A High-fat, High-sugar ‘Western’ Diet Alters Dorsal Striatal Glutamate, Opioid, and Dopamine Transmission in Mice

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2018-02
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Understanding neuroadaptations involved in obesity is critical for developing new approaches to treatment. Diet-induced neuroadaptations within the dorsal striatum have the capacity to drive excessive food seeking and consumption. Five-week-old C57BL/6J mice consumed a high-fat, high-sugar ‘western diet’ (WD) or a control ‘standard diet’ (SD) for 16 weeks. Weight gain, glucose tolerance, and insulin tolerance were measured to confirm an obese-like state. Following these 16 weeks, electrophysiological recordings were made from medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the medial (DMS) and lateral (DLS) portions of dorsal striatum to evaluate diet effects on neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity. In addition, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry evaluated dopamine transmission in these areas. WD mice gained significantly more weight and consumed more calories than SD mice and demonstrated impaired glucose tolerance. Electrophysiology data revealed that MSNs from WD mice demonstrated increased AMPA-to-NMDA receptor current ratio and prolonged spontaneous glutamate-mediated currents, specifically in the DLS. Evoked dopamine release was also significantly greater and reuptake slower in both subregions of WD striatum. Finally, dorsal striatal MSNs from WD mice were significantly less likely to demonstrate mu-opioid receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity. Neuronal excitability and GABAergic transmission were unaffected by diet in either striatal subregion. Our results demonstrate that a high-fat, high-sugar diet alters facets of glutamate, dopamine, and opioid signaling within the dorsal striatum, with some subregion specificity. These alterations within a brain area known to play a role in food motivation/consumption and habitual behavior are highly relevant for the clinical condition of obesity and its treatment.

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Fritz, B. M., Muñoz, B., Yin, F., Bauchle, C., & Atwood, B. K. (2017). A high-fat, high-sugar ‘western’ diet alters dorsal striatal glutamate, opioid, and dopamine transmission in mice. Neuroscience, 372, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.036
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