PMID- 25351485 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161220 LR - 20181113 IS - 1369-1600 (Electronic) IS - 1355-6215 (Print) IS - 1355-6215 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Mar TI - Variations in the stimulus salience of cocaine reward influences drug-associated contextual memory. PG - 242-54 LID - 10.1111/adb.12191 [doi] AB - Drugs of abuse act as reinforcers because they influence learning and memory processes resulting in long-term memory of drug reward. We have previously shown that mice conditioned by fixed daily dose of cocaine (Fix-C) or daily escalating doses of cocaine (Esc-C) resulted in short- and long-term persistence of drug memory, respectively, suggesting different mechanisms in acquisition of cocaine memory. The present study was undertaken to investigate the differential contribution of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunits in the formation of Fix-C and Esc-C memory in C57BL/6J mice. Training by Esc-C resulted in marked elevation in hippocampal expression of Grin2b mRNA and NR2B protein levels compared with training by Fix-C. The NR2B-containing NMDAR antagonist ifenprodil had similar attenuating effects on acquisition and reconsolidation of Fix-C and Esc-C memory. However, the NMDAR antagonist MK-801 had differential effects: (1) higher doses of MK-801 were required for post-retrieval disruption of reconsolidation of Esc-C memory than Fix-C memory; and (2) pre-retrieval MK-801 inhibited extinction of Fix-C memory but it had no effect on Esc-C memory. In addition, blockade of NMDAR downstream signaling pathways also showed differential regulation of Fix-C and Esc-C memory. Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase attenuated acquisition and disrupted reconsolidation of Fix-C but not Esc-C memory. In contrast, the mitogen-activating extracellular kinase inhibitor SL327 attenuated reconsolidation of Esc-C but not Fix-C memory. These results suggest that NMDAR downstream signaling molecules associated with consolidation and reconsolidation of cocaine-associated memory may vary upon changes in the salience of cocaine reward during conditioning. CI - (c) 2014 Society for the Study of Addiction. FAU - Liddie, Shervin AU - Liddie S AD - Division of Neuroscience, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. FAU - Itzhak, Yossef AU - Itzhak Y AD - Division of Neuroscience, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 DA026878/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 DA029404/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01DA026878/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R21DA029404/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20141028 PL - United States TA - Addict Biol JT - Addiction biology JID - 9604935 RN - 0 (Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (NR2B NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (SL 327) RN - 3739OQ10IJ (Aminoacetonitrile) RN - 6LR8C1B66Q (Dizocilpine Maleate) RN - BD2A56I30W (traxoprodil mesylate) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos1 protein, mouse) RN - I5Y540LHVR (Cocaine) RN - R8OE3P6O5S (ifenprodil) SB - IM MH - Aminoacetonitrile/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cocaine/*pharmacology MH - Conditioning, Operant/drug effects MH - Dizocilpine Maleate/pharmacology MH - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Memory/*drug effects MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Piperidines/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors/drug effects MH - *Reward PMC - PMC4412748 MID - NIHMS632171 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Addiction OT - NR2B OT - cocaine OT - place preference OT - reconsolidation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2014/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/21 06:00 PMCR- 2017/03/01 CRDT- 2014/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/adb.12191 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Addict Biol. 2016 Mar;21(2):242-54. doi: 10.1111/adb.12191. Epub 2014 Oct 28.