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Burrows K, Figueroa-Hall LK, Stewart JL, Alarbi AM, Kuplicki R, Hannafon BN, Tan C, Risbrough VB, McKinney BA, Ramesh R, Victor TA, Aupperle R, Savitz J, Teague TK, Khalsa SS, Paulus MP. Exploring the role of neuronal-enriched extracellular vesicle miR-93 and interoception in major depressive disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:199. [PMID: 38678012 PMCID: PMC11055873 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02907-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with interoceptive processing dysfunctions, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this dysfunction are poorly understood. This study combined brain neuronal-enriched extracellular vesicle (NEEV) technology and serum markers of inflammation and metabolism with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to identify the contribution of gene regulatory pathways, in particular micro-RNA (miR) 93, to interoceptive dysfunction in MDD. Individuals with MDD (n = 41) and healthy comparisons (HC; n = 35) provided blood samples and completed an interoceptive attention task during fMRI. EVs were separated from plasma using a precipitation method. NEEVs were enriched by magnetic streptavidin bead immunocapture utilizing a neural adhesion marker (L1CAM/CD171) biotinylated antibody. The origin of NEEVs was validated with two other neuronal markers - neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit alpha 3 (ATP1A3). NEEV specificities were confirmed by flow cytometry, western blot, particle size analyzer, and transmission electron microscopy. NEEV small RNAs were purified and sequenced. Results showed that: (1) MDD exhibited lower NEEV miR-93 expression than HC; (2) within MDD but not HC, those individuals with the lowest NEEV miR-93 expression had the highest serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor, and leptin; and (3) within HC but not MDD, those participants with the highest miR-93 expression showed the strongest bilateral dorsal mid-insula activation during interoceptive versus exteroceptive attention. Since miR-93 is regulated by stress and affects epigenetic modulation by chromatin re-organization, these results suggest that healthy individuals but not MDD participants show an adaptive epigenetic regulation of insular function during interoceptive processing. Future investigations will need to delineate how specific internal and external environmental conditions contribute to miR-93 expression in MDD and what molecular mechanisms alter brain responsivity to body-relevant signals.
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, School of Community Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, School of Community Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, School of Community Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Oxley College of Health and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
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Molas S, Freels TG, Zhao-Shea R, Lee T, Gimenez-Gomez P, Barbini M, Martin GE, Tapper AR. Dopamine control of social novelty preference is constrained by an interpeduncular-tegmentum circuit. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2891. [PMID: 38570514 PMCID: PMC10991551 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47255-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Animals are inherently motivated to explore social novelty cues over familiar ones, resulting in a novelty preference (NP), although the behavioral and circuit bases underlying NP are unclear. Combining calcium and neurotransmitter sensors with fiber photometry and optogenetics in mice, we find that mesolimbic dopamine (DA) neurotransmission is strongly and predominantly activated by social novelty controlling bout length of interaction during NP, a response significantly reduced by familiarity. In contrast, interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) GABAergic neurons that project to the lateral dorsal tegmentum (LDTg) were inhibited by social novelty but activated during terminations with familiar social stimuli. Inhibition of this pathway during NP increased interaction and bout length with familiar social stimuli, while activation reduced interaction and bout length with novel social stimuli via decreasing DA neurotransmission. These data indicate interest towards novel social stimuli is encoded by mesolimbic DA which is dynamically regulated by an IPN→LDTg circuit to control NP.
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- Susanna Molas
- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA.
- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder 1480 30th St, Boulder, 80303, CO, USA.
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder 1905 Colorado Ave, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 364 Plantation St, LRB, Worcester, 01605, MA, USA.
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Batten SR, Bang D, Kopell BH, Davis AN, Heflin M, Fu Q, Perl O, Ziafat K, Hashemi A, Saez I, Barbosa LS, Twomey T, Lohrenz T, White JP, Dayan P, Charney AW, Figee M, Mayberg HS, Kishida KT, Gu X, Montague PR. Dopamine and serotonin in human substantia nigra track social context and value signals during economic exchange. Nat Hum Behav 2024; 8:718-728. [PMID: 38409356 PMCID: PMC11045309 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01831-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
Dopamine and serotonin are hypothesized to guide social behaviours. In humans, however, we have not yet been able to study neuromodulator dynamics as social interaction unfolds. Here, we obtained subsecond estimates of dopamine and serotonin from human substantia nigra pars reticulata during the ultimatum game. Participants, who were patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing awake brain surgery, had to accept or reject monetary offers of varying fairness from human and computer players. They rejected more offers in the human than the computer condition, an effect of social context associated with higher overall levels of dopamine but not serotonin. Regardless of the social context, relative changes in dopamine tracked trial-by-trial changes in offer value-akin to reward prediction errors-whereas serotonin tracked the current offer value. These results show that dopamine and serotonin fluctuations in one of the basal ganglia's main output structures reflect distinct social context and value signals.
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- Seth R Batten
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neuromodulation, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
- University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neuromodulation, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neuromodulation, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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Mohebi A, Wei W, Pelattini L, Kim K, Berke JD. Dopamine transients follow a striatal gradient of reward time horizons. Nat Neurosci 2024; 27:737-746. [PMID: 38321294 PMCID: PMC11001583 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01566-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
Animals make predictions to guide their behavior and update those predictions through experience. Transient increases in dopamine (DA) are thought to be critical signals for updating predictions. However, it is unclear how this mechanism handles a wide range of behavioral timescales-from seconds or less (for example, if singing a song) to potentially hours or more (for example, if hunting for food). Here we report that DA transients in distinct rat striatal subregions convey prediction errors based on distinct time horizons. DA dynamics systematically accelerated from ventral to dorsomedial to dorsolateral striatum, in the tempo of spontaneous fluctuations, the temporal integration of prior rewards and the discounting of future rewards. This spectrum of timescales for evaluative computations can help achieve efficient learning and adaptive motivation for a broad range of behaviors.
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- Ali Mohebi
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Petersen KA, Zong W, Depoy LM, Scott MR, Shankar VG, Burns JN, Cerwensky AJ, Kim SM, Ketchesin KD, Tseng GC, McClung CA. Comparative rhythmic transcriptome profiling of human and mouse striatal subregions. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:796-805. [PMID: 38182777 PMCID: PMC10948754 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01788-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
Abstract
The human striatum can be subdivided into the caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens (NAc). In mice, this roughly corresponds to the dorsal medial striatum (DMS), dorsal lateral striatum (DLS), and ventral striatum (NAc). Each of these structures have some overlapping and distinct functions related to motor control, cognitive processing, motivation, and reward. Previously, we used a "time-of-death" approach to identify diurnal rhythms in RNA transcripts in these three human striatal subregions. Here, we identify molecular rhythms across similar striatal subregions collected from C57BL/6J mice across 6 times of day and compare results to the human striatum. Pathway analysis indicates a large degree of overlap between species in rhythmic transcripts involved in processes like cellular stress, energy metabolism, and translation. Notably, a striking finding in humans is that small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are among the most highly rhythmic transcripts in the NAc and this is not conserved in mice, suggesting the rhythmicity of RNA processing in this region could be uniquely human. Furthermore, the peak timing of overlapping rhythmic genes is altered between species, but not consistently in one direction. Taken together, these studies reveal conserved as well as distinct transcriptome rhythms across the human and mouse striatum and are an important step in understanding the normal function of diurnal rhythms in humans and model organisms in these regions and how disruption could lead to pathology.
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- Kaitlyn A Petersen
- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Chapp AD, Nwakama CA, Collins AR, Mermelstein PG, Thomas MJ. Physiological acetic acid concentrations from ethanol metabolism stimulate accumbens shell medium spiny neurons via NMDAR activation in a sex-dependent manner. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:885-892. [PMID: 37845488 PMCID: PMC10948831 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01752-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
Abstract
Recent studies have implicated the ethanol metabolite, acetic acid, as neuroactive, perhaps even more so than ethanol itself. In this study, we investigated sex-specific metabolism of ethanol (1, 2, and 4 g/kg) to acetic acid in vivo to guide electrophysiology experiments in the accumbens shell (NAcSh), a key node in the mammalian reward circuit. There was a sex-dependent difference in serum acetate production, quantified via ion chromatography only at the lowest dose of ethanol (males > females). Ex vivo electrophysiology recordings of NAcSh medium spiny neurons (MSN) in brain slices demonstrated that physiological concentrations of acetic acid (2 mM and 4 mM) increased NAcSh MSN excitability in both sexes. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonists, AP5 and memantine, robustly attenuated the acetic acid-induced increase in excitability. Acetic acid-induced NMDAR-dependent inward currents were greater in females compared to males and were not estrous cycle dependent. These findings suggest a novel NMDAR-dependent mechanism by which the ethanol metabolite, acetic acid, may influence neurophysiological effects in a key reward circuit in the brain from ethanol consumption. Furthermore, these findings also highlight a specific sex-dependent sensitivity in females to acetic acid-NMDAR interactions. This may underlie their more rapid advancement to alcohol use disorder and increased risk of alcohol related neurodegeneration compared to males.
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- Andrew D Chapp
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55445, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55445, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA, 93701, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55445, USA.
- Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55445, USA.
- Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Kelly TJ, Bonniwell EM, Mu L, Liu X, Hu Y, Friedman V, Yu H, Su W, McCorvy JD, Liu QS. Psilocybin analog 4-OH-DiPT enhances fear extinction and GABAergic inhibition of principal neurons in the basolateral amygdala. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:854-863. [PMID: 37752222 PMCID: PMC10948882 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01744-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
Abstract
Psychedelics such as psilocybin show great promise for the treatment of depression and PTSD, but their long duration of action poses practical limitations for patient access. 4-OH-DiPT is a fast-acting and shorter-lasting derivative of psilocybin. Here we characterized the pharmacological profile of 4-OH-DiPT and examined its impact on fear extinction learning as well as a potential mechanism of action. First, we profiled 4-OH-DiPT at all 12 human 5-HT GPCRs. 4-OH-DiPT showed strongest agonist activity at all three 5-HT2A/2B/2C receptors with near full agonist activity at 5-HT2A. Notably, 4-OH-DiPT had comparable activity at mouse and human 5-HT2A/2B/2C receptors. In a fear extinction paradigm, 4-OH-DiPT significantly reduced freezing responses to conditioned cues in a dose-dependent manner with a greater potency in female mice than male mice. Female mice that received 4-OH-DiPT before extinction training had reduced avoidance behaviors several days later in the light dark box, elevated plus maze and novelty-suppressed feeding test compared to controls, while male mice did not show significant differences. 4-OH-DiPT produced robust increases in spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) in basolateral amygdala (BLA) principal neurons and action potential firing in BLA interneurons in a 5-HT2A-dependent manner. RNAscope demonstrates that Htr2a mRNA is expressed predominantly in BLA GABA interneurons, Htr2c mRNA is expressed in both GABA interneurons and principal neurons, while Htr2b mRNA is absent in the BLA. Our findings suggest that 4-OH-DiPT activates BLA interneurons via the 5-HT2A receptor to enhance GABAergic inhibition of BLA principal neurons, which provides a potential mechanism for suppressing learned fear.
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- Thomas J Kelly
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
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Buck LA, Xie Q, Willis M, Side CM, Giacometti LL, Gaskill PJ, Park K, Shaheen F, Guo L, Gorantla S, Barker JM. Impaired extinction of cocaine seeking in HIV-infected mice is accompanied by peripheral and central immune dysregulation. Commun Biol 2024; 7:387. [PMID: 38553542 PMCID: PMC10980811 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06079-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly comorbid with HIV infection, necessitating an understanding of the interactive effects of drug exposure and HIV. The relationship between HIV infection and cocaine use disorder is likely bidirectional, with cocaine use directly impacting immune function while HIV infection alters addiction-related behavior. To better characterize the neurobehavioral and immune consequences of HIV infection and cocaine exposure, this study utilizes a humanized mouse model to investigate the outcomes of HIV-1 infection on cocaine-related behaviors in a conditioned place preference (CPP) model, and the interactive effects of cocaine and HIV infection on peripheral and central nervous system inflammation. HIV infection selectively impairs cocaine CPP extinction without effecting reinstatement or cocaine seeking under conflict. Behavioral alterations are accompanied by immune changes in HIV infected mice, including increased prefrontal cortex astrocyte immunoreactivity and brain-region specific effects on microglia number and reactivity. Peripheral immune system changes are observed in human cytokines, including HIV-induced reductions in human TNFα, and cocaine and HIV interactions on GM-CSF levels. Together these data provide new insights into the unique neurobehavioral outcomes of HIV infection and cocaine exposure and how they interact to effect immune responses.
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- Lauren A Buck
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Espadas I, Wingfield JL, Nakahata Y, Chanda K, Grinman E, Ghosh I, Bauer KE, Raveendra B, Kiebler MA, Yasuda R, Rangaraju V, Puthanveettil S. Synaptically-targeted long non-coding RNA SLAMR promotes structural plasticity by increasing translation and CaMKII activity. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2694. [PMID: 38538603 PMCID: PMC10973417 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46972-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in maintaining cell homeostasis and function. However, it remains largely unknown whether and how neuronal activity impacts the transcriptional regulation of lncRNAs, or if this leads to synapse-related changes and contributes to the formation of long-term memories. Here, we report the identification of a lncRNA, SLAMR, which becomes enriched in CA1-hippocampal neurons upon contextual fear conditioning but not in CA3 neurons. SLAMR is transported along dendrites via the molecular motor KIF5C and is recruited to the synapse upon stimulation. Loss of function of SLAMR reduces dendritic complexity and impairs activity-dependent changes in spine structural plasticity and translation. Gain of function of SLAMR, in contrast, enhances dendritic complexity, spine density, and translation. Analyses of the SLAMR interactome reveal its association with CaMKIIα protein through a 220-nucleotide element also involved in SLAMR transport. A CaMKII reporter reveals a basal reduction in CaMKII activity with SLAMR loss-of-function. Furthermore, the selective loss of SLAMR function in CA1 disrupts the consolidation of fear memory in male mice, without affecting their acquisition, recall, or extinction, or spatial memory. Together, these results provide new molecular and functional insight into activity-dependent changes at the synapse and consolidation of contextual fear.
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- Isabel Espadas
- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Biomedical Center, Department for Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Medical Faculty, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Biomedical Center, Department for Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Medical Faculty, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA.
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Mize TJ, Evans LM. Examination of a novel expression-based gene-SNP annotation strategy to identify tissue-specific contributions to heritability in multiple traits. Eur J Hum Genet 2024; 32:263-269. [PMID: 36446896 PMCID: PMC10924090 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-022-01244-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Complex traits show clear patterns of tissue-specific expression influenced by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), yet current strategies aggregate SNP effects to genes by employing simple physical proximity-based windows. Here, we examined whether incorporating SNPs with effects on tissue-specific cis-expression would improve our ability to detect trait-relevant tissues across 31 complex traits using stratified linkage disequilibrium score regression (S-LDSC). We found that a physical proximity annotation produced more significant tissue enrichments and larger S-LDSC regression coefficients, as compared to an expression-based annotation. Furthermore, we showed that our expression-based annotation did not outperform an annotation strategy in which an equal number of randomly chosen SNPs were annotated to genes within the same genomic window, suggesting extensive redundancy among SNP effect estimates due to linkage disequilibrium. That said, current sample sizes limit estimation of cis-genetic SNP effects; therefore, we recommend reexamination of the expression-based annotation when larger tissue-specific expression datasets become available. To examine the influence of sample size, we used a large whole blood eQTL reference panel (N = 31,684) applying a similar expression-based annotation strategy. We found that significant cis-expression QTLs in whole blood did not outperform the physical proximity annotation when estimating tissue-specific SNP heritability enrichment for either high- or low-density lipoprotein phenotypes but performed similarly for inflammatory bowel disease. Finally, we report new and updated tissue enrichment estimates across 31 complex traits, such as significant heritability enrichment of the frontal cortex for cognitive performance, educational attainment, and intelligence, providing further evidence of this structure's importance in higher cognitive function.
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- Travis J Mize
- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
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- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Papastrat KM, Lis CA, Caprioli D, Pickard H, Puche AC, Ramsey LA, Venniro M. Social odor choice buffers drug craving. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:731-739. [PMID: 38129664 PMCID: PMC10876954 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01778-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Social interactions are rewarding and protective against substance use disorders, but it is unclear which specific aspect of the complex sensory social experience drives these effects. Here, we investigated the role of olfactory sensory experience on social interaction, social preference over cocaine, and cocaine craving in rats. First, we conducted bulbectomy on both male and female rats to evaluate the necessity of olfactory system experience on the acquisition and maintenance of volitional social interaction. Next, we assessed the effect of bulbectomy on rats given a choice between social interaction and cocaine. Finally, we evaluated the influence of olfactory sensory experience by training rats on volitional partner-associated odors, assessing their preference for partner odors over cocaine to achieve voluntary abstinence and assessing its effect on the incubation of cocaine craving. Bulbectomy impaired operant social interaction without affecting food and cocaine self-administration. Rats with intact olfactory systems preferred social interaction over cocaine, while rats with impaired olfactory sense showed a preference for cocaine. Providing access to a partner odor in a choice procedure led to cocaine abstinence, preventing incubation of cocaine craving, in contrast to forced abstinence or non-contingent exposure to cocaine and partner odors. Our data suggests the olfactory sensory experience is necessary and sufficient for volitional social reward. Furthermore, the active preference for partner odors over cocaine buffers drug craving. Based on these findings, translational research should explore the use of social sensory-based treatments utilizing odor-focused foundations for individuals with substance use disorders.
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- Kimberly M Papastrat
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Philosophy & Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Xie YR, Castro DC, Rubakhin SS, Trinklein TJ, Sweedler JV, Lam F. Multiscale biochemical mapping of the brain through deep-learning-enhanced high-throughput mass spectrometry. Nat Methods 2024; 21:521-530. [PMID: 38366241 PMCID: PMC10927565 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02171-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Spatial omics technologies can reveal the molecular intricacy of the brain. While mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) provides spatial localization of compounds, comprehensive biochemical profiling at a brain-wide scale in three dimensions by MSI with single-cell resolution has not been achieved. We demonstrate complementary brain-wide and single-cell biochemical mapping using MEISTER, an integrative experimental and computational mass spectrometry (MS) framework. Our framework integrates a deep-learning-based reconstruction that accelerates high-mass-resolving MS by 15-fold, multimodal registration creating three-dimensional (3D) molecular distributions and a data integration method fitting cell-specific mass spectra to 3D datasets. We imaged detailed lipid profiles in tissues with millions of pixels and in large single-cell populations acquired from the rat brain. We identified region-specific lipid contents and cell-specific localizations of lipids depending on both cell subpopulations and anatomical origins of the cells. Our workflow establishes a blueprint for future development of multiscale technologies for biochemical characterization of the brain.
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- Yuxuan Richard Xie
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Mehta DD, Praecht A, Ward HB, Sanches M, Sorkhou M, Tang VM, Steele VR, Hanlon CA, George TP. A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuromodulation therapies for substance use disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:649-680. [PMID: 38086901 PMCID: PMC10876556 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01776-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
Abstract
While pharmacological, behavioral and psychosocial treatments are available for substance use disorders (SUDs), they are not always effective or well-tolerated. Neuromodulation (NM) methods, including repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) may address SUDs by targeting addiction neurocircuitry. We evaluated the efficacy of NM to improve behavioral outcomes in SUDs. A systematic literature search was performed on MEDLINE, PsychINFO, and PubMed databases and a list of search terms for four key concepts (SUD, rTMS, tDCS, DBS) was applied. Ninety-four studies were identified that examined the effects of rTMS, tDCS, and DBS on substance use outcomes (e.g., craving, consumption, and relapse) amongst individuals with SUDs including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, stimulants, and opioids. Meta-analyses were performed for alcohol and tobacco studies using rTMS and tDCS. We found that rTMS reduced substance use and craving, as indicated by medium to large effect sizes (Hedge's g > 0.5). Results were most encouraging when multiple stimulation sessions were applied, and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was targeted. tDCS also produced medium effect sizes for drug use and craving, though they were highly variable and less robust than rTMS; right anodal DLPFC stimulation appeared to be most efficacious. DBS studies were typically small, uncontrolled studies, but showed promise in reducing misuse of multiple substances. NM may be promising for the treatment of SUDs. Future studies should determine underlying neural mechanisms of NM, and further evaluate extended treatment durations, accelerated administration protocols and long-term outcomes with biochemical verification of substance use.
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- Dhvani D Mehta
- Addictions Division, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Addictions Division, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Addictions Division, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Addictions Division, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Addictions Division, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Zuo Y, Solingapuram Sai KK, Jazic A, Bansode AH, Rose JE, Mukhin AG. Comparison of brain nicotine accumulation from traditional combustible cigarettes and electronic cigarettes with different formulations. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:740-746. [PMID: 38225397 PMCID: PMC10876700 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01800-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
Rapid brain accumulation is critical for the acute reinforcing effects of nicotine. Although nicotine formulation (free-base vs. protonated or salt) in electronic cigarette (E-cig) liquid affects user satisfaction, its impact on brain nicotine accumulation (BNA) from E-cig use has not been evaluated in comparison with traditional combustible cigarettes (C-cigs) using a within-subjects design. BNA was directly assessed with 29 adult dual users (13 females) of E-cigs and C-cigs, using [11C]nicotine and positron emission tomography (PET). Participants underwent two 15-min upper body (from chest to head) scanning sessions during which they inhaled a single puff of [11C]nicotine-labeled vapor from E-cigs with free-base nicotine or C-cig smoke in a randomized order. Seventeen of them also went through another session during which they inhaled from E-cigs with nicotine salt. A full-body scan was also conducted at each session to measure total absorbed dose of [11C]nicotine. Mean maximum nicotine concentration (Cmax) in brain following inhalation of free-base nicotine E-cig vapor was 19% and 15% lower relative to C-cig smoke and nicotine salt E-cig vapor (ps = 0.014 and 0.043, respectively). The Cmax values did not differ significantly between the C-cig and nicotine salt E-cig. Mean values of time to the maximum concentration (Tmax) were not significantly different between the two types of E-cig, but they were 64% and 40% longer than that for C-cig smoking (ps = 0.0005 and 0.004, respectively). Mean Cmax with C-cigs and free-base nicotine E-cigs were greater in females relative to males and correlated with T1/2 of lung nicotine clearance and participants' pack-years. These results suggest that while E-cigs with free-base nicotine formulation can deliver nicotine rapidly to the brain, those with nicotine salt formulation are capable of even more efficient brain nicotine delivery closely resembling combustible cigarettes. Therefore, nicotine formulation or pH in E-liquid should be considered in evaluation of E-cigs in terms of abuse liability and potential in substituting for combustible cigarettes.
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- Yantao Zuo
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Scholl of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Scholl of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Scholl of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Scholl of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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Liu Q, Zhao Y, Attanti S, Voss JL, Schoenbaum G, Kahnt T. Midbrain signaling of identity prediction errors depends on orbitofrontal cortex networks. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1704. [PMID: 38402210 PMCID: PMC10894191 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45880-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Outcome-guided behavior requires knowledge about the identity of future rewards. Previous work across species has shown that the dopaminergic midbrain responds to violations in expected reward identity and that the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) represents reward identity expectations. Here we used network-targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a trans-reinforcer reversal learning task to test the hypothesis that outcome expectations in the lateral OFC contribute to the computation of identity prediction errors (iPE) in the midbrain. Network-targeted TMS aiming at lateral OFC reduced the global connectedness of the lateral OFC and impaired reward identity learning in the first block of trials. Critically, TMS disrupted neural representations of expected reward identity in the OFC and modulated iPE responses in the midbrain. These results support the idea that iPE signals in the dopaminergic midbrain are computed based on outcome expectations represented in the lateral OFC.
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- Qingfang Liu
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Fotio Y, Mabou Tagne A, Squire E, Lee HL, Phillips CM, Chang K, Ahmed F, Greenberg AS, Villalta SA, Scarfone VM, Spadoni G, Mor M, Piomelli D. NAAA-regulated lipid signaling in monocytes controls the induction of hyperalgesic priming in mice. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1705. [PMID: 38402219 PMCID: PMC10894261 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46139-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Circulating monocytes participate in pain chronification but the molecular events that cause their deployment are unclear. Using a mouse model of hyperalgesic priming (HP), we show that monocytes enable progression to pain chronicity through a mechanism that requires transient activation of the hydrolase, N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA), and the consequent suppression of NAAA-regulated lipid signaling at peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α). Inhibiting NAAA in the 72 hours following administration of a priming stimulus prevented HP. This effect was phenocopied by NAAA deletion and depended on PPAR-α recruitment. Mice lacking NAAA in CD11b+ cells - monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils - were resistant to HP induction. Conversely, mice overexpressing NAAA or lacking PPAR-α in the same cells were constitutively primed. Depletion of monocytes, but not resident macrophages, generated mice that were refractory to HP. The results identify NAAA-regulated signaling in monocytes as a control node in the induction of HP and, potentially, the transition to pain chronicity.
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- Yannick Fotio
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo,", Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Kearney PJ, Zhang Y, Liang M, Tan Y, Kahuno E, Conklin TL, Fagan RR, Pavchinskiy RG, Shaffer SA, Yue Z, Melikian HE. Silencing Parkinson's risk allele Rit2 sex-specifically compromises motor function and dopamine neuron viability. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2024; 10:41. [PMID: 38395968 PMCID: PMC10891080 DOI: 10.1038/s41531-024-00648-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and arises from dopamine (DA) neuron death selectively in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). Rit2 is a reported PD risk allele, and recent single cell transcriptomic studies identified a major RIT2 cluster in PD DA neurons, potentially linking Rit2 expression loss to a PD patient cohort. However, it is still unknown whether Rit2 loss itself impacts DA neuron function and/or viability. Here we report that conditional Rit2 silencing in mouse DA neurons drove motor dysfunction that occurred earlier in males than females and was rescued at early stages by either inhibiting the DA transporter (DAT) or with L-DOPA treatment. Motor dysfunction was accompanied by decreased DA release, striatal DA content, phenotypic DAergic markers, DA neurons, and DAergic terminals, with increased pSer129-alpha synuclein and pSer935-LRRK2 expression. These results provide clear evidence that Rit2 loss is causal for SNc cell death and motor dysfunction, and reveal key sex-specific differences in the response to Rit2 loss.
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- Patrick J Kearney
- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- DMPK Group, Merck, S. San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Regeneron, Albany, NY, USA
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- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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He Y, Shen H, Bi GH, Zhang HY, Soler-Cedeño O, Alton H, Yang Y, Xi ZX. GPR55 is expressed in glutamate neurons and functionally modulates drug taking and seeking in rats and mice. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:101. [PMID: 38374108 PMCID: PMC10876975 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02820-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) has been thought to be a putative cannabinoid receptor. However, little is known about its functional role in cannabinoid action and substance use disorders. Here we report that GPR55 is predominantly found in glutamate neurons in the brain, and its activation reduces self-administration of cocaine and nicotine in rats and mice. Using RNAscope in situ hybridization, GPR55 mRNA was identified in cortical vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VgluT1)-positive and subcortical VgluT2-positive glutamate neurons, with no detection in midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons. Immunohistochemistry detected a GPR55-like signal in both wildtype and GPR55-knockout mice, suggesting non-specific staining. However, analysis using a fluorescent CB1/GPR55 ligand (T1117) in CB1-knockout mice confirmed GPR55 binding in glutamate neurons, not in midbrain DA neurons. Systemic administration of the GPR55 agonist O-1602 didnt impact ∆9-THC-induced analgesia, hypothermia and catalepsy, but significantly mitigated cocaine-enhanced brain-stimulation reward caused by optogenetic activation of midbrain DA neurons. O-1602 alone failed to alter extracellar DA, but elevated extracellular glutamate, in the nucleus accumbens. In addition, O-1602 also demonstrated inhibitory effects on cocaine or nicotine self-administration under low fixed-ratio and/or progressive-ratio reinforcement schedules in rats and wildtype mice, with no such effects observed in GPR55-knockout mice. Together, these findings suggest that GPR55 activation may functionally modulate drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior possibly via a glutamate-dependent mechanism, and therefore, GPR55 deserves further study as a new therapeutic target for treating substance use disorders.
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- Yi He
- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Medication Development Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Training Fellow, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Medication Development Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Addiction Biology Unit, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Jiang C, DiLeone RJ, Pittenger C, Duman RS. The endogenous opioid system in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates ketamine's antidepressant-like actions. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:90. [PMID: 38346984 PMCID: PMC10861497 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02796-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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Recent studies have implicated the endogenous opioid system in the antidepressant actions of ketamine, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We used a combination of pharmacological, behavioral, and molecular approaches in rats to test the contribution of the prefrontal endogenous opioid system to the antidepressant-like effects of a single dose of ketamine. Both the behavioral actions of ketamine and their molecular correlates in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are blocked by acute systemic administration of naltrexone, a competitive opioid receptor antagonist. Naltrexone delivered directly into the mPFC similarly disrupts the behavioral effects of ketamine. Ketamine treatment rapidly increases levels of β-endorphin and the expression of the μ-opioid receptor gene (Oprm1) in the mPFC, and the expression of gene that encodes proopiomelanocortin, the precursor of β-endorphin, in the hypothalamus, in vivo. Finally, neutralization of β-endorphin in the mPFC using a specific antibody prior to ketamine treatment abolishes both behavioral and molecular effects. Together, these findings indicate that presence of β-endorphin and activation of opioid receptors in the mPFC are required for the antidepressant-like actions of ketamine.
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- Cheng Jiang
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Center for Brain and Mind Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Xia M, Anderson TL, Prantzalos ER, Hawkinson TR, Clarke HA, Keohane SB, Sun RC, Turner JR, Ortinski PI. Voltage-gated potassium channels control extended access cocaine seeking: a role for nucleus accumbens astrocytes. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:551-560. [PMID: 37660129 PMCID: PMC10789875 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01718-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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Dopaminergic signaling in the nucleus accumbens shell (NAc) regulates neuronal activity relevant to reward-related learning, including cocaine-associated behaviors. Although astrocytes respond to dopamine and cocaine with structural changes, the impact of dopamine and cocaine on astrocyte functional plasticity has not been widely studied. Specifically, behavioral implications of voltage-gated channel activity in the canonically non-excitable astrocytes are not known. We characterized potassium channel function in NAc astrocytes following exposure to exogenous dopamine or cocaine self-administration training under short (2 h/day) and extended (6 h/day) access schedules. Electrophysiological, Ca2+ imaging, mRNA, and mass spectrometry tools were used for molecular characterization. Behavioral effects were examined after NAc-targeted microinjections of channel antagonists and astroglial toxins. Exogenous dopamine increased activity of currents mediated by voltage-gated (Kv7) channels in NAc astrocytes. This was associated with a ~5-fold increase in expression of Kcnq2 transcript level in homogenized NAc micropunches. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry revealed increased NAc dopamine levels in extended access, relative to short access, rats. Kv7 inhibition selectively increased frequency and amplitude of astrocyte intracellular Ca2+ transients in NAc of extended access rats. Inhibition of Kv7 channels in the NAc attenuated cocaine-seeking in extended access rats only, an effect that was occluded by microinjection of the astrocyte metabolic poison, fluorocitrate. These results suggest that voltage-gated K+ channel signaling in NAc astrocytes is behaviorally relevant, support Kv7-mediated regulation of astrocyte Ca2+ signals, and propose novel mechanisms of neuroglial interactions relevant to drug use.
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- Mengfan Xia
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Center for Advanced Spatial Biomolecule Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
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Phan BN, Ray MH, Xue X, Fu C, Fenster RJ, Kohut SJ, Bergman J, Haber SN, McCullough KM, Fish MK, Glausier JR, Su Q, Tipton AE, Lewis DA, Freyberg Z, Tseng GC, Russek SJ, Alekseyev Y, Ressler KJ, Seney ML, Pfenning AR, Logan RW. Single nuclei transcriptomics in human and non-human primate striatum in opioid use disorder. Nat Commun 2024; 15:878. [PMID: 38296993 PMCID: PMC10831093 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45165-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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In brain, the striatum is a heterogenous region involved in reward and goal-directed behaviors. Striatal dysfunction is linked to psychiatric disorders, including opioid use disorder (OUD). Striatal subregions are divided based on neuroanatomy, each with unique roles in OUD. In OUD, the dorsal striatum is involved in altered reward processing, formation of habits, and development of negative affect during withdrawal. Using single nuclei RNA-sequencing, we identified both canonical (e.g., dopamine receptor subtype) and less abundant cell populations (e.g., interneurons) in human dorsal striatum. Pathways related to neurodegeneration, interferon response, and DNA damage were significantly enriched in striatal neurons of individuals with OUD. DNA damage markers were also elevated in striatal neurons of opioid-exposed rhesus macaques. Sex-specific molecular differences in glial cell subtypes associated with chronic stress were found in OUD, particularly female individuals. Together, we describe different cell types in human dorsal striatum and identify cell type-specific alterations in OUD.
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- BaDoi N Phan
- Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Division of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Behavioral Biology Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Behavioral Biology Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Basic Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
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- Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Division of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
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- Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
- Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
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Di Ianni T, Ewbank SN, Levinstein MR, Azadian MM, Budinich RC, Michaelides M, Airan RD. Sex dependence of opioid-mediated responses to subanesthetic ketamine in rats. Nat Commun 2024; 15:893. [PMID: 38291050 PMCID: PMC10828511 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45157-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Subanesthetic ketamine is increasingly used for the treatment of varied psychiatric conditions, both on- and off-label. While it is commonly classified as an N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, our picture of ketamine's mechanistic underpinnings is incomplete. Recent clinical evidence has indicated, controversially, that a component of the efficacy of subanesthetic ketamine may be opioid dependent. Using pharmacological functional ultrasound imaging in rats, we found that blocking opioid receptors suppressed neurophysiologic changes evoked by ketamine, but not by a more selective NMDAR antagonist, in limbic regions implicated in the pathophysiology of depression and in reward processing. Importantly, this opioid-dependent response was strongly sex-dependent, as it was not evident in female subjects and was fully reversed by surgical removal of the male gonads. We observed similar sex-dependent effects of opioid blockade affecting ketamine-evoked postsynaptic density and behavioral sensitization, as well as in opioid blockade-induced changes in opioid receptor density. Together, these results underscore the potential for ketamine to induce its affective responses via opioid signaling, and indicate that this opioid dependence may be strongly influenced by subject sex. These factors should be more directly assessed in future clinical trials.
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- Tommaso Di Ianni
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Arzua T, Yan Y, Liu X, Dash RK, Liu QS, Bai X. Synaptic and mitochondrial mechanisms behind alcohol-induced imbalance of excitatory/inhibitory synaptic activity and associated cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:51. [PMID: 38253552 PMCID: PMC10803756 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02748-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can significantly impact the brain development of the fetus, leading to long-term cognitive and behavioral problems. However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the acute and chronic effects of binge-like alcohol exposure during the third trimester equivalent in postnatal day 7 (P7) mice on brain cell viability, synapse activity, cognitive and behavioral performance, and gene expression profiles at P60. Our results showed that alcohol exposure caused neuroapoptosis in P7 mouse brains immediately after a 6-hour exposure. In addition, P60 mice exposed to alcohol during P7 displayed impaired learning and memory abilities and anxiety-like behaviors. Electrophysiological analysis of hippocampal neurons revealed an excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in alcohol-treated P60 mice compared to controls, with decreased excitation and increased inhibition. Furthermore, our bioinformatic analysis of 376 dysregulated genes in P60 mouse brains following alcohol exposure identified 50 synapse-related and 23 mitochondria-related genes. These genes encoded proteins located in various parts of the synapse, synaptic cleft, extra-synaptic space, synaptic membranes, or mitochondria, and were associated with different biological processes and functions, including the regulation of synaptic transmission, transport, synaptic vesicle cycle, metabolism, synaptogenesis, mitochondrial activity, cognition, and behavior. The dysregulated synapse and mitochondrial genes were predicted to interact in overlapping networks. Our findings suggest that altered synaptic activities and signaling networks may contribute to alcohol-induced long-term cognitive and behavioral impairments in mice, providing new insights into the underlying synaptic and mitochondrial molecular mechanisms and potential neuroprotective strategies.
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- Thiago Arzua
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, WI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, WI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, WI, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
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Lee K, Paulk AC, Ro YG, Cleary DR, Tonsfeldt KJ, Kfir Y, Pezaris JS, Tchoe Y, Lee J, Bourhis AM, Vatsyayan R, Martin JR, Russman SM, Yang JC, Baohan A, Richardson RM, Williams ZM, Fried SI, Hoi Sang U, Raslan AM, Ben-Haim S, Halgren E, Cash SS, Dayeh SA. Flexible, scalable, high channel count stereo-electrode for recording in the human brain. Nat Commun 2024; 15:218. [PMID: 38233418 PMCID: PMC10794240 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43727-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Over the past decade, stereotactically placed electrodes have become the gold standard for deep brain recording and stimulation for a wide variety of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Current electrodes, however, are limited in their spatial resolution and ability to record from small populations of neurons, let alone individual neurons. Here, we report on an innovative, customizable, monolithically integrated human-grade flexible depth electrode capable of recording from up to 128 channels and able to record at a depth of 10 cm in brain tissue. This thin, stylet-guided depth electrode is capable of recording local field potentials and single unit neuronal activity (action potentials), validated across species. This device represents an advance in manufacturing and design approaches which extends the capabilities of a mainstay technology in clinical neurology.
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- Keundong Lee
- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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Niarchou M, Sanchez-Roige S, Reddy IA, Reese TJ, Marcovitz D, Davis LK. Medical and genetic correlates of long-term buprenorphine treatment in the electronic health records. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:20. [PMID: 38200003 PMCID: PMC10781771 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02713-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite the benefits associated with longer buprenorphine treatment duration (i.e., >180 days) (BTD) for opioid use disorder (OUD), retention remains poor. Research on the impact of co-occurring psychiatric issues on BTD has yielded mixed results. It is also unknown whether the genetic risk in the form of polygenic scores (PGS) for OUD and other comorbid conditions, including problematic alcohol use (PAU) are associated with BTD. We tested the association between somatic and psychiatric comorbidities and long BTD and determined whether PGS for OUD-related conditions was associated with BTD. The study included 6686 individuals with a buprenorphine prescription that lasted for less than 6 months (short-BTD) and 1282 individuals with a buprenorphine prescription that lasted for at least 6 months (long-BTD). Recorded diagnosis of substance addiction and disorders (Odds Ratio (95% CI) = 22.14 (21.88-22.41), P = 2.8 × 10-116), tobacco use disorder (OR (95% CI) = 23.4 (23.13-23.68), P = 4.5 × 10-111), and bipolar disorder (OR(95% CI) = 9.70 (9.48-9.92), P = 1.3 × 10-91), among others, were associated with longer BTD. The PGS of OUD and several OUD co-morbid conditions were associated with any buprenorphine prescription. A higher PGS for OUD (OR per SD increase in PGS (95%CI) = 1.43(1.16-1.77), P = 0.0009), loneliness (OR(95% CI) = 1.39(1.13-1.72), P = 0.002), problematic alcohol use (OR(95%CI) = 1.47(1.19-1.83), P = 0.0004), and externalizing disorders (OR(95%CI) = 1.52(1.23 to 1.89), P = 0.0001) was significantly associated with long-BTD. Associations between BTD and the PGS of depression, chronic pain, nicotine dependence, cannabis use disorder, and bipolar disorder did not survive correction for multiple testing. Longer BTD is associated with diagnoses of psychiatric and somatic conditions in the EHR, as is the genetic score for OUD, loneliness, problematic alcohol use, and externalizing disorders.
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- Maria Niarchou
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Horta M, Shoenfelt A, Lighthall NR, Perez E, Frazier I, Heemskerk A, Lin T, Wilson RC, Ebner NC. Age-group differences in trust-related decision-making and learning. Sci Rep 2024; 14:68. [PMID: 38167997 PMCID: PMC10762071 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50500-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Facial impressions contribute to evaluations of trustworthiness. Older adults are especially vulnerable to trust violations, incurring risks for deception and exploitation. Using the newly developed social Iowa Gambling Task (S-IGT), we examined age-group differences in the impact of facial trustworthiness on decision-making and learning. In the congruent condition (CS-IGT), advantageous decks were paired with trustworthy faces and disadvantageous decks with untrustworthy faces. In the incongruent condition (IS-IGT), this pairing was reversed. Younger (n = 143) and older (n = 129) participants completed either the standard Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), CS-IGT, or IS-IGT. Both age groups preferred trustworthy faces in their initial choices. Older adults performed worse than younger adults across all tasks over time. Further, compared to younger adults, older adults performed worse on the IS-IGT, suggesting that incongruent facial cues interfered with older adults' performance, which aligns with reduced sensitivity to negative social reputations in aging. Multilevel modeling also indicated that age-group differences were most pronounced across all tasks in the last 40 trials. Together these findings suggest that differences between younger and older adults in experience-dependent decision-making are magnified in social contexts that involve a "wolf in sheep's clothing," which may reflect age-related difficulties in integrating incongruent information.
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- Marilyn Horta
- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
- Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Coffey KR, Neumaier JF. A unique role for cAMP signaling in microglia during opioid tolerance and withdrawal. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:331-332. [PMID: 37507509 PMCID: PMC10700564 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01685-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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- Kevin R Coffey
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA.
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Puget Sound VA Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA.
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Badran BW, Peng X. Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS): a promising noninvasive deep brain stimulation approach for pain. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:351-352. [PMID: 37563280 PMCID: PMC10700642 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01699-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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- Bashar W Badran
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neuro-X Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neuro-X Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Duncan L, Deisseroth K. Are novel treatments for brain disorders hiding in plain sight? Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:276-281. [PMID: 37422511 PMCID: PMC10700299 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01636-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
Abstract
Psychiatric diseases are strongly influenced by genetics, but genetically guided treatments have been slow to develop, and precise molecular mechanisms remain mysterious. Although individual locations in the genome tend to not contribute powerfully to psychiatric disease incidence, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have now successfully linked hundreds of specific genetic loci to psychiatric disorders [1-3]. Here, building upon results from well-powered GWAS of four phenotypes relevant to psychiatry, we motivate an exploratory workflow leading from GWAS screening, through causal testing in animal models using methods such as optogenetics, to new therapies in human beings. We focus on schizophrenia and the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2), hot flashes and the neurokinin B receptor (TACR3), cigarette smoking and receptors bound by nicotine (CHRNA5, CHRNA3, CHRNB4), and alcohol use and enzymes that help to break down alcohol (ADH1B, ADH1C, ADH7). A single genomic locus may not powerfully determine disease at the level of the population, but the same locus may nevertheless represent a potent treatment target suitable for population-wide therapeutic approaches.
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- Laramie Duncan
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering and Howard Hughes Medial Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Levinstein MR, Michaelides M. Exploring the role of mu opioid receptors in the therapeutic potential and abuse liability of (S)-ketamine. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:315-316. [PMID: 37438422 PMCID: PMC10700302 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01652-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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- Marjorie R Levinstein
- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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Heifets BD, Olson DE. Therapeutic mechanisms of psychedelics and entactogens. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:104-118. [PMID: 37488282 PMCID: PMC10700553 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01666-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
Abstract
Recent clinical and preclinical evidence suggests that psychedelics and entactogens may produce both rapid and sustained therapeutic effects across several indications. Currently, there is a disconnect between how these compounds are used in the clinic and how they are studied in preclinical species, which has led to a gap in our mechanistic understanding of how these compounds might positively impact mental health. Human studies have emphasized extra-pharmacological factors that could modulate psychedelic-induced therapeutic responses including set, setting, and integration-factors that are poorly modelled in current animal experiments. In contrast, animal studies have focused on changes in neuronal activation and structural plasticity-outcomes that are challenging to measure in humans. Here, we describe several hypotheses that might explain how psychedelics rescue neuropsychiatric disease symptoms, and we propose ways to bridge the gap between human and rodent studies. Given the diverse pharmacological profiles of psychedelics and entactogens, we suggest that their rapid and sustained therapeutic mechanisms of action might best be described by the collection of circuits that they modulate rather than their actions at any single molecular target. Thus, approaches focusing on selective circuit modulation of behavioral phenotypes might prove more fruitful than target-based methods for identifying novel compounds with rapid and sustained therapeutic effects similar to psychedelics and entactogens.
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- Boris D Heifets
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95618, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
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Acuña AM, Olive MF. Influence of gut microbiome metabolites on cocaine demand and cocaine-seeking behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:357-358. [PMID: 37740056 PMCID: PMC10724247 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01743-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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- Amanda M Acuña
- Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
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Hoang AT, Corradin O. Epigenetic alterations identify a confluence of genetic vulnerabilities tied to opioid overdose. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:333-334. [PMID: 37587380 PMCID: PMC10700520 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01701-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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- An T Hoang
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Gipson CD, Strickland JC. Integrating public health and translational basic science to address challenges of xylazine adulteration of fentanyl. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:319-320. [PMID: 37495677 PMCID: PMC10700472 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01680-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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- Cassandra D Gipson
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Angela R Ozburn
- Portland Alcohol Research Center, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
- VA Portland Health Care System, Research & Development, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Meckel KR, Simpson SS, Godino A, Peck EG, Sens JP, Leonard MZ, George O, Calipari ES, Hofford RS, Kiraly DD. Microbial short-chain fatty acids regulate drug seeking and transcriptional control in a model of cocaine seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:386-395. [PMID: 37528220 PMCID: PMC10724273 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01661-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
Cocaine use disorder represents a public health crisis with no FDA-approved medications for its treatment. A growing body of research has detailed the important connections between the brain and the resident population of bacteria in the gut, the gut microbiome, in psychiatric disease models. Acute depletion of gut bacteria results in enhanced reward in a mouse cocaine place preference model, and repletion of bacterially-derived short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) metabolites reverses this effect. However, the role of the gut microbiome and its metabolites in modulating cocaine-seeking behavior after prolonged abstinence is unknown. Given that relapse prevention is the most clinically challenging issue in treating substance use disorders, studies examining the effects of microbiome manipulations in relapse-relevant models are critical. Here, male Sprague-Dawley rats received either untreated water or antibiotics to deplete the gut microbiome and its metabolites. Rats were trained to self-administer cocaine and subjected to either within-session threshold testing to evaluate motivation for cocaine or 21 days of abstinence followed by a cue-induced cocaine-seeking task to model relapse behavior. Microbiome depletion did not affect cocaine acquisition on an fixed-ratio 1 schedule. However, microbiome-depleted rats exhibited significantly enhanced motivation for low dose cocaine on a within-session threshold task. Similarly, microbiome depletion increased cue-induced cocaine-seeking following prolonged abstinence and altered transcriptional regulation in the nucleus accumbens. In the absence of a normal microbiome, repletion of bacterially-derived SCFA metabolites reversed the behavioral and transcriptional changes associated with microbiome depletion. These findings suggest that gut bacteria, via their metabolites, are key regulators of drug-seeking behaviors, positioning the microbiome as a potential translational research target.
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- Katherine R Meckel
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 19081, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, 865F Light Hall, 2215 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
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Huhn AS, Dunn KE. The orexin neurotransmitter system as a target for medication development for opioid use disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:329-330. [PMID: 37491670 PMCID: PMC10700298 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01679-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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- A S Huhn
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Drossel G, Zilverstand A. Towards personalized medicine: subtyping using functional profiles. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:347-348. [PMID: 37580461 PMCID: PMC10700316 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01704-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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- Gunner Drossel
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Park SY, Qiu J, Wei S, Peterson FC, Beltrán J, Medina-Cucurella AV, Vaidya AS, Xing Z, Volkman BF, Nusinow DA, Whitehead TA, Wheeldon I, Cutler SR. An orthogonalized PYR1-based CID module with reprogrammable ligand-binding specificity. Nat Chem Biol 2024; 20:103-110. [PMID: 37872402 PMCID: PMC10746540 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01447-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Plants sense abscisic acid (ABA) using chemical-induced dimerization (CID) modules, including the receptor PYR1 and HAB1, a phosphatase inhibited by ligand-activated PYR1. This system is unique because of the relative ease with which ligand recognition can be reprogrammed. To expand the PYR1 system, we designed an orthogonal '*' module, which harbors a dimer interface salt bridge; X-ray crystallographic, biochemical and in vivo analyses confirm its orthogonality. We used this module to create PYR1*MANDI/HAB1* and PYR1*AZIN/HAB1*, which possess nanomolar sensitivities to their activating ligands mandipropamid and azinphos-ethyl. Experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae demonstrate the sensitive detection of banned organophosphate contaminants using living biosensors and the construction of multi-input/output genetic circuits. Our new modules enable ligand-programmable multi-channel CID systems for plant and eukaryotic synthetic biology that can empower new plant-based and microbe-based sensing modalities.
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- Sang-Youl Park
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
- Center for Industrial Biotechnology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Murphy KR, de Lecea L. Cell type specific focused ultrasound neuromodulation in preclinical models of sleep and psychiatric disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:299-300. [PMID: 37463978 PMCID: PMC10700629 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01662-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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- Keith R Murphy
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Buch AM, Liston C. Gene-brain-behavior mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder: implications for precision psychiatry. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:343-344. [PMID: 37717083 PMCID: PMC10700301 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01722-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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- Amanda M Buch
- Department of Psychiatry and Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, Box 240, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, Box 240, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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Cheng Y, Li B, Zhang X, Aouizerat BE, Zhao H, Xu K. Reply to: Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1296. [PMID: 38129596 PMCID: PMC10739901 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05646-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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- Youshu Cheng
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA.
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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The opioid crisis in the United States is primarily driven by the highly potent synthetic opioid fentanyl leading to >70,000 overdose deaths annually; thus, new therapies for fentanyl overdose are urgently needed. Here, we present the first clinic-ready, fully human monoclonal antibody CSX-1004 with picomolar affinity for fentanyl and related analogs. In mice CSX-1004 reverses fentanyl antinociception and the intractable respiratory depression caused by the ultrapotent opioid carfentanil. Moreover, toxicokinetic evaluation in a repeat-dose rat study and human tissue cross-reactivity study reveals a favorable pharmacokinetic profile of CSX-1004 with no safety-related issues. Using a highly translational non-human primate (NHP) model of respiratory depression, we demonstrate CSX-1004-mediated protection from repeated fentanyl challenges for 3-4 weeks. Furthermore, treatment with CSX-1004 produces up to a 15-fold potency reduction of fentanyl in NHP respiration, antinociception and operant responding assays without affecting non-fentanyl opioids like oxycodone. Taken together, our data establish the feasibility of CSX-1004 as a promising candidate medication for preventing and reversing fentanyl-induced overdose.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Behavioral Biology Program, Integrative Neurochemistry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Behavioral Biology Program, Integrative Neurochemistry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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Sprague JM, Yekkirala AS, Singh B, Tochitsky I, Stephens M, Viramontes O, Ivanis J, Biscola NP, Havton LA, Woolf CJ, Latremoliere A. Bortezomib-induced neuropathy is in part mediated by the sensitization of TRPV1 channels. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1228. [PMID: 38052846 PMCID: PMC10698173 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05624-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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TRPV1 is an ion channel that transduces noxious heat and chemical stimuli and is expressed in small fiber primary sensory neurons that represent almost half of skin nerve terminals. Tissue injury and inflammation result in the sensitization of TRPV1 and sustained activation of TRPV1 can lead to cellular toxicity though calcium influx. To identify signals that trigger TRPV1 sensitization after a 24-h exposure, we developed a phenotypic assay in mouse primary sensory neurons and performed an unbiased screen with a compound library of 480 diverse bioactive compounds. Chemotherapeutic agents, calcium ion deregulators and protein synthesis inhibitors were long-acting TRPV1 sensitizers. Amongst the strongest TRPV1 sensitizers were proteasome inhibitors, a class that includes bortezomib, a chemotherapeutic agent that causes small fiber neuropathy in 30-50% of patients. Prolonged exposure of bortezomib produced a TRPV1 sensitization that lasted several days and neurite retraction in vitro and histological and behavioral changes in male mice in vivo. TRPV1 knockout mice were protected from epidermal nerve fiber loss and a loss of sensory discrimination after bortezomib treatment. We conclude that long-term TRPV1 sensitization contributes to the development of bortezomib-induced neuropathy and the consequent loss of sensation, major deficits experienced by patients under this chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Jared M Sprague
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Pool ER, Pauli WM, Cross L, O'Doherty JP. Neural substrates of parallel devaluation-sensitive and devaluation-insensitive Pavlovian learning in humans. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8057. [PMID: 38052792 PMCID: PMC10697955 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43747-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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We aim to differentiate the brain regions involved in the learning and encoding of Pavlovian associations sensitive to changes in outcome value from those that are not sensitive to such changes by combining a learning task with outcome devaluation, eye-tracking, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in humans. Contrary to theoretical expectation, voxels correlating with reward prediction errors in the ventral striatum and subgenual cingulate appear to be sensitive to devaluation. Moreover, regions encoding state prediction errors appear to be devaluation insensitive. We can also distinguish regions encoding predictions about outcome taste identity from predictions about expected spatial location. Regions encoding predictions about taste identity seem devaluation sensitive while those encoding predictions about an outcome's spatial location seem devaluation insensitive. These findings suggest the existence of multiple and distinct associative mechanisms in the brain and help identify putative neural correlates for the parallel expression of both devaluation sensitive and insensitive conditioned behaviors.
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- Eva R Pool
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Lischinsky JE, Yin L, Shi C, Prakash N, Burke J, Shekaran G, Grba M, Corbin JG, Lin D. Transcriptionally defined amygdala subpopulations play distinct roles in innate social behaviors. Nat Neurosci 2023; 26:2131-2146. [PMID: 37946049 PMCID: PMC10689240 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01475-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Social behaviors are innate and supported by dedicated neural circuits, but the molecular identities of these circuits and how they are established developmentally and shaped by experience remain unclear. Here we show that medial amygdala (MeA) cells originating from two embryonically parcellated developmental lineages have distinct response patterns and functions in social behavior in male mice. MeA cells expressing the transcription factor Foxp2 (MeAFoxp2) are specialized for processing male conspecific cues and are essential for adult inter-male aggression. By contrast, MeA cells derived from the Dbx1 lineage (MeADbx1) respond broadly to social cues, respond strongly during ejaculation and are not essential for male aggression. Furthermore, MeAFoxp2 and MeADbx1 cells show differential anatomical and functional connectivity. Altogether, our results suggest a developmentally hardwired aggression circuit at the MeA level and a lineage-based circuit organization by which a cell's embryonic transcription factor profile determines its social information representation and behavioral relevance during adulthood.
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- Julieta E Lischinsky
- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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McGovern DJ, Polter AM, Prévost ED, Ly A, McNulty CJ, Rubinstein B, Root DH. Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons establish a mu-opioid receptor gated circuit to mesolimbic dopamine neurons and regulate opioid-seeking behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023; 48:1889-1900. [PMID: 37407648 PMCID: PMC10584944 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01637-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
Abstract
A two-neuron model of ventral tegmental area (VTA) opioid function classically involves VTA GABA neuron regulation of VTA dopamine neurons via a mu-opioid receptor dependent inhibitory circuit. However, this model predates the discovery of a third major type of neuron in the VTA: glutamatergic neurons. We found that about one-quarter of VTA neurons expressing the mu-opioid receptor are glutamate neurons without molecular markers of GABA co-release. Glutamate-Mu opioid receptor neurons are largely distributed in the anterior VTA. The majority of remaining VTA mu-opioid receptor neurons are GABAergic neurons that are mostly within the posterior VTA and do not express molecular markers of glutamate co-release. Optogenetic stimulation of VTA glutamate neurons resulted in excitatory currents recorded from VTA dopamine neurons that were reduced by presynaptic activation of the mu-opioid receptor ex vivo, establishing a local mu-opioid receptor dependent excitatory circuit from VTA glutamate neurons to VTA dopamine neurons. This VTA glutamate to VTA dopamine pathway regulated dopamine release to the nucleus accumbens through mu-opioid receptor activity in vivo. Behaviorally, VTA glutamate calcium-related neuronal activity increased following oral oxycodone consumption during self-administration and response-contingent oxycodone-associated cues during abstinent reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior. Further, chemogenetic inhibition of VTA glutamate neurons reduced abstinent oral oxycodone-seeking behavior in male but not female mice. These results establish 1) a three-neuron model of VTA opioid function involving a mu-opioid receptor gated VTA glutamate neuron pathway to VTA dopamine neurons that controls dopamine release within the nucleus accumbens, and 2) that VTA glutamate neurons participate in opioid-seeking behavior.
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- Dillon J McGovern
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 2860 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA.
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Zhou H, Kember RL, Deak JD, Xu H, Toikumo S, Yuan K, Lind PA, Farajzadeh L, Wang L, Hatoum AS, Johnson J, Lee H, Mallard TT, Xu J, Johnston KJA, Johnson EC, Nielsen TT, Galimberti M, Dao C, Levey DF, Overstreet C, Byrne EM, Gillespie NA, Gordon S, Hickie IB, Whitfield JB, Xu K, Zhao H, Huckins LM, Davis LK, Sanchez-Roige S, Madden PAF, Heath AC, Medland SE, Martin NG, Ge T, Smoller JW, Hougaard DM, Børglum AD, Demontis D, Krystal JH, Gaziano JM, Edenberg HJ, Agrawal A, Justice AC, Stein MB, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals. Nat Med 2023; 29:3184-3192. [PMID: 38062264 PMCID: PMC10719093 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02653-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
Problematic alcohol use (PAU), a trait that combines alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related problems assessed with a questionnaire, is a leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Here we conducted a large cross-ancestry meta-analysis of PAU in 1,079,947 individuals (European, N = 903,147; African, N = 122,571; Latin American, N = 38,962; East Asian, N = 13,551; and South Asian, N = 1,716 ancestries). We observed a high degree of cross-ancestral similarity in the genetic architecture of PAU and identified 110 independent risk variants in within- and cross-ancestry analyses. Cross-ancestry fine mapping improved the identification of likely causal variants. Prioritizing genes through gene expression and chromatin interaction in brain tissues identified multiple genes associated with PAU. We identified existing medications for potential pharmacological studies by a computational drug repurposing analysis. Cross-ancestry polygenic risk scores showed better performance of association in independent samples than single-ancestry polygenic risk scores. Genetic correlations between PAU and other traits were observed in multiple ancestries, with other substance use traits having the highest correlations. This study advances our knowledge of the genetic etiology of PAU, and these findings may bring possible clinical applicability of genetics insights-together with neuroscience, biology and data science-closer.
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- Hang Zhou
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Section of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatric Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Genetic Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Psychiatric Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Precision Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Precision Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Neonatal Screening, Department for Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine - Human Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center (MAVERIC), Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Aging and Preventative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Psychiatry Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Marino RAM, Venniro M. Calcitonin receptor signal: a potential target for opioid use disorder? Neuropsychopharmacology 2023; 48:1835-1836. [PMID: 37580458 PMCID: PMC10584877 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01702-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Rosa A M Marino
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Zhang Y, Ben Nathan J, Moreno A, Merkel R, Kahng MW, Hayes MR, Reiner BC, Crist RC, Schmidt HD. Calcitonin receptor signaling in nucleus accumbens D1R- and D2R-expressing medium spiny neurons bidirectionally alters opioid taking in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023; 48:1878-1888. [PMID: 37355732 PMCID: PMC10584857 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01634-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
Abstract
The high rates of relapse associated with current medications used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) necessitate research that expands our understanding of the neural mechanisms regulating opioid taking to identify molecular substrates that could be targeted by novel pharmacotherapies to treat OUD. Recent studies show that activation of calcitonin receptors (CTRs) is sufficient to reduce the rewarding effects of addictive drugs in rodents. However, the role of central CTR signaling in opioid-mediated behaviors has not been studied. Here, we used single nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and immunohistochemistry (IHC) to characterize cell type-specific patterns of CTR expression in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain region that plays a critical role in voluntary drug taking. Using these approaches, we identified CTRs expressed on D1R- and D2R-expressing medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the medial shell subregion of the NAc. Interestingly, Calcr transcripts were expressed at higher levels in D2R- versus D1R-expressing MSNs. Cre-dependent viral-mediated miRNA knockdown of CTRs in transgenic male rats was then used to determine the functional significance of endogenous CTR signaling in opioid taking. We discovered that reduced CTR expression specifically in D1R-expressing MSNs potentiated/augmented opioid self-administration. In contrast, reduced CTR expression specifically in D2R-expressing MSNs attenuated opioid self-administration. These findings highlight a novel cell type-specific mechanism by which CTR signaling in the ventral striatum bidirectionally modulates voluntary opioid taking and support future studies aimed at targeting central CTR-expressing circuits to treat OUD.
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- Yafang Zhang
- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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