Removal of the ovaries suppresses ethanol drinking and promotes aversion-resistance in C57BL/6J female mice

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RATIONALE: Female rodents consume more ethanol (EtOH) than males and exhibit greater aversion-resistant drinking in some paradigms. Ovarian hormones promote EtOH drinking but the contribution of ovarian hormones to aversion-resistant drinking has not been assessed.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the role of ovarian hormones to aversion-resistant drinking in female mice in a drinking in the dark (DID) task.

METHODS: Female C57BL/6 J mice first underwent an ovariectomy (OVX, n = 16) or sham (SHAM, n = 16) surgery. Four weeks following surgery, mice underwent a DID paradigm where they were given access to water and 15% EtOH 3 h into the dark cycle for up to 4 h across 15 drinking sessions. To assess frontloading behavior, bottles were weighed at 30 min, 2 h, and 4 h. Aversion-resistance was tested by adding escalating concentrations of quinine (0, 100, 250, and 500 µM) to the 15% EtOH bottle on sessions 16 - 19.

RESULTS: Removal of the ovaries reduced EtOH consumption in OVX subjects. When assessing aversion-resistant EtOH drinking, mice with ovarian hormones (SHAM) reduced consumption of 250 and 500 µM quinine in EtOH, while OVX subjects exhibited aversion-resistance at all quinine concentrations. OVX mice had greater frontloading for quinine + EtOH at higher concentrations of quinine.

CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that circulating ovarian hormones may be protective against the development of aversion-resistant EtOH drinking and call for further investigation of the role of ovarian hormones in models of addictive behavior.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:240

Enthalten in:

Psychopharmacology - 240(2023), 12 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 2607-2616

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sneddon, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Masters, Brianna M [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Haifei [VerfasserIn]
Radke, Anna K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3K9958V90M
A7V27PHC7A
Alcohol consumption
Aversion-resistant
Drinking in the dark
Ethanol
Female
Frontloading
Hormones
Journal Article
Mouse
Ovarian hormones
Preference
Quinine

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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00213-023-06456-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361511620