Antibiotic Knockdown of Gut Bacteria Sex-Dependently Enhances Intravenous Fentanyl Self-Administration in Adult Sprague Dawley Rats.
Int J Mol Sci
; 24(1)2022 Dec 27.
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ABSTRACT
Communication between the brain and gut bacteria impacts drug- and addiction-related behaviors. To investigate the role of gut microbiota on fentanyl reinforcement and reward, we depleted gut bacteria in adult Sprague Dawley male and female rats using an oral, nonabsorbable antibiotic cocktail and allowed rats to intravenously self-administer fentanyl on an escalating schedule of reinforcement. We found that antibiotic treatment enhanced fentanyl self-administration in males, but not females, at the lowest schedule of reinforcement (i.e., fixed ratio 1). Both males and females treated with antibiotics self-administered greater amounts of fentanyl at higher schedules of reinforcement. We then replete microbial metabolites via short-chain fatty acid administration to evaluate a potential mechanism in gut-brain communication and found that restoring metabolites decreases fentanyl self-administration back to controls at higher fixed ratio schedules of reinforcement. Our findings highlight an important relationship between the knockdown and rescue of gut bacterial metabolites and fentanyl self-administration in adult rats, which provides support for a significant relationship between the gut microbiome and opioid use. Further work in this field may lead to effective, targeted treatment interventions in opioid-related disorders.
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Fentanila
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Opioides
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Animals
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En
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Int J Mol Sci
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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Estados Unidos