PMID- 31284863 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191028 LR - 20200225 IS - 1873-4294 (Electronic) IS - 1568-0266 (Print) IS - 1568-0266 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 16 DP - 2019 TI - Overcoming the Psychiatric Side Effects of the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Antagonists: Current Approaches for Therapeutics Development. PG - 1418-1435 LID - 10.2174/1568026619666190708164841 [doi] AB - The Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor (CB1R) is involved in a variety of physiological pathways and has long been considered a golden target for therapeutic manipulation. A large body of evidence in both animal and human studies suggests that CB1R antagonism is highly effective for the treatment of obesity, metabolic disorders and drug addiction. However, the first-in-class CB1R antagonist/inverse agonist, rimonabant, though demonstrating effectiveness for obesity treatment and smoking cessation, displays serious psychiatric side effects, including anxiety, depression and even suicidal ideation, resulting in its eventual withdrawal from the European market. Several strategies are currently being pursued to circumvent the mechanisms leading to these side effects by developing neutral antagonists, peripherally restricted ligands, and allosteric modulators. In this review, we describe the progress in the development of therapeutics targeting the CB1R in the last two decades. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Nguyen, Thuy AU - Nguyen T AD - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. FAU - Thomas, Brian F AU - Thomas BF AD - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. FAU - Zhang, Yanan AU - Zhang Y AD - Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 DA040460/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA040693/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 DA045910/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Curr Top Med Chem JT - Current topics in medicinal chemistry JID - 101119673 RN - 0 (Antipsychotic Agents) RN - 0 (Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antipsychotic Agents/*adverse effects/pharmacology MH - Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists/*adverse effects/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Obesity/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - *Smoking Cessation PMC - PMC6771026 MID - NIHMS1052222 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Allosteric modulators OT - CB1 receptor OT - Neutral antagonists OT - Peripherally restricted antagonists OT - Psychiatric side effects OT - Therapeutics development. COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors confirm that this article has no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/07/10 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/29 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2019/07/10 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/11/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CTMC-EPUB-99469 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1568026619666190708164841 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Top Med Chem. 2019;19(16):1418-1435. doi: 10.2174/1568026619666190708164841.