Entry
Name
Alcoholism - Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey)
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
Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey) [GN:
mcc ]
Gene
701133 SLC18A2; synaptic vesicular amine transporter [KO:K08155 ]
705489 SLC18A1; chromaffin granule amine transporter isoform X2 [KO:K08155 ]
574143 SLC6A3; sodium-dependent dopamine transporter [KO:K05036 ]
574380 GRIN1; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05208 ]
100429880 GRIN2A; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2A isoform X1 [KO:K05209 ]
698571 GRIN2B; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2B isoform X1 [KO:K05210 ]
699216 GRIN2C; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2C isoform X1 [KO:K05211 ]
717945 GRIN2D; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2D [KO:K05212 ]
716892 GRIN3A; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 3A [KO:K05213 ]
721155 GRIN3B; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 3B [KO:K05214 ]
704845 HIST2H3A; uncharacterized protein HIST2H3A [KO:K11253 ]
695933 HAT1; histone acetyltransferase type B catalytic subunit isoform X2 [KO:K11303 ] [EC:2.3.1.48 ]
694289 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas isoform X2 [KO:K04632 ]
699310 GNAI3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(k) subunit alpha [KO:K04630 ]
703780 GNAI2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 [KO:K04630 ]
708940 GNAI1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 isoform X1 [KO:K04630 ]
574394 GNAO1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha [KO:K04534 ]
703399 GNB1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-1 [KO:K04536 ]
719248 GNB2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-2 [KO:K04537 ]
713913 GNB3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-3 [KO:K07825 ]
709489 GNB4; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-4 [KO:K04538 ]
695441 GNB5; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-5 isoform X1 [KO:K04539 ]
710000 GNG2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-2 [KO:K07826 ]
100169972 GNG3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-3 [KO:K04540 ]
718223 GNG4; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-4 [KO:K04541 ]
703336 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
710548 GNG5; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
711335 GNG7; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-7 [KO:K04543 ]
114673987 GNG8; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-8 isoform X1 [KO:K04544 ]
708193 GNG10; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-10 [KO:K04545 ]
700606 GNG11; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-11 [KO:K04546 ]
100424606 GNG12; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-12 [KO:K04347 ]
114673968 GNG14; putative guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-14 [KO:K04347 ]
722398 GNG13; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-13 [KO:K04547 ]
700724 GNGT1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(T) subunit gamma-T1 [KO:K04548 ]
698840 GNGT2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-T2 [KO:K04549 ]
709682 SLC29A3; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 3 isoform X1 [KO:K15014 ]
703031 SLC29A1; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 [KO:K15014 ]
720038 SLC29A2; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 isoform X1 [KO:K15014 ]
707865 ADORA2A; adenosine receptor A2a isoform X1 [KO:K04266 ]
718632 PRKACA; cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04345 ] [EC:2.7.11.11 ]
708717 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 [KO:K05870 ]
699072 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
703965 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
714981 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 [KO:K09048 ]
713391 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
696350 CREB3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
721825 CREB3L3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
715951 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 [KO:K09048 ]
697718 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K09047 ]
717050 ATF6B; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X1 [KO:K09049 ]
701245 BDNF; brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoform X1 [KO:K04355 ]
702041 GRB2; growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 [KO:K04364 ]
713777 SOS1; son of sevenless homolog 1 isoform X1 [KO:K03099 ]
703514 CALML6; calmodulin-like protein 6 isoform X1 [KO:K02183 ]
693753 CALML4; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calmodulin-like protein 4 [KO:K02183 ]
707562 CAMKK1; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 1 isoform X1 [KO:K00908 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
699685 CAMKK2; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 isoform X3 [KO:K07359 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
574203 PPP1R1B; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 1B [KO:K15494 ]
703302 PPP1CB; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-beta catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
709935 PPP1CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-gamma catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
721735 PPP1CA; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-alpha catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
698509 PKIA; cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha [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.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Newton PM, Messing RO
Title
Intracellular signaling pathways that regulate behavioral responses to ethanol.
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Reference
Authors
Mailliard WS, Diamond I
Title
Recent advances in the neurobiology of alcoholism: the role of adenosine.
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Reference
Authors
Ron D, Jurd R
Title
The "ups and downs" of signaling cascades in addiction.
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Reference
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.
Journal
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.
Journal
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.
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Reference
Authors
Lee AM, Messing RO
Title
Protein kinases and addiction.
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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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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.
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