PMID- 37772463 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20240519 IS - 1097-4547 (Electronic) IS - 0360-4012 (Linking) VI - 101 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Increased hippocampal cannabinoid 1 receptor expression is associated with protection from severe seizures in pregnant mice with reduced uterine perfusion pressure. PG - 1884-1899 LID - 10.1002/jnr.25244 [doi] AB - Eclampsia, new-onset seizures in pregnancy, can complicate preeclampsia, a hypertensive pregnancy disorder. The mechanisms contributing to increased risk of seizures in preeclampsia are not fully known. One mechanism could be abnormal endocannabinoid system (ECS) activity and impaired neuromodulation. Indeed, increased placental cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) expression and reduced serum anandamide, a CB1R ligand, have been reported in preeclampsia patients. We hypothesized that reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP), used to mimic preeclampsia, leads to changes in hippocampal CB1R expression, and that manipulating CB1R activity will change seizure severity in RUPP mice. Pregnant mice underwent sham or RUPP surgery on gestational day (GD)13.5. On GD18.5, mice received: no drug treatment, pentylenetetrazol (PTZ, 40 mg/kg), Rimonabant (10 mg/kg) + PTZ, or 2-AG (1 mg/kg) + PTZ. Behaviors were video recorded (15 min for Rimonabant and 2-AG, followed by 30 min for PTZ), and the hippocampus was harvested. The expression of CB1R and ECS proteins was measured in hippocampal homogenates, synaptosomes, and cytosol. Hippocampal CB1R increased in homogenates and cytosolic fraction, and was unchanged in synaptosomes of RUPP mice. Increased CB1R colocalization on glutamate-releasing neurons within hippocampal CA1 was observed in RUPP mice. Rimonabant modestly increased seizure scores over time in RUPP mice. PTZ after rimonabant pretreatment increased seizure scores and duration, while reducing latency in sham mice, with little to no change in RUPP mice. Furthermore, RUPP mice had lower seizure scores over time than sham following CB1R blockade and activation. These data suggest that RUPP modifies CB1R activity prior to seizure induction, which protects mice from worse seizure outcomes. CI - (c) 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Jones-Muhammad, Maria AU - Jones-Muhammad M AD - Program in Neuroscience, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. FAU - Pryor, Tyranny AU - Pryor T AD - Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. FAU - Shao, Qingmei AU - Shao Q AD - Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. FAU - Freeman, Kevin B AU - Freeman KB AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. FAU - Warrington, Junie P AU - Warrington JP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5626-8872 AD - Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. LA - eng GR - R25 HL145817/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 HL159447/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 GM103328/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - F99 NS129125/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20230929 PL - United States TA - J Neurosci Res JT - Journal of neuroscience research JID - 7600111 RN - 0 (Cannabinoids) RN - RML78EN3XE (Rimonabant) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cannabinoid) SB - IM EIN - J Neurosci Res. 2024 Apr;102(4):e25326. PMID: 38629284 MH - Humans MH - Rats MH - Mice MH - Pregnancy MH - Animals MH - Female MH - *Pre-Eclampsia MH - Placenta MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Cannabinoids MH - Rimonabant/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Cannabinoid MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Seizures/chemically induced MH - *Hypertension MH - Blood Pressure/physiology MH - Perfusion MH - Ischemia OTO - NOTNLM OT - eclampsia OT - endocannabinoid system OT - pregnancy OT - seizure OT - synaptosomes EDAT- 2023/09/29 06:43 MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:45 CRDT- 2023/09/29 05:33 PHST- 2023/08/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 09:45 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/29 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/29 05:33 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jnr.25244 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci Res. 2023 Dec;101(12):1884-1899. doi: 10.1002/jnr.25244. Epub 2023 Sep 29.