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A critical evaluation of a nicotine vaccine within a self-administration behavioral model

Moreno, Amira Y., Azar, Marc R., Warren, Noelle A., Dickerson, Tobin J., Koob, George F., Janda, Kim D.·2010·Molecular Pharmaceutics

Abstract

(S)-Nicotine is a psychostimulant legal drug responsible for causing addiction to tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoking has been irrevocably linked to a number of serious diseases and at present is considered the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Despite well-documented adverse medical consequences, nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest to break. Current therapies have offered limited success and show high rates of relapse, emphasizing the need to engineer alternative therapies to aid nicotine cessation. The current study presents a protein-based immunopharmacotherapy approach for the treatment of nicotine addiction. Immunopharmacotherapy aims to use highly specific antibodies to blunt passage of drug into the brain thus minimizing reinforcing effects on the reward pathways of the central nervous system. Generation of a successful vaccine heavily relies on appropriate optimization of hapten design, immunogenic carrier and adjuvant. Modification of a classical nicotine hapten in conjugation with three distinct carrier proteins allowed for priming of a nicotine vaccine able to elicit significant amounts of nicotine-specific antibodies. Increased self-administration with use of a high drug dose (0.03 mg/kg/infusion; approximately 2 cigarettes in human) was observed in the vaccinated versus control animals suggesting a compensatory pattern and possibly reduced passage of nicotine to the brain. These results support the hypothesis that proper optimization of vaccine formulations could lead to successful nicotine vaccines for human use.

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  • These results confirm other studies using non-inhalation routes of administration.

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Authors
Moreno, A. Y., Azar, M. R., Warren, N. A., Dickerson, T. J., Koob, G. F., & Janda, K. D.
Affiliations
Scripps Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Janda, Kim D.
Venue
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Published
2010-02-08
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
431-441
ISSN
  • 1543-8384 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-8392
OpenAlex
W1989900278
Cited by
73
References
26
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
nicotine vaccine, nicotine dependence, tobacco smoking cessation, immunopharmacotherapy, self-administration, hapten conjugation, adjuvants
MeSH terms
Animals, Antibodies, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Infusions, Intravenous, Male, Models, Theoretical, Nicotine, Tobacco Use Disorder, Vaccines, Immunoconjugates, Mice, Rats

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