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Group ii metabotropic and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (ampa)/kainate glutamate receptors regulate the deficit in brain reward function associated with nicotine withdrawal in rats

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authors

  • Kenny, Paul
  • Gasparini, F.
  • Markou, A.

publication date

  • September 2003

journal

  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  Journal

abstract

  • This study investigated the role of ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors in the deficits in brain reward function, as measured by elevations in intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) reward thresholds, associated with nicotine withdrawal. The group II metabotropic glutamate (mGluII) receptor agonist LY314582 [a racemic mixture of LY354740 ([+]-2-aminobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid])] (2.5-7.5 mg/kg) precipitated withdrawal-like elevations in ICSS thresholds, a sensitive measure of reward function, in nicotine-dependent but not control rats. LY314582 did not affect response latencies, a measure of performance in the ICSS paradigm. Bilateral microinfusion of LY314582 (10-100 ng/side) into the ventral tegmental area likewise precipitated dose-dependent threshold elevations in nicotine-dependent rats. Furthermore, a single injection of the mGluII receptor antagonist LY341495 (2S-2-amino-2-[1S,2S-2-carboxycyclopropan-1-yl]-3-[xanth-9-yl]propionic acid) (1 mg/kg) attenuated the threshold elevations observed in rats undergoing spontaneous nicotine withdrawal. mGluII receptors are primarily located on glutamatergic terminals throughout the mesocorticolimbic system, where they act as inhibitory autoreceptors. To investigate whether mGluII receptors contributed to nicotine withdrawal by decreasing glutamatergic transmission, we next examined whether direct blockade of postsynaptic glutamate receptors precipitated withdrawal-like reward deficits in nicotine-dependent rats. The alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)/kainate receptor antagonist 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline (NBQX; 0.01-1 mg/kg) precipitated withdrawal-like threshold elevations in nicotine-dependent but not control rats, whereas 6-methyl-2-[phenylethynyl]-pyridine (MPEP; 0.01-3 mg/kg) and dizocilpine (MK-801; 0.01-0.2 mg/kg), antagonists at metabotropic glutamate 5 and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, respectively, did not. Overall, these data demonstrate that mGluII receptors play an important role in the reward deficits associated with nicotine withdrawal. Furthermore, it is likely that mGluII receptors generate this reward deficit, at least in part, by decreasing glutamate transmission at AMPA/kainate receptors.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Bicyclo Compounds
  • Dizocilpine Maleate
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Male
  • Nicotine
  • Pyridines
  • Quinoxalines
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • Receptors, Kainic Acid
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Reward
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Ventral Tegmental Area
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-3565

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1124/jpet.103.052027

PubMed ID

  • 12805481
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start page

  • 1068

end page

  • 1076

volume

  • 306

issue

  • 3

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