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Synthetic cannabinoids reduce the inflammatory activity of microglia and subsequently improve neuronal survival in vitro

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BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
卷 105, 期 -, 页码 29-43

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.011

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GPCR; Cannabinoids; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Pharmacology; ACEA; HU-308; CP 55,940

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  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [RGPIN- 2019-37999]
  2. NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGS-D)

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Microglia, resident immune cells of the brain, can be modulated through the activation of cannabinoid receptors to reduce their pro-inflammatory activity and decrease secondary neuronal damage.
Microglia are resident immune cells of the brain that survey the microenvironment, provide trophic support to neurons, and clear debris to maintain homeostasis and healthy brain function. Microglia are also drivers of neuroinflammation in several neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia produce endocannabinoids and express both cannabinoid receptor subtypes suggesting that this system is a target to suppress neuroinflammation. We tested whether cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) or type 2 (CB2) receptors could be targeted selectively or in combi-nation to dampen the pro-inflammatory behavior of microglia, and whether this would have functional relevance to decrease secondary neuronal damage. We determined that components of the endocannabinoid system were altered when microglia are treated with lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma and shift to a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Furthermore, pro-inflammatory microglia released cytotoxic factors that induced cell death in cultured STHdhQ7/Q7 neurons. Treatment with synthetic cannabinoids that were selective for CB1 receptors (ACEA) or CB2 receptors (HU-308) dampened the release of nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines and decreased levels of mRNA for several pro-inflammatory markers. A nonselective agonist (CP 55,940) exhibited similar influence over NO release but to a lesser extent relative to ACEA or HU-308. All three classes of synthetic cannabinoids ultimately reduced the secondary damage to the cultured neurons. The mechanism for the observed neuroprotective effects appeared to be related to cannabinoid-mediated suppression of MAPK signaling in microglia. Taken together, the data indicate that activation of CB1 or CB2 receptors interfered with the pro-inflammatory activity of microglia in a manner that also reduced secondary damage to neurons.

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