TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of two cannabinoids on hepatic microsomal cytochrome p-450
AU - Watanabe, Kazuhito
AU - Hamajima, Koichi
AU - Narimatsu, Shizuo
AU - Yamamoto, Ikuo
AU - Yoshimura, Hidetoshi
PY - 1986/1/1
Y1 - 1986/1/1
N2 - The effects of cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) on the synthesis and degradation of hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 were studied in mice. Cannabinoids used (10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) did not affect δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity in the liver. Δ9-THC-treatment (10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) markedly stimulated heme oxygenase activity in hepatic 18000 × g supernatant fractions in a dose-dependent manner, whereas CBD-treatment was without effect. In vitro experiments, CBD and Δ9-THC (40 to 160 μM) markedly inhibited nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-induced lipid peroxidation in hepatic microsomes. When CBD was incubated with the hepatic microsomes in the presence of an NADPH-generating system, cytochrome P-450 content decreased significantly. However, Δ9-THC showed no effects in similar experiments. The rate of decrease in the cytochrome P-450 content using CBD (160 μM) was 0.212 nmol/mg protein/20 min in microsomes from control mice. This value increased significantly in microsomes from phenobarbital-treated mice (0.792 nmol/mg protein/20 min) but not in those from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated mice (0.190 nmol/mg protein/20 min). The metabolic rate (per nmol cytochrome P-450) of CBD was also increased significantly by phenobarbital-treatment but not by 3-methylcholanthrene-treatment. These results suggest that CBD metabolites rather than CBD itself, play some role in the decreasing effect on cytochrome P-450 content in the hepatic microsomes in vitro, and that the microsomal formation of reactive metabolite of CBD is increased by phenobarbital-treatment.
AB - The effects of cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) on the synthesis and degradation of hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 were studied in mice. Cannabinoids used (10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) did not affect δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity in the liver. Δ9-THC-treatment (10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) markedly stimulated heme oxygenase activity in hepatic 18000 × g supernatant fractions in a dose-dependent manner, whereas CBD-treatment was without effect. In vitro experiments, CBD and Δ9-THC (40 to 160 μM) markedly inhibited nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-induced lipid peroxidation in hepatic microsomes. When CBD was incubated with the hepatic microsomes in the presence of an NADPH-generating system, cytochrome P-450 content decreased significantly. However, Δ9-THC showed no effects in similar experiments. The rate of decrease in the cytochrome P-450 content using CBD (160 μM) was 0.212 nmol/mg protein/20 min in microsomes from control mice. This value increased significantly in microsomes from phenobarbital-treated mice (0.792 nmol/mg protein/20 min) but not in those from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated mice (0.190 nmol/mg protein/20 min). The metabolic rate (per nmol cytochrome P-450) of CBD was also increased significantly by phenobarbital-treatment but not by 3-methylcholanthrene-treatment. These results suggest that CBD metabolites rather than CBD itself, play some role in the decreasing effect on cytochrome P-450 content in the hepatic microsomes in vitro, and that the microsomal formation of reactive metabolite of CBD is increased by phenobarbital-treatment.
KW - 3-methylcholanthrene
KW - cannabidiol
KW - cytochrome P-450
KW - heme oxygenase
KW - hepatic microsome
KW - lipid peroxidation
KW - phenobarbital
KW - Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol
KW - δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
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U2 - 10.1248/bpb1978.9.39
DO - 10.1248/bpb1978.9.39
M3 - Article
C2 - 3012058
AN - SCOPUS:0022606319
VL - 9
SP - 39
EP - 45
JO - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
JF - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
SN - 0918-6158
IS - 1
ER -