TY - JOUR
T1 - Oleamide Induces Cell Death in Glioblastoma RG2 Cells by a Cannabinoid Receptor–Independent Mechanism
AU - Torres-Román, Ana Laura
AU - García-Hernández, Victor Manuel
AU - Rangel-López, Edgar
AU - Ruiz-García, Erika
AU - Meneses-García, Abelardo
AU - Santamaría, Abel
AU - Aschner, Michael
AU - Prospero-García, Oscar
AU - Ortega-Gómez, Alette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The endocannabinoid system has been associated with antiproliferative effects in several types of tumors through cannabinoid receptor–mediated cell death mechanisms. Oleamide (ODA) is a CB1/CB2 agonist associated with cell growth and migration by adhesion and/or ionic signals associated with Gap junctions. Antiproliferative mechanisms related to ODA remain unknown. In this work, we evaluated the effects of ODA on cell viability and morphological changes in a rat RG2 glioblastoma cell line and compared these effects with primary astrocyte cultures from 8-day postnatal rats. RG2 and primary astrocyte cultures were treated with ODA at increasing concentrations (25, 50, 100, and 200 μM) for different periods of time (12, 24, and 48 h). Changes in RG2 cell viability and morphology induced by ODA were assessed by viability/mitochondrial activity test and phase contrast microscopy, respectively. The ratios of necrotic and apoptotic cell death, and cell cycle alterations, were evaluated by flow cytometry. The roles of CB1 and CB2 receptors on ODA-induced changes were explored with specific receptor antagonists. ODA (100 μM) induced somatic damage, detachment of somatic bodies, cytoplasmic polarization, and somatic shrinkage in RG2 cells at 24 and 48 h. In contrast, primary astrocytes treated at the same ODA concentrations exhibited cell aggregation but not cell damage. ODA (100 μM) increased apoptotic cell death and cell arrest in the G1 phase at 24 h in the RG2 line. The effects induced by ODA on cell viability of RG2 cells were independent of CB1 and CB2 receptors or changes in intracellular calcium transient. Results of this novel study suggest that ODA exerts specific antiproliferative effects on RG2 glioblastoma cells through unconventional apoptotic mechanisms not involving canonical signals.
AB - The endocannabinoid system has been associated with antiproliferative effects in several types of tumors through cannabinoid receptor–mediated cell death mechanisms. Oleamide (ODA) is a CB1/CB2 agonist associated with cell growth and migration by adhesion and/or ionic signals associated with Gap junctions. Antiproliferative mechanisms related to ODA remain unknown. In this work, we evaluated the effects of ODA on cell viability and morphological changes in a rat RG2 glioblastoma cell line and compared these effects with primary astrocyte cultures from 8-day postnatal rats. RG2 and primary astrocyte cultures were treated with ODA at increasing concentrations (25, 50, 100, and 200 μM) for different periods of time (12, 24, and 48 h). Changes in RG2 cell viability and morphology induced by ODA were assessed by viability/mitochondrial activity test and phase contrast microscopy, respectively. The ratios of necrotic and apoptotic cell death, and cell cycle alterations, were evaluated by flow cytometry. The roles of CB1 and CB2 receptors on ODA-induced changes were explored with specific receptor antagonists. ODA (100 μM) induced somatic damage, detachment of somatic bodies, cytoplasmic polarization, and somatic shrinkage in RG2 cells at 24 and 48 h. In contrast, primary astrocytes treated at the same ODA concentrations exhibited cell aggregation but not cell damage. ODA (100 μM) increased apoptotic cell death and cell arrest in the G1 phase at 24 h in the RG2 line. The effects induced by ODA on cell viability of RG2 cells were independent of CB1 and CB2 receptors or changes in intracellular calcium transient. Results of this novel study suggest that ODA exerts specific antiproliferative effects on RG2 glioblastoma cells through unconventional apoptotic mechanisms not involving canonical signals.
KW - Antiproliferative effects
KW - Apoptosis
KW - Glioblastoma
KW - Oleamide
KW - Primary astrocytes
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U2 - 10.1007/s12640-020-00280-3
DO - 10.1007/s12640-020-00280-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 32930995
AN - SCOPUS:85090943472
SN - 1029-8428
VL - 38
SP - 941
EP - 956
JO - Neurotoxicity Research
JF - Neurotoxicity Research
IS - 4
ER -