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ArticleNeuropharmacology2018

Constitutive Ret signaling leads to long-lasting expression of amphetamine-induced place conditioning via elevation of mesolimbic dopamine.

Jaakko Kopra, Marian Villarta-Aguilera, Mari Savolainen, Samo Weingerl, Timo T Myöhänen, Saara Rannanpää, Michael F Salvatore, Jaan-Olle Andressoo, T Petteri Piepponen

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Article in Neuropharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jaakko KopraDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Marian Villarta-AguileraDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Mari SavolainenDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Samo WeingerlDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Timo T MyöhänenDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Saara RannanpääDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Michael F SalvatoreInstitute for Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States; Center for Neuroscience Discovery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States.
Jaan-Olle AndressooInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14152, Sweden.
T Petteri PiepponenDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland. Electronic address: petteri.piepponen@helsinki.fi.
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of North Texas · US

Funding

Targeting nigral tyrosine hydroxylase to improve locomotion in agingR01AG040261 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI SALVATORE, MICHAEL F · 2012 to 2015
$1.1M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG040261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Addictive drugs enhance dopamine release in the striatum, which can lead to compulsive drug-seeking after repeated exposure. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is an important regulator of midbrain dopamine neurons, and may play a mechanistic role in addiction-related behaviors. To elucidate the components of GDNF-signaling that contribute to addiction-related behaviors of place preference and its extinction, we utilized two genetically modified GDNF mouse models in an amphetamine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm and evaluated how the behavioral findings correlate with dopamine signaling in the dorsal and ventral striatum. We utilized two knock-in mouse strains to delineate contributions of GDNF and Ret signaling using MEN2B mice (constitutively active GDNF receptor Ret), and GDNF hypermorphic mice (enhanced endogenous GDNF expression). The duration of amphetamine-induced CPP was greatly enhanced in MEN2B mice, but not in the GDNF hypermorphic mice. The enhanced duration of CPP was correlated with increased tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression and dopamine content in the ventral striatum. Together, our results suggest that downstream components of GDNF signaling, in this case Ret, may mediate persistent drug-seeking behavior through increased TH expression and dopamine levels in the mesolimbic dopamine neurons.

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AmphetamineAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsCentral Nervous System StimulantsConditioning, OperantDopamineGene Expression RegulationGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorLimbic SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2bMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retSignal TransductionAmphetamineCentral Nervous System StimulantsDopamineGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retRet protein, mouseAmphetamineConditioned place preferenceDopamineGDNFMEN2BStriatum

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