cAMP-Fyn signaling in the dorsomedial striatum direct pathway drives excessive alcohol use
- 16 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Neuropsychopharmacology
- Vol. 46 (2), 334-342
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0712-1
Abstract
Fyn kinase in the dorsomedial striatum (DMS) of rodents has a central role in mechanisms underlying excessive alcohol intake. The DMS comprises medium spiny neurons (MSNs) that project directly (dMSNs) or indirectly (iMSNs) to the substantia nigra. Here, we examined the cell-type specificity of Fyn’s actions on alcohol use. First, we knocked down Fyn selectively in DMS dMSNs or iMSNs of mice and measured the level of alcohol consumption. We found that downregulation of Fyn in dMSNs, but not in iMSNs, reduces excessive alcohol but not saccharin intake. D1Rs are coupled to Gαs/olf, which activate cAMP signaling. To examine whether Fyn’s actions are mediated through cAMP signaling, DMS dMSNs were infected with GαsDREADD, and the activation of Fyn signaling was measured following CNO treatment. We found that remote stimulation of cAMP signaling in DMS dMSNs activates Fyn and promotes the phosphorylation of the Fyn substrate, GluN2B. In contract, remote activation of GαsDREADD in DLS dMSNs did not alter Fyn signaling. We then tested whether activation of GαsDREADD in DMS dMSNs or iMSNs alters alcohol intake and observed that CNO-dependent activation of GαsDREADD in DMS dMSNs but not iMSNs increases alcohol but not saccharin intake. Finally, we examined the contribution of Fyn to GαsDREADD-dependent increase in alcohol intake, and found that systemic administration of the Fyn inhibitor, AZD0503 blocks GαsDREADD-dependent increase in alcohol consumption. Our results suggest that the cAMP-Fyn axis in the DMS dMSNs is a molecular transducer of mechanisms underlying the development of excessive alcohol consumption.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (UO1 AA023489)
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