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Gu SM, Hong E, Seo S, Kim S, Yoon SS, Cha HJ, Yun J. Different development patterns of reward behaviors induced by ketamine and JWH-018 in striatal GAD67 knockdown mice. J Vet Sci 2024; 25:e63. [PMID: 39231788 PMCID: PMC11450393 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.23325] [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: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) is a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesis enzyme associated with the function of other neurotransmitter receptors, such as the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and cannabinoid receptor 1. However, the role of GAD67 in the development of different abused drug-induced reward behaviors remains unknown. In order to elucidate the mechanisms of substance use disorder, it is crucial to study changes in biomarkers within the brain's reward circuit induced by drug use. OBJECTIVE The study was designed to examine the effects of the downregulation of GAD67 expression in the dorsal striatum on reward behavior development. METHODS We evaluated the effects of GAD67 knockdown on depression-like behavior and anxiety using the forced swim test and elevated plus maze test in a mouse model. We further determined the effects of GAD67 knockdown on ketamine- and JWH-018-induced conditioned place preference (CPP). RESULTS Knockdown of GAD67 in the dorsal striatum of mice increased depression-like behavior, but it decreased anxiety. Moreover, the CPP score on the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine was increased by GAD67 knockdown, whereas the administration of JWH-018, a cannabinoid receptor agonist, did not affect the CPP score in the GAD67 knockdown mice group compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These results suggest that striatal GAD67 reduces GABAergic neuronal activity and may cause ketamine-induced NMDA receptor inhibition. Consequently, GAD67 downregulation induces vulnerability to the drug reward behavior of ketamine.
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- Sun Mi Gu
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Korea
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- Non-Clinical Center, Osong Medical Innovation Foundation, Cheongju 28160, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Korea
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- Stanley Brain Research Laboratory, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 42158, Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Korea.
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Yang NJ, Isensee J, Neel DV, Quadros AU, Zhang HXB, Lauzadis J, Liu SM, Shiers S, Belu A, Palan S, Marlin S, Maignel J, Kennedy-Curran A, Tong VS, Moayeri M, Röderer P, Nitzsche A, Lu M, Pentelute BL, Brüstle O, Tripathi V, Foster KA, Price TJ, Collier RJ, Leppla SH, Puopolo M, Bean BP, Cunha TM, Hucho T, Chiu IM. Anthrax toxins regulate pain signaling and can deliver molecular cargoes into ANTXR2 + DRG sensory neurons. Nat Neurosci 2021; 25:168-179. [PMID: 34931070 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-021-00973-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Bacterial products can act on neurons to alter signaling and function. In the present study, we found that dorsal root ganglion (DRG) sensory neurons are enriched for ANTXR2, the high-affinity receptor for anthrax toxins. Anthrax toxins are composed of protective antigen (PA), which binds to ANTXR2, and the protein cargoes edema factor (EF) and lethal factor (LF). Intrathecal administration of edema toxin (ET (PA + EF)) targeted DRG neurons and induced analgesia in mice. ET inhibited mechanical and thermal sensation, and pain caused by formalin, carrageenan or nerve injury. Analgesia depended on ANTXR2 expressed by Nav1.8+ or Advillin+ neurons. ET modulated protein kinase A signaling in mouse sensory and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived sensory neurons, and attenuated spinal cord neurotransmission. We further engineered anthrax toxins to introduce exogenous protein cargoes, including botulinum toxin, into DRG neurons to silence pain. Our study highlights interactions between a bacterial toxin and nociceptors, which may lead to the development of new pain therapeutics.
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- Nicole J Yang
- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Faculty and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Cellomics Unit, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Faculty and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Cellomics Unit, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Faculty and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Chen J, Hasanein P, Komaki A, Yari S. Effects of GABAA receptors in nucleus cuneiformis on the cannabinoid antinociception using the formalin test. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2021; 238:1657-1669. [PMID: 33715044 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05800-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
RATIONALE Nucleus cuneiformis (NC), a reticular nucleus of the midbrain, is a part of the descending pain modulatory system and therefore has an important role in pain perception. OBJECTIVES Considering the abundance of GABAA and cannabinoid receptors in the NC and also the bidirectional roles for GABA in controlling nociception, the present study examined the effects of bilateral intra-NC microinjection of different doses of the GABAA receptor agonist, muscimol, and the GABAA receptor antagonist, bicuculline, on pain modulation using formalin test. We also assessed interaction between canabinergic and GABAergic systems in the NC during this test. METHODS Rats were exposed to intra-NC microinjection of bicuculline (50,100, and 200 ng/side) or muscimol (60, 120, and 240 ng/side) and then subjected to the formalin test. In another set of experiments, the effects of muscimol (60 ng/side) or bicuculline (50 ng/side) administration 5 min before a cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 (5, 10, and 20 μg/side) microinjection into NC on the formalin test were evaluated. RESULTS Microinjection of bicuculline and muscimol into the NC decreased and increased pain responses, respectively, in a dose-dependent manner during both phases of the test. Microinjection of WIN 55,212-2 into the NC significantly reduced pain responses in a dose-dependent manner. Microinjection of bicuculline or muscimol in combination with WIN 55,212-2 into the NC respectively potentiated and attenuated WIN 55,212-2-induced antinociception in the formalin test. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that GABA in the NC is involved in pain modulation and suggests the existence of a GABAA-mediated inhibitory system in the NC on pain control. Furthermore, it seems that the antinociceptive effect of WIN 55,212-2 in the formalin test is mediated partly by the activity of local GABAA receptors in the NC.
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- Junjie Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Biology, School of Basic Sciences, University of Zabol, Po. Box: 98615-538, Zabol, 9861335856, Iran.
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- Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Biology, School of Basic Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
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