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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
We recently identified a homeostatic pathway that inhibits ethanol intake. This protective pathway consists of the scaffolding protein RACK1 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). RACK1 translocates to the nucleus after exposure of neurons to ethanol and increases expression of BDNF (McGough et al., 2004). We also found that increasing the levels of BDNF via systemic administration of RACK1 expressed as a Tat-fusion protein (Tat-RACK1) reduces ethanol consumption, whereas reduction of BDNF levels augments this behavior (McGough et al., 2004). Based on these results, we hypothesized that activation of the BDNF receptor TrkB is necessary for the effects of BDNF on ethanol intake and that gene products downstream of BDNF negatively regulate ethanol consumption. Here, we show that inhibition of the BDNF receptor TrkB increases voluntary ethanol consumption in wild-type mice but not in mice lacking one copy of the BDNF gene (BDNF(+/-)). We also find that increases in the levels of BDNF, mediated by ethanol or RACK1, lead to increased dorsal striatal levels of the dopamine D3 receptor (D3R), a gene downstream of BDNF, via activation of the TrkB receptor. Finally, we show that the Tat-RACK1-mediated reduction of ethanol consumption is attenuated by coinjection with either the Trk inhibitor K252a or the dopamine D3R-prefering antagonist U-99194A [5, 6-dimethoxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)indan], suggesting that activation of the BDNF pathway via RACK1 leads to increased expression of the dopamine D3R, which in turn mediates the attenuation of ethanol consumption.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1457-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Neostriatum, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Rats, Long-Evans, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Receptor, trkB, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Receptors, Dopamine D3, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16452669-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The dopamine D3 receptor is part of a homeostatic pathway regulating ethanol consumption.
pubmed:affiliation
Ernest Gallo Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, Emeryville, California 94608, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't