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Shi W, Li M, Zhang T, Yang C, Zhao D, Bai J. GABA system in the prefrontal cortex involved in psychostimulant addiction. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae319. [PMID: 39098820 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae319] [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: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Drug addiction is a chronic and relapse brain disorder. Psychostimulants such as cocaine and amphetamine are highly addictive drugs. Abuse drugs target various brain areas in the nervous system. Recent studies have shown that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in regulating addictive behaviors. The PFC is made up of excitatory glutamatergic cells and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAergic) interneurons. Recently, studies showed that GABA level was related with psychostimulant addiction. In this review, we will introduce the role and mechanism of GABA and γ-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABARs) of the PFC in regulating drug addiction, especially in psychostimulant addiction.
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- Wenjing Shi
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 727 Jingming South Road, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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Zhao Z, Liu Z, Wang J, Li X, He Y, Chen L, Mai Y, Wei X, Ding J, Ge F, Fan Y, Guan X. Fine-Regional Role of the Claustrum in Anxiety and Higher Sensitivity to Cocaine in Adolescent Cocaine-Exposed Male Mice during Adulthood. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e0884232023. [PMID: 38148153 PMCID: PMC10860578 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0884-23.2023] [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: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Adolescent cocaine exposure (ACE) induces anxiety and higher sensitivity to substances abuse during adulthood. Here, we show that the claustrum is crucial for controlling these psychiatric problems in male mice. In anxiety-like behavioral tests, the CaMKII-positive neurons in the median portion of the claustrum (MClaustrum) were triggered, and local suppression of these neurons reduced the anxiety-like behavior in ACE mice during adulthood. In contrast, the CaMKII-positive neurons in the anterior portion of the claustrum (AClaustrum) were more activated in response to subthreshold dose of cocaine induced conditioned place preference (CPP), and local suppression of these neurons blocked the acquisition of cocaine CPP in ACE mice during adulthood. Our findings for the first time identified the fine-regional role of the claustrum in regulating the anxiety and susceptibility to cocaine in ACE mice during adulthood, extending our understanding of the claustrum in substance use disorder.
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- Ziheng Zhao
- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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Wei X, Chang J, Cheng Z, Chen W, Guo H, Liu Z, Mai Y, Hu T, Zhang Y, Cai Q, Ge F, Fan Y, Guan X. mPFC DUSP1 mediates adolescent cocaine exposure-induced higher sensitivity to drug in adulthood. EMBO Rep 2023; 24:e56981. [PMID: 37535645 PMCID: PMC10481668 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202356981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Adolescent cocaine abuse increases the risk for developing addiction in later life, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we establish adolescent cocaine-exposed (ACE) male mouse models. A subthreshold dose of cocaine (sdC) treatment, insufficient to produce conditioned place preference (CPP) in adolescent mice, induces CPP in ACE mice during adulthood, along with more activated CaMKII-positive neurons, higher dual specificity protein kinase phosphatase-1 (Dusp1) mRNA, lower DUSP1 activity, and lower DUSP1 expression in CaMKII-positive neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Overexpressing DUSP1 in CaMKII-positive neurons suppresses neuron activity and blocks sdC-induced CPP in ACE mice during adulthood. On the contrary, depleting DUSP1 in CaMKII-positive neurons activates more neurons and further enhances sdC-induced behavior in ACE mice during adulthood. Also, ERK1/2 might be a downstream signal of DUSP1 in the process. Our findings reveal a role of mPFC DUSP1 in ACE-induced higher sensitivity to the drug in adult mice. DUSP1 might be a potential pharmacological target to predict or treat the susceptibility to addictive drugs caused by adolescent substance use.
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- Xiaoyan Wei
- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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- Department of Human Anatomy and HistoembryologyNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjingChina
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Song H, Lu X, Du D, Peng Y, Pan W, Xu X, Fan Y, Yang X, Ge F, Guan X. Gegen-Qinlian decoction-A traditional Chinese medicine formula-Alleviates methamphetamine withdrawal induced anxiety by targeting GABAergic interneuron-pyramidal neuron pathway in mPFC. Addict Biol 2023; 28:e13314. [PMID: 37644891 DOI: 10.1111/adb.13314] [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: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Methamphetamine (Meth) withdrawal elicits anxiety, which is a public health concern with limited therapeutic options. Previous studies implied a strong correlation between mPFC and Meth withdrawal. Here, we examined the role of Gegen-Qinlian decoction (GQD) in Meth withdrawal anxiety and explored potential therapeutic targets in mPFC. We found that intra-gastric administration of GQD during the withdrawal period efficiently alleviated anxiety-like behaviours in Meth-withdrawn mice. Further, GQD could restore Meth withdrawal-triggered pathway of GABAergic interneurons (GABA IN)-pyramidal neurons (PN) in the mPFC of Meth-withdrawn mice, especially the prelimbic cortex (PrL) sub-region and PV-positive GABA IN. While, GQD had no obvious effects on the glial cells in the mPFC of Meth-withdrawn mice. By transcriptomic analysis and validation of several gene candidates, we found that genes in the MAPK signalling pathway, especially those related to heat shock proteins, including Hspa1a, Hspa1b and Hspb1, might be GQD-targeting genes in mPFC to treat Meth withdrawal anxiety, as indicated that these genes were up-regulated by Meth withdrawal but rescued by GQD in mPFC. Collectively, our findings identified for the first time that GQD could efficiently alleviate Meth withdrawal anxiety, partially through regulating the local GABA IN-PN pathway and transcriptomic profile of mPFC. The present study confirms that TCM, such as GQD, will be a desirable therapeutic approach in the treatment of drug addiction and related emotional deficits.
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- Hongxiu Song
- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Sequeira MK, Swanson AM, Kietzman HW, Gourley SL. Cocaine and habit training cause dendritic spine rearrangement in the prelimbic cortex. iScience 2023; 26:106240. [PMID: 37153443 PMCID: PMC10156587 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Successfully navigating dynamic environments requires organisms to learn the consequences of their actions. The prelimbic prefrontal cortex (PL) formulates action-consequence memories and is modulated by addictive drugs like cocaine. We trained mice to obtain food rewards and then unexpectedly withheld reinforcement, triggering new action-consequence memory. New memory was disrupted by cocaine when delivered immediately following non-reinforcement, but not when delayed, suggesting that cocaine disrupted memory consolidation. Cocaine also rapidly inactivated cofilin, a primary regulator of the neuronal actin cytoskeleton. This observation led to the discovery that cocaine also within the time of memory consolidation elevated dendritic spine elimination and blunted spine formation rates on excitatory PL neurons, culminating in thin-type spine attrition. Training drug-naive mice to utilize inflexible response strategies also eliminated thin-type dendritic spines. Thus, cocaine may disrupt action-consequence memory, at least in part, by recapitulating neurobiological sequalae occurring in the formation of inflexible habits.
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- Michelle K. Sequeira
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory National Primate Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory National Primate Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory National Primate Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory National Primate Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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Armenta-Resendiz M, Assali A, Tsvetkov E, Cowan CW, Lavin A. Repeated methamphetamine administration produces cognitive deficits through augmentation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology 2022; 47:1816-1825. [PMID: 35788684 PMCID: PMC9372065 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-022-01371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Methamphetamine (METH) abuse is associated with the emergence of cognitive deficits and hypofrontality, a pathophysiological marker of many neuropsychiatric disorders that is produced by altered balance of local excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission. However, there is a dearth of information regarding the cellular and synaptic mechanisms underlying METH-induced cognitive deficits and associated hypofrontal states. Using PV-Cre transgenic rats that went through a METH sensitization regime or saline (SAL) followed by 7-10 days of home cage abstinence combined with cognitive tests, chemogenetic experiments, and whole-cell patch recordings on the prelimbic prefrontal cortex (PFC), we investigated the cellular and synaptic mechanisms underlying METH-induce hypofrontality. We report here that repeated METH administration in rats produces deficits in working memory and increases in inhibitory synaptic transmission onto pyramidal neurons in the PFC. The increased PFC inhibition is detected by an increase in spontaneous and evoked inhibitory postsynaptic synaptic currents (IPSCs), an increase in GABAergic presynaptic function, and a shift in the excitatory-inhibitory balance onto PFC deep-layer pyramidal neurons. We find that pharmacological blockade of D1 dopamine receptor function reduces the METH-induced augmentation of IPSCs, suggesting a critical role for D1 dopamine signaling in METH-induced hypofrontality. In addition, repeated METH administration increases the intrinsic excitability of parvalbumin-positive fast spiking interneurons (PV + FSIs), a key local interneuron population in PFC that contributes to the control of inhibitory tone. Using a cell type-specific chemogenetic approach, we show that increasing PV + FSIs activity in the PFC is necessary and sufficient to cause deficits in temporal order memory similar to those induced by METH. Conversely, reducing PV + FSIs activity in the PFC of METH-exposed rats rescues METH-induced temporal order memory deficits. Together, our findings reveal that repeated METH exposure increases PFC inhibitory tone through a D1 dopamine signaling-dependent potentiation of inhibitory synaptic transmission, and that reduction of PV + FSIs activity can rescue METH-induced cognitive deficits, suggesting a potential therapeutic approach to treating cognitive symptoms in patients suffering from METH use disorder.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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Fan Y, Li Z, Zheng Y, Wei X, Zhang Z, Cai Q, Liu D, Ge F, Guan X. Sex-specific neurobehavioural outcomes and brain stimulation pattern in adult offspring paternally exposed to methamphetamine. Addict Biol 2022; 27:e13175. [PMID: 35470558 DOI: 10.1111/adb.13175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Paternal methamphetamine (METH) exposure results in long-term behavioural deficits in the sub-generations with a sex difference. Here, we aim to investigate the sex-specific neurobehavioural outcomes in the first-generation offspring mice (F1 mice) paternally exposed to METH prior to conception and explore the underlying brain mechanisms. We found that paternal METH exposure increased anxiety-like behaviours and spatial memory deficits only in female F1 mice and caused depression-like behaviours in the offspring without sex-specific differences. In parallel, METH-sired F1 mice exhibited sex-specific brain activity pattern in response to mild stimulus (in water at room temperature for 3 min). Overall, paternal METH exposure caused a blunting phenomenon of prelimbic cortex (PrL), infralimbic cortex (IL) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) core in both male and female F1 mice, as indicated by the decreased c-Fos levels under mild stimulus. Of note, the activity of central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) by mild stimulus was triggered in male but suppressed in female F1 mice, whereas the neurons of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), cingulate cortex (Cg1), NAc shell, medial habenula (mHb), dorsal hippocampal CA1 (dCA1) and ventral hippocampal CA1 (vCA1) were only blunted in female F1 mice. Taken together, the distinct brain stimulation patterns between male and female F1 mice might contribute to the sex-specific behavioural outcomes by paternal METH exposure, which indicate that sex differences should be considered in the treatment of offspring paternally exposed drugs.
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- Yu Fan
- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China
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Chen Y, Zheng Y, Yan J, Zhu C, Zeng X, Zheng S, Li W, Yao L, Xia Y, Su WW, Chen Y. Early Life Stress Induces Different Behaviors in Adolescence and Adulthood May Related With Abnormal Medial Prefrontal Cortex Excitation/Inhibition Balance. Front Neurosci 2022; 15:720286. [PMID: 35058738 PMCID: PMC8765554 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.720286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Early life stress is thought to be a risk factor for emotional disorders, particularly depression and anxiety. Although the excitation/inhibition (E/I) imbalance has been implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, whether early life stress affects the E/I balance in the medial prefrontal cortex at various developmental stages is unclear. In this study, rats exposed to maternal separation (MS) that exhibited a well-established early life stress paradigm were used to evaluate the E/I balance in adolescence (postnatal day P43-60) and adulthood (P82-100) by behavior tests, whole-cell recordings, and microdialysis coupled with high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) analysis. First, the behavioral tests revealed that MS induced both anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in adolescent rats but only depressive-like behavior in adult rats. Second, MS increased the action potential frequency and E/I balance of synaptic transmission onto L5 pyramidal neurons in the prelimbic (PrL) brain region of adolescent rats while decreasing the action potential frequency and E/I balance in adult rats. Finally, MS increases extracellular glutamate levels and decreased the paired-pulse ratio of evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) of pyramidal neurons in the PrL of adolescent rats. In contrast, MS decreased extracellular glutamate levels and increased the paired-pulse ratio of evoked EPSCs of pyramidal neurons in the PrL of adult rats. The present results reveal a key role of E/I balance in different MS-induced disorders may related to the altered probability of presynaptic glutamate release at different developmental stages.
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- Yiwen Chen
- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Li X, Zhong H, Wang Z, Xiao R, Antonson P, Liu T, Wu C, Zou J, Wang L, Nalvarte I, Xu H, Warner M, Gustafsson JA, Fan X. Loss of liver X receptor β in astrocytes leads to anxiety-like behaviors via regulating synaptic transmission in the medial prefrontal cortex in mice. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:6380-6393. [PMID: 33963286 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01139-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Astrocytes are integral components of synaptic transmission, and their dysfunction leads to neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression. Liver X receptor β (LXRβ) is expressed in astrocytes, and LXRβ global knockout mice shows impaired synaptic formation. In order to define the role of LXRβ in astrocytes, we used a conditional Cre-loxP system to specifically remove LXRβ from astrocytes. We found that this deletion caused anxiety-like but not depressive-like behaviors in adult male mice. This behavioral phenotype could be completely reproduced by selective deletion of LXRβ in astrocytes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Pyramidal neurons in layer V of mPFC are involved in mood behaviors. We found that there was an increased spontaneous excitatory synaptic transmission in layer V pyramidal neurons of the mPFC of these mice. This was concurrent with increased dendritic complexity, despite normal appearance and number of dendritic spines. In addition, gene ontology analysis of RNA sequencing revealed that deletion of astrocytic LXRβ led to the enrichment of the process of synaptic transmission in mPFC. Finally, we also confirmed that renormalized excitatory synaptic transmission in layer V pyramidal neurons alleviated the anxiety in mice with astrocytic LXRβ deletion in mPFC. Together, our findings reveal that astrocytic LXRβ in mPFC is critical in the regulation of synaptic transmission, and this provides a potential new target for treatment of anxiety-like behavior.
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- Xin Li
- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Southwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China
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- Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden. .,Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, PR China.
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Zhang H, Zhang L, Zhou D, Li H, Xu Y. ErbB4 mediates amyloid β-induced neurotoxicity through JNK/tau pathway activation: Implications for Alzheimer's disease. J Comp Neurol 2021; 529:3497-3512. [PMID: 34212389 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously showed that ErbB4 in parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons was associated with Aβ-induced cognitive deficits; however, the underlying mechanism remains undetermined. Here we found that specific deletion of ErbB4 in PV neurons significantly attenuated oligomeric Aβ-induced neuronal toxicity and inhibited Aβ-induced decreases of PSD95 and synaptophysin. Moreover, specific ablation of ErbB4 in PV neurons altered activity-related protein c-Fos and decreased hippocampal PV neurons, especially in the dentate gyrus (DG) of hAPP-J20 mice. Furthermore, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), a protein downstream of ErbB4, was activated by Aβ but not ErbB4's ligand neuregulin 1 (NRG1) β1, suggesting different downstream pathways for Aβ and NRG1β1. JNK phosphorylation was inhibited by the ErbB4 inhibitor AG1478 and by pretreatment with NRG1β1. More importantly, siRNA knockdown of ErbB4 decreased JNK phosphorylation and expression, tau phosphorylation at Ser396 and Thr 205, and Bax expression. Therefore, ErbB4 might mediate Aβ-induced neuropathology through the JNK/tau pathway and represent a potential therapeutic target in patients with AD.
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- Heng Zhang
- Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration Laboratory, Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China.,Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of MOH, Key Laboratory of Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of MOH, Key Laboratory of Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration Laboratory, Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China
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- Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration Laboratory, Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China
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Shi P, Li Z, He T, Li N, Xu X, Yu P, Lu X, Nie J, Liu D, Cai Q, Guan Y, Ge F, Wang J, Guan X. Astrocyte-selective STAT3 knockdown rescues methamphetamine withdrawal-disrupted spatial memory in mice via restoring the astrocytic capacity of glutamate clearance in dCA1. Glia 2021; 69:2404-2418. [PMID: 34110044 DOI: 10.1002/glia.24046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Methamphetamine (METH) is a common abused drug. METH-triggered glutamate (Glu) levels in dorsal CA1 (dCA1) could partially explain the etiology of METH-caused abnormal memory, but the synaptic mechanism remains unclear. Here, we found that METH withdrawal disrupted spatial memory in mice, accompanied by the increases in Glu levels and postsynaptic neuronal activities at dCA1 synapses. METH withdrawal weakened the capacity of Glu clearance in astrocytes, as indicated by increasing the A1-like astrocytes and phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (p-STAT3), decreasing the Glu transporter 1(GLT-1, also known as EAAT2 or SLC1A2), Glu-aspartate-transporter (GLAST also known as EAAT1 or SLC1A3) and astrocytic glutamine synthase (GS), but failed to affect the presynaptic Glu release from dCA3 within dCA1. Moreover, we identified that in vitro A1-like astrocytes exhibited an increased STAT3 activation and the impaired capacity of Glu clearance. Most importantly, selective knockdown of astrocytic STAT3 in vivo in dCA1 restored the astrocytic capacity of Glu clearance, normalized Glu levels at dCA1 synapses, and finally rescued METH withdrawal-disrupted spatial memory in mice. Thus, astrocytic Glu clearance system, especially STAT3, serves as a novel target for future therapies against METH neurotoxicity.
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- Pengbo Shi
- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.,Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Caffino L, Mottarlini F, Zita G, Gawliński D, Gawlińska K, Wydra K, Przegaliński E, Fumagalli F. The effects of cocaine exposure in adolescence: Behavioural effects and neuroplastic mechanisms in experimental models. Br J Pharmacol 2021; 179:4233-4253. [PMID: 33963539 PMCID: PMC9545182 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Drug addiction is a devastating disorder with a huge economic and social burden for modern society. Although an individual may slip into drug abuse throughout his/her life, adolescents are at higher risk, but, so far, only a few studies have attempted to elucidate the underlying cellular and molecular bases of such vulnerability. Indeed, preclinical evidence indicates that psychostimulants and adolescence interact and contribute to promoting a dysfunctional brain. In this review, we have focused our attention primarily on changes in neuroplasticity brought about by cocaine, taking into account that there is much less evidence from exposure to cocaine in adolescence, compared with that from adults. This review clearly shows that exposure to cocaine during adolescence, acute or chronic, as well as contingent or non‐contingent, confers a vulnerable endophenotype, primarily, by causing changes in neuroplasticity. Given the close relationship between drug abuse and psychiatric disorders, we also discuss the translational implications providing an interpretative framework for clinical studies involving addictive as well as affective or psychotic behaviours.
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- Lucia Caffino
- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Salute Mentale e Dipendenze, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Drug Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Drug Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Drug Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Drug Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Single Cocaine Exposure Inhibits GABA Uptake via Dopamine D1-Like Receptors in Adolescent Mice Frontal Cortex. Neurotox Res 2020; 38:824-832. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-020-00259-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nie J, Wei X, Xu X, Li N, Li Y, Zhao Y, Guan Y, Ge F, Guan X. Electro-acupuncture alleviates adolescent cocaine exposure-enhanced anxiety-like behaviors in adult mice by attenuating the activities of PV interneurons in PrL. FASEB J 2020; 34:11913-11924. [PMID: 32683743 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000346rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We recently found that adolescent cocaine exposure (ACE) resulted in an enhancement of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter system in the prelimbic cortex (PrL) of adult mice. Here, we aim to further investigate the role of GABAergic transmission, especially parvalbumin (PV) interneurons within PrL in the development of ACE-induced anxiety-like behavior, and to assess whether and how electro-acupuncture (EA) therapeutically manage the ACE-induced abnormal behaviors in adulthood. ACE mice exhibited the enhanced anxiety-like behaviors in their adulthood, accompanied by increased GABAergic transmission and PV interneurons in PrL. Chemogenetic blocking PV interneurons in PrL alleviated ACE-enhanced anxiety-like behaviors in mice. Importantly, 37-day EA treatments (mixture of 2 Hz/100 Hz, 1 mA, 30 minutes once a day) at the acupoints of Yintang (GV29) and Baihui (GV20) also alleviated ACE-induced anxiety-like behaviors, and rescued ACE-impaired GABAergic neurotransmitter system and PV interneurons in PrL. In parallel, EA treatments further suppressed the activities of pyramidal neurons in PrL, suggesting that EA treatments seem to perform it beneficial effects on the ACE-induced abnormal emotional behaviors by "calming down" the whole PrL. Collectively, these findings revealed that hyper-function of GABAergic transmission, especially mediating by PV interneurons in PrL may be key etiology underlying ACE-induced anxiety-like behaviors. At least by normalizing the function of GABAergic and PV interneurons, EA may represent a promising therapeutic strategy for managing adolescent substance use-related emotional disorders.
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- Jiaxun Nie
- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Salmanzadeh H, Ahmadi-Soleimani SM, Pachenari N, Azadi M, Halliwell RF, Rubino T, Azizi H. Adolescent drug exposure: A review of evidence for the development of persistent changes in brain function. Brain Res Bull 2020; 156:105-117. [PMID: 31926303 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Over the past decade, many studies have indicated that adolescence is a critical period of brain development and maturation. The refinement and maturation of the central nervous system over this prolonged period, however, makes the adolescent brain highly susceptible to perturbations from acute and chronic drug exposure. Here we review the preclinical literature addressing the long-term consequences of adolescent exposure to common recreational drugs and drugs-of-abuse. These studies on adolescent exposure to alcohol, nicotine, opioids, cannabinoids and psychostimulant drugs, such as cocaine and amphetamine, reveal a variety of long-lasting behavioral and neurobiological consequences. These agents can affect development of the prefrontal cortex and mesolimbic dopamine pathways and modify the reward systems, socio-emotional processing and cognition. Other consequences include disruption in working memory, anxiety disorders and an increased risk of subsequent drug abuse in adult life. Although preventive and control policies are a valuable approach to reduce the detrimental effects of drugs-of-abuse on the adolescent brain, a more profound understanding of their neurobiological impact can lead to improved strategies for the treatment and attenuation of the detrimental neuropsychiatric sequelae.
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- Hamed Salmanzadeh
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; TJ Long School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- TJ Long School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Busto Arsizio, VA, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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