Factors influencing JUUL e-cigarette nicotine vapour-induced reward, withdrawal, pharmacokinetics and brain connectivity in rats : sex matters

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Though vaping likely represents a safer alternative to smoking, it is not without risks, many of which are not well understood, especially for vulnerable populations. Here we evaluate the sex- and age-dependent effects of JUUL nicotine vapour in rats. Following passive nicotine vapour exposures (from 59 mg/ml JUUL nicotine pods), rats were evaluated for reward-like behaviour, locomotion, and precipitated withdrawal. Pharmacokinetics of nicotine and its metabolites in brain and plasma and the long-term impact of nicotine vapour exposure on functional magnetic resonance imaging-based brain connectivity were assessed. Adult female rats acquired conditioned place preference (CPP) at a high dose (600 s of exposure) of nicotine vapour while female adolescents, as well as male adults and adolescents did not. Adult and adolescent male rats displayed nicotine vapour-induced precipitated withdrawal and hyperlocomotion, while both adult and adolescent female rats did not. Adult females showed higher venous and arterial plasma and brain nicotine and nicotine metabolite concentrations compared to adult males and adolescent females. Adolescent females showed higher brain nicotine concentration compared to adolescent males. Both network-based statistics and between-component group connectivity analyses uncovered reduced connectivity in nicotine-exposed rats, with a significant group by sex interaction observed in both analyses. The short- and long-term effects of nicotine vapour are affected by sex and age, with distinct behavioural, pharmacokinetic, and altered network connectivity outcomes dependent on these variables.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 49(2024), 5 vom: 05. März, Seite 782-795

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Frie, Jude A [VerfasserIn]
McCunn, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Eed, Amr [VerfasserIn]
Hassan, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Luciani, Karling R [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chuyun [VerfasserIn]
Tyndale, Rachel F [VerfasserIn]
Khokhar, Jibran Y [VerfasserIn]

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6M3C89ZY6R
Journal Article
Nicotine

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Date Completed 20.03.2024

Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41386-023-01773-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365482757