Biopharmaceuticals against substance use disorders - Present and future

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pharmacological treatments available for substance use disorder (SUD) focus on pharmacodynamics, agonizing or antagonizing the drug of abuse (DOA) on receptor level. Drawbacks of this approach include the reliance on long-term patient compliance, on-target off-site effects, perpetuation of addiction and unavailability for many DOAs. Newer, pharmacokinetic approaches are needed that restrict DOA's access to the brain or disrupt DOA-instated brain changes maintaining addiction. Biotechnology might be able to provide the right biopharmaceutical tools to deliver a fine-tuned solution with less side effects compared to currently available treatments.

METHODS: This review examines the available literature on biopharmaceuticals developed to treat SUD.

RESULTS: Active and passive immunization, metabolic enhancers that augment DOA metabolism and clearance, as well as genetic/epigenetic modulation are promising next generation SUD treatments. Active immunization relies on production of antidrug antibodies by means of vaccination, while passive immunization constitutes of exogenous administration of such antibodies. Metabolic enhancers include drug-specific metabolizing enzymes that can be administered or secreted by modified skin grafts, as well as catalytic antibodies that hasten DOA metabolism. Nanotechnological advances can also allow for brain delivery of siRNAs, mRNAs or DNA in order to modulate central, common in all addictions, genetic or epigenetic targets attenuating drug seeking behavior and reversing drug-induced brain changes.

CONCLUSIONS: and Scientific Significance: Biopharmaceuticals can in the future complement or even replace traditional pharmacodynamics approaches in SUD treatment. While passive and active immunization biopharmaceuticals have entered human clinical trials, metabolic enhancers and genetic approaches are at the preclinical level.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:944

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European journal of pharmacology - 944(2023) vom: 05. Apr., Seite 175587

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vavilis, Theofanis [VerfasserIn]
Stamoula, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Sachinidis, Athanasios [VerfasserIn]
Lamprinou, Malamatenia [VerfasserIn]
Dardalas, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Papazisis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Addiction
Antibodies
Biological Products
Enzymes
Epigenenomics
Illicit Drugs
Journal Article
Review
Substance use disorder
Vaccines

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Date Completed 07.03.2023

Date Revised 07.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175587

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NLM352847042