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doi:10.22028/D291-37947
Title: | Cannabidiol Exerts a Neuroprotective and Glia-Balancing Effect in the Subacute Phase of Stroke |
Author(s): | Meyer, Erika Rieder, Phillip Gobbo, Davide Candido, Gabriella Scheller, Anja de Oliveira, Rúbia Maria Weffort Kirchhoff, Frank |
Language: | English |
Title: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 21 |
Publisher/Platform: | MDPI |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Free key words: | cannabidiol stroke microglia astrocytes neuroprotection in vivo two-photon laserscanning microscopy Ca2+ signaling |
DDC notations: | 610 Medicine and health |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Pharmacological agents limiting secondary tissue loss and improving functional outcomes after stroke are still limited. Cannabidiol (CBD), the major non-psychoactive component of Cannabis sativa, has been proposed as a neuroprotective agent against experimental cerebral ischemia. The effects of CBD mostly relate to the modulation of neuroinflammation, including glial activation. To investigate the effects of CBD on glial cells after focal ischemia in vivo, we performed time-lapse imaging of microglia and astroglial Ca2+ signaling in the somatosensory cortex in the subacute phase of stroke by in vivo two-photon laser-scanning microscopy using transgenic mice with microglial EGFP expression and astrocyte-specific expression of the genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor GCaMP3. CBD (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) prevented ischemia-induced neurological impairment, reducing the neurological deficit score from 2.0 ± 1.2 to 0.8 ± 0.8, and protected against neurodegeneration, as shown by the reduction (more than 70%) in Fluoro-Jade C staining (18.8 ± 7.5 to 5.3 ± 0.3). CBD reduced ischemia-induced microglial activation assessed by changes in soma area and total branch length, and exerted a balancing effect on astroglial Ca2+ signals. Our findings indicate that the neuroprotective effects of CBD may occur in the subacute phase of ischemia, and reinforce its strong anti-inflammatory property. Nevertheless, its mechanism of action on glial cells still requires further studies. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.3390/ijms232112886 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-379479 hdl:20.500.11880/34302 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-37947 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
Date of registration: | 11-Nov-2022 |
Faculty: | M - Medizinische Fakultät |
Department: | M - Physiologie |
Professorship: | M - Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchhoff |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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