期刊
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 35, 期 5, 页码 1165-1173出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.221
关键词
cytidine-5 '-diphosphate choline; methamphetamine dependence; N-acetyl-aspartate; treatment; proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
资金
- NIDA [1R01 DA024070-01A1, 5 R01 DA 14178-05]
- NIH [7K24DA015116, 5K05-DA000343-12]
- Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2009K001272, 20090066915]
- Seoul National University Hospital [03-2008-006-0]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [K05DA031247, K24DA015116, R01DA027135, R01DA014178, R01DA024070, K05DA000343] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Cytidine-5'-diphosphate choline (CDP-choline), as an important intermediate for major membrane phospholipids, may exert neuroprotective effects in various neurodegenerative disorders. This longitudinal proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1-MRS) study aimed to examine whether a 4-week CDP-choline treatment could alter neurometabolite levels in patients with methamphetamine (MA) dependence and to investigate whether changes in neurometabolite levels would be associated with MA use. We hypothesized that the prefrontal levels of N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA), a neuronal marker, and choline-containing compound (Cho), which are related to membrane turnover, would increase with CDP-choline treatment in MA-dependent patients. We further hypothesized that this increase would correlate with the total number of negative urine results. Thirty-one treatment seekers with MA dependence were randomly assigned to receive CDP-choline (n = 16) or placebo (n 15) for 4 weeks. Prefrontal NAA and Cho levels were examined using H-1-MRS before medication, and at 2 and 4 weeks after treatment. Generalized estimating equation regression analyses showed that the rate of change in prefrontal NAA (p = 0.005) and Cho (p = 0.03) levels were greater with CDP-choline treatment than with placebo. In the CDP-choline-treated patients, changes in prefrontal NAA levels were positively associated with the total number of negative urine results (p = 0.03). Changes in the prefrontal Cho levels, however, were not associated with the total number of negative urine results. These preliminary findings suggest that CDP-choline treatment may exert potential neuroprotective effects directly or indirectly because of reductions in drug use by the MA-dependent patients. Further studies with a larger sample size of MA-dependent patients are warranted to confirm a long-term efficacy of CDP-choline in neuroprotection and abstinence. Neuropsychopharmacology (2010) 35, 1165-1173; doi: 10.1038/npp.2009.221; published online 30 December 2009
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