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Cuitavi J, Campos-Jurado Y, Lorente JD, Andrés-Herrera P, Ferrís-Vilar V, Polache A, Hipólito L. Age- and sex-driven alterations in alcohol consumption patterns: Role of brain ethanol metabolism and the opioidergic system in the nucleus accumbens. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2024; 244:173845. [PMID: 39098730 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 07/18/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
Abstract
Alcohol consumption leads to significant neurochemical and neurobiological changes, contributing to the development of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), which exhibit sex- and age-dependent variations according to clinical data. However, preclinical studies often neglect these factors when investigating alcohol consumption patterns. In this study, we present data on male and female rats continuously exposed to a 20 % ethanol solution for one month. The animals were divided into two groups based on their age at the onset of drinking (8 and 12 weeks old). Interestingly, 12-week-old males consumed significantly less alcohol than both 12-week-old females and 8-week-old animals, indicating that alcohol consumption patterns vary with sex and age in our model. Additionally, to advance in the study of the neurobiological alterations induced by ethanol intake in the mesocorticolimbic system (MCLS) that may participate in its reinforcing properties and the maintenance of alcohol drinking behavior, we measured catalase activity-an enzyme involved in alcohol metabolism and related to ethanol reinforcement-in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of these animals. Furthermore, we measured the levels of mu (MOR), kappa (KOR), delta (DOR), and nociceptin (NOP) opioid receptors in the NAc, as the endogenous opioidergic system plays a pivotal role in regulating the MCLS and alcohol reinforcement. MOR levels were lower in high alcohol-consuming groups (8-week-old males and all females). Both DOR and NOP levels decreased with age, whereas KOR levels remained unchanged. Our findings suggest that the age at onset of alcohol consumption critically influences alcohol intake, particularly in males. Additionally, females consistently showed higher alcohol intake regardless of age, highlighting inherent sex-specific differences. The dynamic changes in catalase activity and opioid receptor expression suggest the involvement of these factors in modulating alcohol consumption.
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- Javier Cuitavi
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.
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Xu L, Xiong J, Li X, Wang J, Wang P, Wu X, Wang J, Liu Y, Guo R, Fan X, Zhu X, Guan Y. Role of Lactobacillus plantarum-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Regulating Alcohol Consumption. Mol Neurobiol 2024:10.1007/s12035-024-04447-3. [PMID: 39180695 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-024-04447-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
Abstract
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), characterized by repeated alcohol consumption and withdrawal symptoms, poses a significant public health issue. Alcohol-induced impairment of the intestinal barrier results in alterations in intestinal permeability and the composition of the intestinal microbiota. Such alterations lead to a reduced relative abundance of intestinal lactic acid bacteria. However, the role of gut microbiota in alcohol consumption is not yet fully understood. In this study, we explore the mechanism by which gut microbiota regulates alcohol consumption, specifically using extracellular vesicles derived from Lactobacillus plantarum (L-EVs). L-EVs were administered to Sprague-Dawley rats either through intraperitoneal injection or microinjection into the ventral tegmental area (VTA), resulting in a significant reduction in alcohol consumption 72 hours after withdrawal. The observed reduction was akin to the effect of an intra-VTA microinjection of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). Intriguingly, the microinjection of K252a (a Trk B antagonist) into the VTA blocked the reducing effect of L-EVs on alcohol consumption. The intraperitoneal injection of L-EVs restored the diminished BDNF expression in the VTA of alcohol-dependent rats. Furthermore, L-EVs rescued the low BDNF expression in alcohol-incubated PC12 cells. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that L-EVs attenuated alcohol consumption by enhancing BDNF expression in alcohol-dependent rats, thus suggesting the significant therapeutic potential of L-EVs in preventing excessive alcohol consumption.
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- Lulu Xu
- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Prevention of Substance Dependence Disease, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Prevention of Substance Dependence Disease, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Prevention of Substance Dependence Disease, Mudanjiang, 157011, China
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Prevention of Substance Dependence Disease, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
- Development and Application of North Traditional Chinese Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center in Mudanjiang, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
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- Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Prevention of Substance Dependence Disease, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
- Development and Application of North Traditional Chinese Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center in Mudanjiang, Mudanjiang, 157011, China.
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Gakare SG, Ugale RR. Pharmacological evaluation of lateral habenula and rostromedial tegmental nucleus in the expression of ethanol-induced place preference. Behav Pharmacol 2023; 34:225-235. [PMID: 37171461 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Although ethanol administration produces a range of physiological effects, the rewarding aspect associated with its consumption is a major contributory factor to its abuse liability. Recently, lateral habenula (LHb) has been shown to be engaged by both rewarding and aversive stimuli. Its major glutamatergic output, the fasciculus retroflexus, projects to the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) and controls the activity of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopaminergic system to promote reward circuitry. While several attempts have been made to understand the relationship between LHb and addiction, there is still a lack of knowledge in relation to ethanol addiction. In the present study, by pharmacologically exacerbating or inhibiting the LHb or RMTg neuronal activity during a post-conditioning test, we investigated the role of LHb-RMTg fasciculus retroflexus in ethanol-induced reward behavior using the conditioned place preference (CPP) test. We found that activation of LHb glutamatergic system by intra-LHb administration of l-trans-2,4-pyrrolidine dicarboxylate (PDC) (glutamate transporter inhibitor) significantly decreased CPP score; on the contrary, lamotrigine (inhibits glutamate release) significantly increased CPP score and showed a rewarding effect in CPP. Instead, intra-RMTg administration of muscimol (GABAA receptor agonist) significantly increased CPP score, whereas bicuculline (GABAA antagonist) treatment decreased CPP score. In immunohistochemistry, we found that PDC administration significantly decreased, whereas lamotrigine treatment significantly increased tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity (TH-ir) in VTA and nucleus accumbens (NAc). Furthermore, while intra-RMTg administration of muscimol increased, the bicuculline treatment significantly decreased the TH-ir in VTA and NAc. Together, our behavioral and immunohistochemical results signify the role of LHb and RMTg in the expression of ethanol-conditioned reward behavior.
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- Sukanya G Gakare
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
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Quintanilla ME, Israel Y. Role of Metabolism on Alcohol Preference, Addiction, and Treatment. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2023. [PMID: 37221350 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2023_422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Studies presented in this chapter show that: (1) in the brain, ethanol is metabolized by catalase to acetaldehyde, which condenses with dopamine forming salsolinol; (2) acetaldehyde-derived salsolinol increases the release of dopamine mediating, via opioid receptors, the reinforcing effects of ethanol during the acquisition of ethanol consumption, while (3) brain acetaldehyde does not influence the maintenance of chronic ethanol intake, it is suggested that a learned cue-induced hyperglutamatergic system takes precedence over the dopaminergic system. However, (4) following a prolonged ethanol deprivation, the generation of acetaldehyde in the brain again plays a role, contributing to the increase in ethanol intake observed during ethanol re-access, called the alcohol deprivation effect (ADE), a model of relapse behavior; (5) naltrexone inhibits the high ethanol intake seen in the ADE condition, suggesting that acetaldehyde-derived salsolinol via opioid receptors also contributes to the relapse-like drinking behavior. The reader is referred to glutamate-mediated mechanisms that trigger the cue-associated alcohol-seeking and that also contribute to triggering relapse.
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- María Elena Quintanilla
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, ICM Clinica Alemana-Universidad de Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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Li H, Zhao D, Liu Y, Xv J, Huang H, Jin Y, Lu Y, Qi Y, Zhou Q. Are There Neural Overlaps of Reactivity to Illegal Drugs, Tobacco, and Alcohol Cues? With Evidence From ALE and CMA. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:779239. [PMID: 35463497 PMCID: PMC9019580 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.779239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abuses of most illegal drugs, including methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and polydrug, are usually in conjunction with alcohol and tobacco. There are similarities and associations between the behavior, gene, and neurophysiology of such abusers, but the neural overlaps of their cue-reactivity and the correlation of neural overlap with drug craving still needs to be further explored. In this study, an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) was performed on brain activation under legal (tobacco, alcohol) and illegal drug cues, for identifying the similarities in brain functions between different craving states. A Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) on the correlation coefficient between brain activation and craving scores in the selected literatures with subjective craving reports explained the degree of the craving via brain imaging results. In ALE, co-activation areas of the three cue-reactivity (posterior cingulate, caudate, and thalamus) suggest that the three cue-reactivity may all arouse drug-use identity which is a predictor of relapse and generation of conditioned reflexes under reward memory, thus leading to illegal drug relapses. In CMA, the brain activation was significantly correlated with subjective craving, with a correlation coefficient of 0.222. The neural overlap of tobacco, alcohol and most of the prevalent illegal drug cues not only further helps us understand the neural mechanism of substance co-abuse and relapse, but also provides implications to detoxification. Furthermore, the correlation between brain activation and craving is low, suggesting the accuracy of craving-based quantitative evaluation by neuroimaging remains unclear.
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- HuiLing Li
- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Zhejiang Moganshan Female Drug Detoxification Center, Huzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,The Affiliated Kangning Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Holbrook OT, Molligoda B, Bushell KN, Gobrogge KL. Behavioral consequences of the downstream products of ethanol metabolism involved in alcohol use disorder. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 133:104501. [PMID: 34942269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Research concerning Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has previously focused primarily on either the behavioral or chemical consequences experienced following ethanol intake, but these areas of research have rarely been considered in tandem. Compared with other drugs of abuse, ethanol has been shown to have a unique metabolic pathway once it enters the body, which leads to the formation of downstream metabolites which can go on to form biologically active products. These metabolites can mediate a variety of behavioral responses that are commonly observed with AUD, such as ethanol intake, reinforcement, and vulnerability to relapse. The following review considers the preclinical and chemical research implicating these downstream products in AUD and proposes a chemobehavioral model of AUD.
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- Otto T Holbrook
- Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215-2425, USA.
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- Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215-2425, USA.
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- Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215-2425, USA
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- Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215-2425, USA
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Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway in Ventral Tegmental Area is Involved in Regulation of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone on Alcohol Consumption in Rats. Mol Neurobiol 2021; 59:35-46. [PMID: 34618330 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02575-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We recently reported that intraperitoneal injection of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF), a brain-derived neurotrophic factor-mimicking small compound, could attenuate alcohol-related behaviors in a two-bottle choice ethanol consumption procedure (IA2BC) in rats via tropomyosin receptor kinase B in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), which is closely related to alcohol use disorder. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying the regulation of 7,8-DHF on alcohol drinking behavior remain elusive. In this study, we determined the role of nitric oxide (NO), a pleiotropic signaling molecule, in the VTA in the action of 7,8-DHF upon alcohol drinking behavior. Intermittent alcohol exposure led to the overexpression of NO in the VTA, especially 72 h after withdrawal from four weeks of ethanol exposure in IA2BC rats. A higher amount of alcohol intake was also found at the same time point, consistent with the overexpression of NO in the VTA. Microinjection of NG-Nitro-l-Arginine Methyl Ester, (NO synthase inhibitor) or 2-4-carboxyphenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (NO scavenger) into the VTA inhibited alcohol intake, whereas application of S-Nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP, the NO donor) in the VTA further enhanced alcohol consumption in IA2BC rats. Interestingly, either 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (a sGC inhibitor) or KT5823 [a selective protein kinase G (PKG) inhibitor] blocked NO's enhancing effect on ethanol intake. Intraperitoneal injection of 7,8-DHF reduced the overexpression of NO; SNAP microinjected into the VTA reversed the inhibitory effects of 7,8-DHF on alcohol consumption. Our findings suggest that NO-cGMP-PKG might be involved in regulation of 7,8-DHF on alcohol consumption in IA2BC rats.
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Doyon WM, Ostroumov A, Ontiveros T, Gonzales RA, Dani JA. Ethanol produces multiple electrophysiological effects on ventral tegmental area neurons in freely moving rats. Addict Biol 2021; 26:e12899. [PMID: 32255261 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Although alcohol (i.e., ethanol) is a major drug of abuse, the acute functional effects of ethanol on the reward circuitry are not well defined in vivo. In freely moving rats, we examined the effect of intravenous ethanol administration on neuronal unit activity in the posterior ventral tegmental area (VTA), a central component of the mesolimbic reward system. VTA units were classified as putative dopamine (DA) neurons, fast-firing GABA neurons, and unidentified neurons based on a combination of electrophysiological properties and DA D2 receptor pharmacological responses. A gradual infusion of ethanol significantly altered the firing rate of DA neurons in a concentration-dependent manner. The majority of DA neurons were stimulated by ethanol and showed enhanced burst firing activity, but a minority was inhibited. Ethanol also increased the proportion of DA neurons that exhibited pacemaker-like firing patterns. In contrast, ethanol mediated a variety of effects in GABA and other unidentified neurons that were distinct from DA neurons, including a nonlinear increase in firing rate, delayed inhibition, and more biphasic activity. These results provide evidence of discrete electrophysiological effects of ethanol on DA neurons compared with other VTA cell types, suggesting a complex role of the VTA in alcohol-induced responses in freely moving animals.
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- William M. Doyon
- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Texas Austin Texas USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Texas Austin Texas USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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Rungratanawanich W, Qu Y, Wang X, Essa MM, Song BJ. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and other adducts in aging-related diseases and alcohol-mediated tissue injury. Exp Mol Med 2021; 53:168-188. [PMID: 33568752 PMCID: PMC8080618 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-021-00561-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are potentially harmful and heterogeneous molecules derived from nonenzymatic glycation. The pathological implications of AGEs are ascribed to their ability to promote oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. Recent studies in basic and translational research have revealed the contributing roles of AGEs in the development and progression of various aging-related pathological conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular complications, gut microbiome-associated illnesses, liver or neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. Excessive chronic and/or acute binge consumption of alcohol (ethanol), a widely consumed addictive substance, is known to cause more than 200 diseases, including alcohol use disorder (addiction), alcoholic liver disease, and brain damage. However, despite the considerable amount of research in this area, the underlying molecular mechanisms by which alcohol abuse causes cellular toxicity and organ damage remain to be further characterized. In this review, we first briefly describe the properties of AGEs: their formation, accumulation, and receptor interactions. We then focus on the causative functions of AGEs that impact various aging-related diseases. We also highlight the biological connection of AGE-alcohol-adduct formations to alcohol-mediated tissue injury. Finally, we describe the potential translational research opportunities for treatment of various AGE- and/or alcohol-related adduct-associated disorders according to the mechanistic insights presented.
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- Wiramon Rungratanawanich
- grid.420085.b0000 0004 0481 4802Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- grid.420085.b0000 0004 0481 4802Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Neuroapoptosis Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.412846.d0000 0001 0726 9430Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Aging and Dementia Research Group, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Muscat, Oman ,grid.412846.d0000 0001 0726 9430Aging and Dementia Research Group, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- grid.420085.b0000 0004 0481 4802Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Bellia F, Fernández MS, Fabio MC, Pucci M, Pautassi RM, D'Addario C. Selective alterations in endogenous opioid system genes expression in rats selected for high ethanol intake during adolescence. Drug Alcohol Depend 2020; 212:108025. [PMID: 32442753 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Historically, the roots of alcoholism have been linked to either environment or heredity. However, the interaction between these factors is still largely unexplored. The evidence supports a link between alcohol consumption and the endogenous opioid system. We here studied the opioid genes expression in male and female Wistar rats derived from a short-term breeding program which selected -- at adolescence -- for high (ADHI line) or low (ADLO line) ethanol drinking. Specifically, in this work we analyzed central opioid gene expression in the rats of the second filial generation (S2-ADLO and S2-ADHI). Selective downregulation of pronociceptin (Pnoc) and its receptor (Oprl1) mRNA levels were observed in the prefrontal cortex of male S2-ADHI rats when compared to S2-ADLO, and for Oprl1 also in the nucleus accumbens. An increase in gene expression was instead observed for pro-opiomelanocortin (Pomc) in the nucleus accumbens of S2-ADHI males when compared to S2-ADLO, as well as for mu opioid receptor (Oprm1) but in females. The differences in mRNA levels may be due to the different alcohol consumption between the two groups of rats or may represent pre-existing differences between them. Moreover, we show a sex-specific modulation of the expression of these genes, thus pointing out the importance of sex on ethanol responses. The results might lead to more specific and effective pharmacological treatments for alcoholism.
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra, INIMEC-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra, INIMEC-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra, INIMEC-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy; Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Li XX, Yang T, Wang N, Zhang LL, Liu X, Xu YM, Gao Q, Zhu XF, Guan YZ. 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Attenuates Alcohol-Related Behavior in Rat Models of Alcohol Consumption via TrkB in the Ventral Tegmental Area. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:467. [PMID: 32508571 PMCID: PMC7248303 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a ubiquitous substance use disorder in the world, of which neural mechanisms remain unclear. Alcohol consumption induces neuro-adaptations in the dopaminergic system originating from the ventral tegmental area (VTA), an important brain region for the reward function in AUD. Endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-TrkB implicated in the development of neuroplasticity, including long-term potentiation of GABAergic synapses (LTP GABA ). We previously found that ethanol blocks LTP GABA in the VTA, either in vivo or in vitro. 7,8-dihydroflavone (7,8-DHF), a BDNF-mimicking small compound, was recently found to penetrate the blood-brain barrier to mimic the biological role of BDNF-TrkB. In this study, we demonstrate that repeated ethanol consumption (including intermittent and continuous ethanol exposure) results in low expression of BDNF in rat VTA. The amount of ethanol intake enhances significantly in rats with intermittent ethanol exposure after 72 h abstinence. Withdrawal signs emerge in rats with continuous ethanol exposure within 3 days after abstinence. Using behavioral tests, intraperitoneal injection of 7,8-DHF can reduce excessive ethanol consumption and preference as well as withdrawal signs in rats with repeated ethanol exposure. Interestingly, microinjection of K252a, an antagonist of TrkB, into the VTA blocks the effects of 7,8-DHF on ethanol-related behaviors. Furthermore, direct microinjection of BDNF into the VTA mimics the effect of 7,8-DHF on ethanol related behaviors. Taken together, 7,8-DHF attenuates alcohol-related behaviors in rats undergoing alcohol consumption via TrkB in the VTA. Our findings suggest BDNF-TrkB in VTA is a part of regulating signals for opposing neural adaptations in AUD, and 7,8-DHF may serve as a potential candidate for treating alcoholism.
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- Xin-Xin Li
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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Maleki N, Tahaney K, Thompson BL, Oscar-Berman M. At the intersection of alcohol use disorder and chronic pain. Neuropsychology 2019; 33:795-807. [PMID: 31448947 PMCID: PMC6711399 DOI: 10.1037/neu0000558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and chronic pain are widespread conditions with extensive public health burden. This review seeks to describe neuroanatomical links and major mediating influences between AUD and chronic pain, in the service of identifying factors that predict the risk of chronic pain in precipitating or facilitating AUD. METHOD We review the neural bases of pain and the influence of AUD on processes involved in pain perception. We propose potential mechanisms involved in the development of chronic pain in AUD, and we consider implications for pain management in recovery from AUD. RESULTS Pain is a multidimensional and subjective experience that, in its acute form, is essential for survival, but in chronic form, pain is a disorder that negatively impacts quality of life. Neural substrates involved in initiating and maintaining chronic pain include dysfunction in descending pain pathways and reward network circuitry. AUD involves preoccupation or craving, intoxication, withdrawal, and negative affect. Neural substrates of AUD involve widespread mesocorticolimbic and cerebrocerebellar networks. Both conditions involve dysfunction of extended reward and oversight circuitry, particularly prefrontal cortex. CONCLUSIONS The interrelationship between chronic pain and AUD resides in the intersection of etiological influences, mental experiences, and neurobiological processes. Characterization of the connection between brain and behavioral abnormalities in AUD's precipitation of chronic pain-and vice versa-allows for early detection and treatment of patients at risk for developing either or both of these conditions and for preemptive interventional approaches to reduce the risk of consequent vulnerabilities and harm. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Nasim Maleki
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Boston School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Acetaldehyde Induces Neurotoxicity In Vitro via Oxidative Stress- and Ca 2+ Imbalance-Mediated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2019; 2019:2593742. [PMID: 30728884 PMCID: PMC6343137 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2593742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Excessive drinking can damage brain tissue and cause cognitive dysfunction. Studies have found that the early stage of neurodegenerative disease is closely related to heavy drinking. Acetaldehyde (ADE) is the main toxic metabolite of alcohol. However, the exact mechanisms of ADE-induced neurotoxicity are not fully clear. In this article, we studied the cytotoxic effect of ADE in HT22 cells and primary cultured cortical neuronal cells. We found that ADE exhibited cytotoxicities against HT22 cells and primary cultured cortical neuronal cells in dose-dependent manners. Furthermore, ADE induced apoptosis of HT22 cells by upregulating the expression of caspase family proapoptotic proteins. Moreover, ADE treatment could significantly increase the intracellular Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and activate endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) in HT22 cells. ADE upregulated ERS-related CHOP expression dose-dependently in primary cultured cortical neuronal cells. In addition, inhibition of ROS with antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) reduced the accumulation of ROS and reversed ADE-induced increase of ERS-related protein and apoptosis-related protein levels. Mitigation of ERS with ERS inhibitor 4-PBA obviously suppressed ADE-induced apoptosis and the expression of ERS-related proteins. Therefore, ADE induces neurotoxicity of HT22 cells via oxidative stress- and Ca2+ imbalance-mediated ERS.
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Wang G, Li Z, Li M, Liu S, Shan T, Liu J, Zhang Y. Clinical Therapeutic Effect of Naloxone Combined with Hemodialysis on Acute Severe Alcoholism. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:5363-5367. [PMID: 30068901 PMCID: PMC6085981 DOI: 10.12659/msm.908382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background The aim of this research was to investigate the treatment effect of naloxone combined with hemodialysis on acute severe alcoholism. Material/Methods We included 36 patients treated with naloxone combined with hemodialysis in Group I and 34 patients treated with naloxone without hemodialysis in Group II. The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score, the consciousness recovery time, alanine amino transferase (ALT) level, and complications were analyzed. Results Mean GCS score in Group I was higher than that in Group II, with a significant difference (P<0.05). The consciousness recovery time in Groups I and II were 3.0±0.8 h and 6.9±2.1 h, respectively, with a significant difference (P<0.05). After naloxone treatment and hemodialysis, the ALT level in Group I was lower than that in Group II (P<0.05). Moreover, the incidence of hepatic and renal function damages in Group I was smaller than that in Group II (P<0.05). Only 1 patient in Group I developed pneumonia, which was fewer than that in Group II, with a significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusions Naloxone combined with hemodialysis effectively reduces the central inhibition of alcohol, shortens consciousness recovery time, improves respiratory and cardiovascular function, decreases hepatic and renal function damages, and reduces the incidence of complications.
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- Guixia Wang
- Department of Hemodialysis, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Hemodialysis, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Hemodialysis, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency, Linyi City Yishui Central Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China (mainland)
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Yang HJ, Kim MJ, Kang ES, Kim DS, Park S. Red mulberry fruit aqueous extract and silk proteins accelerate acute ethanol metabolism and promote the anti‑oxidant enzyme systems in rats. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:1197-1205. [PMID: 29767238 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Red mulberry (Morus alba) fruit is rich in anthocyanins, and mulberry leaves are used by silk worms to make silk protein. We determined that the water and ethanol extract of mulberry fruit and silk amino acids accelerated ethanol degradation and suppressed temporal cognitive dysfunction in acute alcohol administered rats. The mechanism was explored in rats with acute oral administration of silk protein and mulberry fruit extracts. Rats were given 0.3 g of dextrin (control) and water extract (WMB) and ethanol extract of mulberry (EMB), silk protein hydrolysates (SKA), and a commercial product (positive‑control) based on body weight. After 30 min, rats were administered 3 g ethanol/kg body weight and serum ethanol and acetaldehyde levels were measured. After 3 h movements were measured with a video tracking system and at 5 h cognitive function was measured by Y maze test. WMB contain much higher rutin, luteolin and quercetins than EMB. In SKA rats, serum alcohol concentrations slowly increased until 60 min, but were markedly elevated until 120 min. However, WMB rats exhibited rapidly increased serum alcohol levels until 60 min and showed the lowest peak of serum alcohol levels, indicating the highest degradation of alcohol. The patterns of serum acetaldehyde levels were similar to those of serum ethanol levels but WMB was more effective for reducing serum acetaldehyde levels than serum ethanol levels. WMB was most effective for increasing mRNA expression of alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. WMB and SKA decreased lipid peroxides by increasing activities of SOD and GSH‑Px in the liver and they also reduced pro‑inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor‑α and interleukin‑6. WMB and SKA exerted better anti‑oxidant effects than the positive‑control. WMB containing higher flavonoids reduced pro‑inflammatory cytokines better than SKA. In conclusions, both WMB and SKA might reduce acute alcohol‑induced hangover and liver and brain damage by lowering serum alcohol and acetaldehyde levels.
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- Hye Jeong Yang
- Food Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanju, Jeollabuk 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Food Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanju, Jeollabuk 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Center, Hoseo University, Asan, South Chungcheong 336‑795, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Center, Hoseo University, Asan, South Chungcheong 336‑795, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Center, Hoseo University, Asan, South Chungcheong 336‑795, Republic of Korea
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Peana AT, Sánchez-Catalán MJ, Hipólito L, Rosas M, Porru S, Bennardini F, Romualdi P, Caputi FF, Candeletti S, Polache A, Granero L, Acquas E. Mystic Acetaldehyde: The Never-Ending Story on Alcoholism. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:81. [PMID: 28553209 PMCID: PMC5425597 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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After decades of uncertainties and drawbacks, the study on the role and significance of acetaldehyde in the effects of ethanol seemed to have found its main paths. Accordingly, the effects of acetaldehyde, after its systemic or central administration and as obtained following ethanol metabolism, looked as they were extensively characterized. However, almost 5 years after this research appeared at its highest momentum, the investigations on this topic have been revitalized on at least three main directions: (1) the role and the behavioral significance of acetaldehyde in different phases of ethanol self-administration and in voluntary ethanol consumption; (2) the distinction, in the central effects of ethanol, between those arising from its non-metabolized fraction and those attributable to ethanol-derived acetaldehyde; and (3) the role of the acetaldehyde-dopamine condensation product, salsolinol. The present review article aims at presenting and discussing prospectively the most recent data accumulated following these three research pathways on this never-ending story in order to offer the most up-to-date synoptic critical view on such still unresolved and exciting topic.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of ValenciaValència, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of ValenciaValència, Spain
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of ValenciaValència, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of ValenciaValència, Spain
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
- Centre of Excellence on Neurobiology of Addiction, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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Israel Y, Karahanian E, Ezquer F, Morales P, Ezquer M, Rivera-Meza M, Herrera-Marschitz M, Quintanilla ME. Acquisition, Maintenance and Relapse-Like Alcohol Drinking: Lessons from the UChB Rat Line. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:57. [PMID: 28420969 PMCID: PMC5378819 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This review article addresses the biological factors that influence: (i) the acquisition of alcohol intake; (ii) the maintenance of chronic alcohol intake; and (iii) alcohol relapse-like drinking behavior in animals bred for their high-ethanol intake. Data from several rat strains/lines strongly suggest that catalase-mediated brain oxidation of ethanol into acetaldehyde is an absolute requirement (up 80%–95%) for rats to display ethanol’s reinforcing effects and to initiate chronic ethanol intake. Acetaldehyde binds non-enzymatically to dopamine forming salsolinol, a compound that is self-administered. In UChB rats, salsolinol: (a) generates marked sensitization to the motivational effects of ethanol; and (b) strongly promotes binge-like drinking. The specificity of salsolinol actions is shown by the finding that only the R-salsolinol enantiomer but not S-salsolinol accounted for the latter effects. Inhibition of brain acetaldehyde synthesis does not influence the maintenance of chronic ethanol intake. However, a prolonged ethanol withdrawal partly returns the requirement for acetaldehyde synthesis/levels both on chronic ethanol intake and on alcohol relapse-like drinking. Chronic ethanol intake, involving the action of lipopolysaccharide diffusing from the gut, and likely oxygen radical generated upon catechol/salsolinol oxidation, leads to oxidative stress and neuro-inflammation, known to potentiate each other. Data show that the administration of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) a strong antioxidant inhibits chronic ethanol maintenance by 60%–70%, without inhibiting its initial intake. Intra-cerebroventricular administration of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), known to release anti-inflammatory cytokines, to elevate superoxide dismutase levels and to reverse ethanol-induced hippocampal injury and cognitive deficits, also inhibited chronic ethanol maintenance; further, relapse-like ethanol drinking was inhibited up to 85% for 40 days following intracerebral stem cell administration. Thus: (i) ethanol must be metabolized intracerebrally into acetaldehyde, and further into salsolinol, which appear responsible for promoting the acquisition of the early reinforcing effects of ethanol; (ii) acetaldehyde is not responsible for the maintenance of chronic ethanol intake, while other mechanisms are indicated; (iii) the systemic administration of NAC, a strong antioxidant markedly inhibits the maintenance of chronic ethanol intake; and (iv) the intra-cerebroventricular administration of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant MSCs inhibit both the maintenance of chronic ethanol intake and relapse-like drinking.
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- Yedy Israel
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Universidad Autónoma de ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana-Universidad del DesarrolloSantiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana-Universidad del DesarrolloSantiago, Chile
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- Department of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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Orrico A, Martí-Prats L, Cano-Cebrián MJ, Granero L, Polache A, Zornoza T. Pre-Clinical Studies with D-Penicillamine as a Novel Pharmacological Strategy to Treat Alcoholism: Updated Evidences. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:37. [PMID: 28326026 PMCID: PMC5339308 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ethanol, as other drugs of abuse, is able to activate the ventral tegmental area dopamine (VTA-DA) neurons leading to positively motivational alcohol-seeking behavior and use, and, ultimately to ethanol addiction. In the last decades, the involvement of brain-derived acetaldehyde (ACD) in the ethanol actions in the mesolimbic pathway has been widely demonstrated. Consistent published results have provided a mechanistic support to the use of ACD inactivating agents to block the motivational and reinforcing properties of ethanol. Hence, in the last years, several pre-clinical studies have been performed in order to analyze the effects of the sequestering ACD agents in the prevention of ethanol relapse-like drinking behavior as well as in chronic alcohol consumption. In this sense, one of the most explored interventions has been the administration of D-Penicillamine (DP). These pre-clinical studies, that we critically summarize in this article, are considered a critical step for the potential development of a novel pharmacotherapeutic strategy for alcohol addiction treatment that could improve the outcomes of current ones. Thus, on one hand, several experimental findings provide the rationale for using DP as a novel therapeutic intervention alone and/or in combination to prevent relapse into alcohol seeking and consumption. On the other hand, its effectiveness in reducing voluntary ethanol consumption in long-term experienced animals still remains unclear. Finally, this drug offers the additional advantage that has already been approved for use in humans, hence it could be easily implemented as a new therapeutic intervention for relapse prevention in alcoholism.
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- Alejandro Orrico
- Área de Investigación en Vacunas, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO) Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
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Lipids and Oxidative Stress Associated with Ethanol-Induced Neurological Damage. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2016; 2016:1543809. [PMID: 26949445 PMCID: PMC4753689 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1543809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The excessive intake of alcohol is a serious public health problem, especially given the severe damage provoked by chronic or prenatal exposure to alcohol that affects many physiological processes, such as memory, motor function, and cognitive abilities. This damage is related to the ethanol oxidation in the brain. The metabolism of ethanol to acetaldehyde and then to acetate is associated with the production of reactive oxygen species that accentuate the oxidative state of cells. This metabolism of ethanol can induce the oxidation of the fatty acids in phospholipids, and the bioactive aldehydes produced are known to be associated with neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration. As such, here we will review the role of lipids in the neuronal damage induced by ethanol-related oxidative stress and the role that lipids play in the related compensatory or defense mechanisms.
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Marballi K, Genabai NK, Blednov YA, Harris RA, Ponomarev I. Alcohol consumption induces global gene expression changes in VTA dopaminergic neurons. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2015; 15:318-26. [PMID: 26482798 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Alcoholism is associated with dysregulation in the neural circuitry that mediates motivated and goal-directed behaviors. The dopaminergic (DA) connection between the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus accumbens is viewed as a critical component of the neurocircuitry mediating alcohol's rewarding and behavioral effects. We sought to determine the effects of binge alcohol drinking on global gene expression in VTA DA neurons. Alcohol-preferring C57BL/6J × FVB/NJ F1 hybrid female mice were exposed to a modified drinking in the dark (DID) procedure for 3 weeks, while control animals had access to water only. Global gene expression of laser-captured tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive VTA DA neurons was measured using microarrays. A total of 644 transcripts were differentially expressed between the drinking and nondrinking mice, and 930 transcripts correlated with alcohol intake during the last 2 days of drinking in the alcohol group. Bioinformatics analysis of alcohol-responsive genes identified molecular pathways and networks perturbed in DA neurons by alcohol consumption, which included neuroimmune and epigenetic functions, alcohol metabolism and brain disorders. The majority of genes with high and specific expression in DA neurons were downregulated by or negatively correlated with alcohol consumption, suggesting a decreased activity of DA neurons in high drinking animals. These changes in the DA transcriptome provide a foundation for alcohol-induced neuroadaptations that may play a crucial role in the transition to addiction.
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- K Marballi
- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research and The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research and The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin.,Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research and The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research and The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research and The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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Trantham-Davidson H, Chandler LJ. Alcohol-induced alterations in dopamine modulation of prefrontal activity. Alcohol 2015; 49:773-9. [PMID: 26558348 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Long-term alcohol use leads to persistent cognitive deficits that may be associated with maladaptive changes in the neurocircuitry that mediates executive functions. Impairments caused by these changes can persist well into abstinence and have a negative impact on quality of life and job performance, and can increase the probability of relapse. Many of the changes that affect cognitive function appear to involve dysregulation of the mesocortical dopamine system. This includes changes in dopamine release and alterations in dopamine receptor expression and function in the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC). This review summarizes the cellular effects of acute and chronic ethanol exposure on dopamine release and dopamine receptor function in the PFC with the goal of providing greater understanding of the effects of alcohol-use disorders on the dopamine system and how this relates to deficits in the executive function of the PFC.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Korpi ER, den Hollander B, Farooq U, Vashchinkina E, Rajkumar R, Nutt DJ, Hyytiä P, Dawe GS. Mechanisms of Action and Persistent Neuroplasticity by Drugs of Abuse. Pharmacol Rev 2015; 67:872-1004. [DOI: 10.1124/pr.115.010967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Israel Y, Quintanilla ME, Karahanian E, Rivera-Meza M, Herrera-Marschitz M. The "first hit" toward alcohol reinforcement: role of ethanol metabolites. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2015; 39:776-86. [PMID: 25828063 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This review analyzes literature that describes the behavioral effects of 2 metabolites of ethanol (EtOH): acetaldehyde and salsolinol (a condensation product of acetaldehyde and dopamine) generated in the brain. These metabolites are self-administered into specific brain areas by animals, showing strong reinforcing effects. A wealth of evidence shows that EtOH, a drug consumed to attain millimolar concentrations, generates brain metabolites that are reinforcing at micromolar and nanomolar concentrations. Salsolinol administration leads to marked increases in voluntary EtOH intake, an effect inhibited by mu-opioid receptor blockers. In animals that have ingested EtOH chronically, the maintenance of alcohol intake is no longer influenced by EtOH metabolites, as intake is taken over by other brain systems. However, after EtOH withdrawal brain acetaldehyde has a major role in promoting binge-like drinking in the condition known as the "alcohol deprivation effect"; a condition seen in animals that have ingested alcohol chronically, are deprived of EtOH for extended periods, and are allowed EtOH re-access. The review also analyzes the behavioral effects of acetate, a metabolite that enters the brain and is responsible for motor incoordination at low doses of EtOH. Also discussed are the paradoxical effects of systemic acetaldehyde. Overall, evidence strongly suggests that brain-generated EtOH metabolites play a major role in the early ("first-hit") development of alcohol reinforcement and in the generation of relapse-like drinking.
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- Yedy Israel
- Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Acetaldehyde self-administration by a two-bottle choice paradigm: consequences on emotional reactivity, spatial learning, and memory. Alcohol 2015; 49:139-48. [PMID: 25636827 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Acetaldehyde, the first alcohol metabolite, is responsible for many pharmacological effects that are not clearly distinguishable from those exerted by its parent compound. It alters motor performance, induces reinforced learning and motivated behavior, and produces different reactions according to the route of administration and the relative accumulation in the brain or in the periphery. The effective activity of oral acetaldehyde represents an unresolved field of inquiry that deserves further investigation. Thus, this study explores the acquisition and maintenance of acetaldehyde drinking behavior in adult male rats, employing a two-bottle choice paradigm for water and acetaldehyde solution (from 0.9% to 3.2% v/v), over 8 weeks. The behavioral consequences exerted by chronic acetaldehyde intake are assessed by a set of different tests: trials in an open-field arena and elevated-plus maze provided information on both general motor and explorative activity, and anxiety-driven behavioral responses. The Morris water maze allowed the exploration of cognitive processes such as spatial learning and memory. Determination of acetaldehyde levels in the brain was carried out at the end of the drinking paradigm. Our results indicate that rats exposed for the first time to acetaldehyde at 0.9% displayed a regular and stable daily drinking pattern that reached higher values and a "peaks and drops" shaped-trend when acetaldehyde concentration was increased to 3.2%. Accordingly, an increase in acetaldehyde levels in the brain was determined compared to non-acetaldehyde drinking rats. Acetaldehyde intake during the free-choice paradigm exerted an anxiogenic response in the open-field arena and elevated-plus maze, which in turn correlates with an enhancement in cognitive flexibility and spatial orientation skills, when an adaptive response to a stressful environmental challenge was required. These findings further support the idea that acetaldehyde is indeed a centrally active and behaviorally relevant metabolite of alcohol.
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Bahi A, Nurulain SM, Ojha S. Ethanol intake and ethanol-conditioned place preference are reduced in mice treated with the bioflavonoid agent naringin. Alcohol 2014; 48:677-85. [PMID: 25288222 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Revised: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recently, PPAR-γ activation has emerged as a potential treatment for alcoholism. However, the adverse effects of synthetic PPAR-γ activators, despite being effective drugs, prompted the need for novel PPAR-γ agonists that retain efficacy and potency with a lower potential of side effects. Hence, naringin, a bioflavonoid isolated from citrus fruits and recently identified as a natural ligand of PPAR-γ, has begun to be evaluated for treatment of alcoholism. It is well known to possess several therapeutic benefits in addition to its anti-anxiety and antidepressant properties. In the present study, we assessed whether naringin treatment possesses anti-ethanol reward properties in C57BL/6 mice. We used the two-bottle choice drinking paradigm and ethanol-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) to examine the effect of naringin treatment on ethanol drinking. Results have shown that, compared with vehicle, naringin (10-100 mg/kg) significantly and dose-dependently decreased voluntary ethanol intake and preference in a two-bottle choice drinking paradigm [3-15% (v/v) escalating over 2 weeks], with no significant effect observed on saccharin [0.02-0.08% (w/v)] or on quinine [15-60 μM (w/v)] intake. In addition, there was no significant difference in blood ethanol concentration (BEC) between groups following naringin administration of 3 g of ethanol/kg body weight. Interestingly, when mice were treated with vehicle or naringin (30 mg/kg) before injection of ethanol (1.5 g/kg) during conditioning days, naringin inhibited the acquisition of ethanol-CPP. More importantly, these effects were significantly attenuated when mice were pre-injected with the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) antagonist, GW9662. Taken together, the present findings are the first to implicate naringin and PPAR-γ receptors in the behavioral and reward-related effects of ethanol and raise the question of whether specific drugs that target PPAR-γ receptors could potentially reduce excessive ethanol consumption and preference.
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Quintanilla ME, Rivera-Meza M, Berrios-Cárcamo PA, Bustamante D, Buscaglia M, Morales P, Karahanian E, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y. Salsolinol, free of isosalsolinol, exerts ethanol-like motivational/sensitization effects leading to increases in ethanol intake. Alcohol 2014; 48:551-9. [PMID: 25086835 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Salsolinol is formed non-enzymatically when ethanol-derived acetaldehyde binds to dopamine, yielding 2 distinct products, i.e., salsolinol and isosalsolinol. Early animal studies, revealing that salsolinol promotes alcohol consumption and recent evidence that animals will readily self-administer salsolinol into the posterior ventral tegmental area (p-VTA) together with the finding that salsolinol is able to induce conditioned place preference and to increase locomotor activity, have outlined a role of salsolinol in the behavioral and neurobiological actions of ethanol. Until recently, the only commercially available salsolinol was a mixture containing 85% salsolinol and 10-15% isosalsolinol. The possibility thus exists that either salsolinol or isosalsolinol explains the reinforcing properties of ethanol. We report here that a newly available salsolinol is free of isosalsolinol. Thus, salsolinol, free of isosalsolinol, was injected intracerebrally (30 pmol/0.2 μL, into the ventral tegmental area [VTA]) or intraperitoneally (i.p.) (10 mg/kg) to naïve rats bred as alcohol drinkers to study salsolinol's motivational effects and its role on voluntary ethanol intake. Salsolinol produced conditioned place preference and increased locomotor activity, whether injected intra-VTA or intraperitoneally. Following systemic (i.p.) administration of 10 mg/kg salsolinol, this molecule was detected in vivo by microdialysis of neostriatum, reaching an estimated concentration of 100 nM in the dialyzate. These results indicate that systemically administered salsolinol is able to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Repeated administration of salsolinol sensitized rats to the locomotor activity and led to increases in voluntary ethanol consumption, which was prevented by intra-VTA pretreatment with naltrexone.
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- María Elena Quintanilla
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Toalston JE, Deehan GA, Hauser SR, Engleman EA, Bell RL, Murphy JM, Truitt WA, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Reinforcing properties and neurochemical response of ethanol within the posterior ventral tegmental area are enhanced in adulthood by periadolescent ethanol consumption. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014; 351:317-26. [PMID: 25150280 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.218172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Alcohol drinking during adolescence is associated with increased alcohol drinking and alcohol dependence in adulthood. Research examining the biologic consequences of adolescent ethanol (EtOH) consumption on the response to EtOH in the neurocircuitry shown to regulate drug reinforcement is limited. The experiments were designed to determine the effects of periadolescent alcohol drinking on the reinforcing properties of EtOH within the posterior ventral tegmental area (pVTA) and the ability of EtOH microinjected into the pVTA to stimulate dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh). EtOH access (24-hour free-choice) by alcohol-preferring rats occurred during postnatal days (PND) 30-60. Animals were tested for their response to EtOH after PND 85. Intracranial self-administration techniques were performed to assess EtOH self-infusion into the pVTA. In the second experiment, rats received microinjections of EtOH into the pVTA, and dialysis samples were collected from the AcbSh. The results indicate that in rats that consumed EtOH during adolescence, the pVTA was more sensitive to the reinforcing effects of EtOH (a lower concentration of EtOH supported self-administration) and the ability of EtOH microinjected into the pVTA to stimulate DA release in the AcbSh was enhanced (sensitivity and magnitude). The data indicate that EtOH consumption during adolescence altered the mesolimbic DA system to be more sensitive and responsive to EtOH. This increase in the response to EtOH within the mesolimbic DA during adulthood could be part of biologic sequelae that are the basis for the deleterious effects of adolescent alcohol consumption on the rate of alcoholism during adulthood.
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- Jamie E Toalston
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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McCarthy N, Eberhart JK. Gene-ethanol interactions underlying fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:2699-706. [PMID: 24554057 PMCID: PMC11114006 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1578-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term that describes a diverse set of ethanol-induced defects. The phenotypic variation is generated by numerous factors, including timing and dosage of ethanol exposure as well as genetic background. We are beginning to learn about how the concentration, duration, and timing of ethanol exposure mediate variability within ethanol teratogenesis. However, little is known about the genetic susceptibilities in FASD. Studies of FASD animal models are beginning to implicate a number of susceptibility genes that are involved in various pathways. Here we review the current literature that focuses on the genetic predispositions in FASD.
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- Neil McCarthy
- Molecular Biosciences, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78713
USA
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- Molecular Biosciences, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78713
USA
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Blum K, Oscar-Berman M, Badgaiyan R, Braverman ER, Gold MS. Hypothesizing Darkness Induced Alcohol Intake Linked to Dopaminergic Regulation of Brain Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 5:282-288. [PMID: 25009759 DOI: 10.4236/psych.2014.54038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Understanding the role of neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex and mesolimbic brain regions has become the subject of intensive neuroscience research worldwide. In the 1970s, our group provided evidence that rats exposed to darkness significantly augmented their alcohol intake. At that time, we proposed that melatonin was the culprit. At around the same time, our laboratory, amongst a few others, proposed that dopamine-adducts with acetaldehyde to induce alcohol intake both in rodents and in humans. While the work in these areas has declined considerably over the years, more recent scientifically sound studies continue to show the importance of these earlier controversial ideas involving alcohol abuse and alcoholism. A review of the literature has provided impetus to systematically access the newer genetic and molecular neurobiological findings relevant to the physiological and psychological motives for high alcohol consumption in animals and humans alike. Thus, we hypothesize that darkness-induced alcohol intake is linked not only to serotonergic-melatonin mechanisms, but also to dopaminergic regulation of brain mesolimbic pathways involving neuronal expression switching in response to long photoperiods affecting gene expression.
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- Kenneth Blum
- Department of Psychiatry & McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, College of Medicine , Gainesville, Florida, USA ; Department of Addiction Research & Therapy, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, Malibu Beach, California, USA. ; Department of Psychiatry & Human Integrated Services Unit, University of Vermont Center for Clinical & Translational Science, College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA ; Department of Clinical Neurology, Path Foundation, NY, New York, New York, USA ; Department of Clinical Neurology, Path Foundation, NY, New York, New York, USA ; Department of Personalized Medicine, IGENE, LLC. Austin, Texas, USA ; Dominion Diagnostics, LLC, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and Veterans Administration System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Laboratory of Neuroimaging and Molecular Imaging, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, College of Medicine , Gainesville, Florida, USA ; Department of Clinical Neurology, Path Foundation, NY, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, College of Medicine , Gainesville, Florida, USA
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