Adolescent restraint stress enhances adult nicotine reinforcement in male and female rats

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Adolescent stress is a risk factor for the initiation of nicotine use, but whether adolescent stress can enhance nicotine reinforcement when it is initiated later in adulthood is unknown, and it is unclear whether males and females are equally impacted. Therefore, this study assessed physiological responses (body weight and blood serum corticosterone - CORT) to restraint stress (RS) during adolescence (P28-55) or during adulthood (P70-96) in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. When all subjects reached adulthood (P69 or 110; 2 weeks after termination of stress exposure), they were tested on sucrose preference and intravenous single-dose nicotine (0.03 mg/kg/infusion) self-administration. It was found that all rats displayed a significant CORT response to RS. Importantly, stress during adolescence, but not during adulthood, enhanced subsequent acquisition of nicotine intake tested in adulthood. Although this effect was observed in both sexes, only males displayed reduced body weight gain and adult sucrose preference. Moreover, regardless of stress exposure, females were more stimulated by nicotine, consumed more nicotine overall, and displayed enhanced nicotine seeking. These results suggest that adolescence is a period of heightened sensitivity to the enhancing effect of repeated stress on the susceptibility to develop nicotine dependence later in life in both sexes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:161

Enthalten in:

Psychoneuroendocrinology - 161(2024) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 106927

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Renda, Briana [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Allyson K [VerfasserIn]
Wylie, Isabella R [VerfasserIn]
Stone, Adiia P [VerfasserIn]
Antenos, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Leri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Murray, Jennifer E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

57-50-1
6M3C89ZY6R
Adolescence
Corticosterone
Intravenous self-administration
Journal Article
Nicotine
Restraint stress
Sex differences
Sucrose

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Date Completed 29.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106927

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366044370