Up-regulation of neurotensin mRNA in the rat striatum after acute methamphetamine treatment

The European Journal of Neuroscience
M N CastelT Hökfelt

Abstract

The effect of acute subcutaneous administration of methamphetamine on the expression of neurotensin mRNA was investigated in the adult rat striatum. At different time points (2, 6 and 24 h) following drug administration rats were killed, and mRNA levels were quantified both on films and emulsion-dipped tissue sections from two striatal levels. Two hours after methamphetamine injection, a dramatic increase in neurotensin mRNA levels was detected in different areas of the striatum at both rostral and caudal levels. Numerous positive cells were observed in the dorsomedial, dorsolateral and ventrolateral parts of the striatum. This up-regulation reflected an increase both in the number of cells expressing neurotensin mRNA and in the mean mRNA levels. This increase was still present after 6 h and was similar to the 2 h treated group at the rostral level of the striatum, but lower at the caudal one. Twenty-four hours after methamphetamine injection, neurotensin mRNA levels were back to control values, or in some areas even below. A strong increase in neurotensin mRNA-expressing cells was also seen in the olfactory tubercle, and the time-course was similar to the one observed in the striatum. In a second set of experiments, the effect...Continue Reading

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