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First published on April 29, 2003; DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.045716

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Received for publication October 22, 2002.
Revised December 15, 2002.
Accepted for publication April 18, 2003.

Hyperlocomotive and Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Cocaine are Under the Control of Serotonin 5- HT2C Receptors in Rat Prefrontal Cortex

Malgorzata M. Filip 1 Kathryn A. Cunningham 2*

1 Polish Academy of Sciences 2 University of Texas Medical Branch

* Address correspondence to: E-mail: kcunning{at}utmb.edu

Abstract

The serotonin 5-HT2C receptor (5- HT2CR) is found in abundance in dopamine (DA) mesocorticolimbic pathways and is one of the important target proteins that modulates the behavioral effects of cocaine. In the present study, the hypothesis was tested that 5-HT2CR in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) may control either spontaneous or cocaine-evoked locomotor activity as well as the discriminative stimulus properties of cocaine. In male Sprague-Dawley rats implanted with bilateral cannulae aimed at the PFC, local microinjections of the preferential 5-HT2CR agonist MK 212 (0.05-0.5 µg/side) did not alter spontaneous activity, but dose-dependently decreased horizontal hyperactivity evoked by cocaine (10 mg/kg, i.p.). Given alone, the selective 5-HT2CR antagonist RS 102221 (5 µg/side) increased basal locomotor activity of rats expressed in the vertical plane. Microinjections of RS 102221 (5 µg/side, but not 0.15-1.5 µg/side) significantly enhanced the horizontal activity induced by cocaine (10 mg/kg). In rats trained to discriminate cocaine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) from saline (i.p.) in a two-lever, water-reinforced FR 20 task, intra-PFC microinjections of MK 212 (0.05 and 0.5 µg/side) did not substitute for cocaine, but attenuated the stimulus effects of cocaine. On the other hand, intra-PFC microinjections of RS 102221 (1.5 and 5 µg/side) evoked 13% and 40% cocaine-lever responding when tested alone and enhanced the recognition of cocaine. These data indicate that the PFC is a brain site at which the 5-HT2CR exerts inhibitory control over the hyperactive and discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine known to be dependent upon activation of the DA mesoaccumbens circuit.


Key words: 5-HT, 5HT2C receptor, Behavior, Cocaine, Locomotor hyperactivity, Prefrontal Cortex


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