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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs) function to remodel the pericellular environment. Their activation and regulation are associated with synaptic physiology and pathology. Here, we investigated whether MMP-2 and MMP-9 are involved in the rewarding effects of and sensitization to methamphetamine (METH) in animals, in which the remodelling of neural circuits may play a crucial role. Repeated METH treatment induced behavioural sensitization, which was accompanied by an increase in MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity in the brain. In MMP-2- and MMP-9-deficient mice [MMP-2-(-/-) and MMP-9-(-/-)], METH-induced behavioural sensitization and conditioned place preference, a measure of the rewarding effect, as well as METH-increased dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) were attenuated compared with those in wild-type mice. In contrast, infusion of purified human MMP-2 into the NAc significantly potentiated the METH-increased dopamine release. The [(3)H]dopamine uptake into striatal synaptosomes was reduced in wild-type mice after repeated METH treatment, but METH-induced changes in [(3)H]dopamine uptake were significantly attenuated in MMP-2-(-/-) and MMP-9-(-/-) mice. These results suggest that both MMP-2 and MMP-9 play a crucial role in METH-induced behavioural sensitization and reward by regulating METH-induced dopamine release and uptake in the NAc.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1579-88
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Central Nervous System Stimulants, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Conditioning, Operant, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Matrix Metalloproteinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Methamphetamine, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Microdialysis, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Nucleus Accumbens, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Reward, pubmed-meshheading:17348864-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction of methamphetamine-induced sensitization and reward in matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't