Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137305
Keywords
methamphetamine; lateral hypothalamus; addiction; synaptic plasticity; Kcnq3 channel
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81871044]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2021QH250]
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Repeated administration of methylamphetamine induces addiction and activates the expression of c-Fos in lateral hypothalamus (LH) neurons responding to conditioned place preference (CPP). Chemogenetic inhibition of LH disrupts addiction behavior. Methylamphetamine remodels LH synaptic plasticity and enhances neuronal activity, while overexpression of Kcnq3 reverses CPP score and alleviates addictive behaviors.
Repeated administration of methylamphetamine (MA) induces MA addiction, which is featured by awfully unpleasant physical and emotional experiences after drug use is terminated. Neurophysiological studies show that the lateral hypothalamus (LH) is involved in reward development and addictive behaviors. Here, we show that repeated administration of MA activates the expression of c-Fos in LH neurons responding to conditioned place preference (CPP). Chemogenetic inhibition of the LH can disrupt the addiction behavior, demonstrating that the LH plays an important role in MA-induced reward processing. Critically, MA remodels the neurons of LH synaptic plasticity, increases intracellular calcium level, and enhances spontaneous current and evoked potentials of neurons compared to the saline group. Furthermore, overexpression of the potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 3 (Kcnq3) expression can reverse the CPP score and alleviate the occurrence of addictive behaviors. Together, these results unravel a new neurobiological mechanism underlying the MA-induced addiction in the lateral hypothalamus, which could pave the way toward new and effective interventions for this addiction disease.
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