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Cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist AM251 inhibits cocaine-primed relapse in rats:: Role of glutamate in the nucleus accumbens

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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 26, Issue 33, Pages 8531-8536

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SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0726-06.2006

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cocaine; dopamine; glutamate; mGluR2/3; AM251; cannabinoid; relapse

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  1. Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline

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Blockade of cannabinoid CB1 receptors has been reported to inhibit cocaine- or cocaine cue-induced reinstatement of drug seeking. However, the mechanisms underlying this action are poorly understood. Given the importance of dopamine, glutamate, and GABA in cocaine reward and relapse, we studied the effects of AM251 [N-(piperidin-1-yl)-5-(4-iodophonyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3- carboxamide], a novel highly selective CB1 receptor antagonist, on cocaine- primed reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior and on cocaine- induced changes in extracellular DA, glutamate, and GABA in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) under reinstatement conditions. We found that systemic administration of AM251 selectively inhibited cocaine- induced, but not sucrose plus sucrose cue-induced, reinstatement of reward-seeking behavior. AM251 alone did not trigger reinstatement. Local perfusion of AM251 into the NAc or the dorsal striatum also inhibited cocaine- triggered reinstatement. AM251 alone dose dependently elevated NAc glutamate in a voltage-dependent Na+ channel-dependent manner. AM251 did not affect NAc DA or GABA. Pretreatment with AM251 dose dependently inhibited cocaine- induced increases in NAc glutamate but not in DA. Blockade of NAc metabotropic glutamate mGluR2/3 receptors by LY341495 [(2S)-2-amino-2-[(1S,2S)-2-carboxycycloprop-1-yl]-3-(xanth-9-yl) propanoic acid] slightly facilitated cocaine-enhanced glutamate release but blocked the antagonism of cocaine- induced reinstatement by AM251. These data suggest the following: (1) CB1 receptors exert tonic inhibition over NAc glutamate release under cocaine- extinction conditions; (2) blockade of CB1 receptors by AM251 inhibits cocaine- enhanced NAc glutamate release and cocaine- triggered reinstatement; and (3) these effects appear to be mediated by activation of presynaptic mGluR2/3 autoreceptors secondary to AM251-induced increase (disinhibition) of NAc glutamate release.

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