The sensitizing effect of acute nicotine on amphetamine-stimulated behavior and dopamine efflux requires activation of β2 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
The sensitizing effect of acute nicotine on amphetamine-stimulated behavior and dopamine efflux requires activation of β2 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
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10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.10.003
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发表时间:
2011-06
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Gnegy, Margaret E.
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作者:
Kim, Myung N.;Jutkiewicz, Emily M.;Zhang, Minjia;Gnegy, Margaret E.
Nicotine has been demonstrated to enhance the subsequent use of illicit drugs in animals and humans. We previously demonstrated in female, Holtzman rats that one low dose of nicotine will potentiate locomotor activity and dopamine (DA) efflux in response to a subsequent low dose of d-amphetamine (AMPH) given 1-4 hours later. In the present study, we show this also occurs in male rats and characterize the receptors required for the rapid sensitizing effect of nicotine on AMPH-stimulated locomotor behavior and AMPH-induced DA efflux. Pretreatment of male, Holtzman rats with a low dose (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.) of nicotine 2-4 hours before a challenge with AMPH (0.32 mg/kg, i.p.) enhanced locomotor behavior as compared to saline pretreatment. Dihydro-β-erythroidine (DHβE), a relatively selective antagonist at β2 subunit-containing (β2*) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), but not methyllycaconitine (MLA), a relatively selective antagonist at α7 nAChRs, blocked the sensitizing effect of nicotine on AMPH-stimulated locomotor activity. Pretreatment with varenicline, a partial agonist selective for β2* nAChRs, blocked the sensitizing effect of nicotine on AMPH-stimulated locomotor behavior. Nicotine pretreatment sensitized AMPH-induced DA overflow in slices from ventral (nucleus accumbens, NAc), but not dorsal striatum as compared to saline-pretreated rats. Nicotine sensitization of the DA overflow was blocked by DHβE. Pretreatment with the glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist (+)-MK801 (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.) 30 min before nicotine blocked sensitization of both locomotion and DA overflow in response to AMPH challenge. These results demonstrate that activation of the β2* nAChRs and NMDA receptors are required for the rapid sensitizing effect of nicotine on AMPH actions.
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