Svetlana Semenova1, Xinchun Jin2, Tristan D McClure-Begley3, Matthew Philip Tadman3, Michael J Marks4, Athina Markou2. 1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, M/C 0603, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: Svetlana.Semenova@Parexel.com. 2. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, M/C 0603, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. 3. Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. 4. Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic nicotine exposure produces neuroadaptations in brain reward systems and α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the corticolimbic brain areas. We previously demonstrated opposite effects of nicotine exposure delivered by self-administration or pumps on brain reward thresholds that can be attributed to the different temporal pattern and contingency of nicotine exposure. We investigated the effects of these two factors on reward thresholds and somatic signs during nicotine withdrawal, and on nAChRs binding in corticolimbic brain areas. METHODS: The intracranial self-stimulation procedure was used to assess reward thresholds in rats prepared with pumps delivering various doses of nicotine continuously or intermittently. Separate group of rats were randomly exposed to nicotine via pumps (non-contingent) or nicotine self-administration (contingent) to determine [125I]-epibatidine binding at α4β2* nAChRs. RESULTS: Withdrawal from continuous non-contingent nicotine exposure led to significant elevations in thresholds and increases in somatic signs in rats, while there was no significant effect of withdrawal from intermittent non-contingent nicotine exposure at the same doses. nAChRs were upregulated during withdrawal from continuous non-contingent nicotine exposure. α4β2* nAChRs were upregulated in the ventral tegmental area and prelimbic cortex during withdrawal from non-contingent intermittent exposure and in the nucleus accumbens during withdrawal from contingent intermittent nicotine exposure to the same dose. CONCLUSIONS: During non-contingent nicotine exposure, the temporal pattern of nicotine delivery differentially affected thresholds and somatic signs of withdrawal. Upregulation of α4β2* nAChRs was brain site-specific and depended on both temporal pattern and contingency of nicotine exposure. Published by Elsevier Inc.
BACKGROUND: Chronic nicotine exposure produces neuroadaptations in brain reward systems and α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the corticolimbic brain areas. We previously demonstrated opposite effects of nicotine exposure delivered by self-administration or pumps on brain reward thresholds that can be attributed to the different temporal pattern and contingency of nicotine exposure. We investigated the effects of these two factors on reward thresholds and somatic signs during nicotine withdrawal, and on nAChRs binding in corticolimbic brain areas. METHODS: The intracranial self-stimulation procedure was used to assess reward thresholds in rats prepared with pumps delivering various doses of nicotine continuously or intermittently. Separate group of rats were randomly exposed to nicotine via pumps (non-contingent) or nicotine self-administration (contingent) to determine [125I]-epibatidine binding at α4β2* nAChRs. RESULTS: Withdrawal from continuous non-contingent nicotine exposure led to significant elevations in thresholds and increases in somatic signs in rats, while there was no significant effect of withdrawal from intermittent non-contingent nicotine exposure at the same doses. nAChRs were upregulated during withdrawal from continuous non-contingent nicotine exposure. α4β2* nAChRs were upregulated in the ventral tegmental area and prelimbic cortex during withdrawal from non-contingent intermittent exposure and in the nucleus accumbens during withdrawal from contingent intermittent nicotine exposure to the same dose. CONCLUSIONS: During non-contingent nicotine exposure, the temporal pattern of nicotine delivery differentially affected thresholds and somatic signs of withdrawal. Upregulation of α4β2* nAChRs was brain site-specific and depended on both temporal pattern and contingency of nicotine exposure. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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