Abstract
Cocaine is a widely abused psychostimulant drug, with sympathomimetic properties and intense euphoric effects. Cocaine and some of its toxic metabolites cross the blood–brain barrier and induce neurologic impairments, affecting primarily the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms involved in brain dysfunction induced by cocaine, focusing on pre- and postsynaptic changes in dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Neurotoxic effects of combinations of cocaine with other drugs are also discussed. In summary, cocaine neurotoxicity may underlie brain dysfunction in cocaine and polydrug abusers and may predispose the brain to neurodegeneration.
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Abbreviations
- Ca2+ i :
-
Intracellular Ca2+ concentration
- DAT:
-
Dopamine transporter
- DAQ:
-
Dopamine quinone
- DARPP32:
-
Dopamine- and cAMP-regulated neuronal phosphoprotein
- DOPAC:
-
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
- DOPAL:
-
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde
- ERK:
-
Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
- GPx:
-
Glutathione peroxidase
- GSH:
-
Reduced glutathione
- H2O2 :
-
Hydrogen peroxide
- MAO:
-
Monoamine oxidase
- MAPKK/MEK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase
- MDA:
-
Malondialdehyde
- NMDA:
-
N-methyl-d-aspartate
- O2 •− :
-
Superoxide anion
- •OH:
-
Hydroxyl radical
- PARP:
-
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- PKA:
-
Protein kinase A
- PP1:
-
Protein phosphatase 1
- Ras-GRF-1:
-
Ras protein-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- VMAT:
-
Vesicular monoamine transporter
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The authors’ lab is funded by project PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2013-2014 from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, co-financed by COMPETE (Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade), QREN, and European Union (FEDER, Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional). T.C.-O. holds a postdoctoral fellowship from FCT reference SFRH/BPD/34711/2007, co-financed by POPH (Programa Operacional Potencial Humano), QREN, and European Union.
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Cunha-Oliveira, T., Rego, A.C., Oliveira, C.R. (2014). Cocaine as a Neurotoxin. In: Kostrzewa, R. (eds) Handbook of Neurotoxicity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5836-4_81
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