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Lindberg D, Ho AMC, Peyton L, Choi DS. Chronic Ethanol Exposure Disrupts Lactate and Glucose Homeostasis and Induces Dysfunction of the Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle in the Brain. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2019; 43:1838-1847. [PMID: 31237693 PMCID: PMC6722005 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Impairment of monocarboxylate transporter (MCT)-dependent astrocyte-neuron lactate transfer disrupts long-term memory and erases drug-associated memories in mice. However, few studies have examined how drugs of abuse alter astrocyte-neuron lactate transfer in neurocircuits related to addiction. This is particularly pertinent for ethanol (EtOH), which has been demonstrated to impair central nervious system (CNS) glucose uptake and significantly alter peripheral levels of glucose, lactate, acetate, and ketones. METHODS We subjected C57BL/6J mice to a chronic intermittent EtOH (CIE) exposure paradigm to investigate how chronic EtOH exposure alters the concentration of glucose and lactate within the serum and CNS during withdrawal. Next, we determine how chronic injections of lactate (1 g/kg, twice daily for 2 weeks) influence central and peripheral glucose and lactate concentrations. Finally, we determine how CIE and chronic lactate injection affect astrocyte-neuron lactate transfer by analyzing the expression of MCTs. RESULTS Our results show that CIE induces lasting changes in CNS glucose and lactate concentrations, accompanied by increased expression of MCTs. Interestingly, although chronic lactate injection mimics the effect of EtOH on CNS metabolites, chronic lactate injection is not associated with increased expression of MCTs. CONCLUSION CIE increases CNS concentrations of glucose and lactate and augments the expression of MCTs. Although we found that chronic lactate injection mimics EtOH-induced increases in CNS lactate and glucose, lactate failed to alter the expression of MCTs. This suggests that although lactate may influence the homeostasis of bioenergetic molecules in the CNS, EtOH-associated increases in lactate are not responsible for increased MCT expression.
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- Daniel Lindberg
- Mayo Clinic MD/PhD Program, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905
- Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 55905
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 55905
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- Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 55905
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
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Detka J, Kurek A, Kucharczyk M, Głombik K, Basta-Kaim A, Kubera M, Lasoń W, Budziszewska B. Brain glucose metabolism in an animal model of depression. Neuroscience 2015; 295:198-208. [PMID: 25819664 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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An increasing number of data support the involvement of disturbances in glucose metabolism in the pathogenesis of depression. We previously reported that glucose and glycogen concentrations in brain structures important for depression are higher in a prenatal stress model of depression when compared with control animals. A marked rise in the concentrations of these carbohydrates and glucose transporters were evident in prenatally stressed animals subjected to acute stress and glucose loading in adulthood. To determine whether elevated levels of brain glucose are associated with a change in its metabolism in this model, we assessed key glycolytic enzymes (hexokinase, phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase), products of glycolysis, i.e., pyruvate and lactate, and two selected enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (pyruvate dehydrogenase and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase) in the hippocampus and frontal cortex. Additionally, we assessed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, a key enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Prenatal stress increased the levels of phosphofructokinase, an important glycolytic enzyme, in the hippocampus and frontal cortex. However, prenatal stress had no effect on hexokinase or pyruvate kinase levels. The lactate concentration was elevated in prenatally stressed rats in the frontal cortex, and pyruvate levels remained unchanged. Among the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzymes, prenatal stress decreased the level of pyruvate dehydrogenase in the hippocampus, but it had no effect on α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Like in the case of glucose and its transporters, also in the present study, differences in markers of glucose metabolism between control animals and those subjected to prenatal stress were not observed under basal conditions but in rats subjected to acute stress and glucose load in adulthood. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity was not reduced by prenatal stress but was found to be even higher in animals exposed to all experimental conditions, i.e., prenatal stress, acute stress, and glucose administration. Our data indicate that glycolysis is increased and the Krebs cycle is decreased in the brain of a prenatal stress animal model of depression.
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- J Detka
- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland.
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Ribeiro AF, Correia D, Torres AA, Boas GRV, Rueda AVL, Camarini R, Chiavegatto S, Boerngen-Lacerda R, Brunialti-Godard AL. A transcriptional study in mice with different ethanol-drinking profiles: possible involvement of the GABA(B) receptor. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2012; 102:224-32. [PMID: 22579910 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have suggested that γ-aminobutyric acid-B (GABA(B)) receptor agonists effectively reduce ethanol intake. The quantification using real-time polymerase chain reaction of Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 mRNA from the prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and striatum in mice exposed to an animal model of the addiction developed in our laboratory was performed to evaluate the involvement of the GABA(B) receptor in ethanol consumption. We used outbred, Swiss mice exposed to a three-bottle free-choice model (water, 5% v/v ethanol, and 10% v/v ethanol) that consisted of four phases: acquisition (AC), withdrawal (W), reexposure (RE), and quinine-adulteration (AD). Based on individual ethanol intake, the mice were classified into three groups: "addicted" (A group; preference for ethanol and persistent consumption during all phases), "heavy" (H group; preference for ethanol and a reduction in ethanol intake in the AD phase compared to AC phase), and "light" (L group; preference for water during all phases). In the prefrontal cortex in the A group, we found high Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 transcription levels, with significantly higher Gabbr1 transcription levels compared with the C (ethanol-naive control mice), L, and H groups. In the hippocampus in the A group, Gabbr2 mRNA levels were significantly lower compared with the C, L, and H groups. In the striatum, we found a significant increase in Gabbr1 transcription levels compared with the C, L, and H groups. No differences in Gabbr1 or Gabbr2 transcription levels were observed in the hypothalamus among groups. In summary, Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 transcription levels were altered in cerebral areas related to drug taking only in mice behaviorally classified as "addicted" drinkers, suggesting that these genes may contribute to high and persistent ethanol consumption.
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- Andrea Frozino Ribeiro
- Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 31270-901, Brazil
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Ribeiro A, Correia D, Boerngen-Lacerda R, Brunialti-Godard A. A possible role of a cerebral energy gene in alcoholism. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:404-11. [DOI: 10.4238/2012.february.17.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Krishnamoorthy M, Gerwe BA, Scharer CD, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Gregory F, Nash RJ, Arumugham J, Usta SN, Eilertson CD, Stice SL, Nash RJ. GABRB3 gene expression increases upon ethanol exposure in human embryonic stem cells. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2011; 31:206-13. [PMID: 21619448 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2011.569723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ionotropic receptors are the target for most mood-defining compounds. Chronic exposure to ethanol (EtOH) alters receptor-mediated responses and the numbers of these channels and specific subunits; as well as induces anxiolytic, sedative, and anesthetic activity in the human brain. However, very little is known regarding the effects of EtOH on ionotropic receptor transcription during early human development (preimplantation). Using two separate human embryonic stem cell lines the study shows that low amounts of EtOH (20 mM) alters transcription of the ionotropic subunit GABRB3. Changes in ionotrophic receptor expression influence the central nervous system development and have been shown to produce brain abnormalities in animal models. These results suggest that low concentrations of EtOH can alter ionotropic receptor transcription during early human development (preimplantation), which may be a contributing factor to the neurological phenotypes seen in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
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Beer promotes high levels of alcohol intake in adolescent and adult alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol 2011; 45:485-98. [PMID: 21621951 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies suggest that high levels of alcohol consumption can be obtained in laboratory rats by using beer as a test solution. The present study extended these observations to examine the intake of beer and equivalent dilute ethanol solutions with an inbred line of alcohol-preferring P rats. In Experiment 1, male adolescent P rats and age-matched Wistar rats had access to either beer or equivalent ethanol solutions for 1h daily in a custom-built lickometer apparatus. In subsequent experiments, adolescent (Experiment 2) and adult (Experiment 3) male P rats were given continuous 24-h home cage access to beer or dilute ethanol solutions, with concomitant access to lab chow and water. In each experiment, the alcohol content of the beer and dilute ethanol solutions was gradually increased from 0.4, 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5 to 10% EtOH (vol/vol). All three experiments showed a major augmentation of alcohol intake when rats were given beer compared with equivalent ethanol solutions. In Experiment 1, the overall intake of beer was higher in P rats compared with Wistar rats, but no strain difference was found during the 1-h sessions with plain ethanol consumption. Experiment 1 also showed that an alcohol deprivation effect was more readily obtained in rats with a history of consuming beer rather than plain ethanol solutions. In Experiments 2 and 3, voluntary beer intake in P rats represented ethanol intake of 10-15 g/kg/day, among the highest reported in any study with rats. This excessive consumption was most apparent in adolescent rats. Beer consumption markedly exceeded plain ethanol intake in these experiments except at the highest alcohol concentration (10%) tested. The advantage of using beer rather than dilute ethanol solutions in both selected and nonselected rat strains is therefore confirmed. Our findings encourage the use of beer with alcohol-preferring rats in future research that seeks to obtain high levels of alcohol self-administration.
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Hargreaves GA, Quinn H, Kashem MA, Matsumoto I, McGregor IS. Proteomic Analysis Demonstrates Adolescent Vulnerability to Lasting Hippocampal Changes Following Chronic Alcohol Consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009; 33:86-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00814.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cloutier S, Skaer TL, Newberry RC. Consumption of alcohol by sows in a choice test. Physiol Behav 2006; 88:101-7. [PMID: 16631215 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Revised: 02/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) has been proposed as an animal model for human alcoholism because pigs have been observed to consume alcohol voluntarily to a state of intoxication and to exhibit tolerance and physical dependence. However, it has not been established whether pigs can develop psychological dependence on alcohol. We hypothesised that feed-restricted, stall-housed pregnant sows fed alcohol non-voluntarily for 5 weeks would develop a preference for alcohol and retain this preference after removal of alcohol from the diet. We fed crossbred commercial sows (n=10) 280 ml of 95% ethanol mixed with 0.91 kg of feed and 720 ml of water twice daily for 5 weeks during the first trimester of pregnancy. Control sows (n=7) received dextrose in their feed as a caloric control, and water was added to give the feed a consistency similar to that of the alcohol-treated feed. Immediately before and after 5 weeks of alcohol or dextrose treatment and 3 weeks later, after termination of alcohol or dextrose treatment, we evaluated sow diet preference by comparing the amount of alcohol-supplemented, dextrose-supplemented and plain feed consumed during a 5-min choice test. Contrary to our hypothesis, there was no treatment effect on sow diet preference. Both alcohol-treated and control sows ate less of the alcohol diet than the other two diets in all choice tests. They did not discriminate between the plain and dextrose diets. We conclude that 5 weeks of non-voluntary consumption of alcohol in feed did not produce a preference for alcohol in pregnant sows, either during treatment or after withdrawal, thus providing no evidence for the development of psychological dependence on alcohol under these conditions.
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- Sylvie Cloutier
- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Center for the Study of Animal Well-being, Washington State University, PO Box 646520, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USA.
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Fachin-Scheit DJ, Frozino Ribeiro A, Pigatto G, Oliveira Goeldner F, Boerngen de Lacerda R. Development of a mouse model of ethanol addiction: naltrexone efficacy in reducing consumption but not craving. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2006; 113:1305-21. [PMID: 16465467 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0416-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2005] [Accepted: 10/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of the present study was validating pharmacologically a mouse model of alcohol addiction. Mice (n = 60) were offered ethanol (5% and 10%) and water in a free choice paradigm consisting of four phases: free choice (10 weeks), withdrawal (2 weeks), re-exposure (2 weeks) and quinine- adulteration (2 weeks). Control mice (n = 10) had access to water. They were housed individually with food ad libitum. The animals' behaviour was evaluated at the beginning of the treatment and during the withdrawal period. After the exposure to the model, mice received i.p. naltrexone (0.0; 0.125; 2.0 and 16.0 mg/kg) or saline. Mice were characterized as: addicted (n = 15, preference for ethanol without reducing intake when ethanol were adulterated with quinine); heavy drinker (n = 14, preference for ethanol but reduced intake when ethanol were adulterated); and light drinker (n = 16, no preference for ethanol). Naltrexone reduced ethanol intake in the heavy and light groups (p <or= 0.01 and p <03= 0.05, respectively, compared to saline-treated group) with no effect on water intake. It is discussed that naltrexone may be acting in the positive reinforcing properties of ethanol but does not seem to have anti-craving properties. It was concluded that the addicted mice had a compulsive behavior manifested by the continued ethanol intake even under aversive conditions and under naltrexone treatment suggesting that this model might be useful to study addiction.
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- D J Fachin-Scheit
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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AIMS To describe recent research focusing on the analysis of gene and protein expression relevant to understanding ethanol consumption, dependence and effects, in order to identify common themes. METHODS A selective literature search was used to collate the relevant data. RESULTS Over 160 genes have been individually assessed before or after ethanol administration, as well as in genetically selected lines. Techniques for studying gene expression include northern blots, differential display, real time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization. More recently, high throughput functional genomic technology, such as DNA microarrays, has been used to examine gene expression. Recent gene expression analyses have dramatically increased the number of candidate genes (nine array papers have illuminated 600 novel gene transcripts that may contribute to alcohol abuse and alcoholism). CONCLUSIONS Although functional genomic experiments (transcriptome analysis) have failed to identify a single alcoholism gene, they have illuminated important pathways and gene products that may contribute to the risk of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
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- Travis J Worst
- Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Viola A, Nicoli F, Denis B, Confort-Gouny S, Le Fur Y, Ranjeva JP, Viout P, Cozzone PJ. High cerebral scyllo-inositol: a new marker of brain metabolism disturbances induced by chronic alcoholism. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2004; 17:47-61. [PMID: 15340856 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-004-0044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2004] [Revised: 06/07/2004] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cerebral metabolic changes that concur to motor and/or cognitive disorders in actively drinking alcoholics are not well established. We tested the hypothesis that chronic alcoholics exhibit profound alterations in the cerebral metabolism of scyllo-inositol. Brain metabolism was explored in nine actively drinking and 11 recently detoxified chronic alcoholics by in vivo brain (1)H-MRS and in vitro(1)H-MRS of blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid. The cohort was composed of individuals with acute, subacute or chronic encephalopathy or without any clinical encephalopathy. Chronic alcoholism is associated with a hitherto unrecognized accumulation of brain scyllo-inositol. Our results suggest that scyllo-inositol is produced within the central nervous system and shows a diffuse but heterogenous distribution in brain where it can persist several weeks after detoxification. Its highest levels were observed in subjects with a clinically symptomatic alcohol-related encephalopathy. When detected, brain scyllo-inositol takes part in a metabolic encephalopathy since it is associated with reduced N-acetylaspartate and increased creatine. High levels of cerebral scyllo-inositol are correlated with altered glial and neuronal metabolism. Our findings suggest that the accumulation of scyllo-inositol may precede and take part in the development of symptomatic alcoholic metabolic encephalopathy.
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- A Viola
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique, Biologique et Médicale UMR CNRS 6612, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd J. Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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Xu Y, Ehringer M, Yang F, Sikela JM. Comparison of Global Brain Gene Expression Profiles Between Inbred Long-Sleep and Inbred Short-Sleep Mice by High-Density Gene Array Hybridization. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02284.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eravci M, Schulz O, Grospietsch T, Pinna G, Brödel O, Meinhold H, Baumgartner A. Gene expression of receptors and enzymes involved in GABAergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission in the CNS of rats behaviourally dependent on ethanol. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 131:423-32. [PMID: 11015291 PMCID: PMC1572353 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The steady state levels of the messenger RNA (mRNA) of eight GABA(A) receptor subunits, five glutamate receptor subunits and seven enzymes involved in the synthesis of glutamate and GABA were measured in eight regions of rat brain in a recently developed animal model of 'behavioural dependence' on ethanol. 'Behavioural dependence' including loss of control was induced by offering the rats the choice between ethanol and water over a 9-month period (Group A). This group was compared with a group given the choice between ethanol and water for only 2 months (not yet 'behaviourally dependent', Group B), a group forced to consume ethanol as sole fluid over a 9-month period (also not 'behaviourally dependent', Group C) and ethanol-naive control rats (Group D). All groups were sacrificed 1 month after the ethanol was withdrawn. The mRNA concentrations of all eight GABA receptor subunits, four out of the five subunits of different glutamate receptors and those of seven enzymes involved in GABA and glutamate production were reduced almost exclusively in the parieto-occipital cortex in Groups A and B, but not Group C. These data suggest that the synthesis of glutamate and GABA and the activities of their respective neurons are selectively impaired in the parieto-occipital cortex in the groups having consumed ethanol in a free-choice design, in which its rewarding properties can better take effect than after forced administration. As the parieto-occipital cortex is believed to contain emotional memory structures, it may be hypothesized that the glutamatergic and GABAergic neuronal systems in this area are involved in the development of memory for reward from ethanol. However, they are not specifically associated with 'behavioural dependence'.
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- Murat Eravci
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Radiochemistry), Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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