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Role of cannabinoids in new prostaglandin synthesis and its involvement in pain mechanism

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K11113
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Anesthesiology
Research InstitutionKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Principal Investigator

Ibuki Takae  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 講師 (90232587)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 松村 潔  大阪工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (10157349)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Keywordsprostaglandin / cannabinoid / inflammation / hyperalgesia / arachidonic acid / cyclooxygenase / pain / Brain endothelial cell / zymosan / Cyclooxygenase-2 / PGE2 / fever / monoacylglycerol lipase / phospholipase A2 / CFA / diacylglycerol lipase / ex vivo experiment / プロスタグランジンE2 / Zymosan / カナビノイド / プロスタグランジン / 疼痛
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the molecular mechanism of arachidonic acid supply, which is essential for the synthesis of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) involved in inflammatory hyperalgesia. It has been considered that arachidonic acid is released from membrane phospholipids by the action of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and becomes a substrate for cyclooxygenase (COX), but in this study we focused on the involvement of another pathway of arachidonic acid supply via cannabinoids. Behavioral, immunohistochemical, biochemical and molecular biological methods were used to study in mouse and rat models of inflammation. Results have shown that arachidonic acid supply in the central nervous system during inflammatory hyperalgesia is less likely through cannabinoid synthesis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

我々は炎症性疼痛の発症、維持メカニズムを研究してきた。炎症局所で産生されたインターロイキン6 (IL6)などのサイトカインが血行性に炎症情報を中枢神経血管内皮細胞に伝達、血管内皮細胞内でCOX-2依存性にPGE2を産生し、炎症に伴う全身症状を惹起することを明らかにした。COX阻害薬は鎮痛薬として汎用されているが、種々の副作用をもたらすため、今回理想的な創薬目的でアラキドン酸カスケード上流のカナビノイド系の関与を研究したが、カナビノイド系薬剤の鎮痛薬としての可能性は高くないことがわかった。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] マウスへのzymosan皮下投与による発熱と脳内プロスタグランジンE2産生は脳血管内皮細胞に誘導されるシクロオキシゲナーゼ2による2020

    • Author(s)
      北川大夢、伊吹京秀、松村潔
    • Organizer
      第97回日本生理学会大会 誌上開催
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Is cannabinoid system involved in prostaglandin synthesis during inflammatory hyperalgersia?2019

    • Author(s)
      T.Ibuki, Y.Yamazaki, H.Kitagawa, K.Matsumura
    • Organizer
      Neuroscience 2019 Chicago
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 単離した脳血管/くも膜標本による炎症時のプロスタグランジンE2産生機構の解析2019

    • Author(s)
      北川大夢、伊吹京秀、長瀬幹英、岡村将汰、松村潔
    • Organizer
      生理学研究所温熱生理研究会 自然科学研究機構岡崎コンファレンスセンター
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A mouse model that can evaluate fever and hyperalgesia due to peripheral inflammation2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiromu Kitagawa, Takae Ibuki, Kiyoshi Matsumura
    • Organizer
      The 9th Federation of the Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies Congress
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 末梢炎症による発熱と痛覚過敏を評価できるマウスモデルの確立2018

    • Author(s)
      北川大夢、伊吹京秀、松村潔
    • Organizer
      温熱生理研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Thermal influence of nasal high flow therapy on the thermoregulatory center2017

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura K
    • Organizer
      Seminar at Fisher & Pykel Healthcare
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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