| First Author | Viader A | Year | 2015 |
| Journal | Cell Rep | Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 798-808 |
| PubMed ID | 26212325 | Mgi Jnum | J:240386 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5883234 | Doi | 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.075 |
| Citation | Viader A, et al. (2015) Metabolic Interplay between Astrocytes and Neurons Regulates Endocannabinoid Action. Cell Rep 12(5):798-808 |
| abstractText | The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is a retrograde lipid messenger that modulates synaptic function, neurophysiology, and behavior. 2-AG signaling is terminated by enzymatic hydrolysis-a reaction that is principally performed by monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). MAGL is broadly expressed throughout the nervous system, and the contributions of different brain cell types to the regulation of 2-AG activity in vivo remain poorly understood. Here, we genetically dissect the cellular anatomy of MAGL-mediated 2-AG metabolism in the brain and show that neurons and astrocytes coordinately regulate 2-AG content and endocannabinoid-dependent forms of synaptic plasticity and behavior. We also find that astrocytic MAGL is mainly responsible for converting 2-AG to neuroinflammatory prostaglandins via a mechanism that may involve transcellular shuttling of lipid substrates. Astrocytic-neuronal interplay thus provides distributed oversight of 2-AG metabolism and function and, through doing so, protects the nervous system from excessive CB1 receptor activation and promotes endocannabinoid crosstalk with other lipid transmitter systems. |
