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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2015 May 29;49(8):795–802. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.03.007

Table 1.

Phosphodiesterase inhibitor regulation of alcohol consumption in rodents

Reference Strain Behavioral Paradigm Inhibitor PDE Target Alcohol
Intake
Sweet
Solution
Hu et al. (2011) C57BL/6J
mice
2-bottle choice continuous access to
7–12% (v/v) alcohol vs. water
Rolipram PDE4b
Ro-20–1724 PDE4b N/A

Wen et al. (2012) Alcohol-
preferring
Fawn-hooded
rats
Operant self-administration of 5%
(v/v) alcohol vs. water
Rolipram PDE4b
2-bottle choice continuous access to
5% (v/v) alcohol vs. water
2-bottle choice intermittent access to
10% (v/v) alcohol vs. water
N/A

Bell et al. (2013) Alcohol-
preferring
P rats
2-bottle choice 2-h limited access to
15% (v/v) alcohol vs. water
(maintenance & relapse)
Ibudilast Nonspecific;
PDE3,4,10,11
preferringc
N/A
Alcohol-
preferring
HAD1 rats
2-bottle choice 2-h limited access to
15% (v/v) alcohol vs. water
(maintenance & relapse)
N/A
C57BL/6J
mice
Alternating cycles of 2-bottle choice
[2-h limited access to 15% (v/v)
alcohol vs. water for 5 days, then 2
days off] and chronic ethanol vapor
exposure [16-h vapor/day for 4 days,
then 3 days abstinence]
N/A

Blednov et al. (2014) C57BL/6J
mice
2-bottle choice continuous access to
15% alcohol vs. water
Propentofylline Nonspecificd N/A
Vinpocetine PDE1b N/A
Milrinone PDE3b N/A
Olprinone PDE3e N/A
CDP840 PDE4f N/A
Mesopram PDE4g N/A
Piclamilast PDE4h N/A
Rolipram PDE4b N/A
Zaprinast PDE5; less
potent at
PDE1,
PDE10,
PDE11b
N/A
limited 3-h 2-bottle choice access to
15% alcohol vs. water
CDP840 PDE4f N/A
Mesopram PDE4g N/A
Piclamilast PDE4h N/A
Rolipram PDE4b N/A

Logrip et al. (2014) Wistar rats operant self-administration of 10%
(v/v) naïve and stress history rats
TP-10 PDE10Ai
operant self-administration of 10%
(w/v) alcohol in vapor-dependent and
nondependent rats
N/A
Scr:sP alcohol-
preferring rats
operant self-administration of 20%
(v/v) alcohol
N/A