Abstract
Drug addiction places a significant burden on society and individuals. Proteomics and metabolomics approaches pave the road for searching potential biomarkers to assist the diagnosis and treatment. This review summarized putative drug addiction-related biomarkers in proteomics and metabolomics studies and discussed challenges and prospects in future studies. Alterations of several hundred proteins and metabolites were reported when exposure to abused drug, which enriched in energy metabolism, oxidative stress response, protein modification and degradation, synaptic function and neurotrasmission, etc. Hsp70, peroxiredoxin-6 and α- and β-synuclein, as well as n-methylserotonin and purine metabolites, were promising as potential biomarker for drug addiction.
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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.
Funding
This study was funded by Project of National Science and Technology Support Program in China [2012BAI01B07], National Basic Research Program of China [2015CB553504] and No.54 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project [2013M542511].