Cannabidiol, a Regulator of Intracellular Calcium and Calpain.

Kyung-Hwa Jeon, Sang-Hyuck Park, Woong Jin Bae, Sae Woong Kim, Hyo Jung Park, Soomin Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Seung Hwan Jeon, Ilbum Park, Hyun-Je Park, Youngjoo Kwon

Cannabis and cannabinoid research 2023 Feb

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Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant components of Cannabis and has long been used in Cannabis-based preparations. Recently, CBD has become a promising pharmacological agent because of its beneficial properties in the pathophysiology of several diseases. Although CBD is a kind of cannabinoid and acts on cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2), molecular targets involved in diverse therapeutic properties of CBD have not been identified because CBD also interacts with other molecular targets. Considering that CBD alters the intracellular calcium level by which calpain activity is controlled, and both CBD and calpain are associated with various diseases related to calcium signaling, including neurological disorders, this review provides an overview of calpain and calcium signaling as possible molecular targets of CBD. As calpain is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of neurological disease, a deeper understanding of its relationship with CBD will be meaningful. To understand the role of CBD as a calpain regulator, in silico structural analysis on the binding mode of CBD with calpain was performed.

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Kyung-Hwa Jeon, Sang-Hyuck Park, Woong Jin Bae, Sae Woong Kim, Hyo Jung Park, Soomin Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Seung Hwan Jeon, Ilbum Park, Hyun-Je Park, Youngjoo Kwon. Cannabidiol, a Regulator of Intracellular Calcium and Calpain. Cannabis and cannabinoid research. 2023 Feb;8(1):119-125