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CCK and NPY as anti-anxiety treatment targets: promises, pitfalls, and strategies.

Abstract
Short CCK peptides elicit panic attacks in humans and anxiogenic-like effects in some animal models, but CCK receptor antagonists have not been found clinically effective. Yet CCK overactivity appears to be involved in submissive behaviour, and CCKB receptor expression and binding are increased in suicide victims and animal models of anxiety. Preliminary data suggest that involvement of CCK and its receptor subtypes in anxiety can be better described when focusing on distinct endophenotypes, and considering environmental contingencies and confounds originating from interactions with dopamin-, opioid- and glutamatergic neurotransmission. In contrast, NPY is an anti-anxiety peptide with robust effects in various animal models when administrated into several brain regions. Studies with non-peptide antagonists selective for receptor subtypes have revealed the role of endogenous NPY in active coping. At least Y1, Y2 and Y5 receptors in various brain regions are involved, with the strongest evidence for contribution of Y1.
AuthorsJ Harro
JournalAmino acids (Amino Acids) Vol. 31 Issue 3 Pg. 215-30 (Oct 2006) ISSN: 0939-4451 [Print] Austria
PMID16738800 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents
  • Neuropeptide Y
  • Receptors, Cholecystokinin
  • Receptors, Neuropeptide Y
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Cholecystokinin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Anxiety Disorders (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Brain
  • Cholecystokinin (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Neuropeptide Y (metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Receptors, Cholecystokinin (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
  • Receptors, Neuropeptide Y (agonists, metabolism)
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (metabolism)

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