Entry
Name
Alcoholism - Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah)
Description
Alcoholism, also called dependence on alcohol (ethanol), is a chronic relapsing disorder that is progressive and has serious detrimental health outcomes. As one of the primary mediators of the rewarding effects of alcohol, dopaminergic ventral tegmental area (VTA) projections to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) have been identified. Acute exposure to alcohol stimulates dopamine release into the NAc, which activates D1 receptors, stimulating PKA signaling and subsequent CREB-mediated gene expression, whereas chronic alcohol exposure leads to an adaptive downregulation of this pathway, in particular of CREB function. The decreased CREB function in the NAc may promote the intake of drugs of abuse to achieve an increase in reward and thus may be involved in the regulation of positive affective states of addiction. PKA signaling also affects NMDA receptor activity and may play an important role in neuroadaptation in response to chronic alcohol exposure.
Class
Human Diseases; Substance dependence
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Organism
Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah) [GN:
aju ]
Gene
106985210 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: uncharacterized protein LOC106985210 [KO:K11252 ]
113593854 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: uncharacterized protein LOC113593854 [KO:K11253 ]
106969942 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04632 ]
106977809 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-3 [KO:K04630 ]
106982494 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04630 ]
106973284 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha isoform X2 [KO:K04534 ]
106984654 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-1 [KO:K04536 ]
106987417 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-2 [KO:K04537 ]
106965344 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-3 [KO:K07825 ]
106967264 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-5 isoform X1 [KO:K04539 ]
106981966 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-2 [KO:K07826 ]
113593204 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-3-like [KO:K04540 ]
106981725 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-3 [KO:K04540 ]
106982557 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-4 isoform X3 [KO:K04541 ]
106970626 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
106973348 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
106989697 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-7 [KO:K04543 ]
113593434 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-8 [KO:K04544 ]
113592841 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-10 [KO:K04545 ]
106969997 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-11 [KO:K04546 ]
106985197 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-12 [KO:K04347 ]
113596552 putative guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-14 isoform X3 [KO:K04347 ]
106977369 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-13 isoform X1 [KO:K04547 ]
106969996 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(T) subunit gamma-T1 [KO:K04548 ]
106985188 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-T2 isoform X1 [KO:K04549 ]
106967098 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X3 [KO:K05870 ]
106988085 cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
106970423 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
106987262 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
106975473 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
106978069 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 [KO:K09048 ]
106987665 cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X6 [KO:K09047 ]
106983500 cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X4 [KO:K09049 ]
106970278 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: brain-derived neurotrophic factor [KO:K04355 ]
106980464 protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 1B isoform X1 [KO:K15494 ]
106984933 cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha isoform X1 [KO:K15985 ]
Compound
C00355 3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine
C01161 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate
Reference
Authors
Spanagel R
Title
Alcoholism: a systems approach from molecular physiology to addictive behavior.
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Authors
Newton PM, Messing RO
Title
Intracellular signaling pathways that regulate behavioral responses to ethanol.
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Authors
Mailliard WS, Diamond I
Title
Recent advances in the neurobiology of alcoholism: the role of adenosine.
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Authors
Ron D, Jurd R
Title
The "ups and downs" of signaling cascades in addiction.
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Authors
Diana M, Brodie M, Muntoni A, Puddu MC, Pillolla G, Steffensen S, Spiga S, Little HJ
Title
Enduring effects of chronic ethanol in the CNS: basis for alcoholism.
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Reference
Authors
Moonat S, Starkman BG, Sakharkar A, Pandey SC
Title
Neuroscience of alcoholism: molecular and cellular mechanisms.
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Reference
Authors
Pandey SC
Title
The gene transcription factor cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein: role in positive and negative affective states of alcohol addiction.
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Reference
Authors
Zhang TA, Maldve RE, Morrisett RA
Title
Coincident signaling in mesolimbic structures underlying alcohol reinforcement.
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Reference
Authors
Maldve RE, Zhang TA, Ferrani-Kile K, Schreiber SS, Lippmann MJ, Snyder GL, Fienberg AA, Leslie SW, Gonzales RA, Morrisett RA
Title
DARPP-32 and regulation of the ethanol sensitivity of NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens.
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Reference
Authors
Lovinger DM
Title
NMDA receptors lose their inhibitions.
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Reference
Authors
Hyman SE, Malenka RC, Nestler EJ
Title
Neural mechanisms of addiction: the role of reward-related learning and memory.
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Reference
Authors
Berke JD, Hyman SE
Title
Addiction, dopamine, and the molecular mechanisms of memory.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Clapp P, Bhave SV, Hoffman PL
Title
How Adaptation of the Brain to Alcohol Leads to Dependence: A Pharmacological Perspective.
Journal
Alcohol Res Health 31:310-339 (2008)
Reference
Authors
Jeanes ZM, Buske TR, Morrisett RA
Title
In vivo chronic intermittent ethanol exposure reverses the polarity of synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens shell.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lee AM, Messing RO
Title
Protein kinases and addiction.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Repunte-Canonigo V, Lutjens R, van der Stap LD, Sanna PP
Title
Increased expression of protein kinase A inhibitor alpha (PKI-alpha) and decreased PKA-regulated genes in chronic intermittent alcohol exposure.
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Reference
Authors
Logrip ML, Janak PH, Ron D
Title
Dynorphin is a downstream effector of striatal BDNF regulation of ethanol intake.
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Reference
Authors
Shukla SD, Velazquez J, French SW, Lu SC, Ticku MK, Zakhari S
Title
Emerging role of epigenetics in the actions of alcohol.
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Reference
Authors
Pascual M, Boix J, Felipo V, Guerri C
Title
Repeated alcohol administration during adolescence causes changes in the mesolimbic dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems and promotes alcohol intake in the adult rat.
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Reference
Authors
Li J, Cheng Y, Bian W, Liu X, Zhang C, Ye JH
Title
Region-specific induction of FosB/DeltaFosB by voluntary alcohol intake: effects of naltrexone.
Journal
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