Withdrawal From Cocaine Self-administration Alters the Regulation of Protein Translation in the Nucleus Accumbens

Accepted Manuscript Withdrawal from cocaine self-administration alters the regulation of protein translation in the nucleus accumbens Michael T. Stefanik, Mike Milovanovic, Craig T. Werner, John C.G. Spainhour, Marina E. Wolf PII:

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Please cite this article as: Stefanik M.T., Milovanovic M., Werner C.T., Spainhour J.C.G. & Wolf M.E., Withdrawal from cocaine self-administration alters the regulation of protein translation in the nucleus accumbens, Biological Psychiatry (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.012. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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Withdrawal from cocaine self-administration alters the regulation of protein translation in the nucleus accumbens

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Michael T. Stefanik1, Mike Milovanovic1, Craig T. Werner1, John C.G. Spainhour2, Marina E. Wolf1 1

Department of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, 60064

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Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech College of Engineering and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332

Short title: Cocaine withdrawal alters regulation of translation in the NAc

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Key Words: AMPA receptor; incubation of cocaine craving; metabolic labeling; nucleus accumbens; protein translation; puromycin

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Corresponding Author: Marina E. Wolf Department of Neuroscience Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 3333 Green Bay Road North Chicago, IL 60064-3095 USA [email protected]

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Number of words in Abstract: 250

Number of words in body (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion): 3999

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Number of Figures: 6 Number of Tables: 0

Supplemental Information: Supplemental Methods, Supplementary Figure 1-3, Supplemental Table 1 and References for Supplemental Methods

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ABSTRACT Background: Cue-induced cocaine craving “incubates” during abstinence from cocaine selfadministration. Expression of incubation ultimately depends upon elevation of homomeric GluA1

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AMPA receptors (AMPARs) in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). This adaptation requires ongoing protein translation for its maintenance. Aberrant translation is implicated in CNS diseases, but nothing is known about glutamatergic regulation of translation in the drug-naïve NAc or after

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incubation.

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Methods: NAc tissue was obtained from drug-naïve rats and after 1 or >40 days of abstinence from extended-access cocaine or saline self-administration. Newly translated proteins were labeled using

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S-Met/Cys or puromycin. We compared basal overall translation and its

regulation by mGlu1, mGlu5 and NMDA receptors (NMDARs) in naïve, saline and cocaine rats,

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and compared GluA1 and GluA2 translation by immunoprecipitating puromycin-labeled proteins.

Results: In all groups, overall translation was unaltered by mGlu1 blockade (LY367385) but increased by mGlu5 blockade (MTEP). NMDAR blockade (APV) increased overall translation in

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naïve and saline, but not cocaine, rats. Cocaine/late withdrawal rats exhibited greater translation

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of GluA1 (but not GluA2), which was not further affected by NMDAR blockade.

Conclusions: Our results suggest that increased GluA1 translation contributes to the elevated homomeric GluA1 AMPAR levels in NAc that mediate incubation. Additional contributions to incubation-related plasticity may result from loss of the braking influence on translation normally exerted by NMDARs. Apart from elucidating incubation-related adaptations, we found a suppressive effect of mGlu5 on NAc translation regardless of drug exposure, which is opposite to results obtained in hippocampus and points to heterogeneity of translational regulation between brain regions. 2

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INTRODUCTION A major challenge in treating addiction is the persistence of vulnerability to relapse. Even after prolonged abstinence, cocaine addicts remain susceptible to relapse, often elicited by cues

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previously associated with drug-taking (1-3). Aspects of this can be studied in rats using the “incubation of craving” model, in which cue-induced craving progressively intensifies (“incubates”) during withdrawal from cocaine self-administration and then remains high for

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months (4, 5). This models the situation of humans users when heavy cocaine use is interrupted by incarceration or prolonged hospitalization (6). During this interruption, craving may build and,

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when the addict returns to the “real world”, drug-related cues may present an elevated relapse risk. Incubation of craving in human drug users has now been observed during abstinence from cocaine and other drugs of abuse (3, 7-9).

In rats, incubation of cocaine craving involves time-dependent changes in multiple brain regions

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(5, 10). However, after >1 month of withdrawal, “incubated” craving depends upon strengthening of AMPA receptor (AMPAR) transmission onto medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the NAc through accumulation of high-conductance GluA2-lacking, Ca2+-permeable AMPA

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receptors (CP-AMPARs; primarily homomeric GluA1) (5). This is accompanied by profound alterations in group I mGluR-mediated synaptic depression (11, 12). Recently, we identified a

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novel linkage between these adaptations and protein translation. NAc slices from “incubated” rats were exposed for ~1 h to inhibitors of translation (anisomycin, cycloheximide or rapamycin) prior to patch-clamp recordings. This normalized the state of synaptic transmission, i.e., the contribution of CP-AMPARs to synaptic transmission returned to control levels and alterations in group I mGluR-mediated synaptic depression were reversed (13). This suggests that ongoing protein translation maintains synaptic adaptations in MSNs directly linked to incubation of craving. Consistent with these findings, our recent results demonstrate that expression of

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incubated cocaine craving during a cue-induced seeking test requires protein translation in the NAc (14).

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In many brain regions, including hippocampus, cerebellum and ventral tegmental area (VTA), group I mGluRs are well-established regulators of protein translation, with stimulation of translation by these receptors playing a critical role in long-term depression (LTD) (15). In

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addition, NMDA receptor (NMDAR) signaling negatively regulates translation in hippocampal and cortical neurons (16-20). Through such studies, aberrant protein translation has been

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implicated in CNS diseases, including fragile X syndrome and depression, and identified as a potential target for therapeutic intervention (19-25).

Previous studies have demonstrated a role for protein synthesis in the effects of drugs of abuse (e.g. (26-34)) and shown that drugs affect signaling molecules regulating translation (e.g.,

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mTOR; (35, 36)), but nothing is known about upstream regulation of this signaling by glutamate transmission in the NAc. Based on work in other brain regions summarized above, we focused on determining how NMDAR and group I mGluRs regulate translation in the NAc under control

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conditions and whether this is altered after incubation of cocaine craving. As protein synthesismediated changes in synaptic connections are believed to underlie long-term alterations in

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neural circuits involved in a variety of behaviors (37), expanding our understanding of the regulation of translation in the NAc should shed light on normal and aberrant learning involving the striatum. Furthermore, if dysregulation of protein translation underlies addiction-related plasticity, normalizing translation may represent a novel therapeutic approach.

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METHODS AND MATERIALS Subjects and drug self-administration All procedures were approved by the Rosalind Franklin University Institutional Animal Care and

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Use Committee in accordance with the USPHS Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent extended-access cocaine or saline self-

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administration (6 h/d) as described previously (12) and in Supplemental Information.

Metabolic labeling

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Procedures were adapted from well-established protocols (22, 24) (see Supplementary Fig. 1 for time-line). Rats were decapitated and the NAc (mainly core) was punched from a 2mm brain slice obtained using a brain matrix. Each hemisphere was chopped into 4 pieces to increase surface area, placed into a net-well, and submerged in a manifold containing artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) saturated with 95% O2/5% CO2. Each hemisphere was counted as

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an individual sample, with hemispheres from the same rat assigned to different experimental groups, enabling paired t-tests (see Statistical Analysis). Tissue recovered in net-wells for 3 h, enabling optimal and stable protein synthesis (Supplementary Figure 2). Actinomycin D (25 µM;

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Sigma-Aldrich; St. Louis, MO) was added during the last 30 min of recovery to inhibit new transcription. Then net-wells were transferred to manifolds with aCSF containing actinomycin D 35

S-Met/Cys (EasyTag™ L-[35S]-Methionine, PerkinElmer; Waltham, MA) ±

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and 10 µCi/mL

drug, incubated for 1 h, and snap-frozen. To compare

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S-Met/Cys incorporation between

experimental groups, labeled tissue was homogenized and processed for autoradiography as described in Supplemental Information.

Measurement of mRNA levels

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RNA was extracted from NAc homogenates or synaptoneurosomes (prepared as described previously (38)) and analyzed by quantitative PCR (qPCR) as described in Supplemental

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Information.

Puromycin labeling

Procedures were adapted from prior studies (39, 40). Pieces of NAc tissue were prepared

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exactly as described for metabolic labeling experiments and placed in net-wells. Tissue was incubated with 25 µM actinomycin D (Sigma-Aldrich) during the last 30 min of the 3-h recovery

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period, transferred to manifolds with aCSF containing 1 µM puromycin (Sigma-Aldrich) and actinomycin D for 1 h, and then snap-frozen. As described in Supplemental Information, overall puromycin incorporation was determined by immunoblotting; puromycin incorporation into GluA1 or GluA2 was determined by Immunoprecipitation of puromycin-labeled proteins.

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Statistical analyses

Data were analyzed in Prism (GraphPad Software). Student’s t-tests [paired when comparing differently treated hemispheres from a single brain (Figures 1-3), or unpaired when each rat

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generated a single sample (Figures 4,5)] or ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test (Figure 6) were

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conducted with significance set at p≤0.05. Data are presented as mean±SEM.

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RESULTS Measuring protein translation in the NAc To confirm that

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S-Met/Cys incorporates into newly translated proteins in the NAc, we pre-

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exposed tissue from naïve animals to the translation inhibitor cycloheximide (60 µM) for 30 min, before moving the tissue into a chamber containing cycloheximide and

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S-Met/Cys for an

additional 60 min. We then processed tissue for SDS-PAGE/autoradiography. Figures 1A and 1B show incorporation of 35S-Met/Cys into newly synthesized proteins across multiple molecular 35

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weights and demonstrate that cycloheximide significantly reduced

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(Figure 1C, t3=5.46, p<0.05), validating the assay in NAc tissue.

Regulation of translation in the NAc under control conditions and after incubation We then tested the hypothesis that the overall rate of protein translation is altered in the NAc of rats after incubation of cocaine craving. Tissue was obtained after extended-access self-

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administration of saline or cocaine (Figure 1D) and >40 days of abstinence, a period sufficient for maximal incubation of craving and stable CP-AMPAR elevation in NAc core (10, 42-44). Rats subjected to this cocaine regimen and withdrawal period will hereafter be referred to as 35

S-Met/Cys (60 min) and

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“incubated” rats. After 3 h of recovery, tissue was incubated with

processed for SDS-PAGE/autoradiography. Measurements of total protein translation, made by

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scanning the entire lane, were not different between saline controls and “incubated” rats (Figure 1E, t5=0.30, p=0.77). This result indicates that altered translation of a subset of proteins, rather than gross changes in protein translation, must contribute to maintenance of incubation-related neuroadaptations in the NAc (13). Furthermore, it leaves open the possibility that mechanisms regulating protein translation are altered in the NAc after incubation of craving.

To test the latter possibility, we examined two glutamate receptor subtypes – NMDARs and group I mGluRs – that are well-established as regulators of protein translation in several brain 7

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regions (see Introduction). We utilized the strategy of incubating tissue with receptor antagonists to detect tonic regulation of translation by endogenous glutamate. This strategy has been used to study the regulation of protein synthesis in other brain regions (17, 22) and was preferred to

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incubating with agonists because NMDAR activation can be associated with toxicity, while effects of the group I mGluR agonist DHPG in our hands were quite variable depending on concentration and time of incubation (data not shown), as has been found previously (Emily

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Osterweil, personal communication).

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First, we examined mGlu5 by co-exposing NAc tissue (from drug-naïve, saline, or “incubated” rats) to vehicle or MTEP, a selective mGlu5 negative allosteric modulator (NAM) (45), and

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Met/Cys for 60 min. In contrast to previous studies in hippocampus, where mGlu5 activation increases protein translation (46), inhibition of mGlu5 with MTEP increased

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incorporation in both naïve and saline NAc tissue (Figure 2A,B, naïve: t7=2.20, saline: t7=2.12,

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p<0.05). This is an important result because it shows that protein translation is differentially regulated in these two regions, and thus that regulatory mechanisms operating in the NAc cannot necessarily be inferred from prior studies in hippocampus. Furthermore, the magnitude

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of the MTEP-induced increase in translation was similar between saline and cocaine animals (Figure 2B,C, cocaine: t7=2.69, p<0.05). These results suggest that mGlu5 activity suppresses

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protein translation in the NAc and this is not changed after incubation of cocaine craving.

To examine mGlu1, NAc tissue from naïve, saline, or “incubated” rats was labeled with

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Met/Cys in the presence or absence of LY367385 (50 µM), a selective mGlu1 competitive antagonist (47). LY367385 did not influence overall translation in any group (Figure 2D,E,F, naïve: t7=0.73, saline: t5=0.59, cocaine: t6=0.22). Thus, group I mGluR-mediated translational regulation in the NAc is primarily driven by mGlu5.

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We next asked whether NMDAR transmission regulates protein synthesis in the NAc and if this is altered following incubation of craving. In other brain regions, NMDAR transmission can exert a suppressive influence on translation by stimulating phosphorylation of eukaryotic elongation

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factor 2 (eEF2; see Discussion). NAc tissue from naïve, saline, or “incubated” rats was labeled 35

S-Met/Cys in the presence or absence of the competitive NMDAR antagonist APV (50

µM). APV increased protein synthesis in naïve and saline rats (Figure 3A,B, naïve: t7=2.26,

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saline: t6=1.90, p<0.05). This suggests that tonic NMDAR signaling suppresses translation in the NAc, consistent with findings in other regions. Interestingly, this NMDAR-mediated inhibitory

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tone was lost in the “incubated” rats (t6=1.70, p=0.14; Figure 3C).

GluA1 and GluA2 translation under control conditions and after incubation As described in the Introduction, homomeric GluA1 CP-AMPARs accumulate in NAc core after ~30 days of withdrawal from our cocaine regimen and thereafter are required for expression of

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“incubated” craving (5, 12, 42). Their accumulation is associated with increased GluA1 protein levels in NAc homogenates, LP1 fractions and on the cell surface (42, 48), suggesting a role for

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increased GluA1 translation.

Testing this hypothesis requires measuring the translation rate of individual proteins. Using 35

S Met/Cys, performed a highly efficient

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GluA1 as a test case, we labeled tissue using

immunoprecipitation of GluA1 (~95% recovery), subjected the immunoprecipitated material to SDS-PAGE/immunoblotting, and exposed the membrane to a phosphorimager screen for 3-4 weeks (Supplementary Figure 3). Even under these conditions, we could detect only faint isotope incorporation into the GluA1 band that was insufficient for reliable quantification. We therefore explored an alternative method based on the ability of the antibiotic puromycin, which resembles tyrosyl-transfer RNA, to incorporate into newly translated proteins (39, 40, 49, 50). When puromycin incorporates into the growing peptide chain, it interrupts elongation; however, 9

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if used at a low concentration (1 µM), it labels proteins without substantially altering overall protein synthesis (40).

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We began by verifying that puromycin and metabolic labeling yielded similar results, using NMDAR regulation of translation as a test case. As observed with metabolic labeling (Figure 3A-C), we found that APV increased translation, measured with puromycin labeling, in NAc

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tissue from naïve but not cocaine rats (Figures 3D and 3E, naïve: t12=2.25, p=0.04; cocaine: t7=0.08, p=0.94). To examine whether this method could be used to study the rate of translation

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of individual proteins, we prepared puromycin-labeled NAc tissue and immunoprecipitated with puromycin antibody to isolate all newly translated (puromycin-containing) proteins. Then, we used immunoblotting to measure GluA1 and GluA2 protein levels in starting material and the puromycin-immunoprecipitated fraction. By comparison to samples immunoprecipitated with IgG (control condition), we identified puromycin-labeled GluA1 and GluA2 bands (Figure 4A,D).

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They migrated slightly above their predicted molecular weight, which is not surprising as structural changes due to puromycin incorporation likely affect protein unfolding/SDS binding and thereby alter migration during SDS-PAGE. As expected, the newly translated pool of each

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protein was small compared to the amount present in starting material (Figure 4A,E). Perhaps for this reason, the alternative strategy – immunoprecipitating with GluA1 antibody and

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immunoblotting for puromycin – did not yield a quantifiable signal, paralleling results described above for 35S-labeling (see legend to Supplemental Fig. 3).

Puromycin labeling/pull-down followed by GluA immunoblotting was then used to compare GluA1 and GluA2 translation in the NAc of rats that self-administered saline or cocaine. Rats were killed on WD1 (prior to CP-AMPAR elevation) or on >WD40 (maximal incubation and CPAMPAR accumulation). No group differences were observed on WD1 (Fig. 4B and E, GluA1: t14=0.04, p=0.97, GluA2 t14=0.69, p=0.50). However, “incubated” rats (>WD40) exhibited a 10

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significant increase in GluA1 but not GluA2 translation (Figure 4C and F, GluA1: t14=1.72, p=0.05, GluA2: t13=0.34, p=0.74). To evaluate a possible role for altered transcription, we used additional “incubated” rats and saline controls. We measured levels of Gria1 and Gria2 mRNA

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extracted from NAc core or shell homogenates, and from synaptoneurosomes prepared from the entire NAc. We found no group differences in mRNA from homogenates (Figure 5A,C, Gria1: Core t18=0.39, p=0.70, Shell, t18=0.21, p=0.83; Gria2: Core t18=0.01, p=0.99, Shell

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t18=0.93, p=0.36). In synaptoneurosomes, we found no group difference in Gria1 mRNA levels (Figure 5B, t20=0.68, p=0.50) but observed a trend towards decreased Gria2 mRNA in cocaine

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rats (Figure 5D, t19=1.77, p=0.09). Results for Gria3 mRNA were similar to those for Gria2 (Supplementary Table 1). The most important finding is absence of a change in Gria1 mRNA in synaptoneurosomes because this suggests that the enhanced GluA1 translation observed after incubation of cocaine craving (Figure 4C) is not explained by increased Gria1 mRNA levels in dendritic compartments. Together, these findings suggest that elevated translation of GluA1

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contributes to CP-AMPAR accumulation in the NAc of “incubated” rats.

Finally, given its robust effect on overall translation in the NAc, we asked whether NMDAR

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blockade, shown to increase dendritic GluA1 translation in hippocampal neurons (17), influenced the translation of GluA1 or GluA2 in NAc, and whether this effect was changed

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following incubation. Using the puromycin immunoprecipitation approach described above, we compared GluA1 and GluA2 translation in NAc tissue from “incubated” and naïve rats (naïve rats were chosen as the control because the effect of APV was most robust in this group) labeled with puromycin in the presence of either aCSF (vehicle control) or APV. Results in Figure 6 confirm increased GluA1 translation in ”incubated” rats (naïve aCSF versus Coc aCSF, Tukey’s post hoc, p=0.04). However, in contrast to its ability to enhance overall translation (Figure 3), APV had no effect on GluA1 translation in naïve rats (naïve aCSF versus naïve APV; p=0.39) and did not further augment GluA1 translation in cocaine rats (cocaine aCSF versus 11

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cocaine APV; p=0.75). For GluA2 translation, two-way ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of drug history, i.e., cocaine exposure tended to reduce GluA2 translation relative to the drug-naïve condition (F(1,28)=9.04, p<0.01). However, Tukey’s post hoc analysis revealed that

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GluA2 translation did not differ between naïve and cocaine aCSF groups (p=0.15), similar to results in Figure 4F showing no significant difference between saline and cocaine groups. Likewise, there was no difference between cocaine aCSF and cocaine APV groups (p=0.95),

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although there was a marginally significant decrease in newly translated GluA2 in cocaine APV tissue compared to naïve aCSF tissue (Figure 5B, p=0.05). Together, these results suggest that

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cocaine exposure and NMDAR blockade differentially influence protein translation in the NAc.

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DISCUSSION This study is the first to characterize regulation of protein translation in the NAc by glutamate transmission. In addition, we tested the hypothesis that this regulation was altered after

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incubation of cocaine craving. Our results reveal mGlu5 and NMDAR regulation of translation under control conditions, loss of NMDAR regulation of translation after incubation, and

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increased GluA1 translation after incubation.

We suggest that our results primarily reflect translation in MSNs, as these comprise ~90% of

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neurons in the NAc (48). However, contributions of other cell types cannot be excluded. Furthermore, we suggest that dendritic translation may contribute to our measures of protein translation based on the fact that glutamate inputs synapse on dendrites/spines of MSNs rather than the soma (48) and on similarities between the present mGlu1/5 results and those we have

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recently obtained by monitoring translation in processes of cultured MSNs (see next section).

mGlu5 and translational regulation

In hippocampus, it is well established that group I mGluRs stimulate translation (23, 46). In

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contrast, we found an MTEP-induced increase in protein translation in NAc tissue from both drug-naïve and “incubated” rats (Figure 3), consistent with results obtained in cultured NAc

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neurons (51). Since MTEP is an mGlu5 NAM, we cannot determine whether it acts by opposing mGlu5 transmission stimulated by tissue glutamate or by opposing constitutive mGlu5 activity (52), although our results in cultured NAc neurons support the latter possibility (51). Regardless, an important conclusion is that mGlu5 transmission exerts an inhibitory influence on protein translation in NAc tissue, opposite from the direction observed in hippocampus. Different “wiring” may reflect the fact that the NAc is comprised mainly of GABAergic MSNs, whereas hippocampal principal neurons are glutamatergic. While this underscores the importance of characterizing mGluR regulation of translation in the NAc, such differences are not entirely 13

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unprecedented. For example, mGlu5 stimulation in hippocampus leads to LTD that depends upon dendritic translation in the postsynaptic cell and AMPAR endocytosis (15, 46, 53), while the predominant form of mGlu5-induced LTD in striatum is presynaptically expressed via CB1R

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stimulation (54, 55). The only study implicating protein translation in striatal mGluR LTD indicated a locus for this translation outside the MSN itself (56), whereas another found no

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effect of translation inhibition (57).

We previously showed that mGlu5-mediated synaptic depression is disabled in the NAc of

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“incubated” rats (11). This is accompanied by decreased coupling of long Homer proteins to mGlu5 (12). Homers are critical for regulating group I mGluR association with downstream signaling pathways (58), and changes in association with long Homers can shift mGlu5 signaling (59-61), including signaling regulating protein translation (46, 62). Despite loss of mGlu5 synaptic depression and reduced association with long Homers after incubation (11), the

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MTEP-induced increase in translation in all groups demonstrates that mGlu5 remains capable of regulating protein translation (Figure 3). This dissociation is consistent with evidence that mGlu5-synaptic depression in NAc MSNs involves the canonical Gq-linked pathway (11, 55)

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and is independent of protein translation within the MSN (56, 57), whereas mGlu5 regulation of translation in hippocampus is mediated through a distinct beta-arrestin pathway (63, 64).

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Interestingly, after cocaine exposure and extinction training, mGlu5 remains capable of modulating reinstatement (65-69). It will be important to determine the signaling pathways mediating mGlu5’s disparate roles in regulating MSN function (e.g. (70)).

mGlu1 and translational regulation Both mGlu1 activation and exposure to protein synthesis inhibitors remove CP-AMPARs from NAc synapses of “incubated rats” (11, 13), raising the possibility of overlapping mechanisms. We showed previously that mGlu1 removes CP-AMPARs via a PKC-dependent mechanism 14

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(11) and here we show no effect of the mGlu1 antagonist LY367385 on overall translation in any group (Figure 4). Nevertheless, we cannot rule out a role for mGlu1 in regulating translation of key proteins. We note that protein translation is implicated in the mGlu1-mediated removal of

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CP-AMPARs from the VTA of cocaine-exposed animals (71). In the VTA, as in the NAc of “incubated” rats, this mGlu1 LTD involves a swap in which high-conductance CP-AMPARs are removed and replaced with lower conductance GluA2-containing AMPARs (11, 28, 71-73). In

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VTA, the swap depends upon mGlu1-stimulated translation of GluA2 (28). Future studies should examine potential mGlu1 regulation of GluA1 or GluA2 translation in the NAc, as we have done

NMDAR and translational regulation

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here for NMDAR regulation.

NMDAR transmission, including spontaneous transmission (miniature EPSCs), can exert a tonic suppressive effect on translation (16-20). In hippocampus and superior colliculus, this was

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shown to depend on Ca2+ influx through the NMDAR channel and Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release, ultimately leading to phosphorylation of eEF2 (74, 75). Phosphorylation of eEF2 inhibits its activity and reduces general translation, a regulated process that contributes to synaptic

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plasticity (76, 77). In cultured NAc neurons, the NMDAR antagonist APV did not alter translation, probably due to low glutamate tone at NMDARs in this system (51). However, in

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NAc tissue from drug-naïve animals, our results with APV suggest a suppressive influence of NMDARs on overall protein translation similar to that observed in other regions (Figure 3A,B,D). Interestingly, the ability of APV to increase overall translation is absent in NAc tissue from “incubated” rats (Figure 3C,E). This alteration in NMDAR function may be related to emergence of GluN3-containing NMDARs in NAc MSN during incubation (78). The presence of this atypical subunit confers low Ca2+ permeability on NMDARs (79), and, as noted above, Ca2+ entry is part of the pathway by which NMDARs reduce translation (74, 75).

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What is the functional consequence of loss of NMDAR regulation of translation? In hippocampal neurons, one of the proteins negatively regulated by NMDAR transmission is GluA1, such that NMDAR blockade increases dendritic GluA1 translation and synaptic insertion of homomeric

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GluA1 CP-AMPARs (17). Therefore, loss of NMDAR negative regulation could in theory account for increased homomeric GluA1 CP-AMPARs in the NAc after incubation of craving. However, in experiments using puromycin labeling to selectively measure GluA1 translation, we found no

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effect of APV in NAc tissue from drug-naïve or “incubated” rats (Figure 6). These results suggest that the functional significance of the loss of NMDAR regulation is not related to CP-

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AMPAR upregulation during cocaine withdrawal. Rather, our recent results (14) suggest that its significance may be manifest during the expression of incubated craving, i.e., during a cueinduced seeking test in which rats perform an operant response to deliver cues previously paired with cocaine. Specifically, we conducted immunoblotting studies of signaling molecules regulating translation in the NAc after long withdrawal (>47 days) from saline or cocaine self-

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administration (i.e., saline and cocaine groups identical to those in the present study) or identically treated rats subjected to a cue-induced seeking test (saline/test and cocaine/test groups). Several robust changes were observed in the cocaine/test group, including

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dephosphorylation of eEF2 relative to the cocaine group and the saline/test group. This is indicative of increased translation. Indeed, we also found that expression of incubated craving

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by the cocaine/test group depends on translation in the NAc (14). It is possible that NMDAR plasticity during incubation (78; see previous paragraph) lessens the ability of NMDAR transmission to maintain eEF2 in a phosphorylated/inactivated state, setting the stage for its dephosphorylation/activation during a cue-induced seeking test (14). Other evidence, however, indicates that altered signaling downstream of mTOR may underlie eEF2 dephosphorylation in this group (14). The picture is further complicated by other changes in translation pathways in the cocaine/test group. Most notably, dephosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), which promotes translation, is observed in the cocaine/test group and this 16

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dephosphorylation is required for expression of incubation (14). Future studies will probe the relationship between incubation-related alterations in NMDAR regulation of translation,

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downstream signaling cascades, and cue-induced cocaine seeking.

Conclusions

These experiments are the first to characterize how glutamatergic transmission regulates

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protein translation in the NAc under control conditions and after incubation of cocaine craving. Under control conditions, translation in the NAc showed similar regulation by NMDARs but

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different regulation by group I mGluRs compared to hippocampus, revealing cell-type differences in regulatory mechanisms. While metabolic labeling revealed no difference in overall protein translation between saline and cocaine animals, the ability of translation inhibition to normalize the elevation of homomeric GluA1 CP-AMPARs that mediates expression of incubation (13) indicates that some proteins must be differentially translated in the NAc of

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“incubated” rats. Indeed, we found elevated translation of GluA1 after incubation, suggesting a simple explanation for increased CP-AMPAR formation. Incubation was also accompanied by loss of NMDAR-mediated suppression of protein translation in the NAc. The functional

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consequences of this adaptation remain to be determined, but our results suggest that it is not

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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by R01 DA015835 to MEW, postdoctoral NRSA DA040414 to MTS, and predoctoral NRSA DA036950 to CTW. We thank Dr. Emily Osterweil for generously sharing protocols and otherwise advising us on the metabolic labeling

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Figure 5. GluA1 and GluA2 mRNA levels are unchanged in NAc homogenates or synaptoneurosomes after incubation of cocaine craving. (A and C) Quantification of Gria1 and Gria2 mRNA levels in NAc core and NAc shell homogenates indicates no differences between rats killed after >40 days of withdrawal from saline versus cocaine self-administration. (B and D) Likewise, there was no significant difference in Gria1 or Gria2 mRNA levels in synaptoneurosomes prepared from the whole NAc of identically treated saline and cocaine rats, 20

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Figure 6. APV does not influence GluA1 translation in the NAc of naïve or “incubated” rats. NAc tissue from drug-naïve rats or rats killed after >40 days of withdrawal from cocaine self-administration was labeled with puromycin in the presence of aCSF or APV (50 µM). Tissue was immunoprecipitated with puromycin antibody to isolate newly translated proteins, and the immunoprecipitated fraction was immunoblotted for GluA1 (A) or

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All experimental procedures were approved by the Rosalind Franklin University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee in accordance with the USPHS Guide for Care and Use of

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RNA layer was transferred to a new tube and 3M sodium acetate (1:10) and 1 μL glycogen were added and mixed. For RNA precipitation, isopropanol (1:1) was then added and samples were incubated overnight at -20°C. The next day, samples were centrifuged at 12,000 x g for 10 min at 4°C. After discarding the supernatant, the RNA pellet was washed with 70% ethanol and centrifuged at 7,500 x g for 5 min at 4°C. Ethanol was removed and pellets were allowed to airdry for 5 min. RNA pellets were then dissolved in 50 μL nuclease free water and stored at -80°C. Reverse transcription of RNA was completed using the commercially available SuperScript III Reverse Transcriptase kit (Invitrogen). Manufacturer instructions were followed.

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qPCR assays were performed using Fam-labeled probes for target genes and a Viclabeled probe for the housekeeping control gene (GAPDH), along with TaqMan Gene Expression Master Mix (Applied Biosystems). qPCR reactions were run in a ViiA7 instrument

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Immunoprecipitation Using immunoprecipitation methods previously described (1, 6), we quantified levels of GluA1 and GluA2 AMPAR subunits that had incorporated either 35S-Met/Cys or puromycin. Briefly, rats

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Triton X-100 in 10 mM HEPES pH 7.4 containing 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM EGTA, protease and phosphatase inhibitors I and II (Calbiochem; Temecula, CA) for 45 minutes at 37°C. Insoluble material was removed by centrifugation at 23,000 x g for 2 min at 4°C. The supernatant was

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Statistical analysis For rats in metabolic labeling and puromycin experiments (Figures 1-3), the NAc from one hemisphere was used for the control group, the NAc from the other hemisphere was used for

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labeling. Freshly dissected NAc tissue was allowed 3 hours of post-dissection recovery in net-

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varying times (1-4 hours) in oxygenated aCSF, with addition of the transcription inhibitor actinomycin D for the last 30 min of the incubation. Tissue was then processed for SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting and autoradiography as described in the Methods and Materials section of the

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sufficient incorporation of isotope to quantify newly translated GluA1 protein. NAc tissue was dissected from rats that self-administered saline or cocaine (6 h/day for 10 days) and then S-Met/Cys (10 μCi/mL) as

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proteins. Then, GluA1 was immunoprecipitated as described in Supplemental Methods. Near quantitative immunoprecipitation of GluA1 was achieved, i.e., GluA1 levels in the bound fraction were ~95% of those detected in an equal amount of starting material (data not shown). Immunoprecipitated material was processed for SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted for GluA1 (bottom

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Protein

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TaqMan probea

GluA1

gria1

Rn00709588_m1

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gria2

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gria3

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Gapdh

Rn01775763_g1

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TaqMan catalog number for ordering from Applied Biosystems. bSimilar to results described in

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the main text for Gria2, Gria3 mRNA levels in homogenates prepared from NAc core or shell did not differ between saline controls and cocaine “incubated” rats (core: t16=0.06, p=0.95; shell: t18=0.14, p=0.89), whereas a trend towards a reduction in the cocaine group was found in

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