LI Jun-kui, LIU Wei, PENG Ju, et al. Effect of Rhynchophylline on Expression of Glutamate Receptor 1 in Methamphetamine-dependent Mice on Conditioned Place Preference[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2014, 20(18): 128-132.
LI Jun-kui, LIU Wei, PENG Ju, et al. Effect of Rhynchophylline on Expression of Glutamate Receptor 1 in Methamphetamine-dependent Mice on Conditioned Place Preference[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2014, 20(18): 128-132. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2014180128.
Objective: To study the effect of rhynchophylline(Rhy) on glutamate receptor 1 (GluR1) subunit in hippocampus of methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP)mice. Method: Mice were randomly divided into five groups randomly with 10 mice in each group:normal control group
methamphetamine model group
methamphetamine with Rhy (40 mg·kg-1)
methamphetamine with Rhy (80 mg·kg-1)
methamphetamine with ketamine (15 mg·kg-1). Each respective drug was administered daily for 4 days. Established place preference mice models were induced by methamphetamine
to observe the expression of GluR1 was observed by immunohistochemistry technique and Western blot. Result: Compared with normal control group
the time of mice with methamphetamine model group in non-preferred compartment increased significantly (P<0.01)
indicating that methamphetamine place preference model was successfully established. Compared with methamphetamine model group
ketamine (15 mg·kg-1)
Rhy (40 mg·kg-1)and Rhy (80 mg·kg-1) reduced the time spent on white compartment of CPP mice significantly(P<0.01).Immunohistochemistry showed that the expression of GluR1 in hippocampus was increaseding in the methamphetamine model group(P<0.01)
while in the ketamine group
low and high doseage Rhy were decreasing(P<0.01);Western blot showed that the express of GluR1 protein was significantly increased in the model group(P<0.01)
while in the ketamine group
low and high doseage Rhy group were significantly decreasing(P<0.01). Conclusion: GluR1 protein plays an important role in the formation of methamphetamine-induced place preference in mice.