Title : Monoglyceride lipase-like enzymatic activity is responsible for hydrolysis of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in rat cerebellar membranes - Saario_2004_Biochem.Pharmacol_67_1381 |
Author(s) : Saario SM , Savinainen JR , Laitinen JT , Jarvinen T , Niemi R |
Ref : Biochemical Pharmacology , 67 :1381 , 2004 |
Abstract :
2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is an endogenous cannabinoid that binds to CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors, inducing cannabimimetic effects. However, the cannabimimetic effects of 2-AG are weak in vivo due to its rapid enzymatic hydrolysis. The enzymatic hydrolysis of 2-AG has been proposed to mainly occur by monoglyceride lipase (monoacylglycerol lipase). Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of N-arachidonoylethanolamide (AEA), is also able to hydrolyse 2-AG. In the present study, we investigated the hydrolysis of endocannabinoids in rat cerebellar membranes and observed that enzymatic activity towards 2-AG was 50-fold higher than that towards AEA. Furthermore, various inhibitors for 2-AG hydrolase activity were studied in rat cerebellar membranes. 2-AG hydrolysis was inhibited by methyl arachidonylfluorophosphonate, hexadecylsulphonyl fluoride and phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride with ic(50) values of 2.2 nM, 241 nM and 155 microM, respectively. Potent FAAH inhibitors, such as OL-53 and URB597, did not inhibit the hydrolysis of 2-AG, suggesting that 2-AG is inactivated in rat cerebellar membranes by an enzyme distinct of FAAH. The observation that the hydrolysis of 1(3)-AG and 2-AG occurred at equal rates supports the role of MGL in 2-AG inactivation. This enzyme assay provides a useful method for future inhibition studies of 2-AG degrading enzyme(s) in brain membrane preparation having considerably higher MGL-like activity when compared to FAAH activity. |
PubMedSearch : Saario_2004_Biochem.Pharmacol_67_1381 |
PubMedID: 15013854 |
Saario SM, Savinainen JR, Laitinen JT, Jarvinen T, Niemi R (2004)
Monoglyceride lipase-like enzymatic activity is responsible for hydrolysis of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in rat cerebellar membranes
Biochemical Pharmacology
67 :1381
Saario SM, Savinainen JR, Laitinen JT, Jarvinen T, Niemi R (2004)
Biochemical Pharmacology
67 :1381