Autophagy as a gateway for the effects of methamphetamine : From neurotransmitter release and synaptic plasticity to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders

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As a major eukaryotic cell clearing machinery, autophagy grants cell proteostasis, which is key for neurotransmitter release, synaptic plasticity, and neuronal survival. In line with this, besides neuropathological events, autophagy dysfunctions are bound to synaptic alterations that occur in mental disorders, and early on, in neurodegenerative diseases. This is also the case of methamphetamine (METH) abuse, which leads to psychiatric disturbances and neurotoxicity. While consistently altering the autophagy machinery, METH produces behavioral and neurotoxic effects through molecular and biochemical events that can be recapitulated by autophagy blockade. These consist of altered physiological dopamine (DA) release, abnormal stimulation of DA and glutamate receptors, as well as oxidative, excitotoxic, and neuroinflammatory events. Recent molecular insights suggest that METH early impairs the autophagy machinery, though its functional significance remains to be investigated. Here we discuss evidence suggesting that alterations of DA transmission and autophagy are intermingled within a chain of events underlying behavioral alterations and neurodegenerative phenomena produced by METH. Understanding how METH alters the autophagy machinery is expected to provide novel insights into the neurobiology of METH addiction sharing some features with psychiatric disorders and parkinsonism.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:204

Enthalten in:

Progress in neurobiology - 204(2021) vom: 20. Sept., Seite 102112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Limanaqi, Fiona [VerfasserIn]
Busceti, Carla L [VerfasserIn]
Celli, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Biagioni, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Fornai, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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44RAL3456C
Addiction
CDK5
Dopamine
GSK3-β
Journal Article
LC3
MTOR
Methamphetamine
Neurotransmitter Agents
PKC
Parkinsonism
Psychosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
VTD58H1Z2X

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Date Completed 23.02.2022

Date Revised 23.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102112

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NLM327185503