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ArticleBiological psychiatry2018

Withdrawal From Cocaine Self-administration Alters the Regulation of Protein Translation in the Nucleus Accumbens.

Michael T Stefanik, Mike Milovanovic, Craig T Werner, John C G Spainhour, Marina E Wolf

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Neuroadaptations in the dorsal hippocampus underlie cocaine seeking during prolonged abstinence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael T StefanikDepartment of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.
Mike MilovanovicDepartment of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.
Craig T WernerDepartment of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.
John C G SpainhourWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech College of Engineering and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Marina E WolfDepartment of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: marina.wolf@rosalindfranklin.edu.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science · USThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering · US

Funding

Synaptic mechanisms maintaining persistent cocaine craving.R01DA015835 · NIDA · ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIV OF MEDICINE & SCI · PI WOLF, MARINA ELIZABETH · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
Protein translation and the incubation of cocaine cravingF32DA040414 · NIDA · ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIV OF MEDICINE & SCI · PI STEFANIK, MICHAEL THOMAS · 2015 to 2017
$164k
Synthesis and Degradation of Synaptic Proteins During Cocaine WithdrawalF31DA036950 · NIDA · ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIV OF MEDICINE & SCI · PI WERNER, CRAIG THOMAS · 2014 to 2015
$69k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA036950NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA040414NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA015835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCue-induced cocaine craving incubates during abstinence from cocaine self-administration. Expression of incubation ultimately depends on elevation of homomeric GluA1 alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptors in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). This adaptation requires ongoing protein translation for its maintenance. Aberrant translation is implicated in central nervous system diseases, but nothing is known about glutamatergic regulation of translation in the drug-naïve NAc or after incubation.

methodsNAc tissue was obtained from drug-naïve rats and from rats after 1 or >40 days of abstinence from extended-access cocaine or saline self-administration. Newly translated proteins were labeled using

resultsIn all groups, overall translation was unaltered by mGlu1 blockade (LY367385) but increased by mGlu5 blockade (MTEP). NMDAR blockade (AVP) increased overall translation in drug-naïve and saline control rats but not in cocaine/late withdrawal rats. Cocaine/late withdrawal rats exhibited greater translation of GluA1 (but not GluA2), which was not further affected by NMDAR blockade.

conclusionsOur results suggest that increased GluA1 translation contributes to the elevated homomeric GluA1 alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor levels in the NAc that mediate incubation. Additional contributions to incubation-related plasticity may result from loss of the braking influence on translation normally exerted by NMDARs. Apart from elucidating incubation-related adaptations, we found a suppressive effect of mGlu5 on NAc translation regardless of drug exposure, which is opposite to results obtained in the hippocampus and points to heterogeneity of translational regulation between brain regions.

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Drug-Seeking BehaviorAnimalsCocaineCravingMaleNucleus AccumbensRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, AMPAReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSelf AdministrationSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeCocainemetabotropic glutamate receptor type 1Receptors, AMPAReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAMPA receptorIncubation of cocaine cravingMetabolic labelingNucleus accumbensProtein translationPuromycin

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PMCPMC6054574
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