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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
38
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Regulation of gene expression is known to contribute to the long-term adaptations taking place in response to drugs of abuse. Recent studies highlighted the regulation of gene transcription in neurons by chromatin remodeling, a process in which posttranslational modifications of histones play a major role. To test the involvement of epigenetic regulation on drug-reinforcing properties, we submitted rats to the cocaine operant self-administration paradigm. Using the fixed ratio 1 schedule, we found that the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors trichostatin A and phenylbutyrate dose-dependently reduced cocaine self-administration. Under the progressive ratio schedule, both trichostatin A and depudecin significantly reduced the breaking point, indicating that HDAC inhibition attenuated the motivation of rats for cocaine. Conversely, HDAC inhibition did not decrease self-administration for the natural reinforcer sucrose. This observation was correlated with measurements of HDAC activity in the frontal cortex, which was inhibited in response to cocaine, but not to sucrose self-administration. Control experiments showed that the decrease in the motivation for the drug was not attributable to a general motivational dysfunction because trichostatin A had no adverse effect on locomotion during the habituation session or on cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion. It was not attributable to anhedonia because the inhibitor had no effect on the sucrose preference test. In contrast, trichostatin A completely blocked the cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. Together, the data show that epigenetic regulation of gene transcription in adult brain is able to influence a motivated behavior and suggest that HDAC inhibition may counteract the neural sensitization leading to drug dependence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9342-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Cocaine, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Cocaine-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Conditioning, Operant, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Histone Deacetylases, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Histones, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Hydroxamic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Locomotion, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Phenylbutyrates, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Self Administration, pubmed-meshheading:18799668-Sucrose
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Histone deacetylase inhibitors decrease cocaine but not sucrose self-administration in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Inserm, U575, Centre de Neurochimie, 67084 Strasbourg, France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 37 Neurosciences, 67085 Strasbourg, France. romieu@neurochem.u-strasbg.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article