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. 2017 Nov 8;43(1):52–79. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.204

Table 5. Antinociceptive Effects of Cannabinoids in Preclinical Models of Neuropathic Pain.

      Anti-allodynic/Anti-hyperalgesic Stimulus Modality
Receptor Involvement (Yes/No)
 
Target Drug Species Mechanical Thermal/Heat Cold CB1 CB2 Reference(s)
Spinal nerve ligation
 CB1 & CB2 CP55,940 Mouse, rat +     Y/N Y/N Sain et al, 2009; Scott et al, 2004
  WIN Rat + + + Y N Bridges et al, 2001; LaBuda and Little, 2005; Leichsenring et al, 2009; Yu et al, 2010
 CB2 AM1241 Mouse + +   N Y Beltramo et al, 2006; Hsieh et al, 2011; Ibrahim et al, 2003
  GW405833 Rat +         Leichsenring et al, 2009
 FAAH URB597 Rat +         de Novellis et al, 2011
                 
Partial sciatic nerve ligation (pSNL)
 CB1 & CB2 AEA Mouse, rat + +   Y N Desroches et al, 2014b; Helyes et al, 2003
  CP55,940 Rat +         Fox et al, 2001
  HU-210 Rat +     Y Y Fox et al, 2001; Jayamanne et al, 2006; Mitchell et al, 2005; Vuong et al, 2008
  WIN Mouse, rat + + + Y/N Y/N Desroches et al, 2014b; Fox et al, 2001; Guindon et al, 2007; Gunduz et al, 2011; Lever et al, 2007
 CB2 GW405833 Mouse, rat +     Y N Li et al, 2017; Valenzano et al, 2005; Whiteside et al, 2005
  JWH133 Mouse +       Y Klauke et al, 2014; Yamamoto et al, 2008
 FAAH URB597 Mouse, rat + +   Y N Desroches et al, 2008, 2014b
 PPARα PEA Rat +       Y Helyes et al, 2003
                 
Chronic constriction injury (CCI)
 CB1 & CB2 AEA Rat + + + Y   Starowicz et al, 2012
  CP55,940 Mouse, rat + +   Y N Kinsey et al, 2011a; De Vry et al, 2004
  WIN Mouse, rat + + + Y Y/N Adamson Barnes et al, 2016; Brownjohn and Ashton, 2012; Costa et al, 2004; Hama and Urban, 2004; Herzberg et al, 1997; Kazantzis et al, 2016; Lim et al, 2003; Linsell et al, 2015; Liu and Walker, 2006; Pascual et al, 2005; La Rana et al, 2008
  THC Mouse, rat + + + Y   Kinsey et al, 2013; Mao et al, 2000; De Vry et al, 2004; Xie et al, 2016
 CB2 AM1241 Rat +         Wilkerson et al, 2012b
  AM1710 Rat +         Wilkerson et al, 2012a
  GW405833 Rat +         Brownjohn and Ashton, 2012; Hu et al, 2009
  JWH-015 Mouse + + +   Y Hervera et al, 2010
 FAAH PF-3845 Mouse, rat +   + Y Y Ghosh et al, 2015; Grim et al, 2014; Kinsey et al, 2010; Malek et al, 2016; Schlosburg et al, 2010
  URB597 Mouse, rat + + + Y/N Y/N Adamson Barnes et al, 2016; Caprioli et al, 2012; Kinsey et al, 2009; Russo et al, 2007; Starowicz et al, 2012, 2013; Toniolo et al, 2014
  URB937 Mouse + +   Y N Clapper et al, 2010; Sasso et al, 2012
 MAGL JZL184 Mouse, rat + + + Y Y/N Adamson Barnes et al, 2016; Crowe et al, 2015; Ghosh et al, 2015; Ignatowska-Jankowska et al, 2015a; Kinsey et al, 2009, 2010, 2013; Schlosburg et al, 2010; Toniolo et al, 2014
  MJN110 Mouse + +   Y Y/N Ignatowska-Jankowska et al, 2015a; Wilkerson et al, 2016b
 Dual FAAH & MAGL JZL195 Mouse +   +     Adamson Barnes et al, 2016
  SA-57 Mouse + +       Wilkerson et al, 2017
 DAGLβ KT-109 Mouse + +       Wilkerson et al, 2016a
 PPARα PEA Mouse + +   Y N Di Cesare Mannelli et al, 2013; Costa et al, 2008
                 
Cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy
 CB1 & CB2 AEA Mouse +     Y N Khasabova et al, 2012
  THC Mouse +         Harris et al, 2016
  WIN Rat +     Y Y/N Vera et al, 2013
 CB2 AM1710 Rat +   + N Y Deng et al, 2012
  JWH133 Rat +       Y Vera et al, 2013
 FAAH URB597 Mouse, rat +   + Y Y/N Guindon et al, 2013; Khasabova et al, 2012
  URB937 Rat +   + Y Y Guindon et al, 2013
 MAGL JZL184 Mouse, rat +   + Y Y/N Guindon et al, 2013; Khasabova et al, 2014
                 
Paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
 CB1 & CB2 CP55,940 Mouse +   + Y Y Deng et al, 2015a
  WIN Rat + +   Y   Pascual et al, 2005
  THC Mouse +   +     Deng et al, 2015b
 CB2 AM1241 Rat +     N Y Rahn et al, 2008
  AM1710 Mouse, rat +   + N Y Deng et al, 2012, 2015b
  AM1714 Rat +     N Y Rahn et al, 2008
 DAGLβ KT-109 Mouse +         Wilkerson et al, 2016a
 PPARα PEA Mouse +     N N Donvito et al, 2016
                 
Vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy
 CB1 & CB2 WIN Rat +     Y Y Rahn et al, 2007
 CB2 AM1241 Rat +     N Y Rahn et al, 2007
                 
Diabetic (streptozotocin-induced) peripheral neuropathy
 CB1 and CB2 THC Mouse, rat   +       Williams et al, 2008
  WIN Mouse, rat + +   Y/N Y Bujalska, 2008; Doğrul et al, 2004; Ikeda et al, 2013; Jahanabadi et al, 2016; Mohammadi-Farani et al, 2010; Ulugol et al, 2004; Vera et al, 2012; Vincenzi et al, 2013
 CB2 AM1241 Rat +         Bujalska-Zadrożny et al, 2015; Bujalska, 2008
  JWH-015 Mouse + + +   Y Castany et al, 2016
 FAAH URB597 Rat + +       Hasanein et al, 2009
  URB937 Rat +         Sasso et al, 2015
 MAGL MJN110 Rat +         Niphakis et al, 2013
 PPARα PEA Mouse +     Y Y (Donvito et al, 2015)
                 
Nitroglycerin-induced migraine and hyperalgesia
 FAAH PF-3845 Mouse +     Y   (Nozaki et al, 2015)
  URB597 Mouse +     Y   Nozaki et al, 2015
  URB937 Rat   +       Greco et al, 2015

Positive analgesic results for mechanical, thermal, and cold stimuli are denoted with a ‘+’. In general, the mechanical stimuli refer to von Frey filament, pressure (Randal Stiletto) or similar testing. Thermal stimuli generally included focused beams of light, hotplate plantar withdrawal or tail flick, depending on the type of neuropathy. Cold stimuli referred to positive results using plantar acetone, cold plate or similar testing. Cannabinoid (CB1 or CB2) receptors involvement includes results from mice lacking the gene of interest or experiments using pharmacologic antagonists. Full or partial blockade of analgesic effects is denoted with a ‘Y’ (yes). Negative results are reported with an ‘N’ (no). Conflicting results between experiments are denoted ‘Y/N’ (yes/no). See listed references for more details. Anandamide; AEA. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; THC. Palmitoylethanolamide; PEA. WIN55,212.; WIN.