Abstract

Amphetamine (AMPH) is a drug of abuse that causes the degeneration of striatal dopamine terminals in mammals. Superoxide radicals seem to participate in AMPH-induced damage because its toxicity is attenuated in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase transgenic (SOD-tg) mice. To provide a detailed analysis of molecular changes associated with AMPH toxicity, we used cDNA arrays consisting of 1176 genes to detect differential changes in gene expression in the striata of wild-type and SOD-tg mice treated with neurotoxic doses of the drug. We found 42 genes that showed >1.8-fold changes in at least two consecutive time points during the course of the study and were differentially affected by AMPH in the two genotypes. Several genes showed changes that were superoxide-dependent. We are characterizing the effects of AMPH on gene expression in the cortex.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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Investigator-Initiated Intramural Research Projects (ZIA)
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1ZIADA000174-15
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7966757
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15
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$518,747
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  Institution

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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  Publications

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Schwilke, Eugene W; Gullberg, Rod G; Darwin, William D et al. (2011) Differentiating new cannabis use from residual urinary cannabinoid excretion in chronic, daily cannabis users. Addiction 106:499-506
Cadet, Jean Lud; Brannock, Christie; Ladenheim, Bruce et al. (2011) Methamphetamine preconditioning causes differential changes in striatal transcriptional responses to large doses of the drug. Dose Response 9:165-81
Ayhan, Y; Abazyan, B; Nomura, J et al. (2011) Differential effects of prenatal and postnatal expressions of mutant human DISC1 on neurobehavioral phenotypes in transgenic mice: evidence for neurodevelopmental origin of major psychiatric disorders. Mol Psychiatry 16:293-306
McCoy, Michael T; Jayanthi, Subramaniam; Wulu, Jacqueline A et al. (2011) Chronic methamphetamine exposure suppresses the striatal expression of members of multiple families of immediate early genes (IEGs) in the rat: normalization by an acute methamphetamine injection. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 215:353-65
Rothman, Richard B; Cadet, Jean L; Dersch, Christina M et al. (2011) Altered gene expression in pulmonary tissue of tryptophan hydroxylase-1 knockout mice: implications for pulmonary arterial hypertension. PLoS One 6:e17735
Shin, Eun-Joo; Duong, Chu Xuan; Nguyen, Xuan-Khanh Thi et al. (2011) PKC? inhibition enhances tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in mice after methamphetamine treatment. Neurochem Int 59:39-50
Abazyan, Bagrat; Nomura, Jun; Kannan, Geetha et al. (2010) Prenatal interaction of mutant DISC1 and immune activation produces adult psychopathology. Biol Psychiatry 68:1172-81

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