Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Synapse. 2011 Dec;65(12):1333-43. doi: 10.1002/syn.20968. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
Alterations in receptor expression and distribution between cell surface and cytoplasm are means by which psychostimulants regulate neurotransmission. Metabotropic glutamate receptor group I, subtype 5 (mGluR5) and GABA(B) receptors (GABA(B) R) are critically involved in the development and expression of stimulant-induced behaviors, including conditioned place preference (CPP), an index of drug-seeking. However, it is not known if psychostimulant-induced CPP alters the trafficking of these receptors. To fill this gap, this study used methamphetamine (Meth)-induced CPP in rats to ascertain if receptor changes occur in limbic brain regions that regulate drug-seeking, the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), nucleus accumbens (NAc), and ventral pallidum (VP). To do so, ex vivo tissue was assessed for changes in expression and surface vs. intracellular distribution of mGluR5 and GABA(B) Rs. There was a decrease in the surface to intracellular ratio of mGluR5 in the mPFC in Meth-conditioned rats, commensurate with an increase in intracellular levels. mGluR5 levels in the NAc or the VP were unaltered. There were no changes for GABA(B) R in any brain region assayed. This ex vivo snapshot of metabotropic glutamate and GABA receptor cellular distribution following induction of Meth-induced CPP is the first report to determine if these receptors are differentially altered after Meth-induced CPP. The results suggest that this Meth treatment paradigm likely induced a compensatory change in mGluR5 surface to intracellular ratio such that the surface remains unaltered while an increase in intracellular protein occurred.
受体表达和分布的改变是精神兴奋剂调节神经递质传递的一种方式。代谢型谷氨酸受体 1 型,亚型 5(mGluR5)和 GABA(B)受体(GABA(B)R)在兴奋剂诱导行为的发展和表达中起着关键作用,包括条件性位置偏爱(CPP),这是一种药物寻求的指标。然而,目前尚不清楚兴奋剂诱导的 CPP 是否会改变这些受体的运输。为了填补这一空白,本研究使用 methamphetamine(Meth)诱导的 CPP 大鼠,以确定调节药物寻求的边缘脑区(内侧前额叶皮层(mPFC)、伏隔核(NAc)和腹侧苍白球(VP))中是否发生了受体变化。为此,通过体外组织评估 mGluR5 和 GABA(B)R 的表达和表面与细胞内分布的变化。在 Meth 条件大鼠的 mPFC 中,mGluR5 的表面到细胞内比值降低,与细胞内水平的增加相一致。NAc 或 VP 中的 mGluR5 水平没有变化。在测定的任何脑区中,GABA(B)R 都没有变化。在诱导 Meth 诱导的 CPP 后,代谢型谷氨酸和 GABA 受体细胞分布的这种体外快照是首次确定这些受体在 Meth 诱导的 CPP 后是否存在差异改变的报告。结果表明,这种 Meth 处理方案可能诱导了 mGluR5 表面到细胞内比值的代偿性改变,使得表面保持不变,而细胞内蛋白增加。