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Oleoylethanolamide dose-dependently attenuates cocaine-induced behaviours through a PPARa receptor-independent mechanism
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Autor/a:
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Bilbao, Ainhoa; Blanco Calvo, Eduardo; Luque-Rojas, María Jesús; Suárez, Juan; Palomino, Ana; Vida, Margarita; Araos, Pedro; Bermúdez-Silva, Francisco J.; Fernández Espejo, Emilio; Spanagel, Rainer; Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando
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Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) is an acylethanolamide that acts as an agonist of nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARa) to exert their biological functions, which include the regulation of appetite and metabolism. Increasing evidence also suggests that OEA may participate in the control of reward-related behaviours. However, direct experimental evidence for the role of the OEA-PPARa receptor interaction in drug-mediated behaviours, such as cocaine-induced behavioural phenotypes, is lacking. The present study explored the role of OEA and its receptor PPARa on the psychomotor and rewarding responsiveness to cocaine using behavioural tests indicative of core components of addiction. We found that acute administration of OEA (1, 5 or 20?mg/kg, i.p.) reduced spontaneous locomotor activity and attenuated psychomotor activation induced by cocaine (20?mg/kg) in C57Bl/6 mice. However, PPARa receptor knockout mice showed normal sensitization, although OEA was capable of reducing behavioural sensitization with fewer efficacies. Furthermore, conditioned place preference and reinstatement to cocaine were intact in these mice. Our results indicate that PPARa receptor does not play a critical, if any, role in mediating short- and long-term psychomotor and rewarding responsiveness to cocaine. However, further research is needed for the identification of the targets of OEA for its inhibitory action on cocaine-mediated responses. |
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-Cocaine
-Knockout
-Motor sensitization
-Oleoylethanolamide
-PPARa
-Cocaïna
-Cocaine |
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(c)The Authors, John Wiley & Sons, 2013
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John Wiley & Sons
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