Differential regulation of RGS proteins in the prefrontal cortex of short- and long-term human opiate abusers

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serval:BIB_2F43B96DAF8C
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
Institution
Titre
Differential regulation of RGS proteins in the prefrontal cortex of short- and long-term human opiate abusers
Périodique
Neuropharmacology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Rivero Guadalupe, Gabilondo Ane M., García-Fuster M. Julia, La Harpe Romano, García-Sevilla Jesús A., Meana J. Javier
ISSN
0028-3908
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
02/2012
Volume
62
Numéro
2
Pages
1044-1051
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Opiate addiction is characterized by drug tolerance and dependence which involve adaptive changes in μ-opioid receptors (MORs) signaling. Regulators of G-protein signaling RGS9, RGS4 and RGS10 proteins negatively regulate Gαi/o protein activity modulating MOR function. An important role of RGS proteins in drug addiction has been described but the status of RGS proteins in human brain of opiate addicts remains unknown. The present study evaluated the immunoreactivity levels of RGS4, RGS9 and RGS10 proteins in prefrontal cortex of short- (n = 15) and long-term (n = 21) opiate abusers and in matched control subjects. RGS4 protein was not altered in short-term opiate abusers but, in long-term abusers it was significantly up-regulated (Δ = 29 ± 6%). RGS10 protein expression was significantly decreased in short-term (Δ = −42 ± 7%) but remained unaltered in long-term opiate abusers. RGS9 protein levels in opiate abusers did not differ from matched controls either in the short-term or in the long-term opiate abuser groups. RGS4, RGS9 and RGS10 levels were also studied in brains (frontal cortex) of rats submitted to acute and chronic morphine treatment and to spontaneous and naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal. Chronic morphine treatment in rats was associated with an increase in RGS4 protein immunoreactivity (Δ = 28 ± 7%), which persisted in spontaneous (Δ = 35 ± 8%) and naloxone-precipitated withdrawal (Δ = 30 ± 9%) without significant changes in RGS9 and RGS10 proteins. The specific modulation of RGS4 and RGS10 protein expression observed in the prefrontal cortex of opiate abusers might be relevant in the neurobiology of opiate tolerance, dependence and withdrawal.
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