Ethanol pre-exposure differentially impacts the rewarding and aversive effects of α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP) : Implications for drug use and abuse

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RATIONALE: Exposure to a drug can subsequently impact its own reactivity as well as that of other drugs. Given that users of synthetic cathinones, i.e., "bath salts", typically have extensive and varied drug histories, an understanding of the effects of drug history on the behavioral and physiological consequences of synthetic cathiones may be important to their abuse liability.

OBJECTIVES: The goal of the current work was to assess the effects of an ethanol pre-exposure on the rewarding and aversive effects of α-PVP.

METHODS: Adult male Sprague Dawley rats were exposed to ethanol prior to combined conditioned taste avoidance/conditioned place preference training in which rats were injected with 1.5, 3 or 5 mg/kg of racemic α-PVP or vehicle. Following a 7-day washout period, rats were then tested for thermoregulatory effects of α-PVP using subcutaneous probes to measure body temperature changes over the course of 8 h. This was followed 10 days later by assessments for α-PVP-induced locomotor activity and stereotypies over a 1-h session.

RESULTS: α-PVP induced significant dose- and trial-dependent taste avoidance that was significantly attenuated by ethanol history and dose- and time-dependent increases in locomotor activity that were significantly increased by ethanol. α-PVP also induced place preferences and dose- and time-dependent increases in body temperature, but these measures were unaffected by ethanol history.

CONCLUSIONS: α-PVP's aversive effects (as measured by taste avoidance) were attenuated, while its rewarding effects (as indexed by place preference conditioning) were unaffected, by ethanol pre-exposure. Such a pattern may indicate increased α-PVP abuse liability, as changes in the balance of aversion and reward may impact overall drug effects and likelihood of drug intake. Future self-administration studies will be necessary to explore this possibility.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:211

Enthalten in:

Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 211(2021) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 173286

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nelson, Katharine H [VerfasserIn]
Manke, Hayley N [VerfasserIn]
Bailey, Jacob M [VerfasserIn]
Vlachos, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Maradiaga, Karina J [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Shihui [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Tania D [VerfasserIn]
Rice, Kenner C [VerfasserIn]
Riley, Anthony L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone
1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-pentanone
3K9958V90M
540EI4406J
767K3AWA4R
Alkaloids
Cathinone
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Conditioned place preference
Conditioned taste avoidance
Drug history
Ethanol
Journal Article
Pentanones
Pre-exposure
Pyrrolidines
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 07.03.2022

Date Revised 02.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173286

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331751968