Journal
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1451
Keywords
addiction; hippocampus; lipidomics; lipids; mass spectrometry imaging
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- National Institutes of Health [EB0160100]
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Introduction: Cocaine dependence affects millions of individuals worldwide; however, there are no pharmacotherapeutic and/or diagnostic solutions. Recent evidence suggests a role for lipid signaling in the development and maintenance of addiction, highlighting the need to understand how lipid remodeling mediates neuroadaptation after cocaine exposure. Methods: This study utilized shotgun lipidomics to assess cocaine-induced lipid remodeling in rats using a novel behavioral regimen that incorporated multiple sessions of extinction training and reinstatement testing. Results: Mass spectrometric imaging demonstrated widespread decreases in phospholipid (PL) abundance throughout the brain, and high-spatial resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry indicated hippocampus-specific PL alterations following cocaine exposure. We analyzed the expression of genes involved in hippocampal lipid metabolism and observed region-specific regulation. In addition, we found that cocaine exposure differentially regulates mitochondrial biogenesis in the brain. Conclusions: This work presents a comprehensive lipidomic assessment of cocaine-induced lipid remodeling in the rat brain. Further, these findings indicate a potential interplay between CNS energetics and differential lipid regulation and suggest a role for cocaine in the maintenance of energy homeostasis.
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