Sigmar1's molecular, cellular, and biological functions in regulating cellular pathophysiology

R Aishwarya, CS Abdullah, M Morshed… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Sigma 1 receptor (Sigmar1) is a ubiquitously expressed multifunctional inter-organelle
signaling chaperone protein playing a diverse role in cellular survival. Recessive mutation in …

Pathological overeating: emerging evidence for a compulsivity construct

CF Moore, V Sabino, GF Koob, P Cottone - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - nature.com
Compulsive eating behavior is a transdiagnostic construct that is characteristic of medical
and psychiatric conditions such as forms of obesity and eating disorders. Although feeding …

Knocking out sigma-1 receptors reveals diverse health problems

S Couly, N Goguadze, Y Yasui, Y Kimura… - Cellular and molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Sigma-1 receptor (Sig-1R) is a protein present in several organs such as brain,
lung, and heart. In a cell, Sig-1R is mainly located across the membranes of the …

Sigma1 pharmacology in the context of cancer

FJ Kim, CM Maher - Sigma Proteins: Evolution of the Concept of Sigma …, 2017 - Springer
Sigma1 (also known as sigma-1 receptor, Sig1R, σ1 receptor) is a unique pharmacologically
regulated integral membrane chaperone or scaffolding protein. The majority of publications …

Effects of long‐term alcohol drinking on the dopamine D2 receptor: Gene expression and heteroreceptor complexes in the striatum in rats

K Feltmann, DO Borroto‐Escuela… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Reduced dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) ligand binding has repeatedly been
demonstrated in the striatum of humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The attenuated …

Neuropharmacology of compulsive eating

CF Moore, JI Panciera, V Sabino… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Compulsive eating behaviour is a transdiagnostic construct observed in certain forms of
obesity and eating disorders, as well as in the proposed construct of 'food addiction' …

An operant ethanol self-administration paradigm that discriminates between appetitive and consummatory behaviors reveals distinct behavioral phenotypes in …

R Patwell, H Yang, SC Pandey, EJ Glover - Neuropharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) constitutes a major burden to global health. Recently, the
translational success of animal models of AUD has come under increased scrutiny. Efforts to …

Role of sigma receptors in alcohol addiction

SG Quadir, P Cottone, V Sabino - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pharmacological treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD) are few in number and often
ineffective, despite the significant research carried out so far to better comprehend the …

Quetiapine abuse fourteen years later: where are we now? A systematic review

AE Vento, GD Kotzalidis, M Cacciotti… - Substance Use & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Quetiapine, an atypical antipsychotic endowed with weak dopamine
antagonist, potent 5-HT2A-blocking, partial 5-HT1A-agonist, anti-H1 histamine, adrenolytic …

Novel highly potent and selective sigma1 receptor antagonists effectively block the binge eating episode in female rats

C Cifani, E Micioni Di Bonaventura… - ACS Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this paper, the benzo-cracking approach was applied to the potent sigma1 (σ1) receptor
antagonist 1 to afford the less conformationally constrained 1, 3-dioxane derivatives 2 and 3 …