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- Title
Analgesia by intrathecal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is dependent on Cav3.2 calcium channels.
- Authors
de Maria Gadotti, Vinicius; Antunes, Flavia Tasmin Techera; Zamponi, Gerald W.
- Abstract
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) is known to produce systemic analgesia that involves CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. However, there is compelling evidence that Δ9-THC can potently inhibit Cav3.2T-type calcium channels which are highly expressed in dorsal root ganglion neurons and in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Here, we investigated whether spinal analgesia produced by Δ9-THC involves Cav3.2 channels vis a vis cannabinoid receptors. We show that spinally delivered Δ9-THC produced dose-dependent and long-lasting mechanical anti-hyperalgesia in neuropathic mice, and showed potent analgesic effects in models of inflammatory pain induced by formalin or Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) injection into the hind paw, with the latter showing no overt sex differences. The Δ9-THC mediated reversal of thermal hyperalgesia in the CFA model was abolished in Cav3.2 null mice, but was unaltered in CB1 and CB2 null animals. Hence, the analgesic effects of spinally delivered Δ9-THC are due to an action on T-type calcium channels, rather than activation of spinal cannabinoid receptors.
- Subjects
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; DORSAL root ganglia; CALCIUM channels; ANALGESIA; CANNABINOID receptors; SPINAL cord
- Publication
Molecular Brain, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-6606
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13041-023-01036-8