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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2025

Competitive Antagonism of Xylazine on α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Reversal by Curcuminoids.

Qiang Chen, Yan Xu, Pei Tang

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Qiang ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.
Yan XuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.
Pei TangDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2869-2737

Funding

Resource Development CoreU54DK137329 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Gerard L Apodaca · 2023 to 2026
$4.8M
Peripheral and Central Pathways of α3 Glycine Receptors as Non-Opioid Molecular Targets to Treat PainR01NS122830 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YAN XU · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor: Structures and Coupling with Intracellular ProteinsR01DA046939 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TANG, PEI · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA046939NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK137329NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Co-use of xylazine with opioids is a major health threat in the United States. However, a critical knowledge gap exists in the understanding of xylazine-induced pharmacological and pathological impact. Xylazine is mostly known as an agonist of α2-adrenergic receptors (α2-ARs), but its deleterious effects on humans cannot be fully reversed by the α2-AR antagonists, suggesting the possibility that xylazine targets receptors other than α2-ARs. Here, we report the discovery of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 nAChRs) as targets of xylazine. In

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Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Antagonistsalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorXylazineAcetylcholineAnimalsHumansOocytesPC12 CellsRatsXenopus laevisAcetylcholineAdrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Antagonistsalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorXylazine(1−6)curcuminoidsdemethoxycurcuminivermectinPNU120596xylazineα7 nAChRs

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PMID39720886
PMCPMC11741004

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