Inflammation and CB2 signaling drive novel changes in the ocular lipidome and regulate immune cell activity in the eye.

Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators

“Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea which consists of the iris, ciliary body and the choroid of the eye. Uveitis can lead to impaired vision and is responsible for 10% of all cases of blindness globally.

Using an endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) rodent model, our previous data implicated the endogenous cannabinoid system (ECS) in the amelioration of many of the components of the inflammatory response.

Here, we test the hypothesis that the reduction in inflammatory mediators in the EIU model by the CB2 agonist, HU308, is associated with changes in ECS endogenous ligands as well as related lipids, prostaglandins (PGs), 2-acyl glycerols, and lipoamines.

These data implicate ocular CB2 as a key component of lipid signaling in the eye and part of the regulatory processes of inflammation.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30232034

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109888231830025X?via%3Dihub

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