Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 , DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2020.599710 Alessandra Matzeu 1 , Rémi Martin-Fardon 1
Neural systems involved in processing natural rewards and drugs of abuse overlap and exposure to drugs of abuse induce neuroadaptations that can cause compulsive-like behavior. For example, the recruitment of the orexin (Orx) system by drugs of abuse has been proposed to induce neuroadaptations that in turn alter its function, reflected by maladaptive, compulsive, and addictive behavior. Orexin neurons project to the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT)—particularly the posterior part (pPVT), a structure that plays a key role in stress regulation. This study investigated whether Orx transmission in the pPVT plays a role in stress-induced reinstatement of reward-seeking behavior toward ethanol (EtOH) and a highly palatable food reward [sweetened condensed milk (SCM)] in rats and whether this role changes with EtOH dependence. After being trained to orally self-administer EtOH or SCM, the rats were made dependent (EtOHD and SCMD) by chronic intermittent EtOH vapor exposure. The control nondependent groups (EtOHND and SCMND) were exposed to air. Following extinction, the rats were tested for stress-induced reinstatement of EtOH- and SCM-seeking behavior. Stress reinstated EtOH- and SCM-seeking behavior in all groups (EtOHD/ND and SCMD/ND). Administration of the dual Orx receptor (OrxR) antagonist TCS1102 (15 μg) in the pPVT prevented stress-induced reinstatement only in dependent rats (EtOHD and SCMD). In parallel, the qPCR analysis showed that
中文翻译:
阻断丘脑后室旁核中的食欲素受体可防止具有乙醇依赖史的大鼠的压力诱导的奖励寻求行为恢复
参与处理自然奖励和滥用药物的神经系统重叠和接触滥用药物会诱发神经适应,从而导致类似强迫行为的行为。例如,滥用药物对食欲素 (Orx) 系统的募集已被提议诱导神经适应,进而改变其功能,表现为适应不良、强迫性和成瘾行为。食欲素神经元投射到丘脑室旁核 (PVT),尤其是后部 (pPVT),该结构在压力调节中起关键作用。本研究调查了 pPVT 中的 Orx 传递是否在应激诱导的恢复对乙醇 (EtOH) 的奖励寻求行为和大鼠高度可口的食物奖励 [甜炼乳 (SCM)] 中起作用,以及这种作用是否随 EtOH 而改变依赖性。D和 SCM D ) 慢性间歇性乙醇蒸气暴露。对照非依赖性组(EtOH ND和 SCM ND)暴露于空气中。灭绝后,测试大鼠应激诱导的乙醇和 SCM 寻求行为的恢复。压力在所有组(EtOH D/ND和 SCM D/ND)中恢复了 EtOH 和 SCM 寻求行为。在 pPVT 中施用双 Orx 受体 (OrxR) 拮抗剂 TCS1102 (15 μg) 仅在依赖性大鼠(EtOH D和 SCM D)中防止应激诱导的恢复。同时,qPCR 分析表明,