Author Topic: Anandamide and Analogs  (Read 201 times)

blackr

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Re: Anandamide and Analogs
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2010, 02:00:47 AM »
^ yes but at the concentrations that your building blocks exist in the brain, that won't happen. My biochemistry is weak, but I'm pretty sure that it won't work, unless the n-acetylethanol is a substrate for one of the enzymes that synthesize endocannabinoids. Then you've got to figure out it's bioavailability. DO check out that paper I uploaded, which shows the varied biosynthetic routes which produce anandamide. Perhaps with some luck, you can find a prodrug that is a substrate for one of those enzymes.

As for other possible dangers of inhibiting MAGL and FAAH on a regular basis, think about the dangers of the full agonists like the members of the JWH series. There are several case reports that I have read which states that ceasing administration precipitates severe withdrawl symptoms. Additionally, routine administration of full CB1 agonists produces marked cognitive and learning defects. The endogenous ligands are, by default, full agonists, no?

By endogenous ligands I presume you mean Anandamide and 2-AG. I don't have any articles on hand to prove this (sorry) but Anandamide was found to be a partial agonist at the CB1 and CB2 receptors and 2-AG was found to be a full agonist at the CB1 receptor.

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Based on the PNAS paper and a few miscellaneous papers I have come across it is quite clear that both Anandamide and 2-AG affect both CB receptors. The above is just what I recall being mentioned in most papers. To my knowledge no one really knows exactly what these two compounds do and how they interact with each other. The PNAS paper "proves" that they are both important if you are after a THC-like effect without ingesting agonists.
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Re: Anandamide and Analogs
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2010, 11:15:51 PM »
I'm not going to pretend to be on the same level of understanding of this topic as those who have already commented.  I have come across anandamide in my research into treating ptsd so the topic drew my interest.

I posted a link in the reference section to a journal called Current Medicinal Chemistry on Google that published an issue on Cannabinoid receptors.  One particular article mentioned a chemical called Palmitoylethanolamide as being able to potentiate anandamide.

(Current Medicinal Chemistry is full view but not downloadable)  http://books.google.com/books?id=W9LvB7-kG8sC&lpg=PA736&dq=FAAH%20Inhibitor&as_pt=MAGAZINES&pg=PA757#v=onepage&q=FAAH%20Inhibitor&f=false

I did a quick search on Palmitoylethanolamide and found one that I attached.  (ya got any idea how long it takes to spell that sucker correctly for a search engine!)

Article Title:  Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) inhibits the expression of fatty acid amide hydrolase and enhances the anti-proliferative effect of anandamide in human breast
cancer cells

We suggest that long-term PEA treatment of cells may positively affect the
pharmacological activity of AEA, in part by inhibiting FAAH expression.


I also came across this one - sounds fun to me!! N-Arachidonoyl dopamine!  (joking sort of)
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Re: Anandamide and Analogs
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2010, 11:40:38 AM »
http://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/70665/a/z

Arachidonoyl Serotonin
AA-5HT (CAS 187947-37-1)
It says it does inhibit FAAH but doesn't say if it's reversible or not.

This one looks even more promising than the dopamine linked one.

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