期刊
ADDICTION BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 302-315出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12126
关键词
alpha-MSH; ethanol; melanocortin-4 receptors; operant chamber; reward
资金
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi, India [BT/PR14022/MED/30/324/2010]
Although the role of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (-MSH) in alcohol seeking behaviour in rats has been demonstrated, the underlying mechanisms are not understood. Herein, we test the hypothesis that -MSH might have a permissive effect in promoting the reward action of ethanol. Rats were implanted with cannulae targeted at the posterior ventral tegmental area (pVTA), because the site is sensitive to reinforcing effects of ethanol. These rats were trained to self-administer ethanol in standard two-lever (active/inactive) operant chamber test. Each active lever press resulted in self-administration of 100nl of ethanol (100-300mg%) containing solution. Over a period of 7 days, ethanol significantly increased the number of lever presses, which was considered as a measure of reward. Because ethanol at 200mg% resulted in maximum number of lever presses (approximate to 18-20 lever presses/30-minute session), the dose was employed in further studies. While prior administration of melanocortin (MC) agonists, -MSH or [Nle4,D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH into pVTA, resulted in an 89% increase in lever presses, the response was attenuated following pre-treatment with MC4 receptors (MC4R) antagonist, HS014. In an immunohistochemical study, the brains of rats that were trained to self-infuse ethanol showed significantly increased -MSH immunoreactivity in the nucleus accumbens shell, bed nucleus of stria terminalis and arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. In the pVTA, -MSH fibres were found to run close to the dopamine cells, labelled with tyrosine hydroxylase antibodies. We suggest that -MSH-MC4R system in the pVTA might be a part of the neuroadaptive mechanism underlying ethanol addiction.
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