Samidorphan, an opioid receptor antagonist, attenuates drug-induced increases in extracellular dopamine concentrations and drug self-administration in male Wistar rats

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Opioid receptors modulate neurochemical and behavioral responses to drugs of abuse in nonclinical models. Samidorphan (SAM) is a new molecular entity that binds with high affinity to human mu- (μ), kappa- (κ), and delta- (δ) opioid receptors and functions as a μ-opioid receptor antagonist with partial agonist activity at κ- and δ-opioid receptors. Based on its in vitro profile, we hypothesized that SAM would block key neurobiological effects of drugs of abuse. Therefore, we assessed the effects of SAM on ethanol-, oxycodone-, cocaine-, and amphetamine-induced increases in extracellular dopamine (DAext) in the nucleus accumbens shell (NAc-sh), and ethanol and cocaine self-administration behavior in rats. In microdialysis studies, administration of SAM alone did not result in measurable changes in NAc-sh DAext when given across a large range of doses. However, SAM markedly decreased average and maximal increases in NAc-sh DAext produced by each of the drugs of abuse tested. In behavioral studies, SAM attenuated fixed-ratio ethanol self-administration and progressive ratio cocaine self-administration. These results highlight the potential of SAM to counteract the neurobiological and behavioral effects of several drugs of abuse with differing mechanisms of action.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:204

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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 204(2021) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 173157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cunningham, Jacobi I [VerfasserIn]
Todtenkopf, Mark S [VerfasserIn]
Dean, Reginald L [VerfasserIn]
Azar, Marc R [VerfasserIn]
Koob, George F [VerfasserIn]
Deaver, Daniel R [VerfasserIn]
Eyerman, David J [VerfasserIn]

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3-carboxamido-4-hydroxynaltrexone
3K9958V90M
5S6W795CQM
7W2581Z5L8
Amphetamine
CD35PMG570
CK833KGX7E
Cocaine
Dopamine
Drug self-administration
Drugs of abuse
Ethanol
I5Y540LHVR
In vivo microdialysis
Journal Article
Naltrexone
Narcotic Antagonists
Opioid
Oxycodone
Receptors, Opioid
Receptors, Opioid, mu
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
VTD58H1Z2X

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Date Completed 08.10.2021

Date Revised 08.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173157

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NLM322049229