mGlu1 receptor blockade attenuates cue- and nicotine-induced reinstatement of extinguished nicotine self-administration behavior in rats

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• 作者：Olga A. Dravolina ; Elena S. Zakharova ; Elena V. Shekunova ; Edwin E. Zvartau ; Wojciech Danysz ; Anton Y. Bespalov
• 关键词：Nicotine ; Self-administration ; Cue-induced reinstatement ; Nicotine-primed reinstatement ; Metabotropic glutamate receptor ; mGluR1 ; Rat
• 刊名：Neuropharmacology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：February 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：52
• 期：2
• 页码：263-269
• 全文大小：187 K

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Glutamatergic neurotransmission is believed to be critically involved in the acquisition and maintenance of drug addiction. The present study evaluated the role of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) 1 receptors in the reinstatement of nicotine-seeking behavior. Rats were trained to nose-poke to receive response-contingent intravenous infusions of nicotine (0.01 mg/kg/infusion, free base). Following the subsequent extinction phase, reinstatement tests were conducted in animals that were exposed either to response-contingent presentations of the nicotine-associated discrete light cues or to non-contingent nicotine priming injection (0.3 mg/kg, s.c., salt) just prior to the test session. In a separate experiment, rats were subjected to the nearly identical response-reinstatement procedure but operant responding was established using food pellets instead of nicotine infusions. Pretreatment with the mGlu1 receptor antagonist EMQMCM (JNJ16567083, (3-ethyl-2-methyl-quinolin-6-yl)-(4-methoxy-cyclohexyl)-methanone methanesulfonate) significantly inhibited cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine-seeking behavior (5 and 10, but not 2.5 mg/kg). EMQMCM (5 mg/kg) also prevented nicotine priming-induced reinstatement of nicotine-seeking behavior. At the highest tested dose only (10 mg/kg), EMQMCM attenuated cue-induced reinstatement of food-seeking behavior. Taken together with the previous reports, the present findings further suggest that blockade of mGlu1 receptors may be beneficial for preventing relapse to tobacco smoking in nicotine-dependent individuals.