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2014 ; 38
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Tolcapone suppresses ethanol intake in alcohol-preferring rats performing a novel
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McCane AM
; Czachowski CL
; Lapish CC
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
2014[Sep]; 38
(9
): 2468-78
PMID25257296
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BACKGROUND: Dopamine (DA) has been shown to play a central role in regulating
motivated behavior and encoding reward. Chronic drug abuse elicits a state of
hypodopaminergia in the mesocorticolimbic (MCL) system in both humans and
preclinical rodent models of addiction, including those modeling alcohol use
disorders (AUD). METHODS: Working under the hypothesis that reductions in the
bioavailability of DA play an integral role in the expression of the excessive
drinking phenotype, the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor tolcapone
was used as a means to amplify cortical DA concentration and drinking behaviors
were then assessed. Sucrose and ethanol (EtOH) consumption were measured in P and
Wistar rats in both a free choice drinking protocol and a novel cued access
protocol. RESULTS: Tolcapone attenuated the consumption of EtOH, and to a lesser
extent sucrose, in P rats in the cued access protocol, while no effect was
observed in the free choice drinking protocol. Tolcapone also decreased EtOH
consumption in high drinking Wistar rats. A follow-up experiment using the
indirect DA agonist d-amphetamine showed no change in EtOH consumption.
CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, these data suggest that COMT inhibitors may be capable
of alleviating the extremely motivating or salient nature of stimuli associated
with alcohol. The hypothesis is put forth that the relative specificity of
tolcapone for cortical DA systems may mediate the suppression of the high
seeking/drinking phenotype.
|*Cues
[MESH]
|Alcohol Drinking/*drug therapy/*genetics
[MESH]
|Animals
[MESH]
|Benzophenones/*therapeutic use
[MESH]
|Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors/*therapeutic use
[MESH]