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Epigenetic Modulation of Opioid Receptors by Drugs of Abuse.

ABSTRACT: Chronic exposure to drugs of abuse produces profound changes in gene expression and neural activity associated with drug-seeking and taking behavior. Dysregulation of opioid receptor gene expression is commonly observed across a variety of abused substances including opioids, cocaine, and alcohol. Early studies in cultured cells showed that the spatial and temporal gene expression of opioid receptors are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms including DNA and histone modifications and non-coding RNAs. Accumulating evidence indicate that drugs of abuse can modulate opioid receptor gene expression by targeting various epigenetic regulatory networks. Based on current cellular and animal models of substance use disorder and clinical evidence, this review summarizes how chronic drug exposure alters the gene expression of mu, delta, kappa, and nociceptin receptors via DNA and histone modifications. The influence of drugs of abuse on epigenetic modulators, such as non-coding RNAs and transcription factors, is also presented. Finally, the therapeutic potential of manipulating epigenetic processes as an avenue to treat substance use disorder is discussed.

SUBMITTER: Reid KZ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9569510 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Epigenetic Modulation of Opioid Receptors by Drugs of Abuse.

Reid Ke Zhang KZ Lemezis Brendan Matthew BM Hou Tien-Chi TC Chen Rong R

International journal of molecular sciences 20221005 19

Chronic exposure to drugs of abuse produces profound changes in gene expression and neural activity associated with drug-seeking and taking behavior. Dysregulation of opioid receptor gene expression is commonly observed across a variety of abused substances including opioids, cocaine, and alcohol. Early studies in cultured cells showed that the spatial and temporal gene expression of opioid receptors are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms including DNA and histone modifications and non-coding RN ...[more]

PMID: 36233105

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Project description:In summary, we characterized genomic signatures of response to drugs of abuse and we found positive correlations between the drug-induced expression and various behavioral effects. These signatures are formed by two dynamically inducible transcriptional networks: (1) CREB/SRF-dependent gene pattern that appears to be related to drug-induced neuronal activity, (2) the pattern of genes controlled at least in part via release of glucocorticoids and androgens that are associated with rewarding and harmful drug effects. The discovery of co-expressed networks of genes allowed for the identification of master-switch controlling factors involved in molecular response to the drugs. Finally, using the pharmacological tools we were able to dissect and inhibit particular gene expression patterns from genomic profile. Type: Drug response, Time-course, Gene expression profiling with Illumina Microarrays Keywords: Addiction, Drugs of abuse, Time-course, Immediate Early Genes, Glucocorticoid receptor dependent genes, Cocaine, Heroin, Nicotine, Ethanol, Morphine, Methamphetamine The microarray experiment was performed to analyze time-course of drug-induced transcriptional response in C57BL/6J mouse striatum. Six the most addictive and harming drugs of abuse (morphine 20 mg/kg, heroin 10 mg/kg, ethanol 2 g/kg, nicotine 1 mg/kg, methamphetamine 2 mg/kg or cocaine 25 mg/kg, i.p.) were selected for the comparison. Drug doses were previously reported as rewarding in mice and further tested in our laboratory. To analyze dynamics of early, intermediate and relatively late changes of mRNA abundance the experiment was performed in four time points (1, 2, 4 and 8h after drug administration). To exclude influence of drug injection and circadian rhythm on gene expression profile, control groups of saline treated and naïve animals were prepared for each time point. Design of the experiment assumed pooling of two animals per each array and using of three independent arrays per group. To provide appropriate balance in the whole dataset groups were equally divided between the array hybridization batches. 'Complete' normalized data and non-normalized data (containing control rows not represented in Platform GPL6105) are linked below as supplementary files.

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Epigenetic Modulation of Opioid Receptors by Drugs of Abuse.

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