title: Fibroblast growth factor-1 within the ventral tegmental area participates in motor sensitizing effects of morphine.
abstract: Drug addiction is viewed as a form of neural plasticity, and neurotrophic factors have been implicated in many forms of plasticity in the adult nervous system. Here we show that the fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1), that is expressed on dopamine and GABA neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA), is involved in the sensitizing effects of morphine. The receptor FGFR-1 is expressed on VTA astrocytes, as well as dopamine and GABA neurons. FGF-1 or anti-FGF-1 infusions into the VTA during the induction (not expression) phase of sensitization advanced or blocked morphine's activating motor effects respectively, in a dose-dependent manner. Infusions into the adjacent substantia nigra, whose neurons also express FGF-1 and FGFR-1, did not modify normal morphine-induced sensitization. Biochemical traits related to morphine's sensitizing effects were altered by intra-VTA anti-FGF-1 because morphine-induced upregulation of both tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and N-methyl d-aspartate glutamate receptor 1 (NMDAR1) in the VTA was blocked after anti-FGF-1. Changes in the activation state of VTA calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase type II seem to participate in FGF-1-induced effects as well. We conclude that the FGF-1 system of the ventral tegmental area is required for biochemical and behavioral sensitization to this drug.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia Medica y Biofisica, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Galan-Rodriguez
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramiro-Fuentes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuadrado
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Espejo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017557:Ventral Tegmental Area / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D004298:Dopamine; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D009020:Morphine; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid