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Chronic methamphetamine exposure suppresses the striatal expression of members of multiple families of immediate early genes (IEGs) in the rat: normalization by an acute methamphetamine injection

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Abstract

Rationale

Repeated injections of cocaine cause blunted responses to acute cocaine challenge-induced increases in the expression of immediate early genes (IEGs).

Objectives

The aim of this study was to test if chronic methamphetamine (METH) exposure might cause similar blunting of acute METH-induced increases in IEG expression.

Results

Repeated saline or METH injections were given to rats over 14 days. After 1 day of withdrawal, they received a single injection of saline or METH (5 mg/kg). Acute injection of METH increased c-fos, fosB, fra2, junB, Egr1–3, Nr4a1 (Nur77), and Nr4a3 (Nor-1) mRNA levels in the striatum of saline-pretreated rats. Chronic METH treatment alone reduced the expression of AP1, Erg1–3, and Nr4a1 transcription factors below control levels. Acute METH challenge normalized these values in METH-pretreated rats. Unexpectedly, acute METH challenge to METH-pretreated animals caused further decreases in Nr4a2 (Nurr1) mRNA levels. In contrast, the METH challenge caused significant but blunted increases in Nr4a3 and Arc expression in METH-pretreated rats. There were also chronic METH-associated decreases in the expression of cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) which modulates IEG expression via activation of the cAMP/PKA/CREB signal transduction pathway. Chronic METH exposure also caused significant decreases in preprotachykinin, but not in prodynorphin, mRNA levels.

Conclusions

These results support the accumulated evidence that chronic administration of psychostimulants is associated with blunting of their acute stimulatory effects on IEG expression. The METH-induced renormalization of the expression of several IEGs in rats chronically exposed to METH hints to a potential molecular explanation for the recurrent self-administration of the drug by human addicts.

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This research was supported by funds of the Intramural Research Program of the DHHS/NIH/NIDA.

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  1. Molecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch, DHHS/NIH/NIDA Intramural Research Program, NIDA/NIH, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    Michael T. McCoy, Subramaniam Jayanthi, Jacqueline A. Wulu, Genevieve Beauvais, Bruce Ladenheim, Tracey A. Martin, Irina N. Krasnova, Amber B. Hodges & Jean Lud Cadet

  2. Department of Psychology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA

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McCoy, M.T., Jayanthi, S., Wulu, J.A. et al. Chronic methamphetamine exposure suppresses the striatal expression of members of multiple families of immediate early genes (IEGs) in the rat: normalization by an acute methamphetamine injection. Psychopharmacology 215, 353–365 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-010-2146-7

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