Abstract
Recent progress in enzyme engineering has led to versions of human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) that hydrolyze cocaine efficiently in plasma, reduce concentrations reaching reward neurocircuity in the brain, and weaken behavioral responses to this drug. Along with enzyme advances, increasingly avid anti-cocaine antibodies and potent anti-cocaine vaccines have also been developed. Here we review these developments and consider the potential advantages along with the risks of delivering drug-intercepting proteins via gene transfer approaches to treat cocaine addiction.
Keywords: Adeno-associated viral vector, butyrylcholinesterase, cocain hydrolase, cocaine vaccine, gene therapy, helper-dependent viral vector, monoclonal antibody, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, hydrolytic cleavage, BChE, Cocaine, Cytomegalovirus
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
Title: Interception of Cocaine by Enzyme or Antibody Delivered with Viral Gene Transfer: A Novel Strategy for Preventing Relapse in Recovering Drug Users
Volume: 10 Issue: 8
Author(s): Stephen Brimijoin
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Keywords: Adeno-associated viral vector, butyrylcholinesterase, cocain hydrolase, cocaine vaccine, gene therapy, helper-dependent viral vector, monoclonal antibody, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, hydrolytic cleavage, BChE, Cocaine, Cytomegalovirus
Abstract: Recent progress in enzyme engineering has led to versions of human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) that hydrolyze cocaine efficiently in plasma, reduce concentrations reaching reward neurocircuity in the brain, and weaken behavioral responses to this drug. Along with enzyme advances, increasingly avid anti-cocaine antibodies and potent anti-cocaine vaccines have also been developed. Here we review these developments and consider the potential advantages along with the risks of delivering drug-intercepting proteins via gene transfer approaches to treat cocaine addiction.
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Brimijoin Stephen, Interception of Cocaine by Enzyme or Antibody Delivered with Viral Gene Transfer: A Novel Strategy for Preventing Relapse in Recovering Drug Users, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2011; 10 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152711799219398
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152711799219398 |
Print ISSN 1871-5273 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1996-3181 |
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