URB754 has no effect on the hydrolysis or signaling capacity of 2-AG in the rat brain |
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Authors: | Saario Susanna M Palomäki Ville Lehtonen Marko Nevalainen Tapio Järvinen Tomi Laitinen Jarmo T |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland. susanna.saario@uku.fi |
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Abstract: | Previous studies indicate that in brain tissue the endocannabinoid 2-AG is inactivated by monoglyceride lipase (MGL)-catalyzed hydrolysis, and a recent report has indicated that MGL activity could be specifically inhibited by URB754 . In the present study, URB754 failed to inhibit 2-AG hydrolysis in rat brain preparations. In addition, brain cryosections were employed to assess whether URB754 could facilitate the detection of 2-AG-stimulated G protein activity. Nevertheless, whereas pretreatment with PMSF readily allowed detection of 2-AG-stimulated G protein activity, URB754 was ineffective. In contrast to previous claims, brain FAAH activity was also resistant to URB754. Thus, in our hands URB754 was not able to block the endocannabinoid-hydrolyzing enzymes and cannot serve as a lead structure for future development of MGL-specific inhibitors. |
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