Selective re-expression of 尾2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the ventral tegmental area of the mouse restores intravenous nicotine self-administration

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• 作者：Marí ; a Juliana Orejarena^a ; ¹ ; Andrea Herrera-Solí ; s^a ; ¹ ; Sté ; phanie Pons^b ; ^c ; Uwe Maskos^b ; ^c ; Rafael Maldonado^a ; Patricia Robledo^a ; ^d ; ^{probledo@imim.es}
• 关键词：尾2 subunits ; VTA ; Chronic nicotine self-administration ; Lentivirus
• 刊名：Neuropharmacology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：33_00283908
• 类别：pha
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：63
• 期：2
• 页码：235-241
• 文件大小：590 K

摘要

Beta-2 (尾2) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits have been particularly related with nicotine reinforcement. However, the importance of these subunits in the chronic aspects of nicotine addiction has not been established. In this study we evaluated the role of ventral tegmental area (VTA) 尾2 receptor subunits in the acquisition and maintenance of nicotine self-administration. We used an operant mouse model of intravenous self-administration of different doses of nicotine (15, 30, and 60聽渭g/kg/infusion) during 10 days in constitutive knockout mice lacking 尾2 receptor subunits (尾2KO), wild-type (WT) controls, mice with 尾2 receptor subunits re-expressed in the VTA using a lentiviral vector (尾2-VEC), and control knockout mice with a sham injection (KO-GFP). The results showed that 尾2KO mice did not reliably acquire nicotine self-administration at any of the doses tested, while WT controls showed dose-dependent acquisition of this behaviour. 尾2-VEC mice readily acquired and maintained nicotine self-administration at the effective dose of 15聽渭g/kg/infusion, while sham KO-GFP mice did not. The recovery of the WT phenotype by the re-expression of 尾2 receptor subunits within the VTA supports the role of this specific population in nicotine reinforcement, and reveals that they are sufficient for the acquisition and maintenance of systemic nicotine self-administration.