Equipotent Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase and Monoacylglycerol Lipase – Dual Targets of the Endocannabinoid System to Protect against Seizure Pathology
| Autor: | Johnathan R. Locklear, Vinogran Naidoo, Mahmoud L. Nasr, Pamela M. Quizon, Ben A. Bahr, Vidyanand G. Shukla, JodiAnne T. Wood, Subramanian K. Vadivel, Emily E. Graves, David A. Karanian, Alexandros Makriyannis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Kainic acid Immunoblotting Excitotoxicity Tetrazoles Convulsants Pharmacology Biology medicine.disease_cause Hippocampus Neuroprotection Amidohydrolases Rats Sprague-Dawley chemistry.chemical_compound Organ Culture Techniques Seizures Fatty acid amide hydrolase Postsynaptic potential medicine Animals Pharmacology (medical) Enzyme Inhibitors Neurons Anandamide Endocannabinoid system Monoacylglycerol Lipases Rats Monoacylglycerol lipase nervous system chemistry Original Article lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Neurology (clinical) Endocannabinoids |
| Zdroj: | Neurotherapeutics. 9:801-813 |
| ISSN: | 1878-7479 1933-7213 |
| Popis: | Advances in the understanding of the endogenous cannabinoid system have led to several therapeutic indications for new classes of compounds that enhance cannabinergic responses. Endocannabinoid levels are elevated during pathogenic conditions, and inhibitors of endocannabinoid inactivation promote such on-demand responses. The endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol have been implicated in protective signaling against excitotoxic episodes, including seizures. To better understand modulatory pathways that can exploit such responses, we used the new generation compound AM6701 that blocks both the anandamide-deactivating enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and the 2-arachidonoyl glycerol-deactivating enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) with equal potency. Also studied was the structural isomer AM6702 which is 44-fold more potent for inhibiting FAAH versus MAGL. When applied before and during kainic acid (KA) exposure to cultured hippocampal slices, AM6701 protected against the resulting excitotoxic events of calpain-mediated cytoskeletal damage, loss of presynaptic and postsynaptic proteins, and pyknotic changes in neurons. The equipotent inhibitor was more effective than its close relative AM6702 at protecting against the neurodegenerative cascade assessed in the slice model. In vivo, AM6701 was also the more effective compound for reducing the severity of KA-induced seizures and protecting against behavioral deficits linked to seizure damage. Corresponding with the behavioral improvements, cytoskeletal and synaptic protection was elicited by AM6701, as found in the KA-treated hippocampal slice model. It is proposed that the influence of AM6701 on FAAH and MAGL exerts a synergistic action on the endocannabinoid system, thereby promoting the protective nature of cannabinergic signaling to offset excitotoxic brain injury. |
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