A Glucuronic Acid-Palmitoylethanolamide Conjugate (GLUPEA) Is an Innovative Drug Delivery System and a Potential Bioregulator

Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is an endogenous anti-inflammatory lipid mediator and a widely used nutraceutical. In this study, we designed, realized, and tested a drug-carrier conjugate between PEA (the active drug) and glucuronic acid (the carrier). The conjugate, named GLUPEA, was characterized for its capability of increasing PEA levels and exerting anti-inflammatory activity both in vitro and in vivo. GLUPEA treatment, compared to the same concentration of PEA, resulted in higher cellular amounts of PEA and the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG), and increased 2-AG-induced transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channel desensitization to capsaicin. GLUPEA inhibited pro-inflammatory monocyte chemoattractant protein 2 (MCP-2) release from stimulated keratinocytes, and it was almost as efficacious as ultra-micronized PEA at reducing colitis in dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (DNBS)-injected mice when using the same dose. GLUPEA is a novel pro-drug able to efficiently mimic the anti-inflammatory and endocannabinoid enhancing actions of PEA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Cells - 10(2021), 2 vom: 20. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manzo, Emiliano [VerfasserIn]
Schiano Moriello, Aniello [VerfasserIn]
Tinto, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Verde, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Allarà, Marco [VerfasserIn]
De Petrocellis, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Pagano, Ester [VerfasserIn]
Izzo, Angelo A [VerfasserIn]
Di Marzo, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Petrosino, Stefania [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

143134-35-4
2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene sulfonic acid
6R8T1UDM3V
8A5D83Q4RW
8D239QDW64
Allergic contact dermatitis
Amides
Arachidonic Acids
Calcium
Chemokine
Chemokine CCL8
Colitis
D241E059U6
Dinitrofluorobenzene
Drug-carrier
EC 1.11.1.7
Endocannabinoid system
Endocannabinoids
Ethanolamines
Glucuronic Acid
Glycerides
Glyceryl 2-arachidonate
Inflammation
Journal Article
Keratinocytes
O84C90HH2L
Palmidrol
Palmitic Acids
Palmitoylethanolamide
Peroxidase
Poly I-C
Pro-drug
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SY7Q814VUP
TRPV Cation Channels
TRPV1
TRPV1 receptor

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Date Completed 26.08.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells10020450

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32229861X