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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022

Off-target pharmacological profiling of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists including AMB-FUBINACA, CUMYL-PINACA, PB-22, and XLR-11.

Richard C Kevin, Elizabeth A Cairns, Rochelle Boyd, Jonathon C Arnold, Michael T Bowen, Iain S McGregor, Samuel D Banister

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard C KevinThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Elizabeth A CairnsThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Rochelle BoydThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Jonathon C ArnoldThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Michael T BowenSchool of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Iain S McGregorThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Samuel D BanisterThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) are a diverse class of new psychoactive substances that have been associated with multiple instances and types of toxicity. Some SCRAs appear to carry a greater toxicological burden than others, or compared to the prototypical cannabis-derived agonist Δ Methods: A selection of 7 SCRAs (AMB-FUBINACA, XLR11, PB-22, AKB-48, AB-CHMINICA, CUMYL-PINACA, and 4F-MDMB-BUTINACA), representing several distinct chemotypes and toxicological profiles, underwent a 30 μM single-point screen against 241 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets in antagonist and agonist mode using a cellular β-arrestin recruitment assay. Strong screening "hits" at specific GPCRs were followed up in detail using concentration-response assays with AMB-FUBINACA, a SCRA with a particularly notable history of toxicological liability. Results: The single-point screen yielded few hits in agonist mode for any compound aside from CB1 and CB2 receptors, but many hits in antagonist mode, including a range of chemokine receptors, the oxytocin receptor, and histamine receptors. Concentration-response experiments showed that AMB-FUBINACA inhibited most off-targets only at the highest 30 μM concentration, with inhibition of only a small subset of targets, including H Discussion: These results suggest that while some "off-targets" could possibly contribute to the SCRA toxidrome, particularly at high concentrations, CB1-mediated cellular dysfunction provides support for hypotheses concerning on-target, rather than off-target, toxicity. Further investigation of non-GPCR off-targets is warranted.

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AMB-FUBINACAcannabinoidG protein coupled receptor (GPCR)off-targetSCRAsynthetictoxicity

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PMID36590635
PMCPMC9798004
OpenAlexW4311510816

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