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Published in final edited form as: Adv Pharmacol. 2021 Dec 13;93:275–333. doi: 10.1016/bs.apha.2021.10.006

Table 2.

Summary of cannabinoid (THC, WIN55,212-2, JWH133)-induced tetrad effects in transgenic animals.

Transgenic mouse line Analgesia Hypothermia Catalepsy Hypoactivity References
Wildtype Normal THC or WIN effect Normal effect Normal effect Normal effect Monory et al. (2007) and Wang et al. (2020)
Global CB1-KO No effect (to THC or WIN) No effect No effect No effect Ledent et al. (1999), Monory et al. (2007), Wang et al. (2020), and Zimmer, Zimmer, Hohmann, Herkenham, and Bonner (1999)
CaMK-CB1-KO (CB1flox xCaMK-Cre) ↓ THC effect No effect No effect No effect Monory et al. (2007)
Glu-CB1-KO (CB1flox xNEX-Cre) Normal THC effect ↓ THC effect Normal effect ↓ THC effect Monory et al. (2007)
GABA-CB1-KO (CB1flox xDlx5/6-Cre) Normal THC effect Normal effect Normal effect Normal effect Monory et al. (2007)
D1-CB1-KO (CB1flox xDrd1-Cre) Normal THC effect ↓ THC effect ↓ THC effect Normal effect Monory et al. (2007)
SNS-CB1-KO (CB1flox xNav1.8-Cre) ↓ WIN effect N/D Normal effect N/D Agarwal et al. (2007)
Global CB2-KO ↓ THC or WIN effect Normal effect ↓ THC or WIN effect Normal effect (rotarod) ↓ THC effect (open-field) Wang et al. (2020) and Li et al. (2021)
DA-CB2-KO (CB2flox xDAT-Cre) Normal effect (to WIN) Normal effect ↓ WIN effect Normal effect Liu et al. (2017))
CX3CR1-CB2-KO (CB2flox xCX3CR1-Cre) Normal effect (to WIN, ACEA) Normal effect Normal effect Normal effect Liu, Canseco-Alba, Liang, Ishiguro, and Onaivi (2020)
Immune-CB2-KO (CB2flox xLysM-Cre) Normal JWH133 effect N/D N/D N/D Cabañero et al. (2020)
Syn-CB2-KO (CB2flox xSyn-Cre) ↓ JWH133 effect N/D N/D N/D Cabañero et al. (2020)
SNS-CB2-KO (CB2flox xNav1.8-Cre) ↓ JWH133 effect in thermal pain N/D N/D N/D Cabañero et al. (2020)
GPR55-KO Normal THC effect ↑ WIN effect ↑ THC effect ↑ THC effect ↑ THC effect Wang et al. (2020)

Abbreviations: CaMK—Ca++/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II; CB1flox—CB1-floxed mice; NEX—a gene encodes neuronal helix-loop-helix protein (a transcription factor), expressed in pyramidal neurons of the dorsal telencephalon during embryonic development; Dlx5/6—distal-less homeobox genes 5/6, expressed in forebrain GABAergic neurons during embryotic development; SNS—sensory neurons expressing Nav1.8 channel; DA—dopamine; LysM—lymphocytes/monocytes; Syn—Synapsin (a neuronal marker).