Hypodopaminergic state of the nigrostriatal pathway drives compulsive alcohol use - Grenoble Institut Neurociences
Article Dans Une Revue Molecular Psychiatry Année : 2022

Hypodopaminergic state of the nigrostriatal pathway drives compulsive alcohol use

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The neurobiological mechanisms underlying compulsive alcohol use, a cardinal feature of alcohol use disorder, remain elusive. The key modulator of motivational processes, dopamine (DA), is suspected to play an important role in this pathology, but its exact role remains to be determined. Here, we found that rats expressing compulsive-like alcohol use, operationalized as punishment-resistant self-administration, showed a decrease in DA levels restricted to the dorsolateral territories of the striatum, the main output structure of the nigrostriatal DA pathway. We then causally demonstrated that chemogenetic-induced selective hypodopaminergia of this pathway resulted in compulsive-like alcohol self-administration in otherwise resilient rats, accompanied by the emergence of alcohol withdrawal-like motivational impairments (i.e., impaired motivation for a natural reinforcer). Finally, the use of the monoamine stabilizer OSU6162, previously reported to correct hypodopaminergic states, transiently decreased compulsive-like alcohol self-administration in vulnerable rats. These results suggest a potential critical role of tonic nigrostriatal hypodopaminergic states in alcohol addiction and provide new insights into our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying compulsive alcohol use.
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hal-04700873 , version 1 (18-09-2024)

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Raphaël Goutaudier, Fanny Joly, David Mallet, Magali Bartolomucci, Denis Guicherd, et al.. Hypodopaminergic state of the nigrostriatal pathway drives compulsive alcohol use. Molecular Psychiatry, 2022, 28 (1), pp.463-474. ⟨10.1038/s41380-022-01848-5⟩. ⟨hal-04700873⟩
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