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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 24, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129958
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addiction; new psychoactive substances; cathinones; conditioned place preference; GABA
The aim of this study was to assess the role of the GABA-ergic system in the rewarding effects of mephedrone. The results showed that GS39783, a positive allosteric modulator of GABA(B) receptors, blocked mephedrone-induced conditioned place preference (CPP), while baclofen, a GABA(B) receptor agonist, did not. Chromatographic analysis confirmed the behavioral effect, revealing a decrease in GABA hippocampal concentration following mephedrone administration. This study provides new insight into the involvement of the GABA-ergic system in the rewarding effects of mephedrone and suggests the potential of GABA(B) receptors as new targets for the pharmacological management of mephedrone use disorder.
Mephedrone is a psychoactive drug that increases dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline levels in the central nervous system via interaction with transporters or monoamines. The aim of the presented study was to assess the role of the GABA-ergic system in the expression of mephedrone-induced reward. For this purpose, we conducted (a) a behavioral evaluation of the impact of baclofen (a GABA(B) receptors agonist) and GS39783 (a positive allosteric modulator of GABA(B) receptors) on the expression of mephedrone-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) in rats, (b) an ex vivo chromatographic determination of the GABA level in the hippocampi of rats subchronically treated with mephedrone and (c) an in vivo evaluation of GABA hippocampal concentration in rats subchronically administered with mephedrone using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The results show that GS39783 (but not baclofen) blocked the expression of CPP induced by (20 mg/kg of) mephedrone. The behavioral effect was consistent with chromatographic analysis, which showed that mephedrone (5 and 20 mg/kg) led to a decrease in GABA hippocampal concentration. Altogether, the presented study provides a new insight into the involvement of the GABA-ergic system in the rewarding effects of mephedrone, implying that those effects are at least partially mediated through GABA(B) receptors, which suggests their potential role as new targets for the pharmacological management of mephedrone use disorder.
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