proteins and impairs spatial learning and memory. Neuropharmacology 2008; 54:640-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2007] [Revised: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tramullas M, Martínez-Cué C, Hurlé MA. Facilitation of avoidance behaviour in mice chronically treated with heroin or methadone. Behav Brain Res 2008; 189:332-40. [PMID: 18336928 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although the repercussion of chronic treatment with large amounts of opioids on cognitive performance is a matter of concern, the effects of opioid drugs on passive avoidance learning have been scarcely studied. Here, we analyzed the effects of prolonged administration of heroin and methadone, as well as the impact of suffering repeated episodes of withdrawal on fear-motivated learning using the passive avoidance test. Mice received chronic treatment (39 days) with methadone (10 mg/kg/24 h), associated or not with repeated withdrawal episodes, or with heroin (5 mg/kg/12 h). Our results show that, regardless of the type of treatment received, all mice displayed similar basal thermal nociceptive thresholds during 25 days of treatment. In the hot plate test, both methadone and heroin induced antinociception 30 min after drug administration. The analgesic effect was absent when measured 4 h after heroin and 12 h after methadone. Pain behavioural responses elicited by growing intensities of electric shock, applied on day 28th of treatment, were similar in all groups of mice. Our results indicate that chronic opioid treatment had promnesic effects on passive avoidance behaviour in mice, unrelated to changes in the nociceptive state.
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- Mónica Tramullas
- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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