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ArticleThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2020

Regulation of CRF mRNA in the Rat Extended Amygdala Following Chronic Cocaine: Sex Differences and Effect of Delta Opioid Receptor Agonism.

Krista L Connelly, Ellen M Unterwald

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Article in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krista L ConnellyCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ellen M UnterwaldCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Department of Pharmacology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Temple University · US

Funding

Pilot Projects Core (PPC)P30DA013429 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI Anjali M Rajadhyaksha · 2000 to 2026
$34.6M
TRAINING PROGRAM: DRUGS OF ABUSE RELATED NEUROPEPTIDEST32DA007237 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI ELLEN M UNTERWALD · 1988 to 2026
$10.6M
Regulation of delta opioid receptor function by cocaineR01DA018326 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI UNTERWALD, ELLEN M · 2005 to 2016
$2.7M
NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA013429NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA018326NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCocaine withdrawal activates stress systems. Females are more vulnerable to relapse to cocaine use and more sensitive to withdrawal-induced negative affect. Delta opioid receptors modulate anxiety-like behavior during cocaine withdrawal in rats. This study measured the time course of gene regulation of one of the main stress peptides, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), and its type 1 receptor in male and female rats as well as the ability of the delta opioid receptor agonist SNC80 to normalize cocaine withdrawal-induced changes in CRF mRNA.

methodsRats were injected with cocaine or saline 3 times daily for 14 days. Brains were collected 30 minutes, 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 days, and 14 days following the last injection. The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, central amygdala, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis were processed for quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR measurement of CRF and CRFR1 mRNA. Additional rats received SNC80 during early cocaine withdrawal, and CRF mRNA was measured in the central amygdala.

resultsCRF mRNA was elevated in the central amygdala at 24 hours and the paraventricular nucleus at 48 hours of cocaine withdrawal in males and females. Significant sex differences in cocaine-induced CRF upregulation were found in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis at 30 minutes and 24 hours. SNC80 administration attenuated the increase in CRF mRNA in the central amygdala of female rats only.

conclusionsCRF mRNA regulation during cocaine withdrawal is sex, time, and brain region dependent. Administration of a delta opioid receptor agonist during early withdrawal may ameliorate stress-related negative affect in females by abrogating the induction of CRF mRNA.

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AmygdalaAnimalsBenzamidesCocaine-Related DisordersCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMalePiperazinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Opioid, deltaSeptal NucleiSex CharacteristicsSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeUp-Regulation4-(alpha-(4-allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-methoxybenzyl)-N,N-diethylbenzamideBenzamidesCorticotropin-Releasing HormonePiperazinesReceptors, Opioid, deltaamygdalabed nucleus of the stria terminalisCRFdelta opioid receptorsex differences

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PMID31867624
PMCPMC7093999
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