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Cannabidiol (CBD) modulates the transcriptional profile of ethanol-exposed human dermal fibroblast cells

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. 2024 Oct 28.

doi: 10.1007/s13353-024-00915-7.

Online ahead of print.
Artur Gurgul 1, Jakub Żurowski 2, Tomasz Szmatoła 2, Mirosław Kucharski 3, Sebastian Sawicki 4, Ewelina Semik-Gurgul 5, Ewa Ocłoń 6
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Abstract

Cannabidiol (CBD) is abundant in the Cannabis sativa plant and exhibits complex immunomodulatory, anxiolytic, antioxidant, and antiepileptic properties. Several studies suggest that CBD could be used for different purposes in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcohol-related injuries to the brain and the liver. In this study, we focused on analyzing transcriptional alterations in human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) cell line challenged simultaneously with ethanol and CBD as an ethanol-protective agent. We aimed to expose the genes and pathways responsible for at least some of the CBD effects in those cells that can be related to the AUD. Transcriptome analysis was performed using HDFs cell line that expresses both cannabinoid receptors and can metabolize ethanol through alcohol dehydrogenase activity. Fibroblasts are also responsible for the progression of liver fibrosis, a common comorbidity in AUD. With the use of a cellular test, we found that CBD at the lowest applied concentration (0.75 μM) was able to stimulate depressed metabolism and reduce the level of apoptosis of cells treated with different concentrations of ethanol to the level observed in the control cells. Similar observations were made at the transcriptome level, in which cells treated with ethanol and CBD had similar expression profiles to the control cells. CBD also affects several genes connected with extracellular matrix formation (especially its collagen constituent), which can have potential implications for, e.g., fibrosis process.

Keywords: Alcohol use disorder; CBD; Cannabidiol; Ethanol; Fibroblasts; Fibrosis.

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