title: Neonatal status epilepticus alters prefrontal-striatal circuitry and enhances methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization in adolescence.
abstract: Neonatal seizures may alter the developing neurocircuitry and cause behavioral abnormalities in adulthood. We found that rats previously subjected to lithium-pilocarpine (LiPC)-induced neonatal status epilepticus (NeoSE) exhibited enhanced behavioral sensitization to methamphetamine (MA) in adolescence. Neurochemically, dopamine (DA) and metabolites were markedly decreased in prefrontal cortex (PFC) and insignificantly changed in striatum by NeoSE, but were increased in both PFC and striatum by NeoSE+MA. Glutamate levels were increased in both PFC and striatum in the NeoSE+MA group. DA turnover, an index of utilization and activity, was increased by NeoSE but reversed by MA in PFC. Gene expression of the regulator of G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) was downregulated in PFC and striatum by NeoSE and further suppressed by MA. These findings suggest NeoSE affects both dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems in the prefrontal-striatal circuitry that manifests as enhanced behavioral sensitization to MA in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Tzu-Chao
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Li-Tung
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ya-Ni
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Gunng-Shinng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jia-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D010862:Pilocarpine; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D020710:RGS Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D020710:RGS Proteins; D010862:Pilocarpine; C066876:lithium hypochlorite; C098799:RGS4 protein; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D008694:Methamphetamine; D004298:Dopamine