BACKGROUND: Opiate dependence is a result of adaptive changes in signal transduction networks in several brain regions. Noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) have provided a useful model system in which to understand the molecular basis of these adaptive changes. One of most robust signaling adaptations to repeated morphine exposure in this brain region is upregulation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity. Earlier work revealed the selective induction of two calmodulin-dependent AC isoforms, AC1 and AC8, after chronic morphine, but their role in opiate dependence has remained unknown. METHODS: Whole cell recordings from LC slices, behavioral paradigms for dependence, and gene array technology have been used to dissect the role of AC1 and AC8 in chronic morphine responses. RESULTS: Both AC1 and AC8 knockout mice exhibit reduced opiate dependence on the basis of attenuated withdrawal; however, partially distinct withdrawal symptoms were affected in the two lines. Loss of AC1 or AC8 also attenuated the electrophysiological effects of morphine on LC neurons: knockout of either cyclase attenuated the chronic morphine-induced enhancement of baseline firing rates as well as of regulation of neuronal firing by forskolin (an activator of ACs). The DNA microarray analysis revealed that both AC1 and AC8 affect gene regulation in the LC by chronic morphine and, in addition to common genes, each cyclase influences the expression of a distinct subset of genes. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings provide fundamentally new insight into the molecular and cellular basis of opiate dependence.
BACKGROUND:Opiate dependence is a result of adaptive changes in signal transduction networks in several brain regions. Noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) have provided a useful model system in which to understand the molecular basis of these adaptive changes. One of most robust signaling adaptations to repeated morphine exposure in this brain region is upregulation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity. Earlier work revealed the selective induction of two calmodulin-dependent AC isoforms, AC1 and AC8, after chronic morphine, but their role in opiate dependence has remained unknown. METHODS: Whole cell recordings from LC slices, behavioral paradigms for dependence, and gene array technology have been used to dissect the role of AC1 and AC8 in chronic morphine responses. RESULTS: Both AC1 and AC8 knockout mice exhibit reduced opiate dependence on the basis of attenuated withdrawal; however, partially distinct withdrawal symptoms were affected in the two lines. Loss of AC1 or AC8 also attenuated the electrophysiological effects of morphine on LC neurons: knockout of either cyclase attenuated the chronic morphine-induced enhancement of baseline firing rates as well as of regulation of neuronal firing by forskolin (an activator of ACs). The DNA microarray analysis revealed that both AC1 and AC8 affect gene regulation in the LC by chronic morphine and, in addition to common genes, each cyclase influences the expression of a distinct subset of genes. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings provide fundamentally new insight into the molecular and cellular basis of opiate dependence.
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