Cargando…

Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most treatment-resistant medical conditions globally. The orexin (Orx) system regulates diverse physiological processes, including stress, and is a system of interest for the development of pharmaceuticals to treat substance use disorders, particularly AUD. T...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J., Illenberger, Jessica M., Pascasio, Glenn E., Matzeu, Alessandra, Mason, Barbara J., Martin-Fardon, Rémi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36620860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1085882
_version_ 1784863918705868800
author Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J.
Illenberger, Jessica M.
Pascasio, Glenn E.
Matzeu, Alessandra
Mason, Barbara J.
Martin-Fardon, Rémi
author_facet Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J.
Illenberger, Jessica M.
Pascasio, Glenn E.
Matzeu, Alessandra
Mason, Barbara J.
Martin-Fardon, Rémi
author_sort Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J.
collection PubMed
description Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most treatment-resistant medical conditions globally. The orexin (Orx) system regulates diverse physiological processes, including stress, and is a system of interest for the development of pharmaceuticals to treat substance use disorders, particularly AUD. The present study tested the ability of the dual orexin receptor antagonist suvorexant (SUV), marketed by Merck as Belsomra(®), for the treatment of insomnia, to decrease alcohol self-administration and the stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior in male Wistar rats with a history of alcohol dependence. Rats were trained to orally self-administer 10% alcohol (30 min/day for 3 weeks) and were either made dependent via chronic intermittent alcohol vapor exposure (14 h ON, 10 h OFF) for 6 weeks or exposed to air (non-dependent). Starting on week 7, the effect of SUV (0–20 mg/kg, p.o.) was tested on alcohol self-administration at acute abstinence (8 h after vapor was turned OFF) twice weekly. A separate cohort of rats that were prepared in parallel was removed from alcohol vapor exposure and then subjected to extinction training for 14 sessions. Once extinction was achieved, the rats received SUV (0 and 5 mg/kg, p.o.) and were tested for the footshock stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior. Suvorexant at 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg selectively decreased alcohol intake in dependent rats. Furthermore, 5 mg/kg SUV prevented the stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior in dependent rats only. These results underscore the significance of targeting the Orx system for the treatment of substance use disorders generally and suggest that repurposing SUV could be an alternative approach for the treatment of AUD.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9813433
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-98134332023-01-06 Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J. Illenberger, Jessica M. Pascasio, Glenn E. Matzeu, Alessandra Mason, Barbara J. Martin-Fardon, Rémi Front Behav Neurosci Neuroscience Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most treatment-resistant medical conditions globally. The orexin (Orx) system regulates diverse physiological processes, including stress, and is a system of interest for the development of pharmaceuticals to treat substance use disorders, particularly AUD. The present study tested the ability of the dual orexin receptor antagonist suvorexant (SUV), marketed by Merck as Belsomra(®), for the treatment of insomnia, to decrease alcohol self-administration and the stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior in male Wistar rats with a history of alcohol dependence. Rats were trained to orally self-administer 10% alcohol (30 min/day for 3 weeks) and were either made dependent via chronic intermittent alcohol vapor exposure (14 h ON, 10 h OFF) for 6 weeks or exposed to air (non-dependent). Starting on week 7, the effect of SUV (0–20 mg/kg, p.o.) was tested on alcohol self-administration at acute abstinence (8 h after vapor was turned OFF) twice weekly. A separate cohort of rats that were prepared in parallel was removed from alcohol vapor exposure and then subjected to extinction training for 14 sessions. Once extinction was achieved, the rats received SUV (0 and 5 mg/kg, p.o.) and were tested for the footshock stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior. Suvorexant at 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg selectively decreased alcohol intake in dependent rats. Furthermore, 5 mg/kg SUV prevented the stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behavior in dependent rats only. These results underscore the significance of targeting the Orx system for the treatment of substance use disorders generally and suggest that repurposing SUV could be an alternative approach for the treatment of AUD. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9813433/ /pubmed/36620860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1085882 Text en Copyright © 2022 Flores-Ramirez, Illenberger, Pascasio, Matzeu, Mason and Martin-Fardon. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Flores-Ramirez, Francisco J.
Illenberger, Jessica M.
Pascasio, Glenn E.
Matzeu, Alessandra
Mason, Barbara J.
Martin-Fardon, Rémi
Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title_full Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title_fullStr Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title_full_unstemmed Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title_short Alternative use of suvorexant (Belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
title_sort alternative use of suvorexant (belsomra(®)) for the prevention of alcohol drinking and seeking in rats with a history of alcohol dependence
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36620860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1085882
work_keys_str_mv AT floresramirezfranciscoj alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence
AT illenbergerjessicam alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence
AT pascasioglenne alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence
AT matzeualessandra alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence
AT masonbarbaraj alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence
AT martinfardonremi alternativeuseofsuvorexantbelsomraforthepreventionofalcoholdrinkingandseekinginratswithahistoryofalcoholdependence