Uridine decreases morphine-induced behavioral sensitization by decreasing dorsal striatal dopamine release possibly via agonistic effects at GABA(A) receptors
Uridine decreases morphine-induced behavioral sensitization by decreasing dorsal striatal dopamine release possibly via agonistic effects at GABA(A) receptors
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尿苷可能通过 GABA(A) 受体的激动作用减少背侧纹状体多巴胺的释放,从而降低吗啡诱导的行为敏感性
DOI:
10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.06.010
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Yang Jingyu
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作者:
Liu Ping;Wu Chunfu;Song Wu;Yu Lisha;Yang Xiaofeng;Xiang Rongwu;Wang Fang;Yang Jingyu
Uridine, a potential endogenous neuromodulator, has been demonstrated to interact with the dopaminergic system and to regulate dopamine-related behaviors. The present study investigated the effects of uridine on morphine-induced hyperactivity and behavioral sensitization and on modulating dopaminergic neurotransmission in mice, which may help to understand how uridine and its metabolites act as modulators of the GABAAreceptors. The results showed that either systemic (30 or 100 mg/kg) or central (30, 100 or 300 nM) uridine administration significantly attenuated the hyperactivity induced by acute morphine treatment in mice. Intracerebroventricular administration of uracil and β-alanine also inhibited morphine-induced hyperactivity. Uridine, a known modulator of the GABA receptors, increased the extracellular levels of GABA in the brain. In addition, the GABAAreceptors antagonist bicuculline significantly attenuated the effects of uridine on morphine-induced hyperactivity, suggesting that the GABAAreceptors potentially mediate the effects of uridine and its metabolites on morphine-related activity. It was also observed that morphine-induced locomotor sensitization was abolished after chronic uridine treatment.In vivomicrodialysis demonstrated that uridine reversed morphine-induced dopamine release in the dorsal striatum of morphine-sensitized mice. In conclusion, these data suggest that the therapeutic effects of uridine and its metabolites on morphine-induced hyperactivity and established behavioral sensitization may be mediated in part by interfering with the dopaminergic system possibly via agonistic effects at GABAAreceptors.