Epigenetic mechanisms in drug relapse

CT Werner, RD Altshuler, Y Shaham, X Li - Biological Psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence from the past 15 years implicates epigenetic mechanisms in the
behavioral effects of addictive drugs. The main focus of these studies has been epigenetic …

The ubiquitin-proteasome system and learning-dependent synaptic plasticity–A 10 year update

MB Patrick, N Omar, CT Werner, S Mitra… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 25 years ago, a seminal paper demonstrated that the ubiquitin-proteasome system
(UPS) was involved in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Interest in this topic began to …

Single-nucleus genomics in outbred rats with divergent cocaine addiction-like behaviors reveals changes in amygdala GABAergic inhibition

JL Zhou, G de Guglielmo, AJ Ho, M Kallupi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The amygdala processes positive and negative valence and contributes to addiction, but the
cell-type-specific gene regulatory programs involved are unknown. We generated an atlas of …

The TORC1 activates Rpd3L complex to deacetylate Ino80 and H2A. Z and repress autophagy

X Li, Q Mei, Q Yu, M Wang, F He, D Xiao, H Liu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Autophagy is a critical process to maintain homeostasis, differentiation, and development.
How autophagy is tightly regulated by nutritional changes is poorly understood. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Histone H3 dopaminylation in nucleus accumbens, but not medial prefrontal cortex, contributes to cocaine-seeking following prolonged abstinence

AF Stewart, AE Lepack, SL Fulton, P Safovich… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enduring patterns of epigenomic and transcriptional plasticity within the mesolimbic
dopamine system contribute importantly to persistent behavioral adaptations that …

Neuroadaptations in the dorsal hippocampus underlie cocaine seeking during prolonged abstinence

CT Werner, S Mitra, BD Auerbach… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Relapse vulnerability in substance use disorder is attributed to persistent cue-induced drug
seeking that intensifies (or “incubates”) during drug abstinence. Incubated cocaine seeking …

Epigenetics of drug addiction

AF Stewart, SL Fulton, I Maze - Cold Spring …, 2021 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are chronic brain diseases characterized by transitions
from recreational to compulsive drug use and aberrant drug craving that persists for months …

Disrupting astrocyte-neuron lactate transport prevents cocaine seeking after prolonged withdrawal

W Chen, Y Zhang, J Liang, Z Zhang, L Zhang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Energy supply, especially the transfer of lactate from astrocytes to neurons, is critical for
neuronal plasticity. However, its role in the incubation of cocaine craving remains largely …

Trajectories of craving in the course of pharmacotherapy trials for methamphetamine use disorder

R Mojtabai, R Susukida, M Farokhnia, TQ Nguyen… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aim of this study was to measure trajectories of craving for methamphetamine
during the course of pharmacotherapy trials for methamphetamine use disorder. Design …

Neurobiology of the incubation of drug craving: an update

JJ Chow, KM Pitts, K Negishi, R Madangopal… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Relapse to drug use is often preceded by drug craving. Clinical observations in the 1980s
led clinical investigators to postulate that cue-induced cocaine craving may increase during …