Abstract
Rationale
The mesocorticolimbic dopamine system undergoes significant reorganization of neuronal connectivity and functional refinement during adolescence. Deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC), a receptor for the guidance cue netrin-1, is involved in this reorganization. Previous studies have shown that adult mice with a heterozygous (het) loss-of-function mutation in DCC exhibit impairments in sensitization and conditioned place preference (CPP) to psychostimulants. However, the commonly abused psychostimulant methamphetamine (METH) has not been assessed, and the role of DCC in drug self-administration remains to be established.
Objectives
Using dcc het mice and wildtype (WT) littermates, we extended previous findings on dcc haplodeficiency by examining self-administration of METH in adult mice, including cue-induced drug seeking following abstinence. We also examined hyperactivity, sensitization, and CPP to a METH-paired context in adult and adolescent mice.
Results
While adult dcc het mice expressed largely similar METH self-administration and cue-induced drug seeking as WT littermates, they failed to modulate responding according to dose of METH. Compared to WT, both adult and adolescent dcc het mice expressed impaired locomotor hyperactivity to acute METH but nevertheless showed comparable behavioral sensitization. Conditioned hyperactivity increased with age in WT but not in dcc het mice.
Conclusions
Impaired METH-induced hyperactivity and dose-related responding in adult dcc het mice suggest that reduced DCC alters METH-related behaviors. Adolescence is identified as a vulnerable period during which impairment in hyperactivity due to reduced DCC can be overcome with repeated METH injections. Nevertheless, DCC appears to have a somewhat limited role in METH-consumption and seeking following abstinence.
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Jee Hyun Kim and Doron Lavan contributed equally to this work.
Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant APP1022201 to AJL and JHK. AJL is an NHMRC PRF while JHK is an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. The Victorian Government’s Operational Infrastructure Support Program is gratefully acknowledged. HMC was supported by a Queensland Government Smart Futures Fellowship.
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Kim, J.H., Lavan, D., Chen, N. et al. Netrin-1 receptor-deficient mice show age-specific impairment in drug-induced locomotor hyperactivity but still self-administer methamphetamine. Psychopharmacology 230, 607–616 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3187-5
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