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ArticleNeuroscience2013

Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) expression and conditioned place aversion during protracted withdrawal from chronic intermittent escalating-dose heroin in POMC-EGFP promoter transgenic mice.

K Niikura, Y Zhou, A Ho, M J Kreek

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Article in Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Disruption of GABA or glutamate release from POMC neurons in the adult mouse does not affect metabolic end points.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2020
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  10. Synaptic changes induced by melanocortin signalling.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2014
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K NiikuraLaboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. kniikura@mail.rockefeller.edu
Y Zhou
A Ho
M J Kreek
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

ULTRASTUCTURE, RECEPTORS, AND GENE EXPRESSIONP60DA005130 · NIDA · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI KREEK, MARY J · 2002 to 2012
$30.6M
NIDA NIH HHS P60 DA005130NIDA NIH HHS P60-DA05130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In heroin-dependent individuals, the drive to avoid or ameliorate the negative affective/emotional state associated with the discontinuation of heroin contributes to the chronic relapsing nature of the disease. Here, we investigate changes in proopiomelanocortin (POMC) expression at three time points across an extended period of heroin withdrawal in a clinically relevant rodent model of addiction using conditioned place aversion (CPA) in POMC-EGFP (POMC-enhanced green fluorescent protein) bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenic mice. Neurons expressing POMC-EGFP were found in the medial nucleus of the amygdala (MeA), basomedial amygdala (BMA) and dentate gyrus of hippocampus (DG), as well as the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus (ARC). Heroin-treated mice displayed robust CPA after acute spontaneous withdrawal (12h), which persisted across the extended (14days) withdrawal period. After 12-h withdrawal, heroin-treated mice showed lower signal intensity of POMC-EGFP-positive cells in the ARC, higher levels of POMC mRNA in the amygdala but lower levels in the hippocampus than saline controls. After 7-d withdrawal, heroin-treated mice showed fewer POMC-EGFP-positive cells in the MeA and lower POMC mRNA in the amygdala than saline controls. After extended (14days) withdrawal, heroin-treated mice showed more POMC-EGFP-positive cells in BMA and DG, increased intensity of POMC-EGFP signal in DG, and higher POMC mRNA levels in the hippocampus compared to controls. Our results show dynamic changes in POMC in hypothalamic and extra-hypothalamic regions that may contribute to the negative affective/emotional state of heroin withdrawal shown by CPA from acute to extended periods of heroin withdrawal.

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AnimalsBrainConditioning, OperantDisease Models, AnimalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeroin DependenceMiceMice, TransgenicPromoter Regions, GeneticPro-OpiomelanocortinSubstance Withdrawal Syndromeenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPro-Opiomelanocortin

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PMID23337531
PMCPMC3596435
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