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Chen Y, Wisner AS, Schiefer IT, Williams FE, Hall FS. Methamphetamine-induced lethal toxicity in zebrafish larvae. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2022; 239:3833-3846. [PMID: 36269378 PMCID: PMC10593407 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-022-06252-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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RATIONALE The use of novel psychoactive substances has been steadily increasing in recent years. Given the rapid emergence of new substances and their constantly changing chemical structure, it is necessary to develop an efficient and expeditious approach to examine the mechanisms underlying their pharmacological and toxicological effects. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have become a popular experimental subject for drug screening due to their amenability to high-throughput approaches. OBJECTIVES In this study, we used methamphetamine (METH) as an exemplary psychoactive substance to investigate its acute toxicity and possible underlying mechanisms in 5-day post-fertilization (5 dpf) zebrafish larvae. METHODS Lethality and toxicity of different concentrations of METH were examined in 5-dpf zebrafish larvae using a 96-well plate format. RESULTS METH induced lethality in zebrafish larvae in a dose-dependent manner, which was associated with initial sympathomimetic activation, followed by cardiotoxicity. This was evidenced by significant heart rate increases at low doses, followed by decreased cardiac function at high doses and later time points. Levels of ammonia in the excreted water were increased but decreased internally. There was also evidence of seizures. Co-administration of the glutamate AMPA receptor antagonist GYKI-52466 and the dopamine D2 receptor antagonist raclopride significantly attenuated METH-induced lethality, suggesting that this lethality may be mediated synergistically or independently by glutamatergic and dopaminergic systems. CONCLUSIONS These experiments provide a baseline for the study of the toxicity of related amphetamine compounds in 5-dpf zebrafish as well as a new high-throughput approach for investigating the toxicities of rapidly emerging new psychoactive substances.
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- Yu Chen
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1015, Toledo, OH, 43614-2598, USA
- College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 881 Madison Ave Room 610, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1015, Toledo, OH, 43614-2598, USA
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- Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
- Center for Drug Design and Development, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1015, Toledo, OH, 43614-2598, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1015, Toledo, OH, 43614-2598, USA.
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Kitanaka N, Hall FS, Tanaka KI, Tomita K, Igarashi K, Nishiyama N, Sato T, Uhl GR, Kitanaka J. Are Histamine H 3 Antagonists the Definitive Treatment for Acute Methamphetamine Intoxication? Curr Drug Res Rev 2022; 14:162-170. [PMID: 35431009 DOI: 10.2174/2589977514666220414122847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Methamphetamine (METH) is classified as a Schedule II stimulant drug under the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. METH and other amphetamine analogues (AMPHs) are powerful addictive drugs. Treatments are needed to treat the symptoms of METH addiction, chronic METH use, and acute METH overdose. No effective treatment for METH abuse has been established because alterations of brain functions under the excessive intake of abused drug intake are largely irreversible due in part to brain damage that occurs in the course of chronic METH use. OBJECTIVE Modulation of brain histamine neurotransmission is involved in several neuropsychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders. This review discusses the possible mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of histamine H3 receptor antagonists on symptoms of methamphetamine abuse. CONCLUSION Treatment of mice with centrally acting histamine H3 receptor antagonists increases hypothalamic histamine contents and reduces high-dose METH effects while potentiating lowdose effects via histamine H3 receptors that bind released histamine. On the basis of experimental evidence, it is hypothesized that histamine H3 receptors may be an effective target for the treatment METH use disorder or other adverse effects of chronic METH use.
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- Nobue Kitanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Hyogo 650-8530, Japan
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- Department of Applied Pharmacology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
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- Neurology and Research Services, New Mexico VA Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Hyogo 650-8530, Japan
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- Department of Applied Pharmacology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
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- Neurology and Research Services, New Mexico VA Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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Stafford AM, Yamamoto BK, Phillips TJ. Combined and sequential effects of alcohol and methamphetamine in animal models. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 131:248-269. [PMID: 34543650 PMCID: PMC8642292 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.019] [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: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Comorbid drug use, often alcohol with other drugs, poses significant health and societal concerns. Methamphetamine is among the illicit drugs most often co-used with alcohol. The current review examines the animal literature for impacts of comorbid alcohol and methamphetamine exposure. We found evidence for additive or synergistic effects of combined or sequential exposure on behavior and physiology. Dopaminergic, serotonergic, and glutamatergic systems are all impacted by combined exposure to alcohol and methamphetamine and cyclooxygenase-2 activity plays an important role in their combined neurotoxic effects. Adverse consequences of comorbid exposure include altered brain development with prenatal exposure, impaired learning and memory, motor deficits, gastrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and augmented intake under some conditions. Given high susceptibility to drug experimentation in adolescence, studies of co-exposure during the adolescent period and of how adolescent exposure to one drug impacts later use or sensitivity to the other drug should be a priority. Further, to gain traction on prevention and treatment, additional research to identify motivational and neurobiological drivers and consequences of comorbid use is needed.
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- Alexandra M Stafford
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Portland Alcohol Abuse Research Center and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Portland Alcohol Abuse Research Center and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA
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Metoprine, a histamine N-methyltransferase inhibitor, attenuates methamphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion via activation of histaminergic neurotransmission in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2021; 209:173257. [PMID: 34418452 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173257] [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: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Metoprine increases the content of histamine in brain by inhibiting histamine N-methyltransferase (HMT), a centrally acting histamine degrading enzyme. We present data demonstrating that pretreatment with metoprine attenuates the hyperlocomotive effects of METH in mice using a multi-configuration behavior apparatus designed to monitor four behavioral outcomes [horizontal locomotion, appetitive behavior (food access), and food and water intake]. Metoprine pretreatment itself induced hyperlocomotion in mice challenged with saline during the large part of light phase. The trend was also observed during the following dark phase. This is the first report that metoprine has a long-lasting locomotor stimulating property. Similarly, in a tail suspension test, a single injection of metoprine significantly reduced total time of immobility in mice, consistent with the idea that metoprine possesses motor stimulating properties. Metoprine pretreatment did not affect other aspects of behavior. Metoprine did not affect the appetitive and drinking behavior while exerted an effect on stereotypy. No stereotyped behavior was observed in mice pretreated with vehicle followed by METH, while stereotyped sniffing was observed in mice pretreated with metoprine followed by METH. The metoprine pretreatment attenuated METH-induced hyperlocomotion during the first 2 h of light phase, suggesting that metoprine-induced locomotor stimulating property might be different from that of METH. The hypothalamic content of histamine (but not its brain metabolite) was increased after metoprine or METH administration. Both METH and metoprine reduced dopamine and histamine turnover in the striatum and the nucleus accumbens and the hypothalamus, respectively, and there is a significant metoprine pretreatment x METH challenge interaction in the histamine turnover. It is likely that metoprine may attenuate METH-induced hyperlocomotion via activation of histaminergic neurotransmission. Metoprine also might induce a long-lasting locomotor stimulating effect via a putative mechanism different from that whereby METH induces the locomotor stimulating effect.
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In vivo evaluation of effects of histamine H 3 receptor antagonists on methamphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion in mice. Brain Res 2020; 1740:146873. [PMID: 32387137 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A single administration with METH (3 mg/kg) induced a hyperlocomotion in male ICR mice. Pretreatment of mice with pitolisant, a histamine H3 receptor antagonist (5 and 10 mg/kg), for 30 min showed a significant reduction of the hyperlocomotion induced by METH, as compared with vehicle (saline)-pretreated subjects. Pretreatment of mice with the histamine H3 receptor antagonists JNJ-10181457 (5 and 10 mg/kg) or conessine (20 mg/kg), also showed similar inhibitory effects on METH-induced hyperlocomotion, similar to pitolisant. No significant change in locomotion was observed in mice pretreated with pitolisant, JNJ-10181457, or conessine alone. The pitolisant (10 mg/kg) action on METH-induced hyperlocomotion was completely abolished by the histamine H1 receptor antagonist pyrilamine (10 mg/kg), but not by the peripherally acting histamine H1 receptor antagonist fexofenadine (20 mg/kg), the brain-penetrating histamine H2 receptor antagonist zolantidine (10 mg/kg), or the brain-penetrating histamine H4 receptor antagonist JNJ-7777120 (40 mg/kg). Pretreatment with a histamine H3 receptor agonist immepip (10 mg/kg) augmented METH--induced behavior, including hyperlocomotion and stereotyped biting, and combined pretreatment with pitolisant (10 mg/kg) significantly attenuated stereotyped biting. These observations suggest that pretreatment with histamine H3 receptor antagonists attenuate METH-induced hyperlocomotion via releasing histamine after blocking H3 receptors, which then bind to the post-synaptic histamine receptor H1 (but not H2 or H4). It is likely that activation of brain histamine systems may be a good strategy for the development of agents, which treat METH abuse and dependence.
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Lithium for schizophrenia: supporting evidence from a 12-year, nationwide health insurance database and from Akt1-deficient mouse and cellular models. Sci Rep 2020; 10:647. [PMID: 31959776 PMCID: PMC6971245 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57340-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests AKT1 and DRD2-AKT-GSK3 signaling involvement in schizophrenia. AKT1 activity is also required for lithium, a GSK3 inhibitor, to modulate mood-related behaviors. Notably, GSK3 inhibitor significantly alleviates behavioral deficits in Akt1−/− female mice, whereas typical/atypical antipsychotics have no effect. In agreement with adjunctive therapy with lithium in treating schizophrenia, our data mining indicated that the average utilization rates of lithium in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 2002 to 2013 are 10.9% and 6.63% in inpatients and outpatients with schizophrenia, respectively. Given that lithium is commonly used in clinical practice, it is of great interest to evaluate the effect of lithium on alleviating Akt1-related deficits. Taking advantage of Akt1+/− mice to mimic genetic deficiency in patients, behavioral impairments were replicated in female Akt1+/− mice but were alleviated by subchronic lithium treatment for 13 days. Lithium also effectively alleviated the observed reduction in phosphorylated GSK3α/β expression in the brains of Akt1+/− mice. Furthermore, inhibition of Akt expression using an Akt1/2 inhibitor significantly reduced neurite length in P19 cells and primary hippocampal cell cultures, which was also ameliorated by lithium. Collectively, our findings implied the therapeutic potential of lithium and the importance of the AKT1-GSK3 signaling pathway.
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Wanot B, Jasikowska K, Niewiadomska E, Biskupek-Wanot A. Cardiovascular effects of H3 histamine receptor inverse agonist/ H4 histamine receptor agonist, clobenpropit, in hemorrhage-shocked rats. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201519. [PMID: 30071054 PMCID: PMC6072086 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hemorrhagic shock has a potential to be life-threatening when it is not treated. The main causes of hemorrhagic shock involve: (1) forces causing injury; and (2) diseases that can cause hemorrhage., Therefore, due to the causes of hemorrhagic shock and the life-threatening potential, the search for new methods of shock treatment is extremely valuable to the modern medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of clobenpropit in the model of hemorrhagic shock. The experiments were conducted in 110 adult male Wistar rats weighing between 205 and 470g. 1, 2 and 5 μmol/kg of intravenous H3 receptors reverse agonists, clobentropit, and/or 1, 5 and 10 μmol/kg H3 receptor agonist, imetit, were used as general anesthetics. Irreversible hemorrhagic shock was induced by the paused bleeding until the mean arterial pressure (MAP) lowered to the level of 20–25 mmHg. It was proved that, in cases of critical hypotension, clobenpropit triggered a dose-dependent increase of: systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), MPA and heart rate (HR) of rats with critical hypotension. The most significant changes in hemodynamic parameters were achieved by administrating dosages of 2 mmol/kg. This resulted in the survival rate increase to up to 100%. However, imetit did not trigger any hemodynamic changes nor an increase in SBP, DBP, MAP or HR. Furthermore, it was found that the premedication with prazosin, yohimbine, 6-hydroxydopamine and the vasopressin V1a receptor antagonist blocked the effects of clobenpropit. Additionally, premedication with propranolol, captopril and ZD 7155 did not cause any significant changes in the measured hemodynamic parameters. In conclusion, after an intravenous injection clobenpropit, the inverse agonist of H3 histamine receptors/agonist of histamine receptors H4, causes a resuscitating effect on rats in hemorrhagic shock. Moreover, such effect is based on the effector mechanisms of sympathetic nervous system and vasopressin.
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- Bartosz Wanot
- Polonia University, Health and Nursing Institute, Częstochowa, Poland
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Biostatics, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Bytom, Poland
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Ohia-Nwoko O, Haile CN, Kosten TA. Sex differences in the acute locomotor response to methamphetamine in BALB/c mice. Behav Brain Res 2017; 327:94-97. [PMID: 28359885 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Women use methamphetamine more frequently than men and are more vulnerable to its negative psychological effects. Rodent models have been an essential tool for evaluating the sex-dependent effects of psychostimulants; however, evidence of sex differences in the behavioral responses to methamphetamine in mice is lacking. In the present study, we investigated acute methamphetamine-induced (1mg/kg and 4mg/kg) locomotor activation in female and male BALB/c mice. We also evaluated whether basal locomotor activity was associated with the methamphetamine-induced locomotor response. The results indicated that female BALB/c mice displayed enhanced methamphetamine-induced locomotor activity compared to males, while basal locomotor activity was positively correlated with methamphetamine-induced activity in males, but not females. This study is the first to show sex-dependent locomotor effects of methamphetamine in BALB/c mice. Our observations emphasize the importance of considering sex when assessing behavioral responses to methamphetamine.
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- Odochi Ohia-Nwoko
- University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics (TIMES), Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States
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- University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics (TIMES), Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States
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- University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics (TIMES), Houston, TX 77204-6022, United States.
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Kitanaka J, Kitanaka N, Hall FS, Uhl GR, Takemura M. Brain Histamine N-Methyltransferase As a Possible Target of Treatment for Methamphetamine Overdose. Drug Target Insights 2016; 10:1-7. [PMID: 26966348 PMCID: PMC4777238 DOI: 10.4137/dti.s38342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Stereotypical behaviors induced by methamphetamine (METH) overdose are one of the overt symptoms of METH abuse, which can be easily assessed in animal models. Currently, there is no successful treatment for METH overdose. There is increasing evidence that elevated levels of brain histamine can attenuate METH-induced behavioral abnormalities, which might therefore constitute a novel therapeutic treatment for METH abuse and METH overdose. In mammals, histamine N-methyltransferase (HMT) is the sole enzyme responsible for degrading histamine in the brain. Metoprine, one of the most potent HMT inhibitors, can cross the blood-brain barrier and increase brain histamine levels by inhibiting HMT. Consequently, this compound can be a candidate for a prototype of drugs for the treatment of METH overdose.
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- Junichi Kitanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- New Mexico VA Healthcare System/BRINM, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Baldan LC, Williams KA, Gallezot JD, Pogorelov V, Rapanelli M, Crowley M, Anderson GM, Loring E, Gorczyca R, Billingslea E, Wasylink S, Panza KE, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Krusong K, Leventhal BL, Ohtsu H, Bloch MH, Hughes ZA, Krystal JH, Mayes L, de Araujo I, Ding YS, State MW, Pittenger C. Histidine decarboxylase deficiency causes tourette syndrome: parallel findings in humans and mice. Neuron 2014; 81:77-90. [PMID: 24411733 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Tourette syndrome (TS) is characterized by tics, sensorimotor gating deficiencies, and abnormalities of cortico-basal ganglia circuits. A mutation in histidine decarboxylase (Hdc), the key enzyme for the biosynthesis of histamine (HA), has been implicated as a rare genetic cause. Hdc knockout mice exhibited potentiated tic-like stereotypies, recapitulating core phenomenology of TS; these were mitigated by the dopamine (DA) D2 antagonist haloperidol, a proven pharmacotherapy, and by HA infusion into the brain. Prepulse inhibition was impaired in both mice and humans carrying Hdc mutations. HA infusion reduced striatal DA levels; in Hdc knockout mice, striatal DA was increased and the DA-regulated immediate early gene Fos was upregulated. DA D2/D3 receptor binding was altered both in mice and in humans carrying the Hdc mutation. These data confirm histidine decarboxylase deficiency as a rare cause of TS and identify HA-DA interactions in the basal ganglia as an important locus of pathology.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Program on Neurogenetics, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Dept. of Biochem., Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand
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- Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research.,New York University Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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- Tohoku University, Graduate School of Engineering, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Program on Neurogenetics, Yale University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine.,Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine.,Integrated Neuroscience Research Program; New Haven, CT 06520
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Baeta-Corral R, Giménez-Llort L. Bizarre behaviors and risk assessment in 3xTg-AD mice at early stages of the disease. Behav Brain Res 2013; 258:97-105. [PMID: 24144550 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bizarre behaviors (stereotyped stretching, stereotyped rearing, backward movements and jumps) were conspicuously elicited in classical unconditioned tests with different levels of anxiogenic conditions. They were characterized for the first time as early-BPSD-like symptoms in 6 month-old male and female 3xTg-AD mice. The pattern of these behaviors differed from that exhibited by their age- and gender-matched NTg counterparts. Confrontation of an open and illuminated field was the best trigger of such behaviors as compared to mild neophobia in the corner test or the choice between two compartments in the dark-light box. Here we also report that increased freezing, delayed thigmotaxis and enhancement of emotional behaviors were early BPSD-like symptoms indicative of their response to low-stressful environments. Independently of the genotype, consistent gender effects pointed toward the relevance of female gender to study bizarre behaviors and risk assessment. The identification of items of behavior and its gender component were relevant to find out bidirectional and selective behavioral long-lasting effects of postnatal handling. This early life treatment reduced freezing and most of the bizarre behaviors whereas potentiated risk assessment and the horizontal locomotor activity. In contrast, vertical exploratory activity was not modified by the treatment. The results also talk in favor of the beneficence of early-life interventions on the behavioral outcome in adulthood in both healthy and disease conditions. As shown, the consideration of bizarre behaviors and risk assessment may become an additional tool for evaluating BPSD-like symptoms in relation to preventive and/or therapeutical strategies targeted at AD. It may also have a role in the evaluation of the potential risk factors for the disease.
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- R Baeta-Corral
- Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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Therapeutic potential of histaminergic compounds in the treatment of addiction and drug-related cognitive disorders. Behav Brain Res 2013; 237:357-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kitanaka J, Kitanaka N, Hall FS, Uhl GR, Asano H, Chatani R, Hayata S, Yokoyama H, Tanaka KI, Nishiyama N, Takemura M. Pretreatment with nomifensine or nomifensine analogue 4-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline augments methamphetamine-induced stereotypical behavior in mice. Brain Res 2011; 1439:15-26. [PMID: 22265332 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Nomifensine is a dopamine/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Nomifensine and some of its structural analogues produce behavioral effects indicative of indirect dopaminergic agonist properties, such as hyperlocomotion. By contrast, the deaminated and demethylated nomifensine analogue 4-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (PTIQ) is reported to have amphetamine-antagonistic properties, as demonstrated by inhibition of methamphetamine (METH)-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and METH-induced hyperlocomotion in rats. In the present study, we examined the effect of PTIQ (10mg/kg, i.p.) and nomifensine (3mg/kg, i.p.) on METH (5 or 10mg/kg, i.p.)-induced stereotypical behavior in mice in order to determine whether PTIQ and nomifensine inhibit and augment, respectively, METH-induced stereotypical behavior. Unexpectedly, our observations demonstrated that both PTIQ and nomifensine significantly augmented METH-induced stereotypical behavior and locomotion in mice. This augmentation is likely the result of additive effects on dopaminergic function by METH in combination with PTIQ or nomifensine. These results suggest that, contrary to some reports, PTIQ may display dopaminergic agonist properties in mice.
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- Junichi Kitanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, U.S.A
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- Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Hyogo 650-8530, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Hyogo 650-8530, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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Kitanaka J, Kitanaka N, Hall FS, Uhl GR, Tatsuta T, Morita Y, Tanaka KI, Nishiyama N, Takemura M. Histamine H3 receptor agonists decrease hypothalamic histamine levels and increase stereotypical biting in mice challenged with methamphetamine. Neurochem Res 2011; 36:1824-33. [PMID: 21573995 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0500-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effects of the histamine H(3) receptor agonists (R)-α-methylhistamine, imetit and immepip on methamphetamine (METH)-induced stereotypical behavior were examined in mice. The administration of METH (10 mg/kg, i.p.) to male ddY mice induced behaviors including persistent locomotion and stereotypical behaviors, which were classified into four categories: stereotypical head-bobbing (1.9%), circling (1.7%), sniffing (14.3%), and biting (82.1%). Pretreatment with (R)-α-methylhistamine (3 and 10 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly decreased stereotypical sniffing, but increased stereotypical biting induced by METH, in a dose-dependent manner. This effect of (R)-α-methylhistamine on behavior was mimicked by imetit or immepip (brain-penetrating selective histamine H(3) receptor agonists; 10 mg/kg, i.p. for each drug). Hypothalamic histamine levels 1 h after METH challenge were significantly increased in mice pretreated with saline. These increases in histamine levels were significantly decreased by pretreatment with histamine H(3) receptor agonists, effects which would appear to underlie the shift from METH-induced stereotypical sniffing to biting.
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- Junichi Kitanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.
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Acevedo SF, Raber J. Histamine-dependent behavioral response to methamphetamine in 12-month-old male mice. Brain Res 2011; 1393:23-30. [PMID: 21466792 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Methamphetamine (MA) use is a large problem across the United States. Effects of MA include hyperactivity and increased anxiety. Using a mouse model system, we examined behavioral performance in the open field and elevated zero maze and shock-startle response of 12-month-old wild-type mice injected with MA once (1 mg/kg) 30 min prior to behavioral testing. MA treatment resulted in behavioral sensitization in the open field, consistent with studies in younger mice. There was an increased activity in the elevated zero maze and an increased shock-startle response 30 and 60 min post-injection. Since histamine mediates some effects of MA in the brain, we assessed whether 12-month-old mice lacking histidine decarboxylase (Hdc⁻/⁻), the enzyme required to synthesize histamine, respond differently to MA than wild-type (Hdc+/+) mice. Compared to saline treatment, acute and repeated MA administration increased activity in the open field and measures of anxiety, though more so in Hdc⁻/⁻ than Hdc+/+ mice. In the elevated zero maze, opposite effects of MA on activity and measures of anxiety were seen in Hdc+/+ mice. In contrast, MA similarly increased the shock-startle response in Hdc⁻/⁻ and Hdc+/+ mice, compared to saline-treated genotype-matched mice. These results are similar to those in younger mice, suggesting that the effects are not age-dependent. Overall, single or repeated MA treatment causes histamine-dependent changes in 12-month-old mice in the open field and elevated zero maze, but not in the shock-startle response.
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- Summer F Acevedo
- Department of Behavioural Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Involvement of the brain histaminergic system in addiction and addiction-related behaviors: a comprehensive review with emphasis on the potential therapeutic use of histaminergic compounds in drug dependence. Prog Neurobiol 2010; 92:421-41. [PMID: 20638439 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 07/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Neurons that produce histamine are exclusively located in the tuberomamillary nucleus of the posterior hypothalamus and send widespread projections to almost all brain areas. Neuronal histamine is involved in many physiological and behavioral functions such as arousal, feeding behavior and learning. Although conflicting data have been published, several studies have also demonstrated a role of histamine in the psychomotor and rewarding effects of addictive drugs. Pharmacological and brain lesion experiments initially led to the proposition that the histaminergic system exerts an inhibitory influence on drug reward processes, opposed to that of the dopaminergic system. The purpose of this review is to summarize the relevant literature on this topic and to discuss whether the inhibitory function of histamine on drug reward is supported by current evidence from published results. Research conducted during the past decade demonstrated that the ability of many antihistaminic drugs to potentiate addiction-related behaviors essentially results from non-specific effects and does not constitute a valid argument in support of an inhibitory function of histamine on reward processes. The reviewed findings also indicate that histamine can either stimulate or inhibit the dopamine mesolimbic system through distinct neuronal mechanisms involving different histamine receptors. Finally, the hypothesis that the histaminergic system plays an inhibitory role on drug reward appears to be essentially supported by place conditioning studies that focused on morphine reward. The present review suggests that the development of drugs capable of activating the histaminergic system may offer promising therapeutic tools for the treatment of opioid dependence.
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