Journal
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 298-307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.09.006
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Endocannabinoids; Anandamide (AEA); Anaphylactic degranulation; Fc epsilon RI; Mast cell; GPR55 receptors; Calcium rise; GPCR heterodimers
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- National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), Mexico
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France [188565]
- Conacyt-Frontiers of Science [1122]
- Conacyt [239192]
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Activation of high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI) by IgE/antigen complexes in mast cells (MCs) leads to the release of preformed pro-inflammatory mediators stored in granules by a Ca2+-dependent process known as anaphylactic degranulation. Degranulation inhibition has been proposed as a strategy to control allergies and chronic inflammation conditions. Cannabinoids are important inhibitors of inflammatory reactions but their effects on IgE/Ag-mediated MCs responses are not well described. In this study, we analyzed the effect of the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA), the selective CB2 receptor agonist HU308, and the GPR55 receptor agonist lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) on Fc epsilon RI-induced activation in murine bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs). Our results show that AEA, HU380 and LPI inhibited Fc epsilon RI-induced degranulation in a concentration-dependent manner. This effect was mediated by CB2 and GPR55 receptor activation through a mechanism insensitive to pertussis toxin. Degranulation inhibition was prevented by CB(2 )and GPR55 antagonism, but not by CB1 receptor blockage. AEA also inhibited calcium-dependent cytokine mRNA synthesis induced by Fc epsilon RI crosslinking, without affecting early phosphorylation events. In addition, AEA, HU308 and LPI inhibited intracellular Ca2+ rise in response to IgE/Ag. CB2 and GPR55 receptor antagonism could not prevent the inhibition produced by AEA and HU308, but partially blocked the one caused by LPI. These results indicate that AEA inhibits IgE/Aginduced degranulation through a mechanism that includes the participation of CB2 and GPR55 receptors acting in close crosstalk, and show that CB2-GPR55 heteromers are important negative regulators of Fc epsilon RI-induced responses in MCs.
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