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Cannabidiol modulates the motivational and anxiety-like effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) in mice
- Source :
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 15, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 8304, p 8304 (2021), Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a new psychoactive substance (NPS) and the most widespread and life-threatening synthetic cathinone of the "bath salts". Preclinical research has proven the cocaine-like psychostimulant effects of MDPV and its potential for abuse. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-psychotropic phytocannabinoid that has emerged as a new potential treatment for drug addiction. Here, we tested the effects of CBD (20 mg/kg) on MDPV (2 mg/kg)-induced conditioned place preference and MDPV (0.05 and 0.075 mg/kg/infusion) self-administration paradigms. In addition, we assessed the effects of the co-administration of CBD and MDPV (3 and 4 mg/kg) on anxiety-like behaviour using the elevated plus maze (EPM). CBD mitigated the MDPV-induced conditioned place preference. On the contrary, CBD administration throughout the MDPV (0.075 mg/kg/infusion) self-administration increased drug-seeking and taking behaviours, but only in the high-responders group of mice. Furthermore, CBD exerted anxiolytic-like effects, exclusively in MDPV-treated mice. Taken together, our results indicate that CBD modulation of MDPV-induced motivational responses in mice varies depending on the requirements of the learning task, resulting in a complex response. Therefore, further research attempting to decipher the behavioural and molecular interactions between CBD and MDPV is needed. This work was supported by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (grant number SAF2016-75966-R-FEDER and PID2019-104077-RB-100), Ministerio de Sanidad, Asuntos Sociales e Igualdad (Retic-ISCIII-RD/16/0017/0010-FEDER and Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas (#2018/007). L.A.-Z. received FPI grant (BES-2017-080066) from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. The Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (UPF) is a “Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu” funded by the AEI (CEX2018-000792-M).
- Subjects :
- Male
Pyrrolidines
Conditioning, Classical
Pharmacology
Anxiety
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Cannabidiol
Biology (General)
Spectroscopy
media_common
Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
Behavior, Animal
Self-administration
General Medicine
Conditioned place preference
Computer Science Applications
Chemistry
surgical procedures, operative
Anticonvulsants
medicine.drug
Farmacologia
Elevated plus maze
QH301-705.5
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Drug-Seeking Behavior
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone
digestive system
Catalysis
Article
Inorganic Chemistry
MDPV
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Cànnabis
Animals
Benzodioxoles
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Molecular Biology
QD1-999
Cannabis
Anxiety like
business.industry
allergology
Addiction
Organic Chemistry
Synthetic Cathinone
digestive system diseases
030227 psychiatry
Ansietat
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Bath salts
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 15, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 8304, p 8304 (2021), Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0ff347c1b5a3486206d41991820ea2cb