ABSTRACT: Transcriptional profiling reveals differential changes in the respective expression of oxytocin and CART mRNA levels in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum of compulsive methamphetamine taking rats (nucleus accumbens)
Project description:Using translational profiling we obtained RNA-Seq data from total RNA present in the dorsal striatum and accumbens nucleus of older Drd1-EGFP/Rpl10a (CP73) mice
Project description:Using translational profiling we obtained RNA-Seq data from total RNA present in the dorsal striatum and accumbens nucleus of older Drd1-EGFP/Rpl10a (CP73) mice
Project description:Methamphetamine (METH) use disorder (MUD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with loss of self-control over drug intake despite of negative consequences. The behavioral consequences of long-term METH intake on compulsive and non-compulsive individuals remain unclear. Herein we trained rats to self-administered METH 1st for 22 days than 8 days of foot-shock and 15 days of abstinence. Which was followed by 12 days of reinstatement to METH self-administration then 3 days of foot-shock and 15 days of abstinence. After 1st foot-shock phase we found two phenotypes based on their METH intake i.e., shock resistance (SR, compulsive), and shock sensitive (SS, non-compulsive). Interestingly during reinstatement of METH self-administration then foot-shock, some (resurgent shock resistance, RSR) non-compulsive rats, displayed compulsive METH intake behavior. During both abstinence period rats were tested for drug seeking behavior and SR rats displayed higher METH seeking then RSR and SS. 24 hour after 2nd withdrawal day testing, we compared transcriptional and epigenetic changes in dorsal striatum.
Project description:Using ssRNA-seq, we examined the alteration of transcription profiles in the nucleus accumbens of methamphetamine-sensitized mice. Methamphetamine was a commonly abused psychostimulant. Repeated exposure to methamphetamine elicited long-lasting cellular and molecular changes, including the aberrant expression of coding and non-coding RNAs, which may involve in methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization and addiction.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling reveals differential changes in the expression of oxytocin and CARTpt mRNAs in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum of rats (striatum)
Project description:<p>This project characterizes DNA methylation and gene expression changes that occur in the human brain, specifically in neurons from the rostral striatum. Major advances from NIDA funded initiatives for noninvasive neuroimaging studies have made it possible to study neuroanatomical, neurochemical and functional changes in the human brain that contribute to the vulnerability to abuse drugs, together with the neurotoxic consequences of years of drug misuse. Animal models have been developed to explain the fundamental behavioral and biological mechanisms of addiction, including reward, tolerance and dependence. From these studies, we learned that cocaine abuse not only alters the epigenetic status of genes, but also induces particular epigenetic modifications depending on the frequency of the drug's administration. Certain genes are switched on by infrequent (short-term exposure) administration, while others are switched on only after chronic administration (addiction/dependence). Animal studies have also suggested that cocaine-seeking habits modeling chronic cocaine addiction in humans depend upon dopamine-dependent serial connectivity linking the ventral (nucleus accumbens) with the dorsal striatum (caudate nucleus). The primary goal of this study is to identify DNA methylation and gene expression changes that occur in the transition from recreational cocaine use to cocaine addiction. High throughput sequencing studies were designed to investigate unique postmortem human brain specimens from individuals that met criteria for cocaine dependence, as compared to unaffected age-matched controls.</p> <p>Brain biospecimens were available from the University of Miami Brain Endowment BankTM, from a collection of phenotypically well-characterized postmortem tissues sampled from chronic cocaine abusers that came to autopsy. This biobank of postmortem brain specimens and annotated genomic data serve as a research resource to support NIDA's scientific mission.</p>
Project description:Using microRNA-Seq, we examined the alteration of microRNA expression profiles in the nucleus accumbens of methamphetamine-sensitized and saline-control mice. Nucleus accumbens lysate from eight mice of each group were pooled as one sample. Two RNA samples from each group were prepared and were then processed to generate small RNA libraries, which were sequenced on the Illumina Hiseq 2000. The aberrant expression of microRNAs identified in this study may involve in METH-induced locomotor sensitization and addiction.
