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Platelet‐ and macrophage‐derived endogenous cannabinoids are involved in endotoxin‐induced hypotension

Platelet‐ and macrophage‐derived endogenous cannabinoids are involved in endotoxin‐induced... Macrophages are the primary cellular targets of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but the role of macrophage‐derived cytokines in LPS‐induced septic shock is uncertain. Recent evidence indicates that activation of peripheral CB1 cannabinoid receptors contributes to hemorrhagic hypotension and that macrophage‐derived anandamide as well as unidentified platelet‐derived substances may be contributing factors. Here we demonstrate that rat platelets contain the endogenous cannabinoid 2‐arachidonyl glyceride (2‐AG), as identified by reverse phase high‐performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry, and that in vitro exposure of platelets to LPS (200 μg/ml) markedly increases 2‐AG levels. LPS‐stimulated, but not control, macrophages contain anandamide, which is undetectable in either control or LPS‐stimulated platelets. Prolonged hypotension and tachycardia are elicited in urethane‐anesthetized rats treated 1) with LPS (15 mg/kg i.v.); 2) with macrophages plus platelets isolated from 3 ml of blood from an LPS‐treated donor rat; or 3) with rat macrophages or 4) platelets preincubated in vitro with LPS (200 μg/ml). In all four cases, the hypotension but not the tachycardia is prevented by pretreatment of the recipient rat with the CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A (3 mg/kg i.v.), which also inhibits the hypotensive response to anandamide or 2‐AG. The hypotension elicited by LPS‐treated macrophages or platelets remains unchanged in the absence of sympathetic tone or after blockade of nitric oxide synthase. These findings indicate that platelets and macrophages generate different endogenous cannabinoids, and that both 2‐AG and anandamide may be paracrine mediators of endotoxin‐induced hypotension via activation of vascular CB1 receptors.—Varga, K., Wagner, J. A., Bridgen, D. T., Kunos, G. Platelet‐ and macrophage‐derived endogenous cannabinoids are involved in endotoxin‐induced hypotension. FASEB J. 12, 1035–1044 (1998) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The FASEB journal Wiley

Platelet‐ and macrophage‐derived endogenous cannabinoids are involved in endotoxin‐induced hypotension

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Macrophages are the primary cellular targets of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but the role of macrophage‐derived cytokines in LPS‐induced septic shock is uncertain. Recent evidence indicates that activation of peripheral CB1 cannabinoid receptors contributes to hemorrhagic hypotension and that macrophage‐derived anandamide as well as unidentified platelet‐derived substances may be contributing factors. Here we demonstrate that rat platelets contain the endogenous cannabinoid 2‐arachidonyl glyceride (2‐AG), as identified by reverse phase high‐performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry, and that in vitro exposure of platelets to LPS (200 μg/ml) markedly increases 2‐AG levels. LPS‐stimulated, but not control, macrophages contain anandamide, which is undetectable in either control or LPS‐stimulated platelets. Prolonged hypotension and tachycardia are elicited in urethane‐anesthetized rats treated 1) with LPS (15 mg/kg i.v.); 2) with macrophages plus platelets isolated from 3 ml of blood from an LPS‐treated donor rat; or 3) with rat macrophages or 4) platelets preincubated in vitro with LPS (200 μg/ml). In all four cases, the hypotension but not the tachycardia is prevented by pretreatment of the recipient rat with the CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A (3 mg/kg i.v.), which also inhibits the hypotensive response to anandamide or 2‐AG. The hypotension elicited by LPS‐treated macrophages or platelets remains unchanged in the absence of sympathetic tone or after blockade of nitric oxide synthase. These findings indicate that platelets and macrophages generate different endogenous cannabinoids, and that both 2‐AG and anandamide may be paracrine mediators of endotoxin‐induced hypotension via activation of vascular CB1 receptors.—Varga, K., Wagner, J. A., Bridgen, D. T., Kunos, G. Platelet‐ and macrophage‐derived endogenous cannabinoids are involved in endotoxin‐induced hypotension. FASEB J. 12, 1035–1044 (1998)

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