ArticleCell death & disease2011
Cannabidiol causes activated hepatic stellate cell death through a mechanism of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Cannabidiol in Liver Disease: A Systemic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Marijuana is not associated with progression of hepatic fibrosis in liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019Pooled it
- NUP85 Mediates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress through the USP47/ASK1 Signaling Pathway to Regulate the Progression of Liver Fibrosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Memory impairment and chronic high-dose Δ9-THC/cannabis exposure: a narrative review of molecular mechanisms underlying neurotoxic effects.Psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Cannabidiol-Ion Channel Interactions Represent a Promising Preventive and Therapeutic Strategy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Review
- Cannabidiol-Induced Tumor Cell Death: Molecular Mechanisms and Translational Perspectives in Cancer Therapy.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Review
- Cannabidiol inhibits TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human conjunctival epithelial cells by interrupting TGF-β/Smad signaling.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Cannabinoid System as a Potential Novel Target for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025Article
- A Review of Natural Products Against Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2025Review
- The endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target in intestinal fibrosis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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- Cannabidiol (CBD) modulates the transcriptional profile of ethanol-exposed human dermal fibroblast cells.Journal of applied genetics · 2024Article
- Discovery of Ring-Annulated Analogues of Cannabidiol as Potential Anticancer Agents: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2024Article
- Cannabidiol exhibits potent anti-cancer activity against gemcitabine-resistant cholangiocarcinoma via ER-stress induction in vitro and in vivo.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
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- Depletion of Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells and Capillarized Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells Using a Rationally Designed Protein for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Hepatitis Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Cannabidiol may prevent the development of congestive hepatopathy secondary to right ventricular hypertrophy associated with pulmonary hypertension in rats.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2024Article
- Cellular stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023Review
- Informing the Cannabis Conjecture: From Life's Beginnings to Mitochondria, Membranes and the Electrome-A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
The major cellular event in the development and progression of liver fibrosis is the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Activated HSCs proliferate and produce excess collagen, leading to accumulation of scar matrix and fibrotic liver. As such, the induction of activated HSC death has been proposed as a means to achieve resolution of liver fibrosis. Here we demonstrate that cannabidiol (CBD), a major non-psychoactive component of the plant Cannabis sativa, induces apoptosis in activated HSCs through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism. CBD elicits an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, characterized by changes in ER morphology and the initiation of RNA-dependent protein kinase-like ER kinase-, activating transcription factor-6-, and inositol-requiring ER-to-nucleus signal kinase-1 (IRE1)-mediated signaling cascades. Furthermore, CBD induces downstream activation of the pro-apoptotic IRE1/ASK1/c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway, leading to HSC death. Importantly, we show that this mechanism of CBD-induced ER stress-mediated apoptosis is specific to activated HSCs, as it occurs in activated human and rat HSC lines, and in primary in vivo-activated mouse HSCs, but not in quiescent HSCs or primary hepatocytes from rat. Finally, we provide evidence that the elevated basal level of ER stress in activated HSCs has a role in their susceptibility to the pro-apoptotic effect of CBD. We propose that CBD, by selectively inducing death of activated HSCs, represents a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of liver fibrosis.
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