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1、TheJournalofNeuroscience,May12,2010•30(19):6689–6699•6689Cellular/MolecularIP3ReceptorSensitizationduringInVivoAmphetamineExperienceEnhancesNMDAReceptorPlasticityinDopamineNeuronsoftheVentralTegmentalAreaKee-ChanAhn,BrianE.Bernier,MarkT.Harnett,andHitoshiMorikaw
2、aWaggonerCenterforAlcoholandAddictionResearch,SectionofNeurobiologyandInstituteforNeuroscience,UniversityofTexasatAustin,Austin,Texas78712Synapticplasticityinthemesolimbicdopamine(DA)systemiscriticallyinvolvedinreward-basedconditioningandthedevelopmentof2drugad
3、diction.Casignalstriggeredbypostsynapticactionpotentials(APs)drivetheinductionofsynapticplasticityintheCNS.2However,itisnotclearhowAP-evokedCasignalsandtheresultingsynapticplasticityarealteredduringinvivoexposuretodrugsofabuse.Wehaverecentlydescribedlong-termpo
4、tentiation(LTP)ofNMDAreceptor(NMDAR)-mediatedtransmissionontoDAneurons2thatisinducedinamannerdependentonburstsofAPs.LTPinductionrequiresamplificationofburst-evokedCasignalsbyprecedingactivationofmetabotropicglutamatereceptors(mGluRs)generatinginositol1,4,5-tris
5、phosphate(IP3).Inthisstudy,usingbrainslicespreparedfrommalerats,weshowthatrepeatedinvivoexposuretothepsychostimulantamphetamine(5mg/kg,i.p.,3–7d)upregulates2mGluR-dependentfacilitationofburst-evokedCasignalsinDAneuronsoftheventraltegmentalarea(VTA).Proteinkinas
6、eA(PKA)-inducedsensitizationofIP3receptorsmediatesthisupregulationofmGluRaction.Asaconsequence,NMDAR-mediatedtrans-missionbecomesmoresusceptibletoLTPinductionafterrepeatedamphetamineexposure.Wehavealsofoundthatthemagnitudeof2amphetamine-conditionedplacepreferen
7、ce(CPP)inbehavingratscorrelateswiththemagnitudeofmGluR-dependentCasignalfacilitationmeasuredinVTAslicespreparedfromtheserats.Furthermore,thedevelopmentofamphetamineCPPissignificantlyattenuatedbyintra-VTAinfusionofthePKAinhibitorH89.WeproposethatenhancementofmGlu
8、R-dependentNMDARplasticityintheVTAmaypromotethelearningofenvironmentalstimulirepeatedlyassociatedwithamphetamineexperience.Introduction2004;Hymanetal.,2006;Stuberetal