Fenofibrate (a PPAR-α Agonist) Administered During Ethanol Withdrawal Reverts Ethanol-Induced Astrogliosis and Restores the Levels of Glutamate Transporter in Ethanol-Administered Adolescent Rats
Autor: | Diliana Pérez-Reytor, Lucas Marambio-Ruiz, Eduardo Karahanian, Francisca Villavicencio-Tejo, Osvaldo Flores-Bastías |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Agonist medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Hippocampus RM1-950 alcohol use disorder neuroinflammation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Dopamine Internal medicine medicine Pharmacology (medical) Neuroinflammation Pharmacology Fenofibrate Glial fibrillary acidic protein biology alcoholism treatment Chemistry Glutamate receptor Brief Research Report medicine.disease Astrogliosis 030104 developmental biology Endocrinology biology.protein Therapeutics. Pharmacology fibrates 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Pharmacology Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 12 (2021) |
ISSN: | 1663-9812 |
Popis: | High-ethanol intake induces a neuroinflammatory response, which has been proposed as responsible for the maintenance of chronic ethanol consumption. Neuroinflammation decreases glutamate transporter (GLT-1) expression, increasing levels of glutamate that trigger dopamine release at the corticolimbic reward areas, driving long-term drinking behavior. The activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) by fibrates inhibits neuroinflammation, in models other than ethanol consumption. However, the effect of fibrates on ethanol-induced neuroinflammation has not yet been studied. We previously reported that the administration of fenofibrate to ethanol-drinking rats decreased ethanol consumption. Here, we studied whether fenofibrate effects are related to a decrease in ethanol-induced neuroinflammation and to the normalization of the levels of GLT-1. Rats were administered ethanol on alternate days for 4 weeks (2 g/kg/day). After ethanol withdrawal, fenofibrate was administered for 14 days (50 mg/kg/day) and the levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), phosphorylated NF-κB-inhibitory protein (pIκBα) and GLT-1, were quantified in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus. Ethanol treatment increased the levels of GFAP in the hippocampus and hypothalamus, indicating a clear astrocytic activation. Similarly, ethanol increased the levels of pIκBα in the three areas. The administration of fenofibrate decreased the expression of GFAP and pIκBα in the three areas. These results indicate that fenofibrate reverts both astrogliosis and NF-κB activation. Finally, ethanol decreased GLT-1 expression in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Fenofibrate normalized the levels of GLT-1 in both areas, suggesting that its effect in reducing ethanol consumption could be due to the normalization of glutamatergic tone. |
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