PMID- 24391816 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140918 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 12 DP - 2013 TI - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increases intravenous ethanol self-administration in dietary obese rats. PG - e83741 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083741 [doi] LID - e83741 AB - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) is an effective treatment for severe obesity. Clinical studies however have reported susceptibility to increased alcohol use after RYGB, and preclinical studies have shown increased alcohol intake in obese rats after RYGB. This could reflect a direct enhancement of alcohol's rewarding effects in the brain or an indirect effect due to increased alcohol absorption after RGYB. To rule out the contribution that changes in alcohol absorption have on its rewarding effects, here we assessed the effects of RYGB on intravenously (IV) administered ethanol (1%). For this purpose, high fat (60% kcal from fat) diet-induced obese male Sprague Dawley rats were tested ~2 months after RYGB or sham surgery (SHAM) using both fixed and progressive ratio schedules of reinforcement to evaluate if RGYB modified the reinforcing effects of IV ethanol. Compared to SHAM, RYGB rats made significantly more active spout responses to earn IV ethanol during the fixed ratio schedule, and achieved higher breakpoints during the progressive ratio schedule. Although additional studies are needed, our results provide preliminary evidence that RYGB increases the rewarding effects of alcohol independent of its effects on alcohol absorption. FAU - Polston, James E AU - Polston JE AD - Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America. FAU - Pritchett, Carolyn E AU - Pritchett CE AD - Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America. FAU - Tomasko, Jonathan M AU - Tomasko JM AD - Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America. FAU - Rogers, Ann M AU - Rogers AM AD - Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America. FAU - Leggio, Lorenzo AU - Leggio L AD - Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America ; Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America ; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America. FAU - Thanos, Panayotis K AU - Thanos PK AD - Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America. FAU - Volkow, Nora D AU - Volkow ND AD - Laboratory of Neuroimaging, NIAAA Intramural Program, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. FAU - Hajnal, Andras AU - Hajnal A AD - Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America ; Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America. LA - eng GR - R01 DK080899/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK080899/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20131231 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Central Nervous System Depressants) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) SB - IM MH - Administration, Intravenous MH - Alcohol Drinking/*adverse effects MH - Alcohol-Related Disorders/*etiology/physiopathology MH - Animals MH - Body Weight/physiology MH - Central Nervous System Depressants/*administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects MH - Ethanol/*administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Gastric Bypass/*adverse effects MH - Male MH - Obesity/complications/physiopathology/*surgery MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Self Administration PMC - PMC3877092 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2014/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/19 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/31 CRDT- 2014/01/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-35056 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083741 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Dec 31;8(12):e83741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083741. eCollection 2013.