Synaptic Correlates of Vulnerability and Resilience to Alcohol Use Disorder

酒精使用障碍的脆弱性和恢复力的突触相关性

基本信息

批准号：
10617183
负责人：
JEFFREY L WEINER
金额：
$ 34.88万
依托单位：
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-05-01 至 2025-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10617183
关键词：
Adolescence Adolescent Adult Aggressive behavior Alcohol consumption Amygdaloid structure Animal Care and Use Committees Animals Anterior Anti-Anxiety Agents Anxiety Disorders Area Behavior Behavioral Biochemical Brain region Cells Diagnosis Disease Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Electrophysiology (science)Equilibrium Evaluation Exhibits Extinction Female Female Adolescents Fright Funding Genetic Glutamates Goals Hippocampus IACUC Impairment Impulsivity Inbred Mouse Individual Instruction Intervention Intervention Studies Male Adolescents Maps Methods Modeling Neural Pathways Neurobiology Neurons Norepinephrine Receptors Nucleus Accumbens Pathway interactions Pharmacological Treatment Pharmacology Pharmacotherapy Phenotype Physiology Play Progress Reports Purinergic P1 Receptors Pyramidal Cells Rattus Research Rewards Risk Rodent Rodent Model Role Severities Social isolation Symptoms Synapses Techniques Testing Treatment outcome Virus addiction alcohol use disorder anxiety-like behavior behavioral phenotyping comorbidity depressive symptoms experimental study genetic approach insight maladaptive behavior male motivated behavior nerve supply neural neural circuit neuroadaptation neurochemistry neurotransmission novel optogenetics pharmacologic resilience sex sexual dimorphism treatment strategy

项目摘要

Although individuals with anxiety disorders are more likely to develop alcohol use disorder (AUD) than healthy controls, the neural substrates responsible for this heightened risk are poorly understood. These dual diagnoses are also associated with greater symptom severity of both disorders and poor treatment outcomes. The central goal of this project is to employ neurobiological and behavioral approaches in rodent models to identify neural circuit adaptations that play a causal role in promoting increased risk of developing AUD and anxiety disorders. To that end, we have established a rodent adolescent social isolation model (aSI) that engenders many behaviors associated with greater risk of developing AUD and anxiety disorders. Relative to rats reared in groups throughout adolescence (aGH), aSI rats exhibit increases in anxiety-like behaviors, novelty responding, impulsivity, and aggression in adulthood. aSI rats also display impaired fear extinction and long-lasting increases in voluntary ethanol drinking. Neurobiological studies revealed that aSI promotes increases in the excitability of glutamatergic projection neurons in the basolateral amygdala (BLA), a brain region integral to anxiety-like and motivated behaviors, as well as increased synaptic activity in areas that receive dense innervation from the BLA. It has also recently been discovered that BLA projection neurons are not homogenous. Rather, these cells are distributed into two distinct clusters along the anterior- posterior axis and form largely non-overlapping circuits in downstream brain regions. Activation of anterior BLA (aBLA) circuits promotes aversion/anxiogenesis whereas activation of posterior BLA (pBLA) circuits elicits rewarding/anxiolytic behaviors. Based on these findings, this project will test the hypothesis that aSI shifts the excitatory/inhibitory balance between these opposing amygdala circuits, leading to excessive excitability within aBLA pathways, and that these maladaptive changes play a causal role in the “addiction vulnerable” phenotypes promoted by aSI. A secondary hypothesis to be investigated is that aSI promotes similar adaptations in male and female rats but that the behavioral phenotypes that emerge are sexually dimorphic. Additional studies will also seek to identify novel pharmacological approaches to restore normal aBLA/pBLA excitability. Collectively, this project will provide critical new insight into the circuitry underlying vulnerability to AUD and anxiety disorders and potentially lead to the identification of novel and much needed treatments for individuals suffering from these frequently co-occurring diseases. RELEVANCE (See instructions): These studies will employ a rodent model that promotes an “addiction vulnerable” phenotype to identify circuit-specific neural adaptations responsible for these behaviors. Studies will also seek to identify novel interventions to reverse these maladaptive changes. Collectively, these studies will help to identify specific neural pathways associated with AUD and comorbid anxiety disorders and potentially identify novel treatments for individuals afflicted with these diseases.

尽管患有焦虑症的人比患有焦虑症的人更有可能患上酒精使用障碍（AUD）对于健康对照者来说，造成这种胃肠道风险的神经底物知之甚少。双重诊断还与两种疾病的症状严重程度和治疗效果不佳有关该项目的中心目标是在啮齿类动物中采用神经生物学和行为方法。模型来识别神经回路适应，这些适应在促进罹患风险增加中发挥因果作用为此，我们建立了啮齿动物青少年社会隔离模型。 (aSI) 会产生许多与患 AUD 和焦虑症风险更大相关的行为。相对于整个青春期分组饲养的大鼠 (aGH)，aSI 大鼠表现出焦虑样增加成年后 aSI 大鼠的行为、新奇反应、冲动和攻击性也表现出恐惧受损。神经生物学研究表明，aSI 的消失和自愿饮酒的长期增加。促进基底外侧杏仁核（BLA）谷氨酸能投射神经元兴奋性的增加，与焦虑样和动机行为不可分割的大脑区域，以及该区域突触活动的增加最近还发现 BLA 投射受到密集的神经支配。相反，这些细胞沿着前神经元分布成两个不同的簇。后轴并在下游大脑区域形成基本上不重叠的回路。 BLA (aBLA) 回路促进厌恶/焦虑发生，而后 BLA (pBLA) 回路的激活基于这些发现，该项目将检验 aSI 的假设。改变这些相反的杏仁核回路之间的兴奋/抑制平衡，导致过度 aBLA 通路内的兴奋性，这些适应不良的变化在“成瘾”中起着因果作用 aSI 促进的“脆弱”表型需要研究的第二个假设是 aSI 促进。雄性和雌性大鼠的相似适应，但出现的行为表型是性行为其他研究还将寻求确定恢复正常的新药理学方法。总的来说，该项目将为底层电路提供重要的新见解。容易受到 AUD 和焦虑症的影响，并可能导致识别新颖且急需的药物对患有这些常见疾病的个体进行治疗。相关性（参见说明）：这些研究将采用促进“成瘾易受影响”表型的啮齿动物模型来识别研究还将寻求识别新的负责这些行为的电路特定的神经适应。总的来说，这些研究将有助于确定具体的适应不良变化。与 AUD 和共病焦虑症相关的神经通路，并可能识别新的对患有这些疾病的个体进行治疗。

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Optogenetically-induced tonic dopamine release from VTA-nucleus accumbens projections inhibits reward consummatory behaviors.

DOI：
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.07.006
发表时间：
2016-10-01
期刊：
Neuroscience
影响因子：
3.3
作者：
Mikhailova MA;Bass CE;Grinevich VP;Chappell AM;Deal AL;Bonin KD;Weiner JL;Gainetdinov RR;Budygin EA
通讯作者：
Budygin EA

Exploring the Neurochemical Basis of Alcohol Addiction-Related Behaviors: Translational Research.

探索酒精成瘾相关行为的神经化学基础：转化研究。