Beneficial effect of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabigerol on experimental inflammatory bowel disease. (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Beneficial effect of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabigerol on experimental inflammatory bowel disease. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.01.017 (literal)
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  • Borrelli F a, Fasolino I a, Romano B a, Capassoi R a, Maiello F b, Coppola D b, Orlando P c, Battista G b, Pagano E a, Di Marzo V d, Izzo AA a. (2013)
    Beneficial effect of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabigerol on experimental inflammatory bowel disease.
    in Biochemical pharmacology
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  • Borrelli F a, Fasolino I a, Romano B a, Capassoi R a, Maiello F b, Coppola D b, Orlando P c, Battista G b, Pagano E a, Di Marzo V d, Izzo AA a. (literal)
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  • a Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples Federico II, via D Montesano 49, 80131Naples, Italy b Ospedale dei Pellegrini, Department of Diagnostic Services (Anatomy and Pathologic Histology Service), ASL 1, Naples, Italy c Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy d Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy (literal)
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  • Beneficial effect of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabigerol on experimental inflammatory bowel disease. (literal)
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  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an incurable disease which affects millions of people in industrialised countries. Anecdotal and scientific evidence suggest that Cannabis use may have a positive impact in IBD patients. Here, we investigated the effect of cannabigerol (CBG), a non-psychotropic Cannabis-derived cannabinoid, in a murine model of colitis. Colitis was induced in mice by intracolonic administration of dinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (DNBS). Inflammation was assessed by evaluating inflammatory markers/parameters (colon weight/colon length ratio and myeloperoxidase activity), by histological analysis and immunohistochemistry; interleukin-1?, interleukin-10 and interferon-? levels by ELISA, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by western blot and RT-PCR; CuZn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity by a colorimetric assay. Murine macrophages and intestinal epithelial cells were used to evaluate the effect of CBG on nitric oxide production and oxidative stress, respectively. CBG reduced colon weight/colon length ratio, myeloperoxidase activity, and iNOS expression, increased SOD activity and normalized interleukin-1?, interleukin-10 and interferon-? changes associated to DNBS administration. In macrophages, CBG reduced nitric oxide production and iNOS protein (but not mRNA) expression. Rimonabant (a CB1 receptor antagonist) did not change the effect of CBG on nitric oxide production, while SR144528 (a CB2 receptor antagonist) further increased the inhibitory effect of CBG on nitric oxide production. In conclusion, CBG attenuated murine colitis, reduced nitric oxide production in macrophages (effect being modulated by the CB2 receptor) and reduced ROS formation in intestinal epithelial cells. CBG could be considered for clinical experimentation in IBD patients. Graphical abstract (literal)
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