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Monroy-Jaramillo N, Martínez-Magaña JJ, Pérez-Aldana BE, Ortega-Vázquez A, Montalvo-Ortiz J, López-López M. The role of alcohol intake in the pharmacogenetics of treatment with clozapine. Pharmacogenomics 2022; 23:371-392. [PMID: 35311547 DOI: 10.2217/pgs-2022-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Clozapine (CLZ) is an atypical antipsychotic reserved for patients with refractory psychosis, but it is associated with a significant risk of severe adverse reactions (ADRs) that are potentiated with the concomitant use of alcohol. Additionally, pharmacogenetic studies have explored the influence of several genetic variants in CYP450, receptors and transporters involved in the interindividual response to CLZ. Herein, we systematically review the current multiomics knowledge behind the interaction between CLZ and alcohol intake, and how its concomitant use might modulate the pharmacogenetics. CYP1A2*1F, *1C and other alleles not yet discovered could support a precision medicine approach for better therapeutic effects and fewer CLZ ADRs. CLZ monitoring systems should be amended and include alcohol intake to protect patients from severe CLZ ADRs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nancy Monroy-Jaramillo
- Department of Genetics, National Institute of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Manuel Velasco Suárez, La Fama, Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14269, Mexico
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, Orange, West Haven, CT 06477, USA
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Campus Xochimilco, Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04960, Mexico
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- Metropolitan Autonomous University, Campus Xochimilco, Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04960, Mexico
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, Orange, West Haven, CT 06477, USA
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- Metropolitan Autonomous University, Campus Xochimilco, Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04960, Mexico
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Ortega-Vázquez A, Mayen-Lobo YG, Dávila-Ortiz de Montellano DJ, Tristán-López L, Aviña-Cervantes CL, Ríos C, López-López M, Monroy-Jaramillo N. Alcohol intake potentiates clozapine adverse effects associated to CYP1A2*1C in patients with refractory psychosis. Drug Dev Res 2020; 82:685-694. [PMID: 33336447 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Clozapine (CLZ) is an atypical antipsychotic and the gold standard for refractory psychosis treatment. However, there is little information regarding pharmacogenetics of CLZ in patients with refractory psychosis and its clinical correlation with alcohol intake. Although neurological effects of CLZ in patients with concomitant alcohol intake are documented, its use is very common in patients with psychosis. We explored the impact of CYP1A2, CYP2D6, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4 genetic variants on CLZ pharmacokinetics and side effects, along with coffee/alcohol/tobacco consumption habits and clinical data of 48 adult patients with refractory psychosis on CLZ antipsychotic monotherapy. Relevant CYP variants in CLZ metabolism were evaluated by targeted genotyping and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification. CLZ and its main metabolite plasma concentrations were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. Biochemical and molecular data, along with other potential confounders, were included in the analysis by linear regression. Overall, CYP variants showed no effect on CLZ pharmacokinetics. The rs2069514 variant in homozygous genotype (also known as CYP1A2*1C/*1C) was associated with CLZ adverse reactions in Mexican patients with refractory psychosis (OR = 3.55 CI95 = 1.041-12.269, p = .043) and demonstrated that this effect is doubled by concomitant alcohol consumption (OR = 7.9 CI95 = 1.473-42.369, p = .016). Clinicians should be aware of this information before starting CLZ use, when treating patients with refractory psychosis, who are alcohol drinkers and carriers of this genetic variant in order to prevent CLZ-related adverse reactions. Nevertheless, our findings should be replicated in larger samples.
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- Alberto Ortega-Vázquez
- Department of Biological Systems, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biological Systems, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico.,Master's Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biological Systems, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico.,Master's Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico.,Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biological Systems, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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Khokhar JY, Henricks AM, Sullivan EDK, Green AI. Unique Effects of Clozapine: A Pharmacological Perspective. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2018; 82:137-162. [PMID: 29413518 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a heterogenous and severe neuropsychiatric disorder that affects nearly 1% of the population worldwide. Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment, but not all patients with schizophrenia respond to treatment with these agents. Clozapine, the first atypical antipsychotic, is a highly effective medication for patients with schizophrenia who do not respond to other antipsychotics. Although clozapine tends not to produce extrapyramidal symptoms, other side effects of the drug (e.g., agranulocytosis, myocarditis, seizures) limit its widespread use. This chapter reviews clozapine's unique clinical effects and unusual pharmacological profile. In addition to its effects in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, clozapine has been shown to decrease suicidality, which occurs at an increased rate in patients with schizophrenia. Still preliminary, but consistent data, also suggest that clozapine limits substance use in these patients, an important effect since substance use disorders are common in patients with schizophrenia and are associated with a poor outcome, including an increased risk for suicide and poor response to treatment. We have suggested, from animal studies, that clozapine's apparent ability to limit substance use may occur through its actions as a weak dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, a potent norepinephrine α-2 receptor antagonist and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Using animal models, we have built combinations of agents toward creation of safer clozapine-like drugs to reduce substance use in these patients. Future research into the mechanisms of action of clozapine toward the development of safe clozapine-like agents is of great public health importance.
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- Jibran Y Khokhar
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States; Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States; Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States; Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States; Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States.
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Brunette MF, Akerman SC, Dawson R, O'Keefe CD, Green AI. An open-label pilot study of quetiapine plus mirtazapine for heavy drinkers with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol 2016; 53:45-50. [PMID: 27256763 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Animal research suggests that medications that produce a weak dopamine D2 receptor blockade and potentiate noradrenergic activity may decrease alcohol drinking. In an open-label pilot study of subjects with alcohol dependence, we tested whether the combination of quetiapine, a weak dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, whose primary metabolite, desalkylquetiapine, is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and mirtazapine, a potent α2 norepinephrine receptor antagonist, would decrease alcohol drinking and craving. Twenty very heavy drinkers with alcohol dependence entered a trial of 8 weeks of treatment with quetiapine followed by 8 weeks of treatment with a combination of quetiapine plus mirtazapine. Alcohol use was assessed weekly with a Timeline Follow-Back interview and craving with the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale. Among the 11 completers, subjects reported improved outcomes in the quetiapine plus mirtazapine period compared to the quetiapine alone period: fewer very heavy drinking days per week (1.3 [SD = 2.4] vs. 2.1 [SD = 2.8]; t = 2.3, df = 10, p = 0.04); fewer total number of drinks per week (39.7 [SD = 61.6] vs. 53.4 [SD = 65.0]; t = 2.8, df = 10, p = 0.02); and lower craving scores (2.5 [SD = 1.4] vs. 3.2 [SD = 1.2]; t = 2.4, df = 10, p = 0.04). All subjects reported at least one adverse event; 72.7% reported somnolence. In this open-label pilot study, treatment with quetiapine plus mirtazapine was associated with a decrease in alcohol drinking and craving. These findings are consistent with our previous work in animal models of alcohol use disorders and suggest that further study of medications or combinations of medications with this pharmacologic profile is warranted.
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Khokhar JY, Green AI. Effects of iloperidone, combined with desipramine, on alcohol drinking in the Syrian golden hamster. Neuropharmacology 2016; 105:25-34. [PMID: 26796639 PMCID: PMC4873404 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Revised: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Alcohol use disorder in patients with schizophrenia dramatically worsens their clinical course, and few treatment options are available. Clozapine appears to reduce alcohol use in these patients, but its toxicity limits its use. To create a safer clozapine-like drug, we tested whether the antipsychotic iloperidone, a drug that combines a weak dopamine D2 receptor blockade and a potent norepinephrine alpha-2 receptor blockade would reduce alcohol drinking, and whether its effect on alcohol drinking could be increased if combined with an agent to facilitate norepinephrine activity. Syrian golden hamsters (useful animal model for screening drugs that reduce alcohol drinking in patients with schizophrenia) were given free access to water and alcohol (15% v/v) until stable drinking was established. Animals (n = 6-7/group), matched according to alcohol intake, were treated daily with each drug (iloperidone; clozapine; haloperidol; desipramine [norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor]; with idazoxan [norepinephrine alpha-2 receptor antagonist]) or with a two-drug (iloperidone + desipramine; iloperidone + idazoxan) combination for 14 days. Moderate doses of iloperidone (1-5 mg/kg) significantly reduced alcohol drinking (p < 0.05) in the hamster, whereas higher doses (10-20 mg/kg) did not. In addition, 5 mg/kg of iloperidone reduced alcohol drinking to the same extent as clozapine (8 mg/kg), whereas haloperidol (0.2 mg/kg) did not. Moreover, iloperidone's effects were enhanced via the addition of desipramine (3 mg/kg), but not idazoxan (1.5/3 mg/kg). In this animal model, iloperidone decreases alcohol drinking as effectively as clozapine, and desipramine appears to amplify this effect. The data suggest that iloperidone, alone or in combination with desipramine, should be tested in patients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder.
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- Jibran Y Khokhar
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA; The Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
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Khokhar JY, Chau DT, Dawson R, Green AI. Clozapine reconstructed: Haloperidol's ability to reduce alcohol intake in the Syrian golden hamster can be enhanced through noradrenergic modulation by desipramine and idazoxan. Drug Alcohol Depend 2015; 152:277-81. [PMID: 25979645 PMCID: PMC4458150 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alcohol use disorder commonly occurs in patients with schizophrenia. Most antipsychotic drugs do not lessen alcohol use; although the atypical antipsychotic clozapine has been shown to reduce alcohol use in patients with schizophrenia, its toxicity severely limits its use in patients. With an eye toward creation of a safer clozapine-like drug, we have investigated the pharmacological basis of the clozapine's effects on alcohol drinking in the Syrian golden hamster. In this animal, as in patients with schizophrenia, clozapine reduces alcohol drinking while the typical antipsychotic haloperidol does not. We have suggested that clozapine decreases alcohol drinking due to its weak dopamine D2 receptor blockade, its potent norepinephrine α-2 receptor antagonism, as well as its ability to elevate plasma norepinephrine. METHODS We recreated a clozapine-like drug to reduce alcohol drinking in the Syrian golden hamster by combining low dose haloperidol with a norepinephrine α-2 receptor antagonist, idazoxan, and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, desipramine. Hamsters were given free access to water and alcohol (15% v/v) and were treated daily with each drug or with the three-drug combination for 23 days. RESULTS The drug combination reduced alcohol drinking and preference significantly as compared to vehicle or to haloperidol, idazoxan or desipramine, while not altering food-intake or body-weight. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that that haloperidol, which does not reduce alcohol drinking in patients with schizophrenia or the hamster, if combined with idazoxan and desipramine (producing a drug combination that mimics aspects of clozapine's pharmacology) is able to reduce alcohol drinking in the hamster.
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- Jibran Y Khokhar
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Frontier Science Research and Technology Foundation, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States; The Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States.
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Akerman SC, Brunette MF, Noordsy DL, Green AI. Pharmacotherapy of Co-Occurring Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorders. CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS 2014; 1:251-260. [PMID: 27226947 PMCID: PMC4877030 DOI: 10.1007/s40429-014-0034-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Substance use disorders, common in patients with schizophrenia, can lead to poor outcomes. Here we review the literature on the use of antipsychotics in patients with co-occurring schizophrenia and substance use disorder as well as evidence for the use of adjunctive pharmacological treatments targeting substance use in these patients. We also discuss a neurobiological formulation suggesting that the cooccurrence of these disorders may be related to a dysfunction in the dopamine mediated brain reward circuitry. Typical antipsychotics do not appear to decrease substance use in this population. Randomized, controlled trials provide some support for use of the atypical antipsychotic clozapine for co-occurring cannabis use disorder, naltrexone and disulfiram for alcohol use disorder, and also nicotine replacement therapy, sustained-release bupropion and varenicline for tobacco use disorder. Nonetheless, data regarding treatment in patients with these co-occurring disorders are still limited, and many studies reported to date have been either underpowered or did not include a control condition. Further research is needed to evaluate optimal pharmacotherapeutic strategies for this population.
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- Sarah C. Akerman
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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Gulick D, Chau DT, Khokhar JY, Dawson R, Green AI. Desipramine enhances the ability of risperidone to decrease alcohol intake in the Syrian golden hamster. Psychiatry Res 2014; 218:329-34. [PMID: 24836200 PMCID: PMC4407141 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The atypical antipsychotic clozapine reduces alcohol drinking in patients with schizophrenia. We have proposed that clozapine׳s ability to decrease alcohol drinking relates to its weak blockade of the dopamine D2 receptor and potent blockade of the norepinephrine α-2 receptor, as well as its ability to elevate plasma and brain norepinephrine. Another atypical antipsychotic, risperidone, which is a potent blocker of both the dopamine D2 receptor and norepinephrine α-2 receptor, does not decrease alcohol drinking. In this study, we used the Syrian golden hamster to test whether the ability of risperidone to reduce alcohol drinking would be enhanced if it was used in combination with the norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor desipramine. Hamsters were given free access to water and alcohol (15% v/v) until they reached a steady drinking baseline. They were then treated daily with each drug or drug combination for 20 days. Risperidone (0.2mg/kg) only transiently decreased alcohol drinking. However, 5.0mg/kg, and possibly 1.0mg/kg, desipramine added to 0.2mg/kg risperidone appeared to produce a more substantial and relatively sustained effect than risperidone alone. Data from this study provide leads toward the development of new treatments for patients with schizophrenia and alcoholism, and also for those with alcoholism alone.
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- Danielle Gulick
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Frontier Science Research and Technology Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA; The Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
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Stimulant and motivational effects of alcohol: Lessons from rodent and primate models. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2014; 122:37-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protective effect of captopril against clozapine-induced myocarditis in rats: Role of oxidative stress, proinflammatory cytokines and DNA damage. Chem Biol Interact 2014; 216:43-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chau DT, Khokhar JY, Dawson R, Ahmed J, Xie H, Green AI. The comparative effects of clozapine versus haloperidol on initiation and maintenance of alcohol drinking in male alcohol-preferring P rat. Alcohol 2013; 47:611-8. [PMID: 24280363 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Alcohol use disorder, characterized by modest levels of alcohol use, commonly occurs in patients with schizophrenia and dramatically worsens their course. Recent data indicate that the atypical antipsychotic clozapine, but not the typical antipsychotic haloperidol, decreases alcohol drinking both in patients with schizophrenia and also in the Syrian golden hamster, an animal model of moderate alcohol drinking. The present study was designed to assess the comparative effects of clozapine and haloperidol in the alcohol-preferring (P) rat, an animal model of alcoholism. First, the study investigated the comparative effects of clozapine and haloperidol on initiation of alcohol consumption in P rats, which models the early stage of alcoholism. Second, the study assessed the comparative effects of clozapine and haloperidol on maintenance of chronic alcohol consumption in P rats to provide a clue as to whether either drug may also limit alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent patients. Clozapine attenuated the initiation of alcohol drinking and development of alcohol preference while haloperidol did not. However, neither clozapine nor haloperidol attenuated maintenance of chronic alcohol drinking. Taken together, the current data suggest that clozapine, but not haloperidol, may be effective at reducing alcohol abuse or non-dependent drinking and the P rat, used within an alcohol initiation paradigm, and may differentiate the effects of clozapine and haloperidol on alcohol drinking.
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- David T Chau
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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