Entry
Name
Alcoholism - Phocoena sinus (vaquita)
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
Phocoena sinus (vaquita) [GN:
psiu ]
Gene
116755694 SLC18A1; chromaffin granule amine transporter isoform X1 [KO:K08155 ]
116741221 SLC18A2; synaptic vesicular amine transporter isoform X1 [KO:K08155 ]
116752055 SLC6A3; sodium-dependent dopamine transporter isoform X1 [KO:K05036 ]
116755534 GRIN1; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05208 ]
116740277 GRIN2A; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2A isoform X1 [KO:K05209 ]
116750651 GRIN3B; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 3B [KO:K05214 ]
116762442 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: uncharacterized protein LOC116762442 [KO:K11253 ]
116740988 GNAS; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas isoform X1 [KO:K04632 ]
116761812 GNAI2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04630 ]
116749946 GNAI3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha [KO:K04630 ]
116759318 GNAI1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04630 ]
116744142 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha [KO:K04534 ]
116764574 GNB1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-1 [KO:K04536 ]
116739605 GNB2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-2 [KO:K04537 ]
116760197 GNB3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-3 [KO:K07825 ]
116753308 GNB4; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K04538 ]
116748817 GNB5; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-5 isoform X1 [KO:K04539 ]
116748861 GNG2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-2 isoform X1 [KO:K07826 ]
116758798 GNG3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-3 [KO:K04540 ]
116742043 GNG4; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-4 [KO:K04541 ]
116753058 GNG5; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
116763781 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5-like [KO:K04542 ]
116743126 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5-like [KO:K04542 ]
116752047 GNG7; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-7 [KO:K04543 ]
116743417 GNG8; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-8 [KO:K04544 ]
116744006 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-10-like [KO:K04545 ]
116755457 GNG10; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-10 [KO:K04545 ]
116759883 GNG11; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-11 isoform X1 [KO:K04546 ]
116756875 GNG12; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-12 [KO:K04347 ]
116740969 GNG13; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-13 [KO:K04547 ]
116759589 GNGT1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(T) subunit gamma-T1 [KO:K04548 ]
116745853 GNGT2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-T2 [KO:K04549 ]
116761651 SLC29A1; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 isoform X1 [KO:K15014 ]
116757850 SLC29A2; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 isoform X1 [KO:K15014 ]
116741767 SLC29A3; equilibrative nucleoside transporter 3 isoform X1 [KO:K15014 ]
116756730 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05870 ]
116756632 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
116761029 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 isoform X1 [KO:K04374 ]
116755320 CREB3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
116740243 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
116758621 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
116751955 CREB3L3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
116759300 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 [KO:K09048 ]
116759616 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K09047 ]
116762930 ATF6B; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta [KO:K09049 ]
116747589 MAP2K1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 [KO:K04368 ] [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
116748386 CALML4; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calmodulin-like protein 4 [KO:K02183 ]
116744938 PPP1R1B; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 1B isoform X1 [KO:K15494 ]
116739009 PPP1CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-gamma catalytic subunit isoform X1 [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
116764122 PPP1CB; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-beta catalytic subunit [KO:K06269 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
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.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Mailliard WS, Diamond I
Title
Recent advances in the neurobiology of alcoholism: the role of adenosine.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Ron D, Jurd R
Title
The "ups and downs" of signaling cascades in addiction.
Journal
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.
Journal
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.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Zhang TA, Maldve RE, Morrisett RA
Title
Coincident signaling in mesolimbic structures underlying alcohol reinforcement.
Journal
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.
Journal
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.
Journal
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.
Journal
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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