Pregnenolone Can Protect the Brain from Cannabis Intoxication

Author:

Vallée Monique12,Vitiello Sergio12,Bellocchio Luigi12,Hébert-Chatelain Etienne12,Monlezun Stéphanie3,Martin-Garcia Elena4,Kasanetz Fernando12,Baillie Gemma L.5,Panin Francesca12,Cathala Adeline12,Roullot-Lacarrière Valérie12,Fabre Sandy3,Hurst Dow P.6,Lynch Diane L.6,Shore Derek M.6,Deroche-Gamonet Véronique12,Spampinato Umberto12,Revest Jean-Michel12,Maldonado Rafael4,Reggio Patricia H.6,Ross Ruth A.5,Marsicano Giovanni12,Piazza Pier Vincenzo12

Affiliation:

1. INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, U862, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.

2. Université de Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, U862, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.

3. Alienor Farma Parc Scientifique Unitec1, 2 Allée du Doyen Georges Brus, 33600 Pessac, France.

4. Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomédica de Barcelona, Calle Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain.

5. Kosterlitz Centre for Therapeutics, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.

6. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.

Abstract

Counteracting Cannabis What is the role of steroid hormones in vulnerability to addiction? Working with rodents, Vallée et al. (p. 94 ) found that all major drugs of abuse (morphine, cocaine, alcohol, nicotine) increase neurosteroid levels, with the active ingredient in cannabis (THC) inducing a particularly large increase. THC and other drugs increased levels of pregnenolone, long thought to be an inactive precursor of downstream active steroids. Pregnenolone antagonized most of the known behavioral and somatic effects of THC.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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