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Differential effects of binge methamphetamine injections on the mRNA expression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in the rat striatum.
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Neurotoxicology [Neurotoxicology] 2014 Dec; Vol. 45, pp. 178-84. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 27. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Methamphetamine use disorder is characterized by recurrent binge episodes. Humans addicted to methamphetamine experience various degrees of cognitive deficits and show evidence of neurodegenerative processes in the brain. Binge injections of METH to rodents also cause significant toxic changes in the brain. In addition, this pattern of METH injections can alter gene expression in the dorsal striatum. Gene expression is regulated, in part, by histone deacetylation. We thus tested the possibility that METH toxic doses might cause changes in the mRNA levels of histone deacetylases (HDACs). We found that METH did produce significant decreases in the mRNA expression of HDAC8, which is a class I HDAC. METH also decreased expression of HDAC6, HDAC9, and HDAC10 that are class II HDACs. The expression of the class IV HDAC, HDAC11, was also suppressed by METH. The expression of Sirt2, Sirt5, and Sirt6 that are members of class III HDACs was also downregulated by METH injections. Our findings implicate changes in HDAC expression may be an early indicator of impending METH-induced neurotoxicity in the striatum. This idea is consistent with the accumulated evidence that some HDACs are involved in neurodegenerative processes in the brain.<br /> (Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- Animals
Male
Methamphetamine administration & dosage
Mitochondrial Proteins drug effects
Mitochondrial Proteins metabolism
RNA, Messenger metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Sirtuins metabolism
Histone Deacetylases metabolism
Methamphetamine toxicity
Neostriatum drug effects
Neostriatum metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1872-9711
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neurotoxicology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25452209
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2014.10.008