Data from: Fatty acid binding protein 7 plays an important modulatory sex-dependent role on brain THC metabolism
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Abstract
Fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) is present in the brain, but its interaction with the endocannabinoid system and phytocannabinoids is still not well understood. FABP7 has been proposed as a shuttle protein for trafficking endogenous cannabinoids, as well as an intracellular carrier of THC. In a mouse model of FABP7 global deletion, we used ultra-high performance liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) to measure brain levels of Δ9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as well as its primary metabolite, 11-hydroxy-THC (11-OH-THC), in male and female mice after acute inhalation of THC, compared to wild-type controls. We also measured brain levels of endogenous cannabinoids anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) both at baseline and after acute THC inhalation. We found that in females, brain concentrations of 11-OH-THC were significantly reduced in FABP7-/- mice compared to FABP7+/+. Additionally, FABP7-/- females had significantly reduced AEA levels and significantly increased 2-AG levels in brain tissue compared to FABP7+/+. Vaporized THC administration had trending, but not significant, impacts on endocannabinoid concentrations in both males and females. Our findings suggest a sex-specific role of FABP7 in the metabolism of THC as well as the regulation of endocannabinoid levels in the brain.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sn02v6xf1
Description of the data and file structure
Mice were administered (inhaled) vaporized THC (20 mg) for 10 minutes. 15 minutes post-inhalation, animals were euthanized and brains were harvested, flash frozen, and stored at -80 °C until analysis. Homogenized brain tissue was analyzed using HPLC-MS/MS for 9THC and metabolites 11OHTHC and 11COOHTHC, and normalized to bodyweight as weight significantly varied across genotype and sex.
Files and variables
File: PONE-D-24-27112R1_SuppData.xlsx
Description: Excel file including the following info for each subject: Sex (0-male, 1-female), genotype, bodyweight, 9THC brain concentration, 11OHTHC brain concentration, 11COOHTHC brain concentration. All concentrations are ng/gram brain tissue/kg bodyweight for each ID.
Variables
- Sex
- Genotype
Abbreviations
- g: gram (unit of body weight)
- ng/g/kg: nanogram of analyte/gram brain tissue/kilogram bodyweight (unit of metabolite concentration)
- 9THC: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
- 11OHTHC: 11-hydroxy-THC
- 11COOHTHC: 11-carboxy-THC
- BLLOQ: below lower limit of quantification
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