期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 39, 期 44, 页码 8762-8777出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0708-19.2019
关键词
cannabidiol; delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; dopamine; extracellular signal-regulated kinase; ventral hippocampus; ventral tegmental area
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Mitacs
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Evidence suggests that the phytocannabinoids Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) differentially regulate salience attribution and psychiatric risk. The ventral hippocampus (vHipp) relays emotional salience via control of dopamine (DA) neuronal activity states, which are dysregulated in psychosis and schizophrenia. Using in vivo electrophysiology in male Sprague Dawley rats, we demonstrate that intra-vH ipp THC strongly increases ventral tegmental area (VTA) DA neuronal frequency and bursting rates, decreases GABA frequency, and amplifies VTA beta, gamma and e oscillatory magnitudes via modulation of local extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation (pERK1-2). Remarkably, whereas intra-vHipp THC also potentiates salience attribution in morphine placepreference and fear conditioning assays, CBD coadministration reverses these changes by downregulating pERK1-2 signaling, as pharmacological reactivation of pERK1-2 blocked the inhibitory properties of CBD. These results identify vHipp pERK1-2 signaling as a critical neural nexus point mediating THC-induced affective disturbances and suggest a potential mechanism by which CBD may counteract the psychotomimetic and psychotropic side effects of THC.
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