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Implementation of In Vitro Drug Resistance Assays: Maximizing the Potential for Uncovering Clinically Relevant Resistance Mechanisms
Published on: December 9, 2015
[Role of alteration in intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in the development of drug dependence]
Abstract:
Ca2+ influx into neuron through L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VDCCs) plays an important role in psychostimulant-induced behaviroal and neuronal plasticity. On the other hand, Ca2+ release from ryanodine receptors in the endoplasmic reticulum is one mechanism altering the intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Little is known about functional relationship between psychological dependence due to drugs of abuse and L-type VDCCs or ryanodine receptors. In this paper, we review the roles and regulatory mechanisms of intracellular Ca2+ channels, especially L-type VDCCs and ryanodine receptors in brain of animals with drug dependence. Our recent study have reported that blockade of L-type VDCCs inhibits the development of rewarding effects on drugs of abuse (methamphetamine, cocaine and morphine), suggesting that up-regulation of L-type VDCCs (alpha 1C and alpha 1D subunits) occurs during the development of psychological dependence. Moreover, the critical expression of type-1 and -2 ryanodine receptors in the development of methamphetamine- and cocaine-induced rewarding effects are regulated by dopamine D1 receptors. These results suggest that changes in intracellular Ca2+ dynamics play an essential role in the development of drug dependence.
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