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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 40, 期 8, 页码 1969-1978出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.47
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资金
- Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
- UNSW Australia Gold Star Award
- UNSW Australia International Post-Graduate Research Scholarship
- Canada Research Chair in Regulatory Peptides
- Canada Research Chair in Regulatory Peptides in Incretin Biology
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [123391]
- Schizophrenia Research Institute from NSW Ministry of Health
- National Health and Medical Research Council
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and its receptor GLP-lR are a key component of the satiety signaling system, and long-acting GLP-1 analogs have been approved for the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus. Previous reports demonstrate that GLP-1 regulates glucose homeostasis alongside the rewarding effects of food. Both palatable food and illicit drugs activate brain reward circuitries, and pharmacological studies suggest that central nervous system GLP-1 signaling holds potential for the treatment of addiction. However, the role of endogenous GLP-1 in the attenuation of reward-oriented behavior, and the essential domains of the mesolimbic system mediating these beneficial effects, are largely unknown. We hypothesized that the central regions of highest Glp-lr gene activity are essential in mediating responses to drugs of abuse. Here, we show that Glp-lr-deficient (Glp-lr(-/-)) mice have greatly augmented cocaine-induced locomotor responses and enhanced conditional place preference compared with wild-type (Glp-lr(+/+)) controls. Employing mRNA in situ hybridization we located peak Glp-lr mRNA expression in GABAergic neurons of the dorsal lateral septum, an anatomical site with a crucial function in reward perception. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings of dorsal lateral septum neurons revealed that genetic Glp-lr ablation leads to increased excitability of these cells. Viral vector-mediated Glp-lr gene delivery to the dorsal lateral septum of Glp-lr(-/-) animals reduced cocaine-induced locomotion and conditional place preference to wild-type levels. This site-specific genetic complementation did not affect the anxiogenic phenotype observed in Glp-lr(-/-) controls. These data reveal a novel role of GLP-lR in dorsal lateral septum function driving behavioral responses to cocaine.
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