Reduction of methamphetamine-induced sensitization and reward in matrix metalloproteinase-2 and-9-deficient mice
Reduction of methamphetamine-induced sensitization and reward in matrix metalloproteinase-2 and-9-deficient mice
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04288.x
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Nabeshima, Toshitaka
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作者:
Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki;Yamada, Kiyofumi;Nabeshima, Toshitaka
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs) function to remodel the pericellular environment. Their activation and regulation are associated with synaptic physiology and pathology. Here, we investigated whether MMP-2 and MMP-9 are involved in the rewarding effects of and sensitization to methamphetamine (METH) in animals, in which the remodelling of neural circuits may play a crucial role. Repeated METH treatment induced behavioural sensitization, which was accompanied by an increase in MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity in the brain. In MMP-2- and MMP-9-deficient mice [MMP-2-(-/-) and MMP-9-(-/-)], METH-induced behavioural sensitization and conditioned place preference, a measure of the rewarding effect, as well as METH-increased dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) were attenuated compared with those in wild-type mice. In contrast, infusion of purified human MMP-2 into the NAc significantly potentiated the METH-increased dopamine release. The [H-3]dopamine uptake into striatal synaptosomes was reduced in wild-type mice after repeated METH treatment, but METH-induced changes in [H-3]dopamine uptake were significantly attenuated in MMP-2-(-/-) and MMP-9-(-/-) mice. These results suggest that both MMP-2 and MMP-9 play a crucial role in METH-induced behavioural sensitization and reward by regulating METH-induced dopamine release and uptake in the NAc.