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.2016 Sep;233(18):3417-27.
doi: 10.1007/s00213-016-4391-x. Epub 2016 Jul 29.

Enhancing effect of menthol on nicotine self-administration in rats

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Enhancing effect of menthol on nicotine self-administration in rats

Lisa Biswas et al. Psychopharmacology (Berl).2016 Sep.

Abstract

Rationale: Tobacco smoking is a leading preventable cause of premature death in the USA. Menthol is a significant flavoring additive in tobacco products. Clinical evidence suggests that menthol may promote tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence. However, it is unclear whether menthol enhances the reinforcing actions of nicotine and thus facilitates nicotine consumption. This study employed a rat model of nicotine self-administration to examine the effects of menthol on nicotine-taking behavior.

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained in daily 1-h sessions to press a lever for intravenous nicotine self-administration under a fixed-ratio 5 schedule of reinforcement. In separate groups, rats self-administered nicotine at four different doses (0.0075, 0.015, 0.03, and 0.06 mg/kg/infusion). Five minutes prior to the two test sessions, menthol (5 mg/kg) or its vehicle was administered intraperitoneally in all rats in a counterbalanced design within each group. In separate rats that self-administered 0.015 mg/kg/infusion nicotine, menthol dose-response function was determined. Menthol was also tested on food self-administration.

Results: An inverted U-shaped nicotine dose-response curve was observed. Menthol pretreatment shifted the nicotine dose-response curve to the left. The facilitating effect of menthol on the self-administration of 0.015 mg/kg/infusion nicotine was dose-dependent, whereas it produced similar effects at doses above the threshold of 2.5 mg/kg. Menthol tended to suppress the self-administration of food pellets.

Conclusions: These data demonstrate that menthol enhances the reinforcing effects of nicotine, and the effect of menthol was specific to nicotine. The findings suggest that menthol directly facilitates nicotine consumption, thereby contributing to tobacco smoking.

Keywords: Dose-response; Menthol; Nicotine; Rats; Reinforcement; Self-administration.

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Fig. 1
Effect of menthol on the nicotine dose-response curve that supported operant self-administration behavior. Five minute prior to the test sessions, the rats (n = 9–10) in the different nicotine dose groups received an intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/kg menthol. During the sessions, the rats responded on the active lever for nicotine self-administration on an FR5 schedule of reinforcement. For the sake of clarity, the figure does not show the SEM. *p < 0.05, significant difference from vehicle treatment.
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Fig. 2
Menthol dose-response function for enhancement of nicotine self-administration at 0.015 mg/kg/infusion. Five minutes prior to the test sessions, the rats (n = 11) received an intraperitoneal injection of menthol at different doses in a Latin-square design. During the sessions, the rats responded on the active lever for nicotine self-administration at 0.015 mg/kg/infusion on an FR5 schedule of reinforcement. The data are expressed as mean ± SEM. **p < 0.01, significant difference from vehicle treatment.
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Fig. 3
Effect of menthol on breakpoints of active lever responses. The breakpoint was defined as the maximum number of responses under a PR schedule of reinforcement that rats (n = 10) emitted within the 1-h sessions for the delivery of nicotine at 0.015 mg/kg/infusion. Menthol (5 mg/kg) was administered 5 min prior to the test sessions. The data are expressed as mean ± SEM. **p < 0.01, significant difference from vehicle treatment.
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