Extracellular dopamine, acetylcholine, and activation of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors after selective breeding for cocaine self-administration in rats.
Extracellular dopamine, acetylcholine, and activation of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors after selective breeding for cocaine self-administration in rats.
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大鼠选择性繁殖可卡因自我给药后的细胞外多巴胺、乙酰胆碱以及多巴胺 D1 和 D2 受体的激活。
DOI:
10.1007/s00213-017-4640-7
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Grasing,Kenneth
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作者:
Xu,Haiyang;Das,Sasmita;Sturgill,Marc;Hodgkinson,Colin;Yuan,Qiaoping;Goldman,David;Grasing,Kenneth
RationaleThe low self-administration (LS)/Kgras (LS) and high self-administration (HS)/Kgras (HS) rat lines were generated by selective breeding for low- and high-intravenous cocaine self-administration, respectively, from a common outbred Wistar stock (Crl:WI). This trait has remained stable after 13 generations of breeding.ObjectiveThe objective of the present study is to compare cocaine preference, neurotransmitter release, and dopamine receptor activation in LS and HS rats.MethodsLevels of dopamine, acetylcholine, and cocaine were measured in the nucleus accumbens (NA) shell of HS and LS rats by tandem mass spectrometry of microdialysates. Cocaine-induced locomotor activity and conditioned-place preference were compared between LS and HS rats.ResultsHS rats displayed greater conditioned-place preference scores compared to LS and reduced basal extracellular concentrations of dopamine and acetylcholine. However, patterns of neurotransmitter release did not differ between strains. Low-dose cocaine increased locomotor activity in LS rats, but not in HS animals, while high-dose cocaine augmented activity only in HS rats. Either dose of cocaine increased immunoreactivity for c-Fos in the NA shell of both strains, with greater elevations observed in HS rats. Activation identified by cells expressing both c-Fos and dopamine receptors was generally greater in the HS strain, with a similar pattern for both D1 and D2 dopamine receptors.ConclusionsDiminished levels of dopamine and acetylcholine in the NA shell, with enhanced cocaine-induced expression of D1 and D2 receptors, are associated with greater rewarding effects of cocaine in HS rats and an altered dose-effect relationship for cocaine-induced locomotor activity.