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Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) ; 47(1): 76-86, 2023 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36774629

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BACKGROUND: Chronic alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder have a tremendous impact on the patient's psychological and physiological health. There is evidence that chronic alcohol consumption influences SARS-CoV2 infection risk, but so far, the molecular mechanism underlying such an effect is unknown. METHODS: We generated the expression data of SARS-CoV2 infection-relevant genes (Ace2, Tmprss2, and Mas) in different organs in rat models of chronic alcohol exposure and alcohol dependence. Ace2 and Tmprss2 represent the virus entry point, whereas Mas activates the anti-inflammatory response once the cells are infected. RESULTS: Across three different chronic alcohol test conditions, we found a consistent upregulation of Ace2 gene expression in the lung, which has been shown to be the most affected organ in COVID-19 patients. Other organs such as liver, ileum, kidney, heart, and brain also showed upregulation of Ace2 and Mas gene expression but less consistently across the different animal models, while Tmprss2 expression was unaffected in all conditions. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that alcohol-induced upregulation of Ace2 gene expression can lead to an elevated stochastic probability of virus entry into cells and may thus confer a molecular risk for SARS-CoV2 infection.


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COVID-19 , Ratos , Animais , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2 , RNA Viral , SARS-CoV-2 , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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J Neurochem ; 160(4): 454-468, 2022 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34919270

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There is increasing evidence for a daily rhythm of µ-opioid receptor (MOR) efficacy and the development of alcohol dependence. Previous studies show that ß-arrestin 2 (bArr2) has an impact on alcohol intake, at least partially mediated via modulation of MOR signaling, which in turn mediates the alcohol rewarding effects. Considering the interplay of circadian rhythms on MOR and alcohol dependence, we aimed to investigate bArr2 in alcohol dependence at different time points of the day/light cycle on the level of bArr2 mRNA (in situ hybridization), MOR availability (receptor autoradiography), and MOR signaling (Damgo-stimulated G-protein coupling) in the nucleus accumbens of alcohol-dependent and non-dependent Wistar rats. Using a microarray data set we found that bArr2, but not bArr1, shows a diurnal transcription pattern in the accumbens of naïve rats with higher expression levels during the active cycle. In 3-week abstinent rats, bArr2 is up-regulated in the accumbens at the beginning of the active cycle (ZT15), whereas no differences were found at the beginning of the inactive cycle (ZT3) compared with controls. This effect was accompanied by a specific down-regulation of MOR binding in the active cycle. Additionally, we detect a higher receptor coupling during the inactive cycle compared with the active cycle in alcohol-dependent animals. Together, we report daily rhythmicity for bArr2 expression linked to an inverse pattern of MOR, suggesting an involvement for bArr2 on circadian regulation of G-protein coupled receptors in alcohol dependence. The presented data may have implications for the development of novel bArr2-related treatment targets for alcoholism.


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Alcoolismo/genética , Ritmo Circadiano/genética , Receptores Opioides mu/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptores Opioides mu/genética , beta-Arrestina 2/genética , Alcoolismo/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Regulação para Baixo , Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-Encefalina/farmacologia , Masculino , Análise em Microsséries , Núcleo Accumbens/efeitos dos fármacos , Núcleo Accumbens/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/genética , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Recompensa
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