Journal article
Functional coding variation in the presynaptic dopamine transporter associated with neuropsychiatric disorders drives enhanced motivation and context-dependent impulsivity in mice
Behavioural brain research, Vol.337, pp.61-69
01/30/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.09.043
PMCID: PMC5645257
PMID: 28964912
Abstract
Recent genetic analyses have provided evidence that clinical commonalities associated with different psychiatric diagnoses often have shared mechanistic underpinnings. The development of animal models expressing functional genetic variation attributed to multiple disorders offers a salient opportunity to capture molecular, circuit and behavioral alterations underlying this hypothesis. In keeping with studies suggesting dopaminergic contributions to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder (BPD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), subjects with these diagnoses have been found to express a rare, functional coding substitution in the dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT), Ala559Val. We developed DAT Va1559 knock-in mice as a construct valid model of dopaminergic alterations that drive multiple clinical phenotypes, and here evaluate the impact of lifelong expression of the variant on impulsivity and motivation utilizing the 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT) and Go/NoGo as well as tests of time estimation (peak interval analysis), reward salience (sucrose preference), and motivation (progressive ratio test). Our findings indicate that the DAT Va1559 variant induces impulsivity behaviors that are dependent upon the reward context, with increased impulsive action observed when mice are required to delay responding for a reward, whereas mice are able to withhold responding if there is a probability of reward for a correct rejection. Utilizing peak interval and progressive ratio tests, we provide evidence that impulsivity is likely driven by an enhanced motivational phenotype that also may drive faster task acquisition in operant tasks. These data provide critical validation that DAT, and more generally, DA signaling perturbations can drive impulsivity that can manifest in specific contexts and not others, and may rely on motivational alterations, which may also drive increased maladaptive reward seeking.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Functional coding variation in the presynaptic dopamine transporter associated with neuropsychiatric disorders drives enhanced motivation and context-dependent impulsivity in mice
- Creators
- Gwynne L. Davis - Vanderbilt UniversityAdele Stewart - Florida Atlantic UniversityGregg D. Stanwood - Florida State UniversityRaajaram Gowrishankar - Vanderbilt UniversityMaureen K. Hahn - Florida Atlantic UniversityRandy D. Blakely - Florida Atlantic University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Behavioural brain research, Vol.337, pp.61-69
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.09.043
- PMID
- 28964912
- PMCID
- PMC5645257
- ISSN
- 0166-4328
- eISSN
- 1872-7549
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- F31MH107132 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Vanderbilt Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research MH107132 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA Vanderbilt International Scholar Program
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/30/2018
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984618524902771
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