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Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung:
Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System

                   Tibor Harkany1,2
          1KarolinskaInstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
            2Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Wirkungsmechanismen von Drogen
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Phasen der Entwicklung des Gehirns
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Die Hanfpflanze – vom Himalaya in die Apotheke

Cannabis sativa
- Cannabis indica
- Cannabis ruderalis

Used for:
-   Hemp (fibers, non-toxicant or low
    amount of phytocannabinoids),
-   Marijuana (dried flower buds),
    selective cultivation led to
    numerous subspecies with
    discrete THC/CBD ratios, also for
    medical use,
-   Hashish (resin) or hashish oils
    (extracts).
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Gesetzeslage rund um Cannabis - weltweit
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Gesetzeslage rund um Cannabis – Europa
  (speziell medizischer Einsatz von Cannabis)
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Tibor Harkany1,2 Drogenkonsum und Gehirnentwicklung: Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoid-System
Unterschied zwischen medizinischer Anwendung
             und Genuss-Konsum

Recreational cannabis use:
Impacts an “intact system” (= physiological) in which
additional drug enhances/modulates/disrupts
endocannabinoid signaling.
Risks are from “having too much of a good(?) thing”
particularly in case of a hidden condition.

Medical cannabis use:
Treatment of a “faulty system” (= disease) in which
endocannabinoid signaling is impaired. Benefit is
from compensating an error.
Indikationen für medizinische Cannabis
                             Anwendung

•   Nausea and vomiting (including cancer chemotherapy),
•   Appetite stimulation (anorexia, cachexia, AIDS, Alzheimer’s),
•   Spasticity (Multiplex sclerosis, spinal cord injury),
•   Movement disorders,
•   Pain (cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, headache, menstruation, chronic
    inflammation, neuralgias),
•   Glaucoma (intraocular pressure - 30-50% decrease),
•   Epilepsy,
•   Asthma, allergic reactions,
•   Withdrawal in dependency on benzodiazepines, opiates and alcohol,
•   Anxiety, depression (and bipolar disorder),
•   Inflammatory diseases.
Zugelassene Produkte die
Phytocannabinoide beinhalten

 •   Sativex (GW Pharma), THC/CBD, pain & spasticity,
 •   Dronabinol/Marinol (Solvay Pharma), synthetic THC,
     nausea and vomiting,
 •   Nabilone / Cesamet (Valeant Pharma), synthetic
     cannabinoid, nausea and vomiting,
 •   Dexanabinol (Solvay Pharma), non-psychotropic
     cannabinoids, neuroprotective (TBI),
 •   CT-3 (ajulemic acid, Indevus Pharma), THC-11-oic acid,
     spasticity and pain,
 •   Cannabinor (Pharmos), pain – not introduced,
 •   HU 308 (Pharmos), CB2 agonist, hypertension, anti-
     inflammatory – not approved,
 •   HU 331 (Cayman), CB1/CB2 pharmacology, weight loss,
     appetite – pre-clinical,
 •   Acomplia/Rimonabant (Sanofi-Aventis) – CB1 antagonist,
     weight loss, appetite – withdrawn,
 •   Taranabant (Merck) – CB1 antagonist, appetite –
     abandoned.
Medizinische Verwendung:
noch nicht hinreichend beforscht?
Ein Geschichte-Wissenschafts Mix
                                               (von altertümlichen Kräuterbüchern bis zum Klonieren)

time line   Shennong bencao jing

            2800 BC                           1967         Woodstock
                                                                             1990
                                     Phytocannabinoid     1969
                                                                       CB1R cloning                            1992 – 1995

                                                                                           Endocannabinoids

                                   THC	
  
                                                                                               Anandamide (AEA)

                                                                                             2-Arachidonoyl Glycerol (2-AG)

                                                                                     Gaoni & Mechoulam (1967) Tetrahedron Lett
                                                                                                  Devane et al (1988) Mol Pharm
                                                                                                  Herkenham et al (1990) PNAS
                                                                                    Ramos et al (2010) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
Wie wirkt es im Gehirn?
                 (Physiologische Basis - Endocannabinoide)

Human cerebral cortex               Networks                     Synapses

                                                             (A) Get excited! (Glu)
                                                             (B) Slow down! (GABA)

 5 cm

 Neuron:     2 x 1010

Synapse:    1.5 x 1014
                                                              Give me a break!!!
Meilensteine der CB1R Pharmakologie
     (Ligand-Entdeckung, Verteilung)

                     Gaoni & Mechoulam (1967) Tetrahedron Lett
                     Devane et al (1988) Mol Pharm
                     Herkenham et al (1990) PNAS
Physiologische Bedeutung des Endocannabinoid-Signals
                    (2-AG & AEA)

                              step

                                                    50 pA
                                              10s

                        Control DSI/DSE Recovery

                             Wilson & Nicoll (2001) Nature
Bedeutung im Menschen
          (Bevölkerungsstatistik)

7 - 17% of women were estimated to use
marijuana during pregnancy (SAMHSA, 2002).
    Mulder et al. (2008) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Endocannabinoid signals contribute to:
(a) Stem cell proliferation,
(b) Stem cell survival,
(c) Neuron vs. glia fate decision,
(d) Neuronal migration,
(e) Synaptogenesis, axonal growth.

This is achieved through the likely existence of
endocannabinoid gradients and a mixture of cell
autonomous / intercellular signaling events.
Klaudia Barabas

Endocannabinoid Signale bestimmen Spezifizierung von
Pyramidenzellen und lang-reichweitige Axonen
rompted the vibrant discipline of contempo-   Neurogenesis: the process by which neurons are created, irrespective of the
logy. Developmental biology studies con-       specific region where these cells are generated or their specific functions
he formation of endocannabinoid signaling
 , the role of endocannabinoids [10–19] and,
                                               within the nervous system.
                                               Progenitor cell: an early descendant of a stem cell that can proliferate and     Molecular model of cannabis
                                               differentiate. A progenitor cell is more limited than a stem cell in the lineages
the molecular   blueprint of prenatal cannabis
              Review

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                                               of cells it can generate.
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                                                                                                                                sensitivity in developing
present understanding    is that endocannabi-
              Molecular model of cannabis
                                               from the postsynaptic neuron toward the presynaptic neuron in a direction
                                               opposing that of the relevant synaptic neurotransmitter.                         neuronal circuits
                 Molecular
                 sensitivity model
uthor: Harkany, T. (Tibor.Harkany@ki.se)    in developing   of cannabis       Synaptogenesis: the formation of functional synapses.
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                                                                                   Gill Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana Univ
                                         1 Institute at Aberdeen,                                         IN 47405, USA
                                           , Ken Mackie2 and                                1,3
                 1
                 Erik    Keimpema
                   European   Neuroscience                             Tibor
                                                                  University     Harkany
                                                                             of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD,
                                                                                                          3 UK
                 2
                   Gill Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana Division     of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karo
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                 1
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                    47405, USA
                 3
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                                                                                                          Stockholm,
                              Neuroscience Institute at Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK             Sweden
                   Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-17177
                  Gill Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington,
                 Stockholm,
                 IN          Sweden
                    47405, USA
                 3
                  Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-17177
                 Stockholm, Sweden
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                 development
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                     9
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                     9
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                                                                                                  intrinsic specification program to generate a terminally differentiated cell.
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                                                                                                  Intercellular (synaptic) communication: information exchange between neu-
                 findings, coupled
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                                                                                                  through the transduction of attractive and repulsive extracellular guidance
                                                                                                  rons via neurotransmitter release at a specialized junction, the synapse.
                                                                                                  cues toward a target cell.
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                 molecular
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                                               the vibrant     disciplinecannabinoids’
                                                                             of contempo-                                       development
                                                                                                  Intercellular (synaptic) communication: information exchange between neu-
                                                                                                  and branching of developing axons and dendrites.
                                                                                                  rons via neurotransmitter release at a specialized junction, the synapse.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Glossary
                                                                                                  Neurogenesis: the process by which neurons are created, irrespective of the
                 (endocannabinoids)        to modulate thebiology
                 rary neurobiology. Developmental                    plasticity    of many
                                                                             studies      con-                                  Molecular cloning of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R)
                                                                                                  Neurite outgrowth: sequential process including the specification, elongation
                                                                                                  specific region where these cells are generated or their specific functions
                                                                                                  and branching of developing axons and dendrites.                                                               Cell cycle exit: the event when a cell p
                 synapses
                 cerned with[4], the
                                  prompted
                                      formationthe vibrant     discipline of contempo-
                                                     of endocannabinoid           signaling       within the nervous system.
                 rary  neurobiology.
                 networks                 Developmental
                             [5–9], the role                     biology studies
                                                of endocannabinoids           [10–19] and,con-                                  [1] and its functional characterization as the major target
                                                                                                  Neurogenesis: the process by which neurons are created, irrespective of the
                                                                                                  Progenitor cell: an early descendant of a stem cell that can proliferate and
                                                                                                  specific region where these cells are generated or their specific functions
                                                                                                  differentiate. A progenitor cell is more limited than a stem cell in the lineages
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 a terminal differentiation program. To
                                                                                                                                          9                                                                      proliferative signals.
                 cerned with the
                 consequently,     theformation
                                       molecular of      endocannabinoid
                                                     blueprint     of prenatal signaling
                                                                                  cannabis        within the nervous system.
                                                                                                  of cells it can generate.     of D -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from cannabis [2] led to
                                                                                                  Progenitor cell: an early descendant of a stem cell that can proliferate and
                 networks
                 abuse       [5–9], the
                         [16,20–23]     inrole
                                           the of  endocannabinoids
                                                 developing                   [10–19] soon
                                                                 nervous system           and,    Retrograde signaling: a phenomenon during which a signal molecule travels
                                                                                                  differentiate. A progenitor cell is more limited than a stem cell in the lineages                              Fate decision: the point when a progen
                                                                                                  from the postsynaptic neuron toward the presynaptic neuron in a direction
CB1 Rezeptor Antagonisten induzieren
      Entwicklungsstörungen

              SR141716      SR141716

                  Hui-Chen Lu & Klaudia Barabas
THC reduziert SCG10/stathmin-2 Inhalt im
          embryonalen Gehirn

                                  Giuseppe Tortoriello
Bedeutung im Menschen
(muetterlicher Cannabiskonsum)

                                 Claudia Morris
                                 Yasmin L. Hurd
THC-induzierte Änderungen persistieren im Gehirn
          des betroffenen Nachwuchs

                       Janos Fuzik & Giuseppe Tortoriello
Medizinisches Cannabis: Therapie der Zukunft,
       wenn wir die Pflanze verstehen
              (Schlussfolgerungen)

              Medical cannabis:

              •   More than 400 phytocannabinoids exist in the
                  plant – this suggests tremendous therapeutic
                  potential,

              •   The combination and ratios of these
                  components can be used successfully in
                  many, and most diverse, medical conditions,

              •   Research must be directed to understand
                  when, at which combination, and doses
                  cannabis constituents should/could be
                  applied,

              •   The study of cannabis already led to the
                  discovery of an ancient and fundamental
                  system endogenous to our body – what
                  awaits next?
Danksagung

 Katarzyna Malenczyk, Giuseppe Tortoriello,
 Erik Keimpema, Alan Alpar, Daniela Calvigioni, Janos Fuzik

                                                              novo nordisk fonden

International collaborators:

Vincenzo Di Marzo, ERG, CNR, Naples, Italy
Yasmin L. Hurd, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Ken Mackie, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Pat Doherty, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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