PMID- 23035088 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130117 LR - 20231213 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 40 DP - 2012 Oct 3 TI - Extinction of aversive memories associated with morphine withdrawal requires ERK-mediated epigenetic regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor transcription in the rat ventromedial prefrontal cortex. PG - 13763-75 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1991-12.2012 [doi] AB - Recent evidence suggests that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors facilitate extinction of rewarding memory of drug taking. However, little is known about the role of chromatin modification in the extinction of aversive memory of drug withdrawal. In this study, we used conditioned place aversion (CPA), a highly sensitive model for measuring aversive memory of drug withdrawal, to investigate the role of epigenetic regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene expression in extinction of aversive memory. We found that CPA extinction training induced an increase in recruiting cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) to and acetylation of histone H3 at the promoters of BDNF exon I transcript and increased BDNF mRNA and protein expression in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) of acute morphine-dependent rats and that such epigenetic regulation of BDNF gene transcription could be facilitated or diminished by intra-vmPFC infusion of HDAC inhibitor trichostatin A or extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor U0126 (1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis(methylthio)butadiene) before extinction training. Correspondingly, disruption of the epigenetic regulation of BDNF gene transcription with U0126 or suppression of BDNF signaling with Trk receptor antagonist K252a or BDNF scavenger tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB)-Fc blocked extinction of CPA behavior. We also found that extinction training-induced activation of ERK and CREB and extinction of CPA behavior could be potentiated or suppressed by intra-vmPFC infusion of d-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist or aminophosphonopentanoic acid, a NMDA receptor antagonist. We conclude that extinction of aversive memory of morphine withdrawal requires epigenetic regulation of BDNF gene transcription in the vmPFC through activation of the ERK-CREB signaling pathway perhaps in a NMDA receptor-dependent manner. FAU - Wang, Wei-Sheng AU - Wang WS AD - State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Media, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Kang, Shuo AU - Kang S FAU - Liu, Wen-Tao AU - Liu WT FAU - Li, Mu AU - Li M FAU - Liu, Yao AU - Liu Y FAU - Yu, Chuan AU - Yu C FAU - Chen, Jie AU - Chen J FAU - Chi, Zhi-Qiang AU - Chi ZQ FAU - He, Ling AU - He L FAU - Liu, Jing-Gen AU - Liu JG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Creb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (U 0126) RN - 76I7G6D29C (Morphine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Acetylation/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Association Learning/drug effects/*physiology MH - Avoidance Learning/*physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Butadienes/pharmacology MH - Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly/drug effects/physiology MH - Conditioning, Classical/drug effects/physiology MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/physiology MH - Epigenetic Repression/drug effects/*physiology MH - Extinction, Psychological/*physiology MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Histones/physiology MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/*physiology MH - Male MH - Morphine/*toxicity MH - Morphine Dependence/*physiopathology MH - Nitriles/pharmacology MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*physiology MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, trkB/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology MH - Reward MH - Substance Withdrawal Syndrome/*physiopathology MH - Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC6704794 EDAT- 2012/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/03 CRDT- 2012/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 32/40/13763 [pii] AID - 3801826 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1991-12.2012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 3;32(40):13763-75. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1991-12.2012.