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Nicotine alters limbic function in adolescent rat by a 5-HT1A receptor mechanism

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Dao, Jasmin M, McQuown, Susan C, Loughlin, Sandra E, Belluzzi, James D, Leslie, Frances M·2011·Neuropsychopharmacology

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Epidemiological studies have shown that adolescent smoking is associated with health risk behaviors, including high-risk sexual activity and illicit drug use. Using rat as an animal model, we evaluated the behavioral and biochemical effects of a 4-day, low-dose nicotine pretreatment (60 μg/kg; intravenous) during adolescence and adulthood. Nicotine pretreatment significantly increased initial acquisition of cocaine self-administration, quinpirole-induced locomotor activity, and penile erection in adolescent rats, aged postnatal day (P)32. These effects were long lasting, remaining evident 10 days after the last nicotine treatment, and were observed when nicotine pretreatment was administered during early adolescence (P28-31), but not late adolescence (P38-41) or adulthood (P86-89). Neurochemical analyses of c-fos mRNA expression, and of monoamine transmitter and transporter levels, showed that forebrain limbic systems are continuing to develop during early adolescence, and that this maturation is critically altered by brief nicotine exposure. Nicotine selectively increased c-fos mRNA expression in the nucleus accumbens shell and basolateral amygdala in adolescent, but not adult animals, and altered serotonin markers in these regions as well as the prefrontal cortex. Nicotine enhancement of cocaine self-administration and quinpirole-induced locomotor activity was blocked by co-administration of WAY 100 635 (N-{2-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl] ethyl}-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide), a selective serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) receptor antagonist. Early adolescent pretreatment with the mixed autoreceptor/heteroceptor 5-HT1A receptor agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, but not the autoreceptor-selective agonist, S-15535, also enhanced quinpirole-induced locomotor activation. Nicotine enhancement of quinpirole-induced penile erection was not blocked by WAY 100 635 nor mimicked by 8-OH-DPAT. These findings indicate that early adolescent nicotine exposure uniquely alters limbic function by both 5-HT1A and non-5-HT1A receptor mechanisms.

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  • In Dao et al. (2011), c-fos mRNA expression in PFC and DS showed no age differences.

    “fos in PFC and DS no age differences.”

    From Age-dependent Effects of Tobacco Smoke and Nicotine on Cognition and the Brain: A Systematic Review of the Human and Animal Literature Comparing Adolescents and Adults. (2023) · cites this paper as Dao et al. (2011)

    The ‘Acute and Subchronic Nicotine Treatment Induces Age-dependent Neural Activation’ section reports significant age differences in basal c-fos expression in both PFC and DS. It says acute nicotine had no significant effect in those regions, which is different from saying there were no age differences. (LLM, conf=0.92)

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  • 5-HT levels in the BLA were increased in adolescent-exposed rats compared to adult-exposed rats and age-matched controls, while no age differences were found in the PFC, DS or NAc.

    “5-HT levels in the BLA were increased in adolescent-exposed rats compared to adult-exposed rats and age-matched controls, whilst no age differences were found in the PFC, DS or NAc.”

    From Age-dependent Effects of Tobacco Smoke and Nicotine on Cognition and the Brain: A Systematic Review of the Human and Animal Literature Comparing Adolescents and Adults. (2023) · cites this paper as Dao et al., 2011

    In “Adolescent Nicotine Pretreatment Alters Monoamines in Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry” (page unavailable), the paper reports significant age differences in 5-HT content in the PFC and NAc, contrary to the claim. It reports an age-by-pretreatment interaction in the BLA, but does not state that adolescent nicotine-exposed rats had higher BLA 5-HT than both adult-exposed rats and age-matched controls. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • No age differences in c-fos expression in the PFC or basolateral amygdala were found.

    “No age differences in c-fos expression in the PFC or basolateral amygdala were found.”

    From Age-dependent Effects of Tobacco Smoke and Nicotine on Cognition and the Brain: A Systematic Review of the Human and Animal Literature Comparing Adolescents and Adults. (2023) · cites this paper as Dao et al., 2011

    The “Acute and Subchronic Nicotine Treatment Induces Age-dependent Neural Activation” section reports significant age differences in basal c-fos expression in the PFC and an age-dependent increase after acute nicotine in the basolateral amygdala. Although the paper reports no age difference in the basolateral amygdala response after subchronic treatment, the unqualified claim that neither region showed age differences is contrary to its findings. Page numbers were not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Repeated nicotine treatment induces elevated mesocortical dopamine release in adolescents but not adults.

    “However, repeated nicotine treatment has been shown to induce elevated mesocortical dopamine release in adolescents but not adults (Counotte et al. 2009; Dao et al. 2011).”

    From <scp>N</scp> icotine and the adolescent brain (2015) · cites this paper as Dao et al. 2011

    In “Adolescent Nicotine Pretreatment Alters Monoamines in Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry” (page unavailable), the paper reports increased dopamine levels after nicotine pretreatment in the nucleus accumbens, but explicitly says the effect was not age specific. It reports lower prefrontal-cortex dopamine content in adolescent controls, not nicotine-induced mesocortical dopamine release in adolescents alone. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • In Dao et al. (2011), c-fos mRNA expression in NAc shell was increased in adolescents versus adults and age-matched controls.

    “c-fos in NAc shell: Adolescents ↑ vs adults and age-matched controls.”

    From Age-dependent Effects of Tobacco Smoke and Nicotine on Cognition and the Brain: A Systematic Review of the Human and Animal Literature Comparing Adolescents and Adults. (2023) · cites this paper as Dao et al. (2011)

    The ‘Acute and Subchronic Nicotine Treatment Induces Age-dependent Neural Activation’ section reports increased NAc-shell c-fos mRNA after nicotine treatment in adolescents, but not adults, with a significant age-by-nicotine interaction. The citing sentence omits the nicotine-treatment condition, so it could be read as claiming a general adolescent increase rather than a nicotine-induced one. Page numbers are not available in the supplied passages. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Dao, J. M., McQuown, S. C., Loughlin, S. E., Belluzzi, J. D., & Leslie, F. M.
Affiliations
University of California, Irvine (US)
Corresponding author
Dao, Jasmin M
Venue
Neuropsychopharmacology
Published
2011-03-16
Volume
36
Issue
7
Pages
1319-1331
ISSN
  • 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
  • 1740-634X
OpenAlex
W2015725514
Cited by
79
References
87
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FWCI
3.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 19138, R01DA019138)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
adolescent nicotine exposure, 5-HT1A receptor, cocaine self-administration, penile erection, nucleus accumbens shell, basolateral amygdala, prefrontal cortex, Fos expression, serotonin, WAY-100635, 8-OH-DPAT, adolescent smoking, adolescent rats
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Autoradiography, Catecholamines, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Interactions, Gene Expression Regulation, Limbic System, Locomotion, Male, Nicotine, Piperazines, Protein Binding, Reward, RNA, Messenger, Self Administration, Time Factors, 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serotonin Receptor Agonists, 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin, Dopamine Agonists, Nicotinic Agonists, Quinpirole, Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Rats

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