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dc.contributor.authorAleyakpo, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorUmukoro, Oghenetega
dc.contributor.authorKavlie, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorRanson, Daniel C
dc.contributor.authorThompsett, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Olivia
dc.contributor.authorCasalotti, Stefano O
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-09T12:20:14Z
dc.date.available2022-03-09T12:20:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-01
dc.identifier.citationAleyakpo, B., Umukoro, O., Kavlie, R., Ranson, D.C., Thompsett, A., Corcoran, O. and Casalotti, S.O. (2019) G-protein αq gene expression plays a role in alcohol tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. Brain and neuroscience advances, 3, pp.1-7.en
dc.identifier.issn2398-2128en
dc.identifier.pmid32166184 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2398212819883081en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/624639
dc.description© 2019 The Authors. Published by SAGE. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1177/2398212819883081en
dc.description.abstractEthanol is a psychoactive substance causing both short- and long-term behavioural changes in humans and animal models. We have used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to investigate the effect of ethanol exposure on the expression of the Gαq protein subunit. Repetitive exposure to ethanol causes a reduction in sensitivity (tolerance) to ethanol, which we have measured as the time for 50% of a set of flies to become sedated after exposure to ethanol (ST50). We demonstrate that the same treatment that induces an increase in ST50 over consecutive days (tolerance) also causes a decrease in Gαq protein subunit expression at both the messenger RNA and protein level. To identify whether there may be a causal relationship between these two outcomes, we have developed strains of flies in which Gαq messenger RNA expression is suppressed in a time- and tissue-specific manner. In these flies, the sensitivity to ethanol and the development of tolerance are altered. This work further supports the value of Drosophila as a model to dissect the molecular mechanisms of the behavioural response to alcohol and identifies G proteins as potentially important regulatory targets for alcohol use disorders.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was partially funded by the University of East London through an equipment start-up grant to S.O.C. B.A. and O.U. were self-funded PhD students and have contributed to the cost of the research through bench fees. B.A. was granted a partial fees-bursary from the University of East London. D.C.R. is supported by a PhD scholarship from the Society for the Study of Addiction.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGEen
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2398212819883081en
dc.rightsLicence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectG proteinsen
dc.subjectGal4en
dc.subjectGal80tsen
dc.subjectsedation timeen
dc.subjectsiRNAen
dc.subjecttoleranceen
dc.subjectalcoholen
dc.subjectdrosophilaen
dc.titleG-protein αq gene expression plays a role in alcohol tolerance in Drosophila melanogasteren
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn2398-2128
dc.identifier.journalBrain and Neuroscience Advancesen
dc.date.updated2022-03-09T07:22:10Z
dc.contributor.institutionMedicines Research Group, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK.
pubs.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.date.accepted2019-09-02
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of East Londonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectNew Researcher Startup granten
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-03-09en
dc.source.volume3
dc.source.beginpage2398212819883081
dc.description.versionPublished version
refterms.dateFCD2022-03-09T12:20:03Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-03-09T12:20:15Z


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