Caveolin-1 Expression in the Dorsal Striatum Drives Methamphetamine Addiction-Like Behavior

Dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) function is regulated by membrane/lipid raft-resident protein caveolin-1 (Cav1). We examined whether altered expression of Cav1 in the dorsal striatum would affect self-administration of methamphetamine, an indirect agonist at the D1Rs. A lentiviral construct expressing Cav1 (LV-Cav1) or containing a short hairpin RNA against Cav1 (LV-shCav1) was used to overexpress or knock down Cav1 expression respectively, in the dorsal striatum. Under a fixed-ratio schedule, LV-Cav1 enhanced and LV-shCav1 reduced responding for methamphetamine in an extended access paradigm compared to LV-GFP controls. LV-Cav1 and LV-shCav1 also produced an upward and downward shift in a dose-response paradigm, generating a drug vulnerable/resistant phenotype. LV-Cav1 and LV-shCav1 did not alter responding for sucrose. Under a progressive-ratio schedule, LV-shCav1 generally reduced positive-reinforcing effects of methamphetamine and sucrose as seen by reduced breakpoints. Western blotting confirmed enhanced Cav1 expression in LV-Cav1 rats and reduced Cav1 expression in LV-shCav1 rats. Electrophysiological findings in LV-GFP rats demonstrated an absence of high-frequency stimulation (HFS)-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) in the dorsal striatum after extended access methamphetamine self-administration, indicating methamphetamine-induced occlusion of plasticity. LV-Cav1 prevented methamphetamine-induced plasticity via increasing phosphorylation of calcium calmodulin kinase II, suggesting a mechanism for addiction vulnerability. LV-shCav1 produced a marked deficit in the ability of HFS to produce LTP and, therefore, extended access methamphetamine was unable to alter striatal plasticity, indicating a mechanism for resistance to addiction-like behavior. Our results demonstrate that Cav1 expression and knockdown driven striatal plasticity assist with modulating addiction to drug and nondrug rewards, and inspire new strategies to reduce psychostimulant addiction.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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International journal of molecular sciences - 22(2021), 15 vom: 30. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Avchalumov, Yosef [VerfasserIn]
Kreisler, Alison D [VerfasserIn]
Trenet, Wulfran [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Mahasweta [VerfasserIn]
Head, Brian P [VerfasserIn]
Piña-Crespo, Juan C [VerfasserIn]
Mandyam, Chitra D [VerfasserIn]

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44RAL3456C
CaMKII
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor
Cav1 protein, rat
Caveolin
Caveolin 1
Dopamine D1 receptor
EC 2.7.11.17
Journal Article
Long-term potentiation
Methamphetamine
Self-administration

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Date Completed 10.09.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms22158219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329052500