Scherer Thomas, Buettner Christoph
Department of Medicine and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, P.O. Box 1055, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
J Mol Med (Berl). 2009 Jul;87(7):663-8. doi: 10.1007/s00109-009-0459-y. Epub 2009 Mar 17.
Endocannabinoids (ECs) are small lipid mediators that play a critical role in energy metabolism. Human studies have shown that the EC tone in peripheral tissues positively correlates with increased adiposity. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of EC signaling results in weight loss in humans. However, the mechanisms that cause the dysregulation of the EC system in obesity are not well-understood. Since the clinical utility of currently available EC blockers is severely limited due to their side effects like depression and suicidal ideation that are caused by central effects, it is important to delineate the role of central and peripheral effects of EC signaling in regulating glucose and lipid metabolism.
内源性大麻素(ECs)是一类小的脂质介质,在能量代谢中起关键作用。人体研究表明,外周组织中的EC水平与肥胖程度增加呈正相关。此外,对EC信号通路的药理学抑制可导致人体体重减轻。然而,肥胖中导致EC系统失调的机制尚未完全明确。由于目前可用的EC阻滞剂存在诸如由中枢效应引起的抑郁和自杀念头等副作用,其临床应用受到严重限制,因此明确EC信号通路的中枢和外周效应在调节葡萄糖和脂质代谢中的作用非常重要。