Nicotine tolerance to PC12 cell line: acute and chronic exposures modulate dopamine D-2 receptor and tyrosine hydroxylase expression
- Authors
- Naha, Nibedita; Lee, Hae Young; Hwang, Jin Su; Bahk, Jong Yoon; Park, Moon Seok; Lee, Sang Yeol; Kim, Sung Hoon; Kim, Myeong Ok
- Issue Date
- Apr-2009
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Dopamine receptor; nicotine exposures; nicotine tolerance; PC12 cell line; tyrosine hydroxylase
- Citation
- NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH, v.31, no.3, pp.289 - 299
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- Journal Title
- NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 289
- End Page
- 299
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gnu/handle/sw.gnu/26347
- DOI
- 10.1179/174313209X382403
- ISSN
- 0161-6412
- Abstract
- PC12 is a clonal cell line from chromaffin tumor of rat adrenal pheochromocytoma that releases catecholamine including dopamine, which via interaction with its receptor (D-1 and D-2 receptor), is known to be involved in reward and reinforcement properties of many addictive drugs like nicotine. Nicotine tolerance is the key aspect of nicotine addiction. However, nicotine tolerance on dopamine receptors in PC12 cell line is poorly understood. In this paper, we have demonstrated the tolerance to acute and chronic nicotine administrations on PC12 cell line on the basis of the expressions of dopamine receptors and tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme of dopamine biosynthesis, by Western blot, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. In vitro treatment of nicotine resulted in similar expressional changes of dopamine D-2 receptor and tyrosine hydroxylase at protein and mRNA levels in dose- and time-dependent manner, whereas dopamine D-1 receptor did not reveal any positive output. Moreover, moderate to strong signals were obtained from 0.1 to 10 mu M of nicotine concentrations and the signals were gradually decreased at 100 and 1000 mu M nicotine concentrations relative to the untreated control cell line. Therefore, this study implied a new approach towards nicotine tolerance which is likely to be related to the modulation of dopamine D-2 receptor and tyrosine hydroxylase expressions by chronic and acute nicotine exposures in PC12 cell line. [Neurol Res 2009; 31: 289-299]
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