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ArticleAddiction biology2017

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase regulates binge-like drinking and dopamine receptor sensitivity in the ventral tegmental area.

John W Dutton, Hu Chen, Chang You, Mark S Brodie, Amy W Lasek

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Article in Addiction biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07633626 (Potential Effect of Vortioxetine on Cognitive Functioning of Patients With ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Lorlatinib), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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2 · The registry

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NCT07633626 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Potential Effect of Vortioxetine on Cognitive Functioning of Patients With ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Lorlatinib

TypeobservationalSponsorCentro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer, Luis Carlos Sarmiento AnguloRan2026 to 2027Enrolled24ConditionsAdvanced ALK/ROS1-positive NSCLC, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (NSCLC), Lung Adenocarcinoma, ALK-positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Alcohol and the brain: from genes to circuits.Trends in neurosciences · 2021
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  11. Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking IncreasesNeuroscience insights · 2021
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  12. Growth Factors and Alcohol Use Disorder.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2020
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  13. Estrogen Receptor α Regulates Ethanol Excitation of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons and Binge Drinking in Female Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  20. Ovarian Hormones Contribute to High Levels of Binge-Like Drinking by Female Mice.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John W DuttonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
Hu ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
Chang YouDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mark S BrodieDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
Amy W LasekDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Pilot Project Program P50AA022538 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SUBHASH C. PANDEY · 2015 to 2026
$21.3M
Regulation of Excessive Alcohol Consumption by the Lmo-Alk AxisU01AA020912 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Amy Wolven Lasek · 2011 to 2026
$5.4M
RNA Interference CoreU01AA016654 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LASEK, AMY WOLVEN · 2006 to 2015
$3.4M
Intracellular Study of Ethanol Effects on Brain NeuronsR37AA005846 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI APPEL, SARAH B · 2002 to 2008
$2.7M
ETHANOL/NEUROTRANSMITTER INTERACTIONS IN BRAIN NEURONSR01AA009125 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BRODIE, MARK S · 1992 to 2007
$1.4M
INTRACELLULAR STUDY OF ETHANOL EFFECTS ON BRAIN NEURONSR01AA005846 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BRODIE, MARK S · 1985 to 2011
$1.2M
UIC Laboratory Animal Veterinary Training ProgramR25OD010914 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FORTMAN, JEFFREY D · 2012 to 2015
$396k
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA022538NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA005846NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA009125NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA005846NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA016654NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA020912NIH HHS R25 OD010914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase associated with alcohol dependence in humans and behavioral responses to ethanol in mice. To characterize the ability of ALK to control ethanol consumption, we treated mice with the ALK inhibitors TAE684 or alectinib before testing them for binge-like drinking using the drinking in the dark protocol. Mice treated with ALK inhibitors drank less ethanol than controls. In addition, TAE684 treatment abolished ethanol conditioned place preference, indicating that ALK regulates the rewarding properties of ethanol. Because the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a key brain region involved in the rewarding effects of ethanol, we determined if Alk expression in the VTA is important for binge-like ethanol consumption. Mice expressing a short hairpin ribonucleic acid targeting Alk in the VTA drank less ethanol compared with controls. ALK is expressed on dopamine (DA) neurons in the VTA, suggesting that ALK might regulate their firing properties. Extracellular recordings of putative DA neurons in VTA slices demonstrated that ALK inhibition did not affect the ability of ethanol to stimulate, or DA to inhibit, the firing of DA neurons. However, inhibiting ALK attenuated the time-dependent reversal of inhibition produced by moderate concentrations of DA, suggesting that ALK affects DA D2 autoreceptor (D2R) desensitization. Altered desensitization of the D2R changes the firing of DA neurons and is predicted to affect DA levels and alcohol drinking. These data support the possibility that ALK might be a novel target of pharmacotherapy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption.

Indexed as

Anaplastic Lymphoma KinaseAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBinge DrinkingDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, DopamineVentral Tegmental AreaALK protein, humanAlk protein, mouseAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, DopamineAlcohol addictionALKbinge-drinkingdopamine receptorventral tegmental area

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PMID26752591
PMCPMC4940304
OpenAlexW2234698903

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