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2024 Bioelectronic sensing platform emulating the human endocannabinoid system for assessing and modulating of cannabinoid activity

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Author
Hyunju Cho1, Da Eun Oh1, Youngju Nam1, Seung Hwan Lee*, Tae Hyun Kim*
Journal
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Year
2024
Volume
264
Page
116686
Impact factor
10.5
Link
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2024.116686
Publication date
2024.11.15

Cannabinoids are involved in physiological and neuromodulatory processes through their interactions with the human cannabinoid receptor-based endocannabinoid system. Their association with neurodegenerative diseases and brain reward pathways underscores the importance of evaluating and modulating cannabinoid activity for both understanding physiological mechanisms and developing therapeutic drugs. The use of agonists and antagonists could be strategic approaches for modulation. In this study, we introduce a bioelectronic sensor designed to monitor cannabinoid binding to receptors and assess their agonistic and antagonistic properties. We produced human cannabinoid receptor 1 (hCB1R) via an Escherichia coli expression system and incorporated it into nanodiscs (NDs). These hCB1R-NDs were then immobilized on a single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (swCNT-FET) to construct a bioelectronic sensing platform. This novel system can sensitively detect the cannabinoid ligand anandamide (AEA) at concentrations as low as 1 fM, demonstrating high selectivity and real-time response. It also successfully identified the hCB1R agonist Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and observed that the hCB1R antagonist rimonabant diminished the sensor signal upon AEA binding, indicating the antagonism-based modulation of ligand interaction. Consequently, our bioelectronic sensing platform holds potential for ligand detection and analysis of agonism and antagonism.

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