Abstract
Emerging evidence indicates that many aspects of alcohol and drug dependence involve changes in glutamate transmission. A number of studies have reported that drugs of abuse, including alcohol and cocaine, alter glutamate transport. Extracellular glutamate is regulated by a number of glutamate transporters in various brain regions. Of these transporters, glutamate transporter (GLT1) is a key player in the removal of most of the extracellular glutamate. Similar to neurodegenerative disease models, in which there is dysfunction of the glutamatergic excitatory system, the role of GLT1 has been tested in drug dependence models that show dysfunction of glutamate transmission. We and others have recently found that ceftriaxone, an FDA-approved drug known to elevate GLT1 expression, attenuates cue-induced cocaine relapse. Moreover, we recently found that alcohol-preferring rats treated with ceftriaxone showed a significant dosedependent reduction in alcohol consumption. We also demonstrated that ceftriaxone-induced upregulation of GLT1 expression was associated with increases in glutamate uptake in Huntington’s disease mouse model. Importantly, ceftriaxone is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This review provides information about the potential therapeutic role of GLT1 for the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence.
Keywords: GLT1, EAAT2, glutamate, alcohol dependence, alcohol addiction, cocaine, GLAST, EAAT1, glutamate transporters, alcoholpreferring rats, glutamate uptake, cystine-glutamate exchanger, basal extracellular glutamate, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Glutamate Transporter 1: Target for the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
Volume: 19 Issue: 30
Author(s): P.S.S. Rao and Y. Sari
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Keywords: GLT1, EAAT2, glutamate, alcohol dependence, alcohol addiction, cocaine, GLAST, EAAT1, glutamate transporters, alcoholpreferring rats, glutamate uptake, cystine-glutamate exchanger, basal extracellular glutamate, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex
Abstract: Emerging evidence indicates that many aspects of alcohol and drug dependence involve changes in glutamate transmission. A number of studies have reported that drugs of abuse, including alcohol and cocaine, alter glutamate transport. Extracellular glutamate is regulated by a number of glutamate transporters in various brain regions. Of these transporters, glutamate transporter (GLT1) is a key player in the removal of most of the extracellular glutamate. Similar to neurodegenerative disease models, in which there is dysfunction of the glutamatergic excitatory system, the role of GLT1 has been tested in drug dependence models that show dysfunction of glutamate transmission. We and others have recently found that ceftriaxone, an FDA-approved drug known to elevate GLT1 expression, attenuates cue-induced cocaine relapse. Moreover, we recently found that alcohol-preferring rats treated with ceftriaxone showed a significant dosedependent reduction in alcohol consumption. We also demonstrated that ceftriaxone-induced upregulation of GLT1 expression was associated with increases in glutamate uptake in Huntington’s disease mouse model. Importantly, ceftriaxone is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This review provides information about the potential therapeutic role of GLT1 for the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence.
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Rao P.S.S. and Sari Y., Glutamate Transporter 1: Target for the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2012; 19 (30) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986712803530511
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