THE KAPPA-OPIOID RECEPTOR AGONIST U-69593 ATTENUATES COCAINE-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL SENSITIZATION IN THE RAT

被引:123
作者
HEIDBREDER, CA [1 ]
GOLDBERG, SR [1 ]
SHIPPENBERG, TS [1 ]
机构
[1] NIDA, BEHAV PHARMACOL & GENET SECT, PRECLIN PHARMACOL LAB, POB 5180, BALTIMORE, MD 21224 USA
关键词
COCAINE; U-69593; KAPPA-OPIOID; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; STEREOTYPY;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(93)90228-F
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The effects of treatment with the selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-69593 upon cocaine-induced changes in locomotor activity and stereotypy were examined in rats. U-69593 (0.16 mg/kg s1.c.) administered either acutely or chronically attenuated both the motor stimulant effect and stereotypy produced by an acute injection of cocaine (20 mg/kg i.p.). Daily cocaine treatment resulted in sensitization to both effects of cocaine. In contrast, no such sensitized responses were seen in animals which had received U-69593 either prior to or in conjunction with daily cocaine treatment. These data demonstrate that activation of kappa-opioid receptors attenuates the acute and chronic effects of cocaine on locomotor activity and stereotypy. Given the inhibitory effects ascribed to both exogenous and endogenous kappa-opioid agonists upon dopamine release in the mesolimbic dopaminergic system, it is suggested that this action may underlie the observed effects of U-69593 on cocaine-induced changes in locomotor activity and stereotypy.
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