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Bale R, Doshi G. Cross talk about the role of Neuropeptide Y in CNS disorders and diseases. Neuropeptides 2023; 102:102388. [PMID: 37918268 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2023.102388] [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: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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A peptide composed of a 36 amino acid called Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is employed in a variety of physiological processes to manage and treat conditions affecting the endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and neurological systems. NPY naturally binds to G-protein coupled receptors, activating the Y-receptors (Y1-Y5 and y6). The findings on numerous therapeutic applications of NPY for CNS disease are presented in this review by the authors. New targets for treating diseases will be revealed by medication combinations that target NPY and its receptors. This review is mainly focused on disorders such as anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Machado Joseph disease, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, depression, migraine, alcohol use disorder, and substance use disorder. The findings from the preclinical studies and clinical studies covered in this article may help create efficient therapeutic plans to treat neurological conditions on the one hand and psychiatric disorders on the other. They may also open the door to the creation of novel NPY receptor ligands as medications to treat these conditions.
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- Rajeshwari Bale
- Department of Pharmacology, SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, V L M Road, Vile Parle (w), Mumbai 400056, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, V L M Road, Vile Parle (w), Mumbai 400056, India.
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Galland F, Schuch JB, Silvello D, Ligabue K, Hansen F, Scherer JN, Sordi AO, von Diemen L. Modulation of neuropeptide Y levels is impaired in crack withdrawal patients. TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2020; 42:147-152. [PMID: 32696889 DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Introduction The dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has a key role in drug addiction susceptibility. In addition to the well-known relationship between cortisol and the HPA axis, other molecules are involved with stress response and could modify the HPA activation, such as the neuropeptide Y (NPY), which has anxiolytic proprieties. There are few studies evaluating the effect of NPY levels on addiction, especially in crack cocaine dependence. Objective To evaluate NPY in crack users during early withdrawal to determine its relationship with drug use and cortisol levels. Methods We analyzed 25 male inpatient crack users. Serum NPY levels were measured at admission and discharge (mean of 24 days). Morning salivary cortisol was measured at admission. Results Serum NPY levels at admission and discharge were very similar. Lower NPY levels at discharge were associated with higher lifetime crack use. Also, a negative correlation was found between morning cortisol and delta NPY (NPY discharge - NPY admission). Conclusion These preliminary findings indicate that crack use influences the modulation of NPY levels and modifies stress response. The NPY pathway may play an important role in the pathophysiology of crack addiction, and the anxiolytic effect of NPY may be impaired in crack users. Future studies should consider NPY as a measurable indicator of the biological state in addiction.
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- Fabiana Galland
- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Lerma-Cabrera JM, Carvajal F, Garbutt JC, Navarro M, Thiele TE. The melanocortin system as a potential target for treating alcohol use disorders: A review of pre-clinical data. Brain Res 2019; 1730:146628. [PMID: 31891691 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The melanocortin (MC) system consists of neuropeptides that are cleaved from the polypeptide precursor proopiomelanocortin (POMC). In the brain, MC neuropeptides signal primarily through the MC-3 and MC-4 receptors, which are widely expressed throughout the brain. While the MC system has been largely studied for its role in food intake and body weight regulation, converging evidence has emerged over approximately the last 20-years showing that alcohol (ethanol), and other drugs of abuse influence the central MC system, and that manipulating MC receptor signalling modulates ethanol intake. Although there is divergent evidence, the wealth of data appears to suggest that activating MC signalling, primarily through the MC-4 receptor, is protective against excessive ethanol consumption. In the present review, we first describe the MC system and then detail how ethanol exposure and consumption alters central MC and MC-receptor expression and levels. This is followed by a review of the data, from pharmacological and genetic studies, which show that manipulations of MC receptor activity alter ethanol intake. We then briefly highlight studies implicating a role for the MC system in modulating neurobiological responses and intake of other drugs of abuse, including amphetamine, cocaine and opioids. Finally, we introduce relatively new observations that the drug, bupropion (BUP), a drug that activates central MC activity, significantly reduces ethanol intake in rodent models when administered alone and in combination with the non-selective opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone. Phase II clinical trials are currently underway to assess the efficacy of BUP as a treatment for alcohol use disorders.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Robinson SL, Thiele TE. The Role of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Disorders. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2017; 136:177-197. [PMID: 29056151 DOI: 10.1016/bs.irn.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a neuromodulator that is widely expressed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and which is cosecreted with classic neurotransmitters including GABA and glutamate. There is a long history of research implicating a role for NPY in modulating neurobiological responses to alcohol (ethanol) as well as other drugs of abuse. Both ethanol exposure and withdrawal from chronic ethanol have been shown to produce changes in NPY and NPY receptor protein levels and mRNA expression in the CNS. Importantly, manipulations of NPY Y1 and Y2 receptor signaling have been shown to alter ethanol consumption and self-administration in a brain region-specific manner, with Y1 receptor activation and Y2 receptor blockade in regions of the extended amygdala promoting robust reductions of ethanol intake. Similar observations have been made in studies examining neurobiological responses to nicotine, psychostimulants, and opioids. When taken together with observations of potential genetic linkage between the NPY system and the human alcohol abuse disorders, NPY represents a promising target for treating problematic alcohol and drug use, and in protecting individuals from relapse during abstinence.
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- Stacey L Robinson
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
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Brancato A, Lavanco G, Cavallaro A, Plescia F, Cannizzaro C. Acetaldehyde, Motivation and Stress: Behavioral Evidence of an Addictive ménage à trois. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:23. [PMID: 28232795 PMCID: PMC5299001 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00023] [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: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acetaldehyde (ACD) contributes to alcohol's psychoactive effects through its own rewarding properties. Recent studies shed light on the behavioral correlates of ACD administration and the possible interactions with key neurotransmitters for motivation, reward and stress-related response, such as dopamine and endocannabinoids. This mini review article critically examines ACD psychoactive properties, focusing on behavioral investigations able to unveil ACD motivational effects and their pharmacological modulation in vivo. Similarly to alcohol, rats spontaneously drink ACD, whose presence is detected in the brain following chronic self-administration paradigm. ACD motivational properties are demonstrated by operant paradigms tailored to model several drug-related behaviors, such as induction and maintenance of operant self-administration, extinction, relapse and punishment resistance. ACD-related addictive-like behaviors are sensitive to pharmacological manipulations of dopamine and endocannabinoid signaling. Interestingly, the ACD-dopamine-endocannabinoids relationship also contributes to neuroplastic alterations of the NPYergic system, a stress-related peptide critically involved in alcohol abuse. The understanding of the ménage-a-trois among ACD, reward- and stress-related circuits holds promising potential for the development of novel pharmacological approaches aimed at reducing alcohol abuse.
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- Anna Brancato
- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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Navarro M. The Role of the Melanocortin System in Drug and Alcohol Abuse. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2017; 136:121-150. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.irn.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Morganstern I, Barson JR, Leibowitz SF. Regulation of drug and palatable food overconsumption by similar peptide systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 4:163-73. [PMID: 21999690 DOI: 10.2174/1874473711104030163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2011] [Revised: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review is aimed at understanding some of the common neurochemical, behavioral and physiological determinants of drug and food overconsumption. Much current work has been devoted to determining the similarities between the brain circuits controlling excessive use of addictive drugs and the overconsumption of palatable foods. The brain systems involved likely include peptides of both mesolimbic and hypothalamic origin. Evidence gathered from expression and injection studies suggests that the consumption of drugs, such as ethanol and nicotine, and also of palatable foods rich in fat is stimulated by different orexigenic peptides, such as enkephalin, galanin, orexin, and melaninconcentrating hormone, acting within the hypothalamus or various limbic structures, while another peptide, neuropeptide Y, is closely related to carbohydrate consumption and shows an inverse relationship with ethanol and nicotine consumption. Moreover, studies in animal models suggest that a propensity to overconsume these reinforcing substances may result from preexisting disturbances in these same peptide systems. These neurochemical disturbances, in turn, may also be closely linked to specific behaviors associated with excessive consummatory behavior, such as hyperactivity or novelty-seeking, palatable food preference, and also fluctuations in circulating lipid levels. Clear understanding of the relationship between these various determinants of consummatory behavior will allow researchers to effectively predict and examine at early stages of exposure animals that are prone to drug and food overconsumption. This work may ultimately aid in the identification of inherent traits that increase the risk for drug abuse and palatable food overconsumption.
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- Irene Morganstern
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Hayes DM, Fee JR, McCown TJ, Knapp DJ, Breese GR, Cubero I, Carvajal F, Lerma-Cabrera JM, Navarro M, Thiele TE. Neuropeptide Y signaling modulates the expression of ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization in mice. Addict Biol 2012; 17:338-50. [PMID: 21762289 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and protein kinase A (PKA) have been implicated in neurobiological responses to ethanol. We have previously reported that mutant mice lacking normal production of the RIIβ subunit of PKA (RIIβ-/- mice) show enhanced sensitivity to the locomotor stimulant effects of ethanol and increased behavioral sensitization relative to littermate wild-type RIIβ+/+ mice. We now report that RIIβ-/- mice also show increased NPY immunoreactivity in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core and the ventral striatum relative to RIIβ+/+ mice. These observations suggest that elevated NPY signaling in the NAc and/or striatum may contribute to the increased sensitivity to ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization that is a characteristic of RIIβ-/- mice. Consistently, NPY-/- mice failed to display ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization that was evident in littermate NPY+/+ mice. To examine more directly the role of NPY in the locomotor stimulant effects of ethanol, we infused a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) into the region of the NAc core of DBA/2J mice. The rAAV-fibronectin (FIB)-NPY(13-36) vector expresses and constitutively secretes the NPY fragment NPY(13-36) (a selective Y(2) receptor agonist) from infected cells in vivo. Mice treated with the rAAV-FIB-NPY(13-36) vector exhibited reduced expression of ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization compared with mice treated with a control vector. Taken together, the current data provide the first evidence that NPY signaling in the NAc core and the Y(2) receptor modulate ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization.
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- Dayna M Hayes
- Department of Psychology, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Barson JR, Morganstern I, Leibowitz SF. Neurobiology of consummatory behavior: mechanisms underlying overeating and drug use. ILAR J 2012; 53:35-58. [PMID: 23520598 PMCID: PMC3954603 DOI: 10.1093/ilar.53.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Consummatory behavior is driven by both caloric and emotional need, and a wide variety of animal models have been useful in research on the systems that drive consumption of food and drugs. Models have included selective breeding for a specific trait, manipulation of gene expression, forced or voluntary exposure to a substance, and identification of biomarkers that predict which animals are prone to overconsuming specific substances. This research has elucidated numerous brain areas and neurochemicals that drive consummatory behavior. Although energy homeostasis is primarily mediated by the hypothalamus, reinforcement is more strongly mediated by nuclei outside the hypothalamus, in mesocorticolimbic regions. Orexigenic neurochemicals that control food intake can provide a general signal for promoting caloric intake or a more specific signal for stimulating consumption of a particular macronutrient, fat, carbohydrate, or protein. The neurochemicals involved in controlling fat ingestion--galanin, enkephalin, orexin, melanin-concentrating hormone, and the endocannabinoids--show positive feedback with this macronutrient, as these peptides both increase fat intake and are further stimulated by its intake. This positive association offers some explanation for why foods high in fat are so often overconsumed. Consumption of ethanol, a drug of abuse that also contains calories, is similarly driven by the neurochemical systems involved in fat intake, according to evidence that closely relates fat and ethanol consumption. Further understanding of the systems involved in consummatory behavior will enable the development of effective therapies for the treatment of both overeating and drug abuse.
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- Jessica R Barson
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Meng D, Wu T, Rao U, North CS, Xiao H, Javors MA, Adinoff B. Serum NPY and BNDF response to a behavioral stressor in alcohol-dependent and healthy control participants. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2011; 218:59-67. [PMID: 21796371 PMCID: PMC4024439 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2414-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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RATIONALE Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been implicated in both the stress response and alcohol addiction. However, few studies have assessed the NPY and BDNF response to stress in alcohol-dependent participants and the concurrent measure of NPY and BDNF has not been reported in human participants. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to concurrently assess serum NPY and BDNF, as well as adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol, in control and race- and aged-matched abstinent alcohol-dependent participants in response to a stress-inducing public-speaking task. METHODS Basal and post-stress serum values of NPY and BDNF, as well as ACTH and cortisol, were assessed in 14 abstinent alcohol-dependent and ten healthy control male participants. RESULTS Basal measures were stable over short periods of time and stress induced a significant increase in both NPY (p = 0.002) and BDNF (p = 0.006) as well as ACTH (p < 0.001) and cortisol (p < 0.007). Alcohol-dependent and control groups did not significantly differ on any basal or stress-induced measure. Basal and delta responses of NPY and BDNF were not significantly correlated, and delta peak responses of NPY and BDNF did not correlate with one another or with their respective ACTH and cortisol responses. CONCLUSIONS These findings reveal that both serum NPY and BDNF are responsive to behavioral stressors, although their regulatory mechanisms appear to differ from one another and those of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Differences in basal and stress-induced responses of NPY and BDNF were not supported between control and abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects.
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- Donna Meng
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8564, USA
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Barson JR, Morganstern I, Leibowitz SF. Similarities in hypothalamic and mesocorticolimbic circuits regulating the overconsumption of food and alcohol. Physiol Behav 2011; 104:128-37. [PMID: 21549731 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Historically, studies of food intake regulation started with the hypothalamus and gradually expanded to mesocorticolimbic regions, while studies of drug use began with mesocorticolimbic regions and now include the hypothalamus. As research on ingestive behavior has progressed, it has uncovered more and more similarities between the regulation of palatable food and drug intake. It has also identified specific neurochemicals involved in palatable food and drug intake. Hypothalamic orexigenic neurochemicals specifically involved in controlling fat ingestion, including galanin, enkephalin, orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone, show positive feedback with this macronutrient, with these peptides both increasing fat intake and being further stimulated by its intake. This positive relationship offers some explanation for why foods high in fat are so often overconsumed. Research in Bart Hoebel's laboratory in conjunction with our own has shown that consumption of ethanol, a drug of abuse that also contains calories, is similarly driven by these neurochemical systems involved in fat intake, consistent with evidence closely relating fat and ethanol consumption. Both fat and ethanol intake are also regulated by dopamine and acetylcholine acting in mesocorticolimbic nuclei. This close relationship of fat and ethanol is likely driven in part by circulating lipids, which are increased by fat and ethanol intake, known to increase expression and levels of the neurochemicals, and found to promote further intake of fat and ethanol. Compellingly, recent studies suggest that these systems may already be dysregulated in animals prone to consuming excess fat or ethanol, even before they have ever been exposed to these substances. Further understanding of these systems involved in consummatory behavior will allow researchers to develop effective therapies for the treatment of overeating as well as drug abuse.
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- Jessica R Barson
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Spanagel R. Alcoholism: A Systems Approach From Molecular Physiology to Addictive Behavior. Physiol Rev 2009; 89:649-705. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00013.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 491] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption is an integral part of daily life in many societies. The benefits associated with the production, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages come at an enormous cost to these societies. The World Health Organization ranks alcohol as one of the primary causes of the global burden of disease in industrialized countries. Alcohol-related diseases, especially alcoholism, are the result of cumulative responses to alcohol exposure, the genetic make-up of an individual, and the environmental perturbations over time. This complex gene × environment interaction, which has to be seen in a life-span perspective, leads to a large heterogeneity among alcohol-dependent patients, in terms of both the symptom dimensions and the severity of this disorder. Therefore, a reductionistic approach is not very practical if a better understanding of the pathological processes leading to an addictive behavior is to be achieved. Instead, a systems-oriented perspective in which the interactions and dynamics of all endogenous and environmental factors involved are centrally integrated, will lead to further progress in alcohol research. This review adheres to a systems biology perspective such that the interaction of alcohol with primary and secondary targets within the brain is described in relation to the behavioral consequences. As a result of the interaction of alcohol with these targets, alterations in gene expression and synaptic plasticity take place that lead to long-lasting alteration in neuronal network activity. As a subsequent consequence, alcohol-seeking responses ensue that can finally lead via complex environmental interactions to an addictive behavior.
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Kokavec A. Is decreased appetite for food a physiological consequence of alcohol consumption? Appetite 2008; 51:233-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 03/02/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Eva C, Serra M, Mele P, Panzica G, Oberto A. Physiology and gene regulation of the brain NPY Y1 receptor. Front Neuroendocrinol 2006; 27:308-39. [PMID: 16989896 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Revised: 07/18/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most prominent and abundant neuropeptides in the mammalian brain where it interacts with a family of G-protein coupled receptors, including the Y(1) receptor subtype (Y(1)R). NPY-Y(1)R signalling plays a prominent role in the regulation of several behavioural and physiological functions including feeding behaviour and energy balance, sexual hormone secretion, stress response, emotional behaviour, neuronal excitability and ethanol drinking. Y(1)R expression is regulated by neuronal activity and peripheral hormones. The Y(1)R gene has been isolated from rodents and humans and it contains multiple regulatory elements that may participate in the regulation of its expression. Y(1)R expression in the hypothalamus is modulated by changes in energetic balance induced by a wide variety of conditions (fasting, pregnancy, hyperglycaemic challenge, hypophagia, diet induced obesity). Estrogens up-regulate responsiveness to NPY to stimulate preovulatory GnRH and gonadotropin surges by increasing Y(1)R gene expression both in the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Y(1)R expression is modulated by different kinds of brain insults, such as stress and seizure activity, and alteration in its expression may contribute to antidepressant action. Chronic modulation of GABA(A) receptor function by benzodiazepines or neuroactive steroids also affects Y(1)R expression in the amygdala, suggesting that a functional interaction between the GABA(A) receptor and Y(1)R mediated signalling may contribute to the regulation of emotional behaviour. In this paper, we review the state of the art concerning Y(1)R function and gene expression, including our personal contribution to many of the subjects mentioned above.
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- Carola Eva
- Sezione di Farmacologia, Dipartimento di Anatomia, Farmacologia e Medicina Legale, Università di Torino, Italy; Centro Rita Levi Montalcini, Università di Torino, Italy.
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Eva C, Oberto A, Mele P, Serra M, Biggio G. Role of brain neuroactive steroids in the functional interplay between the GABA(A) and the NPY-Y1 receptor mediated signals in the amygdala. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006; 84:568-80. [PMID: 16824587 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Various lines of evidence suggest a functional interaction between GABA(A) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY)-Y(1) receptor (Y(1)R) mediated transmissions in various brain regions, which can be important in the regulation of sedation, feeding, anxious behaviour and neuronal excitability. By using a transgenic mouse model carrying the murine Y(1)R gene promoter fused to the lacZ reporter gene (Y(1)R/LacZ mice), we showed that prolonged pharmacologically or physiologically induced changes in the cerebrocortical concentrations of the neuroactive steroids 3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan- 20-one (3alpha,5alpha TH PROG) and tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (3alpha,5alpha TH DOC) increases Y(1)R/LacZ transgene expression in the central and medial amygdala, an effect similar to that induced by long-term treatment with positive modulators of the GABA(A) receptor complex (diazepam or abecarnil). We also demonstrated that fluctuations in the cerebrocortical concentrations of 3alpha,5alpha-TH PROG and 3alpha,5alpha TH DOC during voluntary ethanol consumption and ethanol withdrawal induces a marked increase in Y(1)R gene expression that becomes apparent 48 h after withdrawal. These data provide evidence that neuroactive steroids may play an important role in the functional interaction between the GABA(A) receptor and NPY-Y(1)R mediated pathways in the amygdala, which might represent an important regulatory mechanism for modulation of several functions, including ethanol withdrawal.
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- Carola Eva
- Dipartimento di Anatomia, Farmacologia e Medicina Legale, Sezione di Farmacologia, Via Pietro Giuria 13, 10125, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Kinoshita H, Hishida S, Ameno K, Ijiri I, Harbuz MS. Differential regulation of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA expression in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary following repeated cyanamide with ethanol administration. VOJNOSANIT PREGL 2005; 62:875-8. [PMID: 16375214 DOI: 10.2298/vsp0512875k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIM We have investigated proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA expression in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC) and the anterior lobe of the pituitary (AL) following repeated cyanamide-ethanol reaction (CER). METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (250-290 gr) were housed in a temperature and humidity controlled environment with free access to food and water. Four experimental groups were used as follows: saline (as control), cyanamide alone, ethanol alone and ethanol with cyanamide. The animals recived daily intraperitoneal injections (i.p.) of cyanamide (10 mg/kg, 60 min before ethanol dosing) with or without ethanol (1g/kg) for 5 consecutive days, and were sacrificed 60 min after the last dosing of ethanol. The results were presented as the mean +/- SEM for each group. All groups within each deta set were compared by one-way ANOVA followed by Fisher PLSD test for multiple comparisons. A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS The POMC mRNA levels in ARC were significantly decreased with cyanamide compared to the control and ethanol alone (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05 respectively), but increased in AL following repeated CER. CONCLUSION We speculate that this differential regulation of POMC mRNA expression may be partially involved in the preventive effects on alcohol intake in response to CER.
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- Hiroshi Kinoshita
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
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Hayes DM, Knapp DJ, Breese GR, Thiele TE. Comparison of basal neuropeptide Y and corticotropin releasing factor levels between the high ethanol drinking C57BL/6J and low ethanol drinking DBA/2J inbred mouse strains. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005; 29:721-9. [PMID: 15897715 PMCID: PMC1360240 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000164375.16838.f3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent genetic and pharmacological evidence indicates that low neuropeptide Y (NPY) levels in brain regions involved with neurobiological responses to ethanol promote increased ethanol consumption. Because of their opposing actions, it has been suggested that NPY and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) exert a reciprocal regulation on drug self-administration. It has been widely reported that inbred C57BL/6 mice consume significantly higher amounts of ethanol than do DBA/2 mice. Therefore, we used immunohistochemical techniques to determine if basal NPY and/or CRF levels differed in predicted directions between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. METHODS Ethanol-naive C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice were deeply anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (100 mg/kg) and perfused transcardially with 0.1 mM of phosphate-buffered saline followed by 4% paraformaldehyde in buffered saline. Brains were collected and postfixed for 4 hr at 4 degrees C and then were cut into 35-microm sections. Tissues containing the nucleus accumbens (NAc), hypothalamus, and amygdala were processed for NPY or CRF immunoreactivity using immunofluorescent or DAB techniques. Immunoreactivity was quantified from digital images using Image J software. RESULTS The C57BL/6J mice showed reduced NPY expression in the NAc shell, the basolateral amygdala, and the central nucleus of the amygdala when compared with DBA/2J mice. However, these strains did not differ in CRF expression in any of the brain regions analyzed. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that low NPY levels in the amygdala and/or the shell of the NAc, which are not compensated for by similar changes in CRF levels, may contribute to the high ethanol consumption characteristic of C57BL/6J mice.
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- Reprint requests: Todd E. Thiele, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Davie Hall, CB# 3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3270; Fax: 919-962-2537; E-mail:
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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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Sparta DR, Fee JR, Hayes DM, Knapp DJ, MacNeil DJ, Thiele TE. Peripheral and central administration of a selective neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor antagonist suppresses ethanol intake by C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004; 28:1324-30. [PMID: 15365302 PMCID: PMC1360243 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000139829.67958.1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36-amino acid neuromodulator that is expressed throughout the central nervous system. Recent genetic and pharmacological evidence suggests that the NPY Y1 receptor modulates ethanol intake. To further characterize the role of the Y1 receptor, we examined voluntary ethanol consumption by mice after administration of [(-)-2-[1-(3-chloro-5-isopropyloxycarbonylaminophenyl)ethylamino]-6-[2-(5-ethyl-4-methyl-1,3-tiazol-2-yl)ethyl]-4-morpholinopyridine] (compound A), a novel and selective Y1 receptor antagonist (Y1RA) that acts centrally on brain receptors when administered peripherally. METHODS C57BL/6J mice were habituated to drinking a 10% (v/v) ethanol solution by using a two-bottle-choice procedure and were then given an intraperitoneal (ip) injection (5 ml/kg) of the Y1RA (0, 25, 50, or 75 mg/kg). In a second study, mice were given intracerebroventricular infusion of the Y1RA (0, 30, or 100 microg). Finally, we determined whether the Y1RA alters open-field locomotor activity, ethanol-induced sedation (3.8 g/kg, ip), or blood ethanol levels. RESULTS Relative to control treatment, ip injection (50 and 75 mg/kg) and intracerebroventricular infusion (100 microg) of the Y1RA significantly reduced ethanol consumption and food intake without altering water drinking. However, the Y1RA did not alter open-field locomotor activity, ethanol-induced sedation, or blood ethanol levels. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that acute blockade of the NPY Y1 receptor with a systemically bioavailable NPY Y1RA reduces voluntary ethanol consumption by C57BL/6J mice. These results are consistent with observations that hypothalamic infusion of NPY increases ethanol drinking by rats.
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- Dennis R. Sparta
- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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- From the Department of Psychology (DRS, JRF, DMH, TET), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (DJK, TET), and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (DJK); and Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey (DJM)
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Thiele TE, Sparta DR, Hayes DM, Fee JR. A role for neuropeptide Y in neurobiological responses to ethanol and drugs of abuse. Neuropeptides 2004; 38:235-43. [PMID: 15337375 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2004] [Accepted: 04/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In recent years, evidence has emerged suggesting that neuropeptide Y (NPY) is involved with neurobiological responses to ethanol and other drugs of abuse. Here, we provide an overview of physiological, pharmacological, and genetic research showing that: (A) administration of ethanol, as well as ethanol withdrawal, alter central NPY expression, (B) NPY modulates ethanol consumption under certain conditions, and (C) NPY signaling modulates the sedative effects of several drugs, including ethanol, sodium pentobarbital, and ketamine. Evidence suggesting possible mechanism(s) by which NPY signaling modulates ethanol consumption are considered. It is suggested that NPY may influence ethanol consumption by regulating basal levels of anxiety, by modulating the sedative effects of ethanol, and/or by modulating ethanol's rewarding properties.
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- Todd E Thiele
- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davie Hall, CB 3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
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Thiele TE, Naveilhan P, Ernfors P. Assessment of ethanol consumption and water drinking by NPY Y(2) receptor knockout mice. Peptides 2004; 25:975-83. [PMID: 15203244 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Revised: 03/19/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In recent years, pharmacological and genetic evidence have emerged suggesting that neuropeptide Y (NPY) and the NPY Y(1) receptor are involved with neurobiological responses to ethanol. Pharmacological data implicate a role for the NPY Y(2) receptor in ethanol self-administration. The purpose of the present study was to determine if genetic mutation of the Y(2) receptor would modulate ethanol consumption and/or ethanol-induced sedation. Here, we report that mutant mice lacking the NPY Y(2) receptor (Y(2)(-/-)), when maintained on a mixed 50% 129/ SvJ x 50 % Balb/cJ background, drink significantly less of solutions containing 3 or 6% (v/v) ethanol relative to wild-type (Y(2)(+/+)) mice. These mice drink normal amounts of solutions containing sucrose or quinine, have normal blood ethanol clearance, and show normal sensitivity to ethanol-induced sedation. However, Y(2)(-/-) mice that are backcrossed to a Balb/cJ background show normal consumption of ethanol, indicating that the contributions of the NPY Y(2) receptor to ethanol consumption are genetic background dependent. Consistent with previous data suggesting that NPY modulates water drinking, Y(2)(-/-) mice of both genetic backgrounds consume significantly more water than Y(2)(+/+) mice. The present results suggest roles for the NPY Y(2) receptor in the modulation of ethanol and water consumption.
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- Todd E Thiele
- Department of Psychology and the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davie Hall, CB#3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
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Thiele TE, Navarro M, Sparta DR, Fee JR, Knapp DJ, Cubero I. Alcoholism and obesity: overlapping neuropeptide pathways? Neuropeptides 2003; 37:321-37. [PMID: 14698675 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2003.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ethanol is a caloric compound, and ethanol drinking and food intake are both appetitive and consummatory behaviors. Furthermore, both ethanol and food have rewarding properties. It is therefore possible that overlapping central pathways are involved with uncontrolled eating and excessive ethanol consumption. A growing list of peptides has been shown to regulate food intake and/or energy homeostasis. Peptides such as the melanocortins, corticotropin releasing factor, and cholecystokinin promote reductions of food intake while others such as galanin and neuropeptide Y stimulate feeding. The present review highlights research aimed at determining if ingestive peptides also regulate voluntary ethanol intake, with an emphasis on the melanocortins and neuropeptide Y. It is suggested that research directed at ingestive peptides may expand our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that drive ethanol self-administration, and may reveal new therapeutic candidates for treating alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
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- Todd E Thiele
- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davie Hall, CB# 3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
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Thiele TE, Sparta DR, Fee JR, Navarro M, Cubero I. Central neuropeptide Y alters ethanol-induced sedation, but not ethanol intake, in C57BL/6 mice. Alcohol 2003; 31:155-60. [PMID: 14693264 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent evidence indicates that neuropeptide Y modulates neurobiologic responses to ethanol and ethanol consumption. Resistance to the sedative effects of ethanol, voluntary ethanol consumption, or both was found to be inversely related to neuropeptide Y levels in genetically manipulated rat and mouse models. More recently, intracerebroventricular infusion of neuropeptide Y reduced ethanol drinking in rats selectively bred for high ethanol preference, but not in low-ethanol-preferring or in outbred Wistar rats. In the current study, we determined whether intracerebroventricular infusion of neuropeptide Y would reduce voluntary ethanol consumption in high-ethanol-preferring, C57BL/6 mice. We also studied ethanol-induced sedation after intracerebroventricular infusion of neuropeptide Y. Pretreatment with doses of neuropeptide Y, ranging from 3.0 to 10.0 microg, significantly augmented ethanol-induced sedation without altering locomotor activity or plasma ethanol levels. However, neither a 5.0- nor a 10.0-microg dose of neuropeptide Y altered 2-h drinking of a 10% [volume/volume (vol./vol.)] ethanol solution. Consistent with genetic evidence, the results of current pharmacologic studies provide support that neuropeptide Y modulates ethanol-induced sedation.
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- Todd E Thiele
- Department of Psychology and the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
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Thiele TE, Badia-Elder NE. A role for neuropeptide Y in alcohol intake control: evidence from human and animal research. Physiol Behav 2003; 79:95-101. [PMID: 12818714 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(03)00109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This article is based on proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2002 meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and provides a brief overview of recent research suggesting a role for neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the modulation of ethanol drinking. The discussion focuses mainly on recent studies with genetic animal models including mutant mice lacking specific NPY receptor and selectively bred rodents, namely the Indiana alcohol-preferring (P) and alcohol-nonpreferring (NP) rats and the Indiana high alcohol drinking (HAD) and low alcohol drinking (LAD) rats. It is concluded that abnormal or low central NPY activity can promote high alcohol drinking and that NPY modulates alcohol consumption via the NPY Y1 and Y2 receptors.
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- Todd E Thiele
- Department of Psychology and the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davie Hall, CB#3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA.
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Silva AP, Cavadas C, Grouzmann E. Neuropeptide Y and its receptors as potential therapeutic drug targets. Clin Chim Acta 2002; 326:3-25. [PMID: 12417094 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(02)00301-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36-amino-acid peptide that exhibits a large number of physiological activities in the central and peripheral nervous systems. NPY mediates its effects through the activation of six G-protein-coupled receptor subtypes named Y(1), Y(2), Y(3), Y(4), Y(5), and y(6). Evidence suggests that NPY is involved in the pathophysiology of several disorders, such as the control of food intake, metabolic disorders, anxiety, seizures, memory, circadian rhythm, drug addiction, pain, cardiovascular diseases, rhinitis, and endothelial cell dysfunctions. The synthesis of agonists and antagonists for these receptors could be useful to treat several of these diseases.
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- Antonio P Silva
- Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Av. Pierre Decker, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The Decreased Cellular Expression of Neuropeptide Y Protein in Rat Brain Structures During Ethanol Withdrawal After Chronic Ethanol Exposure. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200206000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Roy A, Pandey SC. The Decreased Cellular Expression of Neuropeptide Y Protein in Rat Brain Structures During Ethanol Withdrawal After Chronic Ethanol Exposure. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02607.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mayfield RD, Lewohl JM, Dodd PR, Herlihy A, Liu J, Harris RA. Patterns of gene expression are altered in the frontal and motor cortices of human alcoholics. J Neurochem 2002; 81:802-13. [PMID: 12065639 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00860.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Alcoholism is a major health problem in Western countries, yet relatively little is known about the mechanisms by which chronic alcohol abuse causes the pathologic changes associated with the disease. It is likely that chronic alcoholism affects a number of signaling cascades and transcription factors, which in turn result in distinct gene expression patterns. These patterns are difficult to detect by traditional experiments measuring a few mRNAs at a time, but are well suited to microarray analyses. We used cDNA microarrays to analyze expression of approximately 10 000 genes in the frontal and motor cortices of three groups of chronic alcoholic and matched control cases. A functional hierarchy was devised for classification of brain genes and the resulting groups were compared based on differential expression. Comparison of gene expression patterns in these brain regions revealed a selective reprogramming of gene expression in distinct functional groups. The most pronounced differences were found in myelin-related genes and genes involved in protein trafficking. Significant changes in the expression of known alcohol-responsive genes, and genes involved in calcium, cAMP, and thyroid signaling pathways were also identified. These results suggest that multiple pathways may be important for neuropathology and altered neuronal function observed in alcoholism.
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- R Dayne Mayfield
- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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