PMID- 28623807 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180326 LR - 20181202 IS - 1879-0046 (Electronic) IS - 0376-8716 (Print) IS - 0376-8716 (Linking) VI - 178 DP - 2017 Sep 1 TI - HIV Tat excites D1 receptor-like expressing neurons from rat nucleus accumbens. PG - 7-14 LID - S0376-8716(17)30256-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.015 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: HIV-1 infection and drug abuse are frequently co-morbid and their association greatly increases the severity of HIV-1-induced neuropathology. While nucleus accumbens (NAcc) function is severely perturbed by drugs of abuse, little is known about how HIV-1 infection affects NAcc. METHODS: We used calcium and voltage imaging to investigate the effect of HIV-1 trans-activator of transcription (Tat) on rat NAcc. Based on previous neuronal studies, we hypothesized that Tat modulates intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis of NAcc neurons. RESULTS: We provide evidence that Tat triggers a Ca(2+) signaling cascade in NAcc medium spiny neurons (MSN) expressing D1-like dopamine receptors leading to neuronal depolarization. Firstly, Tat induced inositol 1,4,5-trisphsophate (IP(3)) receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release from endoplasmic reticulum, followed by Ca(2+) and Na(+) influx via transient receptor potential canonical channels. The influx of cations depolarizes the membrane promoting additional Ca(2+) entry through voltage-gated P/Q-type Ca(2+) channels and opening of tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na(+) channels. By activating this mechanism, Tat elicits a feed-forward depolarization increasing the excitability of D1-phosphatidylinositol-linked NAcc MSN. We previously found that cocaine targets NAcc neurons directly (independent of the inhibition of dopamine transporter) only when IP(3)-generating mechanisms are concomitantly initiated. When tested here, cocaine produced a dose-dependent potentiation of the effect of Tat on cytosolic Ca(2+). CONCLUSION: We describe for the first time a HIV-1 Tat-triggered Ca(2+) signaling in MSN of NAcc involving TRPC and depolarization and a potentiation of the effect of Tat by cocaine, which may be relevant for the reward axis in cocaine-abusing HIV-1-positive patients. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Brailoiu, G Cristina AU - Brailoiu GC AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. FAU - Deliu, Elena AU - Deliu E AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Barr, Jeffrey L AU - Barr JL AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Console-Bram, Linda M AU - Console-Bram LM AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Ciuciu, Alexandra M AU - Ciuciu AM AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Abood, Mary E AU - Abood ME AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Unterwald, Ellen M AU - Unterwald EM AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: ellen.unterwald@temple.edu. FAU - Brailoiu, Eugen AU - Brailoiu E AD - Center for Substance Abuse Research, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: ebrailou@temple.edu. LA - eng GR - P30 DA013429/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA023204/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA035926/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170608 PL - Ireland TA - Drug Alcohol Depend JT - Drug and alcohol dependence JID - 7513587 RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D1) RN - 0 (tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) RN - I5Y540LHVR (Cocaine) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cocaine/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Synergism MH - Female MH - Male MH - Neurons/metabolism/*physiology MH - Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Dopamine D1/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Sodium/metabolism MH - tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/pharmacology/*physiology PMC - PMC5797705 MID - NIHMS937363 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calcium imaging OT - Calcium influx OT - Depolarization OT - Intracellular calcium mobilization OT - Medium spiny neurons OT - TRPC EDAT- 2017/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/27 06:00 PMCR- 2018/09/01 CRDT- 2017/06/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0376-8716(17)30256-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Sep 1;178:7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.015. Epub 2017 Jun 8.