Corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2006
Citazione:
Corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine / F. Fumagalli, F. Bedogni, A. Frasca, L. Di Pasquale, G. Racagni, M.A. Riva. - In: MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0026-895X. - 70:5(2006), pp. 1726-1734. [10.1124/mol.106.026302]
Abstract:
We provide evidence that cocaine evokes short- and long-lasting increases in activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein (Arc) expression after a finely tuned, time-dependent and regional-selective expression profile. Acute expts. revealed that cocaine up-regulates Arc expression primarily in striatum and prefrontal cortex through a dopamine D1-dependent mechanism and a combination of D1- and D2-dependent mechanisms, resp. Aside from cocaine-dependent Arc elevation, we show for the first time that D1 and D2 receptors tonically regulate basal Arc expression following a regional-selective profile. As opposed to the effects of a single cocaine injection on Arc expression, which dissipate within 24 h, subchronic (five daily injections) or chronic (14 daily injections) cocaine administration, with animals sacrificed hours or days after the last treatment, demonstrated that Arc expression is still up-regulated long after treatment cessation, suggesting that adaptive changes have been set in motion by the prolonged administration of the psychostimulant. In summary, our findings are the first to demonstrate that repeated exposure to cocaine leads to long-lasting dysregulation of Arc expression in the corticostriatal network, thus establishing a mol. basis to explain, at least partially, the impaired synaptic transmission caused by cocaine abuse at this level. Furthermore, given the role exerted by Arc in cytoarchitectural rearrangements, it is conceivable to speculate that it mediates changes in synaptic connectivity brought about by cocaine. Our findings thus pinpoint this mol. as a neuropathol. underpinning and mol. bridge that connects short- and long-term neuronal modifications assocd. with cocaine abuse
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Proteins Role: BSU (Biological study, unclassified), BIOL (Biological study) (ARC (activity-regulated cytoskeleton-assocd. protein); corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Dopamine receptors Role: BSU (Biological study, unclassified), BIOL (Biological study) (D1; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Dopamine receptors Role: BSU (Biological study, unclassified), BIOL (Biological study) (D1A; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Dopamine receptors Role: BSU (Biological study, unclassified), BIOL (Biological study) (D2; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Brain (corpus striatum; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Drugs of abuse (corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Brain (prefrontal cortex; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine); Neurotransmission (synaptic; corticostriatal up-regulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-assocd. protein expression after repeated exposure to cocaine)
Elenco autori:
F. Fumagalli, F. Bedogni, A. Frasca, L. Di Pasquale, G. Racagni, M.A. Riva
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