TY - JOUR
T1 - Roles of two subtypes of corticotrophin-releasing factor receptor in the corticostriatal long-term potentiation under cocaine withdrawal condition
AU - Guan, Xiaowei
AU - Wang, Lina
AU - Chen, Chun Lin
AU - Guan, Yun
AU - Li, Shengnan
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - The roles of two subtypes of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor in corticostriatal synaptic plasticity under cocaine withdrawal condition were examined in this study. Neither the resting membrane potential and input resistance of striatal neurons nor the long-term potentiation (LTP) of corticostriatal slices were affected by cocaine withdrawal. CRF dose-dependently enhanced in vitro corticostriatal LTP in rats from both cocaine-withdrawal and saline-control groups. Yet, the enhancement of corticostriatal LTP by CRF (20, 40, 80 nM) was significantly greater in the cocainewithdrawal group than in the control group. CRF1-selective antagonist (NBI 27914, 100 nM) attenuated the CRF-induced enhancement of corticostriatal LTP in both groups, whereas the CRF2-selective antagonist (astression2B, 100 nM) attenuated the enhanced corticostriatal LTP only in the cocaine- withdrawal group. Importantly, urocortin2 (a CRF2- selective agonist, 40 nM) selectively increased corticostriatal LTP in the cocaine-withdrawal group, but not in the saline controls. The urocortin2-induced enhancement of LTP was totally blocked by astression2B (100 nM). These results suggest that the CRF system modulate neuroadaptive changes in the corticostriatal circuit during cocaine withdrawal, and the CRF2 in this area mediate an important mechanism that contributes to the relapse of cocaine addiction.
AB - The roles of two subtypes of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor in corticostriatal synaptic plasticity under cocaine withdrawal condition were examined in this study. Neither the resting membrane potential and input resistance of striatal neurons nor the long-term potentiation (LTP) of corticostriatal slices were affected by cocaine withdrawal. CRF dose-dependently enhanced in vitro corticostriatal LTP in rats from both cocaine-withdrawal and saline-control groups. Yet, the enhancement of corticostriatal LTP by CRF (20, 40, 80 nM) was significantly greater in the cocainewithdrawal group than in the control group. CRF1-selective antagonist (NBI 27914, 100 nM) attenuated the CRF-induced enhancement of corticostriatal LTP in both groups, whereas the CRF2-selective antagonist (astression2B, 100 nM) attenuated the enhanced corticostriatal LTP only in the cocaine- withdrawal group. Importantly, urocortin2 (a CRF2- selective agonist, 40 nM) selectively increased corticostriatal LTP in the cocaine-withdrawal group, but not in the saline controls. The urocortin2-induced enhancement of LTP was totally blocked by astression2B (100 nM). These results suggest that the CRF system modulate neuroadaptive changes in the corticostriatal circuit during cocaine withdrawal, and the CRF2 in this area mediate an important mechanism that contributes to the relapse of cocaine addiction.
KW - Cocaine
KW - Corticostriatal
KW - Corticotrophin-releasing factor receptors
KW - Corticotrophin-releasing factor related peptides
KW - Long-term potentiation
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06981.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06981.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20807310
AN - SCOPUS:78651273608
SN - 0022-3042
VL - 115
SP - 795
EP - 803
JO - Journal of Neurochemistry
JF - Journal of Neurochemistry
IS - 3
ER -