Entry
Name
Alcoholism - Mus musculus (house mouse)
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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Disease
Other DBs
Organism
Mus musculus (house mouse) [GN:
mmu ]
Gene
110877 Slc18a1; solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 1 [KO:K08155 ]
11909 Atf2; activating transcription factor 2 [KO:K04450 ]
11911 Atf4; activating transcription factor 4 [KO:K04374 ]
12064 Bdnf; brain derived neurotrophic factor [KO:K04355 ]
12912 Creb1; cAMP responsive element binding protein 1 [KO:K05870 ]
12913 Creb3; cAMP responsive element binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
12915 Atf6b; activating transcription factor 6 beta [KO:K09049 ]
13162 Slc6a3; solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, dopamine), member 3 [KO:K05036 ]
13340 Slc29a2; solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 2 [KO:K15014 ]
14681 Gnao1; guanine nucleotide binding protein, alpha O [KO:K04534 ]
14688 Gnb1; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), beta 1 [KO:K04536 ]
14693 Gnb2; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), beta 2 [KO:K04537 ]
14695 Gnb3; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), beta 3 [KO:K07825 ]
14696 Gnb4; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), beta 4 [KO:K04538 ]
14697 Gnb5; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), beta 5 [KO:K04539 ]
14699 Gngt1; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma transducing activity polypeptide 1 [KO:K04548 ]
14700 Gng10; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 10 [KO:K04545 ]
14701 Gng12; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 12 [KO:K04347 ]
14702 Gng2; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 2 [KO:K07826 ]
14704 Gng3; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 3 [KO:K04540 ]
14706 Gng4; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 4 [KO:K04541 ]
14708 Gng7; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 7 [KO:K04543 ]
14709 Gng8; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 8 [KO:K04544 ]
14710 Gngt2; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma transducing activity polypeptide 2 [KO:K04549 ]
14784 Grb2; growth factor receptor bound protein 2 [KO:K04364 ]
14810 Grin1; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA1 (zeta 1) [KO:K05208 ]
14811 Grin2a; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA2A (epsilon 1) [KO:K05209 ]
14812 Grin2b; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA2B (epsilon 2) [KO:K05210 ]
14813 Grin2c; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA2C (epsilon 3) [KO:K05211 ]
14814 Grin2d; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA2D (epsilon 4) [KO:K05212 ]
15461 Hras; Harvey rat sarcoma virus oncogene [KO:K02833 ]
16653 Kras; Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog [KO:K07827 ]
170483 Grin3b; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, NMDA3B [KO:K05214 ]
18767 Pkia; protein kinase inhibitor, alpha [KO:K15985 ]
19049 Ppp1r1b; protein phosphatase 1, regulatory inhibitor subunit 1B [KO:K15494 ]
20416 Shc1; src homology 2 domain-containing transforming protein C1 [KO:K06279 ]
20418 Shc3; src homology 2 domain-containing transforming protein C3 [KO:K17448 ]
20662 Sos1; SOS Ras/Rac guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 [KO:K03099 ]
20663 Sos2; SOS Ras/Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 [KO:K03099 ]
208647 Creb3l2; cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like 2 [KO:K09048 ]
208677 Creb3l3; cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like 3 [KO:K09048 ]
214084 Slc18a2; solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 2 [KO:K08155 ]
216148 Shc2; SHC (Src homology 2 domain containing) transforming protein 2 [KO:K17447 ]
231991 Creb5; cAMP responsive element binding protein 5 [KO:K09047 ]
242443 Grin3a; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA3A [KO:K05213 ]
26427 Creb3l1; cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like 1 [KO:K09048 ]
271849 Shc4; SHC (Src homology 2 domain containing) family, member 4 [KO:K17449 ]
55984 Camkk1; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 1, alpha [KO:K00908 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
63959 Slc29a1; solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 1 [KO:K15014 ]
64337 Gng13; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 13 [KO:K04547 ]
66066 Gng11; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 11 [KO:K04546 ]
68231 H2al2a; H2A histone family member L2A [KO:K11251 ]
71279 Slc29a3; solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 3 [KO:K15014 ]
76383 H2al1m; H2A histone family member L1M [KO:K11251 ]
78284 Creb3l4; cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like 4 [KO:K09048 ]
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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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.
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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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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.
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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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