Cannabinoid receptor-mediated regulation of intracellular calcium by Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in resting T cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology - Tập 75 Số 5 - Trang 884-892 - 2004
Gautham K. Rao1,2,3, Wei Zhang2,3, Norbert E. Kaminski1,2,3
1Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University , East Lansing
2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
3National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing

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Abstract

Cannabinoids exhibit broad immune modulating activity by targeting many cell types within the immune system, including T cells, which exhibit sensitivity, as evidenced by altered activation, proliferation, and cytokine expression. As a result of the critical role calcium plays in T cell function coupled with previous findings demonstrating disruption of the calcium-regulated transcription factor, nuclear factor of activated T cells, by cannabinoid treatment the objective of the present investigation was to perform an initial characterization of the role of the cannabinoid receptors in the regulation of the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) by Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) in T lymphocytes. Here, we demonstrate that Δ9-THC robustly elevates [Ca2+]i in purified murine splenic T cells and in the human peripheral blood acute lymphoid leukemia (HPB-ALL) human T cell line but only minimally elevates [Ca2+]i in Jurkat E6-1 (dysfunctional cannabinoid receptor 2-expressing) human T cells. Removal of extracellular calcium severely attenuated the Δ9-THC-mediated rise in [Ca2+]i in murine splenic T cells and HPB-ALL cells. Pretreatment with cannabinoid receptor antagonists, SR144528 and/or SR141716A, led to an attenuation of Δ9-THC-mediated elevation in [Ca2+]i in splenic T cells and HPB-ALL cells but not in Jurkat E6-1 cells. Furthermore, pretreatment of HPB-ALL cells with SR144528 antagonized the small rise in [Ca2+]i elicited by Δ9-THC in the absence of extracellular calcium. These findings suggest that Δ9-THC induces an influx of extracellular calcium in resting T cells in a cannabinoid receptor-dependent manner.

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