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ArticleCurrent psychopharmacology2022

Dopaminylation in Psychostimulant Use Disorder Protects Against Psychostimulant Seeking Behavior by Normalizing Nucleus Accumbens (NAc) Dopamine Expression.

Kenneth Blum, Mark S Gold, Jean L Cadet, David Baron, Abdalla Bowirrat, Panayotis K Thanos, Raymond Brewer, Rajendra D Badgaiyan, Marjorie C Gondré-Lewis

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Article in Current psychopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenneth BlumGraduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University, Health Sciences, Pomona, CA., USA.
Mark S GoldDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington, University, School of Medicine, St. louis, MO., USA.
Jean L CadetMolecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David BaronGraduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University, Health Sciences, Pomona, CA., USA.
Abdalla BowirratDepartment of Neuroscience and Genetics, In-terdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel.
Panayotis K ThanosBehavioral Neuropharmacology & Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addiction, Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Raymond BrewerDivision of Precision Nutrition, GARS, IP, LLC., Austin, TX., USA.
Rajendra D BadgaiyanDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine Mt Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Marjorie C Gondré-LewisDepartment of Anatomy, Howard University, WashingtonD.C, USA.
Western University of Health Sciences · USHoward University · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USJacobs Institute · USNational Institute on Drug Abuse · USPrecision for Medicine (United States) · USReichman University · ILWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Mapping the Genes for Ethanol-Related PhenotypesR01AA011034 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI HITZEMANN, ROBERT J. · 1996 to 2014
$5.1M
Dopamine Neurotransmission in Tourette SyndromeR01NS073884 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
A Systematic Medical Approach to Reward Transformation (SMART) for Brain Health in Opioid Use DisorderR41MD012318 · NIMHD · VERSA INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, INC. · PI BLUM, KENNETH, GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C · 2017 to 2017
$221k
Dopamine Neurotransmission in AddictionI01CX000479 · VA · VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2013 to 2014
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CSRD VA I01 CX000479NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011034NIMHD NIH HHS R41 MD012318NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Repeated cocaine administration changes histone acetylation and methylation on Lys residues and Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) within the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Recently Nestler's group explored histone Arg (R) methylation in reward processing models. Damez-Werno Hypothesis: The hypothesis is that dopaminylation (H3R2me2a binding) occurs in psychostimulant use disorder (PSU), and the binding inhibitor Srcin1, like the major DRD2 A2 allelic polymorphism, protects against psychostimulant seeking behavior by normalizing nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine expression. Discussion: Numerous publications confirmed the association between the DRD2 Conclusion: The decrease in Src signaling in NAc D2-MSNs, (like the DRD2 Taq A2 allele, a well-known genetic mechanism protective against SUD) normalizes the NAc dopamine expression and decreases cocaine reward and motivation to self-administer cocaine. The Srcin1 may be an important therapeutic target.

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cocaineDRD2 genehistone arginine (R) methylationmedium spiny neuronsp140CAPpsychostimulantsSrc

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PMID36046837
PMCPMC9426774
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