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- - The study investigates the abuse potential of α-Pyrrolidinobutiothiophenone (α-PBT), a chemical similar to amphetamine, through various tests in rodents that assess psychomotor and rewarding effects, linking these behaviors to increased dopamine in the brain.
- - Results showed that α-PBT caused increased motor activity, drug-seeking behaviors (self-administration and place preference), and fully mimicked methamphetamine effects, indicating a significant potential for abuse.
- - The findings highlight the role of dopamine receptors in these effects and suggest that the strong dopaminergic activity of α-PBT warrants regulatory restrictions on its recreational use.
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Background And Purpose: α-Pyrrolidinobutiothiophenone (α-PBT) is a chemical derivative of cathinone, a structural analogue of amphetamine. Until now, there have been a few previous neurochemical or neurobehavioural studies on the abuse potential of α-PBT.
Experimental Approach: We examined the abuse potential of α-PBT by measuring psychomotor, rewarding, and reinforcing properties and methamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects in rodents using locomotor activity, conditioned place preference, self-administration, and drug discrimination studies. To clarify the underlying neuropharmacological mechanisms, we measured dopamine levels and neuronal activation in the dorsal striatum. In addition, we investigated the role of the dopamine D receptor or D receptors in α-PBT-induced hyperlocomotor activity, conditioned place preference, and the methamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effect of α-PBT in rodents.
Key Results: α-PBT promoted hyperlocomotor activity in mice. α-PBT induced drug-paired place preference in mice and supported self-administration in rats. In a drug discrimination experiment, α-PBT fully substituted for the discriminative stimulus effects of methamphetamine in rats. Furthermore, α-PBT increased dopamine levels and c-Fos expression in the dorsal striatum of mice, which was associated with these behaviours. Finally, pretreatment with the D receptor antagonist SCH23390 or the D receptors antagonist eticlopride significantly attenuated acute or repeated α-PBT-induced hyperlocomotor activity, place preference, and the methamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects in rodents.
Conclusions And Implications: These findings suggest that α-PBT has abuse potential at the highest dose tested via enhanced dopaminergic transmission in the dorsal striatum of rodents. The results provide scientific evidence for the legal restrictions of the recreational use of α-PBT.
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