Abstract
Cocaine@s behavioral-stimulant effects derive from potentiation of synaptic signaling by dopamine and serotonin leading to transcriptional alterations in postsynaptic cells. We report that a signaling cascade involving nitric oxide (NO) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mediates cocaine@s transcriptional and behavioral actions. Lower, behavioral-stimulant doses enhance the cAMP response element-binding (CREB) signaling system, while higher, neurotoxic doses stimulate the p53 cytotoxic system. The drug CGP3466B, which potently and selectively blocks GAPDH nitrosylation and GAPDH-Siah binding, prevents these actions as well as behavioral effects of cocaine providing a strategy for anticocaine therapy
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 623-630 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Neuron |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 22 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)