The Src-Kinase Fyn is Required for Cocaine-Associated Memory Through Regulation of Tau

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Title: The Src-Kinase Fyn is Required for Cocaine-Associated Memory Through Regulation of Tau
Authors: Hongchun Li, Xinglong Zhou, Rong Chen, Yuzhou Xiao, Tao Zhou
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 13 (2022)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Subject Terms: Fyn, cocaine, Tau, drug addicion, PP2, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
More Details: Drug-associated context-induced relapse of cocaine-seeking behaviour requires the retrieval of drug-associated memory. Studies exploring the underlying neurobiological mechanism of drug memory formation will likely contribute to the development of treatments for drug addiction and the prevention of relapse. In our study, we applied a cocaine-conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm and a self-administration paradigm (two drug-associated memory formation model) to confirm the hypothesis that the Src kinase Fyn critically regulates cocaine-associated memory formation in the hippocampus. For this experiment, we administered the Src kinase inhibitor PP2 into the bilateral hippocampus before cocaine-CPP and self-administration training, and the results showed that pharmacological manipulation of the Src kinase Fyn activity significantly attenuated the response to cocaine-paired cues in the cocaine-CPP and self-administration paradigms, indicating that hippocampal Fyn activity contributes to cocaine-associated memory formation. In addition, the regulation of cocaine-associated memory formation by Fyn depends on Tau expression, as restoring Tau to normal levels disrupted cocaine memory formation. Together, these results indicate that hippocampal Fyn activity plays a key role in the formation of cocaine-associated memory, which underlies cocaine-associated contextual stimulus-mediated regulation of cocaine-seeking behaviour, suggesting that Fyn represents a promising therapeutic target for weakening cocaine-related memory and treating cocaine addiction.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1663-9812
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.769827/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1663-9812
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.769827
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/7414efa2b3984b048992dcb3d005be0c
Accession Number: edsdoj.7414efa2b3984b048992dcb3d005be0c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16639812
DOI:10.3389/fphar.2022.769827
Published in:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Language:English