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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic opiate exposure induces numerous neurochemical adaptations in the noradrenergic system, including upregulation of the cAMP-signaling pathway and increased expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis. These adaptations are thought to compensate for opiate-mediated neuronal inhibition but also contribute to physical dependence, including withdrawal after abrupt cessation of drug exposure. Little is known about molecules that regulate the noradrenergic response to opiates. Here we report that noradrenergic locus ceruleus (LC) neurons of mice with a conditional deletion of BDNF in postnatal brain respond to chronic morphine treatment with a paradoxical downregulation of cAMP-mediated excitation and lack of dynamic regulation of TH expression. This was accompanied by a threefold reduction in opiate withdrawal symptoms despite normal antinociceptive tolerance in the BDNF-deficient mice. Although expression of TrkB, the receptor for BDNF, was high in the LC, endogenous BDNF expression was absent there and in the large majority of other noradrenergic neurons. Therefore, a BDNF-signaling pathway originating from non-noradrenergic sources is essential for opiate-induced molecular adaptations of the noradrenergic system.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cre recombinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Forskolin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Integrases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Narcotics, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Norepinephrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Opioid, mu, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Viral Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4153-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Forskolin, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Integrases, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Locus Coeruleus, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Narcotics, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Receptors, Opioid, mu, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:12019333-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is essential for opiate-induced plasticity of noradrenergic neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA. schahram.akbarian@umassmed.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.