Adenosine targeting as a new strategy to decrease glioblastoma aggressiveness

V Bova, A Filippone, G Casili, M Lanza, M Campolo… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Given the rising mortality rate caused by GBM, current therapies do not
appear to be effective in counteracting tumor progression. The role of adenosine and its …

A specific prelimbic-nucleus accumbens pathway controls resilience versus vulnerability to food addiction

L Domingo-Rodriguez, I Ruiz de Azua… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Food addiction is linked to obesity and eating disorders and is characterized by a loss of
behavioral control and compulsive food intake. Here, using a food addiction mouse model …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy and autism Spectrum disorder (ASD): the underlying mechanisms and therapy targets related to adenosine

M Guo, P Xie, S Liu, G Luan, T Li - Current neuropharmacology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are highly mutually comorbid, suggesting
potential overlaps in genetic etiology, pathophysiology, and neurodevelopmental …

Increased synaptic ATP release and CD73-mediated formation of extracellular adenosine in the control of behavioral and electrophysiological modifications caused …

L Dias, D Pochmann, C Lemos, HB Silva… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Increased ATP release and its extracellular catabolism through CD73 (ecto-5′-
nucleotidase) lead to the overactivation of adenosine A2A receptors (A2AR), which occurs in …

Effects of chronic caffeine consumption on synaptic function, metabolism and adenosine modulation in different brain areas

CR Lopes, A Oliveira, I Gaspar, MS Rodrigues… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adenosine receptors mainly control synaptic function, and excessive activation of adenosine
receptors may worsen the onset of many neurological disorders. Accordingly, the regular …

[HTML][HTML] Coffee effectively attenuates impaired attention in ADORA2A C/C-allele carriers during chronic sleep restriction

DM Baur, D Lange, EM Elmenhorst… - Progress in Neuro …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many people consume coffee to attenuate increased sleepiness and impaired vigilance and
attention due to insufficient sleep. We investigated in genetically caffeine sensitive men and …

Post-ischemic administration of dopamine D2 receptor agonist reduces cell death by activating mitochondrial pathway following ischemic stroke

P Kaushik, M Ali, H Tabassum, S Parvez - Life Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims Cerebral ischemic stroke leads to mitochondrial alterations which are key factors for
initiation of various cascades resulting in neuronal damage. Dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a versatile LCM-Seq method for spatial transcriptomics of fluorescently tagged cholinergic neuron populations

É Rumpler, B Göcz, K Skrapits, M Sárvári… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Single-cell transcriptomics are powerful tools to define neuronal cell types based on co-
expressed gene clusters. Limited RNA input in these technologies necessarily compromises …

Adenosine A2A Receptor Blockade Ameliorates Mania Like Symptoms in Rats: Signaling to PKC-α and Akt/GSK-3β/β-Catenin

HN Shalaby, HF Zaki, AAA Ain-Shoka… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Adenosinergic system dysfunction is implicated in the pathophysiology of multiple
neuropsychiatric disorders including mania and bipolar diseases. The established …

Accumbal adenosine A2A receptor inactivation biases for large and costly rewards in the effort-but not delay-based decision making

X Sun, M Liu, X Xu, C Shi, L Zhang, Z Yao, J Chen… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cost-benefit decision-making (CBDM) is critical to normal human activity and a
diminished willingness to expend effort to obtain rewards is a prevalent/noted characteristic …