An Endocannabinoid Uptake Inhibitor from Black Pepper Exerts Pronounced Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Mice.

Reynoso, Ines del Carmen; Najar-Guerrero, Israel; Escareño, Noé; Flores-Soto, Mario Eduardo; Gertsch, Jürg; Viveros-Paredes, Juan Manuel (2017). An Endocannabinoid Uptake Inhibitor from Black Pepper Exerts Pronounced Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Mice. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 65(43), pp. 9435-9442. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02979

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Guineensine is a dietary N-isobutylamide widely present in black and long pepper (Piper nigrum and Piper longum) previously shown to inhibit cellular endocannabinoid uptake. Given the role of endocannabinoids in inflammation and pain reduction, here we evaluated guineensine in mouse models of acute and inflammatory pain and endotoxemia. Significant dose-dependent anti-inflammatory effects (95.6 ± 3.1% inhibition of inflammatory pain at 2.5 mg/kg ip and 50.0 ± 15.9% inhibition of edema formation at 5 mg/kg ip) and acute analgesia (66.1 ± 28.1% inhibition at 5.0 mg/kg ip) were observed. Moreover, guineensine inhibited proinflammatory cytokine production in endotoxemia. Intriguingly, guineensine and LPS independently induced catalepsy, but in combination this effect was abolished. Both hypothermia and analgesia were blocked by the CB1 receptor inverse agonist rimonabant, but the pronounced hypolocomotion was CB1 receptor-independent. A subsequent screen of 45 CNS-related receptors, ion channels, and transporters revealed apparent interactions of guineensine with the dopamine transporter DAT, 5HT2A, and sigma receptors, uncovering its prospective polypharmacology. The described potent pharmacological effects of guineensine might relate to the reported anti-inflammatory effects of pepper.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Reynoso, Ines del Carmen, Gertsch, Jürg

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0021-8561

Publisher:

American Chemical Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Barbara Franziska Järmann-Bangerter

Date Deposited:

21 Mar 2018 16:52

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02979

PubMed ID:

28942644

Uncontrolled Keywords:

diet endocannabinoid system inflammation pepper polypharmacology

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.111382

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/111382

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