The Effects of Chronic Estradiol Treatment on Opioid Self-Administration in Intact Female Rats

2021 ◽  
pp. 108816
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Sharp ◽  
Sarah B. Ethridge ◽  
Shannon L. Ballard ◽  
Kenzie M. Potter ◽  
Karl T. Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Female Rats ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Intact Female ◽  
Estradiol Treatment

Enhanced heroin self-administration and distinct dopamine adaptations in female rats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianna E. George ◽  
Samuel H. Barth ◽  
Lindsey B. Kuiper ◽  
Katherine M. Holleran ◽  
Ryan T. Lacy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Female Rats ◽  
Self Administration

scholarly journals Sex Differences in the Reward-Enhancing Effects of Nicotine on Ethanol Reinforcement: A Reinforcer Demand Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott T Barrett ◽  
Brady M Thompson ◽  
Jessica R Emory ◽  
Chris E Larsen ◽  
Steven T Pittenger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Ethanol Solution ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Demand Model ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Ethanol Reinforcement ◽  
Nicotine Abuse ◽  
Reinforcer Demand ◽  
Reinforcement Value

Abstract Background Alcohol is often consumed with tobacco, and dependence to alcohol and tobacco are highly comorbid. In addition, there are differences in the prevalence of nicotine- and alcohol-abuse between the sexes. Nicotine produces enhancing effects on the value of other reinforcers, which may extend to alcohol. Methods Male and female Wistar rats were trained to self-administer 15% ethanol solution in 30-minute sessions. Once ethanol self-administration was established, demand for ethanol was evaluated using an exponential reinforcer demand method, in which the response cost per reinforcer delivery was systematically increased over blocks of several sessions. Within each cost condition, rats were preinjected with nicotine (0.05, 0.1, 0.2, or 0.4 mg/kg base, SC) or saline 5 minutes before self-administration sessions. The effects of nicotine dose and biological sex were evaluated using the estimates generated by the reinforcer demand model. Results Under saline conditions, males showed greater sensitivity to ethanol reinforcement than females. Nicotine enhanced the reinforcement value of alcohol and this varied with sex. In both sexes, 0.4 mg/kg nicotine decreased intensity of ethanol demand. However, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mg/kg nicotine decreased elasticity of ethanol demand in females, but not in males. Conclusions Nicotine enhances ethanol reinforcement, which may partially drive comorbidity between nicotine-abuse and alcohol-abuse. Males showed signs of greater ethanol reinforcement value than females under saline conditions, and nicotine attenuated this effect by increasing ethanol reinforcement value in the females. These findings highlight that a complete understanding of alcohol-abuse must include a thorough study of alcohol use in the context of other drug use, including nicotine. Implications Nicotine dose dependently enhances the alcohol reinforcement value in a manner that is clearly influenced by biological sex. Under saline baseline conditions, males show lower elasticity of demand for alcohol reinforcement than females, indicative of greater reinforcement value. However, nicotine attenuated this difference by enhancing alcohol reward in the females. Specifically, low-to-moderate doses (0.05–0.2 mg/kg) of nicotine decreased elasticity of alcohol demand in female rats, increasing the perseverance of their alcohol taking behavior. These data indicate that the well-documented reward-enhancing effects of nicotine on sensory reinforcement extend to alcohol reinforcement and that these vary with biological sex.

scholarly journals Sex Differences in Escalated Methamphetamine Self-Administration and Altered Gene Expression Associated With Incubation of Methamphetamine Seeking

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 710-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul P Daiwile ◽  
Subramaniam Jayanthi ◽  
Bruce Ladenheim ◽  
Michael T McCoy ◽  
Christie Brannock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Nucleus Accumbens ◽  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Orexin Receptors ◽  
Male And Female Rats

Abstract Background Methamphetamine (METH) use disorder is prevalent worldwide. There are reports of sex differences in quantities of drug used and relapses to drug use among individuals with METH use disorder. However, the molecular neurobiology of these potential sex differences remains unknown. Methods We trained rats to self-administer METH (0. 1 mg/kg/infusion, i.v.) on an fixed-ratio-1 schedule for 20 days using two 3-hour daily METH sessions separated by 30-minute breaks. At the end of self-administration training, rats underwent tests of cue-induced METH seeking on withdrawal days 3 and 30. Twenty-four hours later, nucleus accumbens was dissected and then used to measure neuropeptide mRNA levels. Results Behavioral results show that male rats increased the number of METH infusions earlier during self-administration training and took more METH than females. Both male and female rats could be further divided into 2 phenotypes labeled high and low takers based on the degree of escalation that they exhibited during the course of the METH self-administration experiment. Both males and females exhibited incubation of METH seeking after 30 days of forced withdrawal. Females had higher basal mRNA levels of dynorphin and hypocretin/orexin receptors than males, whereas males expressed higher vasopressin mRNA levels than females under saline and METH conditions. Unexpectedly, only males showed increased expression of nucleus accumbens dynorphin after METH self-administration. Moreover, there were significant correlations between nucleus accumbens Hcrtr1, Hcrtr2, Crhr2, and Avpr1b mRNA levels and cue-induced METH seeking only in female rats. Conclusion Our results identify some behavioral and molecular differences between male and female rats that had self-administered METH. Sexual dimorphism in responses to METH exposure should be considered when developing potential therapeutic agents against METH use disorder.

Effect of cocaine self-administration on striatal PKA-regulated signaling in male and female rats

2006 ◽  
Vol 191 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy J. Lynch ◽  
Drew D. Kiraly ◽  
Barbara J. Caldarone ◽  
Marina R. Picciotto ◽  
Jane R. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Female Rats ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male And Female Rats

scholarly journals Soy-Induced Fecal Metabolome Changes in Ovariectomized and Intact Female Rats: Relationship with Cardiometabolic Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria J. Vieira-Potter ◽  
Tzu-Wen L. Cross ◽  
Kelly S. Swanson ◽  
Saurav J. Sarma ◽  
Zhentian Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Female Rats ◽  
Cardiometabolic Health ◽  
Intact Female

Pituitary Responsiveness to LH-Releasing Hormone in Intact Female Rats of Different Ages*

Endocrinology ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 1499-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANO DEBELJUK ◽  
AKIRA ARIMURA ◽  
ANDREW V. SCHALLY
Keyword(s):  
Female Rats ◽  
Intact Female ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Lh Releasing Hormone

Effect of Starvation on Pituitary and Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Following Ovariectomy in the Rat

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 768-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Ibrahim ◽  
B. E. Howland
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Pituitary Gland ◽  
Follicle Stimulating Hormone ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Intact Female ◽  
Pituitary Glands ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Stimulating Hormone

The concentration of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in serum and pituitary glands was studied in intact female rats and rats that were ovariectomized on day 0 of the experiment and then starved or fed for 2, 4, 7, or 9 days. Ovariectomy resulted in enhanced rates of synthesis and release of FSH and LH as indicated by the significant (P < 0.01) rises in the concentration of both hormones in the pituitary gland and serum.Starvation resulted in a decrease in body and pituitary weight. The concentration of FSH and LH in pituitary glands of starved rats was higher (P < 0.05) than that in fed rats on days 7 and 9. The concentration of FSH and LH in serum of starved rats was increased after ovariectomy but the levels on days 7 and 9 were lower than those of fed rats.These results suggest that the synthesis of FSH and LH was enhanced in both starved and fed rats following ovariectomy while the rate of release of both hormones was decreased at 7 and 9 days of starvation in comparison with rats fed ad libitum.

Effects of chronic estrogen treatment on water exchange in rats

1984 ◽  
Vol 247 (1) ◽  
pp. E101-E110 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Carlberg ◽  
M. J. Fregly ◽  
M. Fahey
Keyword(s):  
Water Exchange ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Estradiol Benzoate ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Intact Female ◽  
Water Turnover ◽  
Ovx Rats ◽  
Concentrate Urine ◽  
Daily Water ◽  
Intake Ratio

Intact female rats implanted subcutaneously with Silastic tubes containing estradiol benzoate (EB) (28.7 micrograms X kg-1 X day-1) for 28 wk had a significantly greater daily intake of water, a higher water-to-food intake ratio, and a greater urine output than untreated control rats. Ovariectomized (OVX) rats also implanted for 14 wk with EB tubes (15 and 36 micrograms X kg-1 X day-1) showed identical results. Dipsogenic responses of the EB-treated rats to isoproterenol (25 micrograms/kg sc), angiotensin II (200 micrograms/kg ip), and hypertonic saline (1 M, 1% of body wt ip) were significantly attenuated. Both intact and OVX rats were subjected to a 24-h dehydration to assess renal concentrating ability. EB-treated rats lost significantly more weight and excreted significantly more urine of lower osmolality than controls. Administration of vasopressin to volume-loaded, EB-treated rats revealed no abnormalities in the ability to concentrate urine to the level of controls. Thus, in spite of a reduced responsiveness to several dipsogenic stimuli, EB-treated rats have an increased daily water turnover apparently related to an inability to concentrate their urine. This in turn may be related to abnormalities in either synthesis or release of antidiuretic hormone or both.

scholarly journals Pituitary Hormone-producing Cells After Estradiol Application in Rat Models of Menopause

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Verica Milošević ◽  
Vladimir Ajdžanović
Keyword(s):  
Volume Density ◽  
Pituitary Hormones ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Pituitary Hormone ◽  
Estradiol Treatment ◽  
Volume Number ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Rat Pituitary ◽  
Histological Characteristics ◽  
Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones

Abstract Female ageing represents the biological process of structural and functional changes in endocrine cells and tissues, as well as in pituitary hormone-producing cells. In addition to the hypothalamic releasing hormones, estradiol plays a significant role in the regulation of the synthesis/secretion of pituitary hormones and is still used therapeutically for menopausal symptoms. The effects of ageing or ovariectomy and synthetic estradiol application under these circumstances were evaluated in pituitary hormone-producing cells of female rats (animal models of menopause); i.e., the following cells were observed: gonadotropes (FSH and LH), thyrotropes (TSH), somatotropes (GH), mammotropes (PRL) and corticotropes (ACTH). The cells were immunostained and histologically analysed. The ELISA method was used for hormonal analyses. Ageing was found to cause diverse, commonly reductive changes regarding the volume, number and secretion of menopausal rat pituitary hormone- producing cells, except for PRL cells that exhibit significantly increased numbers and intensified secretion. After the treatment of middle-aged female rats wiThestradiol, the absolute and relative pituitary weights significantly increased in comparison with the control females. Histological parameters such as the cell and volume density of PRL and ACThcells were significantly increased compared with the control values. The mentioned parameters of FSH, LH, GH, and occasionally TSH cells after estradiol treatment significantly decreased in comparison with the controls. The corresponding hormone levels followed the changes in the histological parameters. These data indicate that the application of estradiol to menopausal females may specifically, in two directions, modify the histological characteristics and secretory activities of different pituitary-hormone producing cells..

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