Z J Brown1, D A Kupferschmidt, Suzanne Erb. 1. Department of Psychology, Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Two pharmacological stressors commonly used in the study of stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking are central injections of the stress peptide, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), and systemic administration of the α(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist, yohimbine. Despite the widespread use of these stressors, the neurochemical systems mediating their ability to reinstate cocaine-seeking behaviour have not been fully characterized. OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to characterize the role, specifically, of dopamine transmission in the reinstating effects of CRF and yohimbine on cocaine seeking. METHODS: Male Long-Evans rats were trained to self-administer cocaine (0.23 mg/kg/infusion) for 8-10 days. Subsequently, responding for drug was extinguished, and tests for CRF- (0.5 μg; i.c.v.) and yohimbine-induced (1.25 mg/kg; i.p.) reinstatement were conducted following pretreatment with the dopamine D1/5 receptor antagonists, SCH23390 (0.05, 0.1 mg/kg; i.p.) and/or SCH31966 (0.2 mg/kg; i.p.), and the D2/3 receptor antagonist, raclopride (0.25, 0.5 mg/kg; i.p.). RESULTS: Pretreatment with SCH23390, but not raclopride, blocked CRF-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Pretreatment with SCH23390 and SCH31966, but not raclopride, blocked yohimbine-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that transmission at D1/5, but not D2/3, receptors mediates the reinstatement of cocaine seeking induced by CRF and yohimbine.
RATIONALE: Two pharmacological stressors commonly used in the study of stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking are central injections of the stress peptide, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), and systemic administration of the α(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist, yohimbine. Despite the widespread use of these stressors, the neurochemical systems mediating their ability to reinstate cocaine-seeking behaviour have not been fully characterized. OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to characterize the role, specifically, of dopamine transmission in the reinstating effects of CRF and yohimbine on cocaine seeking. METHODS: Male Long-Evans rats were trained to self-administer cocaine (0.23 mg/kg/infusion) for 8-10 days. Subsequently, responding for drug was extinguished, and tests for CRF- (0.5 μg; i.c.v.) and yohimbine-induced (1.25 mg/kg; i.p.) reinstatement were conducted following pretreatment with the dopamine D1/5 receptor antagonists, SCH23390 (0.05, 0.1 mg/kg; i.p.) and/or SCH31966 (0.2 mg/kg; i.p.), and the D2/3 receptor antagonist, raclopride (0.25, 0.5 mg/kg; i.p.). RESULTS: Pretreatment with SCH23390, but not raclopride, blocked CRF-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Pretreatment with SCH23390 and SCH31966, but not raclopride, blocked yohimbine-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that transmission at D1/5, but not D2/3, receptors mediates the reinstatement of cocaine seeking induced by CRF and yohimbine.
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