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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 144, Issue 4, Pages 1516-1522Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.016
Keywords
cannabinoid receptors; inflammation; activated microglia; Alzheimer's disease; LPS; spatial memory
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG10546, R01 AG037320, R01 AG010546] Funding Source: Medline
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Cannabinoid receptors (CBr) stimulation induces numerous central and peripheral effects. A growing interest in the beneficial properties of manipulating the endocannabinoid system has led to the possible involvement of CBr in the control of brain inflammation. In the present study we examined the effect of the CBr agonist, (R)-(+)-[2,3-dihydro-5methyl-3-(4-morpholinylmethyl)-pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-1,4benzo-xazin-6-yi]-l-naphthalenyi-methanone mesylate (WIN-552122), on microglial activation and spatial memory performance, using a well-characterized animal model of chronic brain inflammation produced by the infusion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 250 ng/h for 3 weeks) into the fourth ventricle of young rats. WIN-55212-2 (0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg/day, i.p.) was administered for 3 weeks. During the third week of treatment, spatial memory ability was examined using the Morris water-maze task. We found that 0.5 and 1 mg/kg WIN-55212-2 reduced the number of LPS-activated microglia, while I mg/kg WIN-55212-2 potentiated the LPS-induced impairment of performance in the water maze task. Cannabinoid receptors 1 were not expressed by microglia and astrocytes, suggesting an indirect effect of WIN-55212-2 on microglia activation and memory impairment. Our results emphasize the potential use of CBr agonists in the regulation of inflammatory processes within the brain; this knowledge may lead to the use of CBr agonists in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases associated with chronic neuroinflarnmation, such as Alzheimer disease. (c) 2006 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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