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Analgesia induced by the epigenetic drug, L-acetylcarnitine, outlasts the end of treatment in mouse models of chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain [PDF]

, 2017
Background: L-acetylcarnitine, a drug marketed for the treatment of chronic pain, causes analgesia by epigenetically up-regulating type-2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) receptors in the spinal cord.
Battaglia, Giuseppe, Bernabucci, Matteo, Bruno, Valeria Maria Gloria, Cannella, Milena, Gradini, Roberto, Imbriglio, Tiziana, Mascio, Giada, Nicoletti, Ferdinando, Notartomaso, Serena, Scarselli, Pamela, Zappulla, Cristina   +10 more
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mGluR5 antagonism inhibits cocaine reinforcement and relapse by elevation of extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens via a CB1 receptor mechanism. [PDF]

, 2018
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonism inhibits cocaine self-administration and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this action are poorly understood.
Bi, Guo-Hua, Gardner, Eliot L, He, Yi, Jordan, Chloe J, Li, Jie, Li, Xia, Peng, Xiao-Qing, Xi, Zheng-Xiong, Yang, Hong-Ju, Zhang, Hai-Ying   +9 more
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The Selective Metabotropic Glutamate 2/3 Receptor Agonist MGS0028 Reverses Isolation Rearing–Induced Abnormal Behaviors in Mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012
Isolation-induced abnormal behaviors are useful animal models for assessing potential anti-psychotic drugs. This study examined the effect of MGS0028, a selective metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptor agonist, on abnormal behaviors such as hyperactivity ...
Yukio Ago, Ryota Araki, Koji Yano, Toshiyuki Kawasaki, Shigeyuki Chaki, Atsuro Nakazato, Hirotaka Onoe, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Akemichi Baba, Kazuhiro Takuma, Toshio Matsuda   +10 more
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Loss-of-Function Models of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Genes Grm8a and Grm8b Display Distinct Behavioral Phenotypes in Zebrafish Larvae (Danio rerio)

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Members of the family of metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved in the pathomechanism of several disorders of the nervous system. Besides the well-investigated function of dysfunctional glutamate receptor signaling in neurodegenerative diseases ...
Teresa M. Lüffe, Moritz Bauer, Zoi Gioga, Duru Özbay, Marcel Romanos, Christina Lillesaar, Carsten Drepper   +6 more
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Permissive role for mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors in excitotoxic retinal degeneration [PDF]

, 2017
Neuroprotection is an unmet need in eye disorders characterized by retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, such as prematurity-induced retinal degeneration, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration.
Battaglia, Giuseppe, Beneventano, Martina, Bruno, Valeria, Bucci, Domenico, Di Pietro, Paola, Liberatore, Francesca, Madonna, Michele, Mascio, Giada, Nicoletti, Ferdinando, Puliti, Alda Maria, Romano, Maria Rosaria   +10 more
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2/3 (mGluR2/3) activation suppresses TRPV1 sensitization in mouse, but not human sensory neurons [PDF]

, 2018
The use of human tissue to validate putative analgesic targets identified in rodents is a promising strategy for improving the historically poor translational record of preclinical pain research.
Baranger, David A.A., Gereau, Robert W, McIlvried, Lisa V, Pullen, Melanie Y, Sheahan, Tayler D, Valtcheva, Manouela V   +5 more
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Metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptors and epigenetic modifications in psychotic disorders: a review [PDF]

, 2016
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder are chronic psychiatric disorders, both considered as "major psychosis"; they are thought to share some pathogenetic factors involving a dysfunctional gene x environment interaction.
Grayson, Danis R, Guidotti, Alessandro, MATRISCIANO, FRANCESCO, NICOLETTI, Ferdinando, PANACCIONE, ISABELLA   +4 more
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The octadecaneuropeptide ODN protects astrocytes against hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis via a PKA/MAPK-dependent mechanism.

PLoS ONE, 2012
Astrocytes synthesize and release endozepines, a family of regulatory peptides, including the octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) an endogenous ligand of both central-type benzodiazepine (CBR) and metabotropic receptors.
Yosra Hamdi, Hadhemi Kaddour, David Vaudry, Seyma Bahdoudi, Salma Douiri, Jérôme Leprince, Helene Castel, Hubert Vaudry, Marie-Christine Tonon, Mohamed Amri, Olfa Masmoudi-Kouki   +10 more
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N-acetyl-cysteine, a drug that enhances the endogenous activation of group-II metabotropic glutamate receptors, inhibits nociceptive transmission in humans. [PDF]

, 2015
Emerging research seeking novel analgesic drugs focuses on agents targeting group-II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlu2 and mGlu3 receptors). N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) enhances the endogenous activation of mGlu2/3 receptors by activating the glial ...
BATTAGLIA, Giuseppe, CRUCCU, Giorgio, DI STEFANO, GIULIA, E. Pasquale, LATTANZI, Roberta, NICOLETTI, Ferdinando, PIROSO, SERENA, S. Notartomaso, TRUINI, ANDREA   +8 more
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Glycine Potentiates AMPA Receptor Function through Metabotropic Activation of GluN2A-containing NMDA Receptors

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2016
NMDA receptors are Ca2+-permeable ion channels. The activation of NMDA receptors requires agonist glutamate and co-agonist glycine. Recent evidence indicates that NMDA receptor also has metabotropic function.
Li-Jun Li, Rong Hu, Rong Hu, Brendan Lujan, Juan Chen, Jian-Jian Zhang, Yasuko Nakano, Tian-Yuan Cui, Ming-Xia Liao, Jin-Cao Chen, Hengye Man, Hua Feng, Qi Wan, Qi Wan, Qi Wan, Qi Wan   +15 more
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