Glucocorticoid receptor modulators decrease alcohol self-administration in male rats
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with the dysregulation of brain stress and reward systems, including glucocorticoid receptors (GRs). The mixed glucocorticoid/progesterone receptor antagonist mifepristone and selective GR antagonist CORT113176 have been shown to selectively reduce alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent rats. Mifepristone has also been shown to decrease alcohol consumption and craving for alcohol in humans with AUD. The present study tested the effects of the GR modulators CORT118335, CORT122928, CORT108297, and CORT125134 on alcohol self-administration in nondependent (air-exposed) and alcohol-dependent (alcohol vapor-exposed) adult male rats. Different GR modulators recruit different GR-associated transcriptional cofactors. Thus, we hypothesized that these GR modulators would vary in their effects on alcohol drinking. CORT118335, CORT122928, and CORT125134 significantly reduced alcohol self-administration in both alcohol-dependent and nondependent rats. CORT108297 had no effect on alcohol self-administration in either group. The present results support the potential of GR modulators for the development of treatments for AUD. Future studies that characterize genomic and nongenomic effects of these GR modulators will elucidate potential molecular mechanisms that underlie alcohol drinking in alcohol-dependent and nondependent states.
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CORT118335 is a selective GR antagonist lacking activity at progesterone receptors.
“a selective GR antagonist lacking activity at progesterone receptors (CORT118335; McGinn et al., 2021)”
From Alcohol dependence and withdrawal increase sensitivity of central amygdalar GABAergic synapses to the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone in male rats (2022) · cites this paper as McGinn et al., 2021
CORT118335 significantly reduces alcohol self-administration in non-dependent and dependent rats.
“CORT118335 has been recently shown to significantly reduce alcohol selfadministration in non-dependent and dependent rats (McGinn et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- McGinn, M. A., Tunstall, B. J., Schlosburg, J. E., Gregory-Flores, A., George, O., de Guglielmo, G., Mason, B. J., Hunt, H. J., Koob, G. F., & Vendruscolo, L. F.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- Corcept Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- McGinn, M. Adrienne
- ORCID
- Venue
- Neuropharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-05
- Volume
- 188
- Pages
- 108510
- ISSN
- 0028-3908 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8099171
- OpenAlex
- W3135351329
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 2.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Neuropharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Keywords
- glucocorticoid receptor modulators, alcohol self-administration, alcoholism, mifepristone, transcriptional cofactors
- MeSH terms
- Ethanol, Animals, Aza Compounds, Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings, Isoquinolines, Male, Pyrazoles, Pyridines, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Self Administration, Thymine, Mifepristone, Rats, Wistar, Rats
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