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    Muscarinic M-5 receptors modulate ethanol seeking in rats

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    Berizzi, AE; Perry, CJ; Shackleford, DM; Lindsley, CW; Jones, CK; Chen, NA; Sexton, PM; Christopoulos, A; Langmead, CJ; Lawrence, AJ
    Date
    2018-06-01
    Source Title
    Neuropsychopharmacology
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    NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Christopoulos, Arthur; Perry, Christina; Chen, Nicola; Sexton, Patrick; Lawrence, Andrew
    Affiliation
    Pharmacology and Therapeutics
    Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health
    Centre for Youth Mental Health
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    Berizzi, A. E., Perry, C. J., Shackleford, D. M., Lindsley, C. W., Jones, C. K., Chen, N. A., Sexton, P. M., Christopoulos, A., Langmead, C. J. & Lawrence, A. J. (2018). Muscarinic M-5 receptors modulate ethanol seeking in rats. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 43 (7), pp.1510-1517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-017-0007-3.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/255937
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    10.1038/s41386-017-0007-3
    Abstract
    Despite the cost to both individual and society, alcohol use disorders (AUDs) remain a major health risk within society, and both relapse and heavy drinking are still poorly controlled with current medications. Here we demonstrate for the first time that a centrally active and selective negative allosteric modulator for the rat M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR), ML375, decreases ethanol self-administration and attenuates cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol seeking in ethanol-preferring (iP) rats. Importantly, ML375 did not affect sucrose self-administration or general locomotor activity indicative of a selective effect on ethanol seeking. Based on the expression profile of M5 mAChRs in the brain and the distinct roles different aspects of the dorsal striatum have on long-term and short-term ethanol use, we studied whether intra-striatal microinjection of ML375 modulated ethanol intake in rats. We show in iP rats with an extensive history of ethanol intake that intra-dorsolateral (DL), but not intra-dorsomedial, striatal injections of ML375 reduced ethanol self-administration to a similar extent as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligand varenicline, which has preclinical and clinical efficacy in reducing the reinforcing effects of ethanol. These data implicate the DL striatum as a locus for the effects of cholinergic-acting drugs on ethanol seeking in rats with a history of long-term ethanol use. Accordingly, we demonstrate in rats that selectively targeting the M5 mAChR can modulate both voluntary ethanol intake and cue-induced ethanol seeking and thereby provide direct evidence that the M5 mAChR is a potential novel target for pharmacotherapies aimed at treating AUDs.

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