Evaluation of plasma-free endocannabinoids and their congeners in abstinent cocaine addicts seeking outpatient treatment: impact of psychiatric co-morbidity
| Autor: | Pedro Araos, Rafael de la Torre, Eduardo Blanco, Rafael Campos-Cloute, Francisco Javier Pavón, María Pedraz, Juan Jesús Ruiz, Esperanza Vergara-Moragues, Marta Torrens, Juan Suárez, Isolde Gornemann, Antonia Serrano, Antoni Pastor, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, Patricia Rivera, Miguel Romero-Cuevas, Mitona Pujadas, Montserrat Calado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pharmacology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) medicine.disease Endocannabinoid system Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Health problems Mood Healthy control medicine Anxiety Co morbidity medicine.symptom Psychiatry business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Addiction Biology. 18:955-969 |
| ISSN: | 1355-6215 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/adb.12107 |
| Popis: | Cocaine is associated with serious health problems including psychiatric co-morbidity. There is a need for the identification of biomarkers for the stratification of cocaine-addicted subjects. Several studies have evaluated circulating endocannabinoid-related lipids as biomarkers of inflammatory, metabolic and mental disorders. However, little is known in substance use disorders. This study characterizes both free N-acyl-ethanolamines (NAEs) and 2-acyl-glycerols in abstinent cocaine addicts from outpatient treatment programs who were diagnosed with cocaine use disorder (CUD; n=88), and age-/gender-/body mass-matched healthy control volunteers (n=46). Substance and mental disorders that commonly occur with substance abuse were assessed by the semi-structured interview Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Diseases' according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision' (DSM-IV-TR) and plasma-free acyl derivatives were quantified by a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry system. The results indicate that plasma acyl derivatives are altered in abstinent cocaine-addicted subjects with CUD (CUD subjects). While NAEs were found to be increased, 2-acyl-glycerols were decreased in CUD subjects compared with controls. Multivariate predictive models based on these lipids as explanatory variables were developed to distinguish CUD subjects from controls providing high discriminatory power. However, these alterations were not influenced by the DSM-IV-TR criteria for cocaine abuse and dependence as cocaine trait severity measure. In contrast, we observed that some free acyl derivatives in CUD subjects were found to be affected by the diagnosis of some co-morbid psychiatric disorders. Thus, we found that the monounsaturated NAEs were significantly elevated in CUD subjects diagnosed with mood [N-oleoyl-ethanolamine and N-palmitoleoyl-ethanolamine (POEA)] and anxiety (POEA) disorders compared with non-co-morbid CUD subjects. Interestingly, the coexistence of alcohol use disorders did not influence the circulating levels of these free acyl derivatives. In summary, we have identified plasma-free acyl derivatives that might serve as reliable biomarkers for CUD. Furthermore, we found that monounsaturated NAE levels are also enhanced by co-morbid mood and anxiety disorders in cocaine addicts. These findings open the way for the development of new strategies for cocaine addiction diagnosis and treatment. |
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