Journal
ADDICTION BIOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12822
Keywords
opiate; reinstatement; self-administration
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- University of Georgia Office for the Vice President of Research
- University of Georgia Research Foundation
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [ZIADA000532, ZIADA000527] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The opioid epidemic has become a severe public health problem, with approximately 130 opioid-induced deaths occurring each day in the United States. Prescription opioids are responsible for approximately 40% of these deaths. Oxycodone is one of the most commonly abused prescription opioids, but despite its prevalent misuse, the number of preclinical studies investigating oxycodone-seeking behaviors is relatively limited. Furthermore, preclinical oxycodone studies that include female subjects are even more scarce, and it is critical that future work includes both sexes. Additionally, the oral route of administration is one of the most common routes for recreational users, especially in the early stages of drug experimentation. However, currently, only two studies have been published investigating operant oral oxycodone self-administration in rodents. Therefore, the primary goal of the present study was to establish an oral oxycodone operant self-administration model in adult male and female rats, as well as to examine a potential mechanism of stress-primed reinstatement. We found that females consumed significantly more oral oxycodone than males in operant self-administration sessions. We also found that active oxycodone self-administration was reduced by mu opioid receptor antagonism and by substitution of water for oxycodone solution. Lastly, we induced stress-primed reinstatement and found that this behavior was significantly attenuated by antagonism of the neurokinin-1 receptor, consistent with our prior work examining stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol- and cocaine-seeking.
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