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. 2023 Feb 2;24(3):2885. doi: 10.3390/ijms24032885

Table 4.

Summary of the drug–drug interactions of CBD with anthracyclines.

Anthracyclines
CT Aim Model Administration CBD c CT c Evaluation Time Special Condition Results of Combined Treatment References
DOX Cardiomyopathy Male Sprague-Dawley rats IP 5 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks 2.5 mg/kg 6x every 48 h for 2 weeks 4 weeks + 1 day Attenuation of cardiomyopathy Fouad et al. (2013) [110]
Cardiomyopathy Male C57BL/6J mice IP 10 mg/kg 1.5 h before DOX and daily 20 mg/kg 5 days Attenuation of cardiomyopathy Hao et al. (2015) [109]
Drug accumulation Caco-2 cells 1, 3, 10, 30 µM 1 µM 1 h Increased drug accumulation Zhu et al. (2006) [26]
Drug accumulation LLC-PK1 and LLC-PK1/MDR1 5, 20, 100 µM 1 µM 1 h Increased drug accumulation
Viability U87MG, MZC, NHA 10 µM 10–5–10–3 M 24, 72 h Increased toxicity except for NHA Nabissi et al. (2013) [49]
Colony formation U87MG, MZC 10 µM 200 µM 14 days Decreased colony formation
Apoptosis U87MG, MZC 10 µM 200 µM 6 h Increased annexin
DOX uptake MZC 10 µM 30 min before DOX 5 µM 0.5 + 2 h TRPV2 dependent
TRPV2 function U87MG, MZC 10 µM 200 µM 1 day TRPV2 dependent
TRPV2 function Murine BNL1 ME A.7R.1 cells 10 µM co- treatment and after DOX washout 1 µM Seconds TRPV2 dependent Neumann-Raizel et al. (2019) [111]
p-gp inhibition, viability, colony formation Murine BNL1 ME A.7R.1 cells 10 µM 0.1 µM 24 h Increased toxicity
DOX uptake SUM159 and MDA-MB231 5 µM 2 h before DOX 5 µM 2 + 0.5 h Higher DOX uptake Elbaz et al. (2018) [112]
Viability SUM159 and MDA-MB232 5 µM 0.025–64 µM 24 h Increased toxicity
Apoptosis SUM159 5 µM 0.5 µM 24 h Increased apoptosis
Colony formation SUM159 and MDA-MB232 5 µM 0.5 µM 6 days Reduced serum Decreased colony formation
Tumour growth/apoptosis Female NU/NU nude mice with SUM159 xenograft PT CBD; IP DOX 5 mg/kg once per week 2 h before DOX 5 mg/kg 4 weeks Lower tumour volume, increased pro-apoptotic markers
Viability Ishikawa 3.92 µg/ml 0.015 and 0.03 µg/ml 72 h Increased toxicity Marinelli et al. (2020) [69]
Viability, pre-administration strategy MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 2.5, 5 and 10 µM (MCF-7); 1.25, 2.5 and 5 µM (MDA-MB-231) 24 h before DOX 0.1–20 µM 24 + 48 h Increased toxicity (more in MDA-MB-231) Fraguas-Sánches et al. (2020) [94]
Viability, co-treatment strategy MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 10, 15 and 20 µM (MCF-7); 5, 7.5 and 10 µM (MDA-MB-231) 0.1–20 µM 48 h Increased toxicity (except 10 µM CBD in MCF7)
Viability, combination studies MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 CBD in solution 5 or 10 µM daily; CBD-Mps (single administration), started 24 h before DOX 0.1–20 µM 24 + 48 h Increased toxicity with both formulations
Viability, pre-administration study SKOV-3 1 and 10 µM for 24 h before DOX 1–60 µM 24 + 48 h Not statistically significant Fraguas-Sánches et al. (2020) [70]
Viability, coadministration study SKOV-3 10, 15, and 20 µM 1–120 µM 48 h Not statistically significant
Viability, pre- and coadministration study SKOV-3 CBD in solution 10 µM daily; CBD-Mps (single administration), started 24 h before DOX 0.1–20 µM 24 + 48 h Increased toxicity
Viability MDA-MB-231 CBD and CBD EV 1 µM (24 h before DOX) 0.156–10 µM 24 + 48 h Increased sensitivity Patel et al. (2021) [113]
Cell cycle, apoptosis, inflammatory, and metastatic markers MDA-MB-231 CBD and CBD EV 1 µM (24 h before DOX) 500 nM 24 + 48 h Increased G1 and apoptosis, decreased inflammation and metastasis
Cell migration MDA-MB-231 CBD EV 1 µM 500 nM 40 h (reading every 10 min) Decreased migration
Tumour volume, apoptosis, inflammatory and metastatic markers Envigo nude mice (MDA-MB-231) IP (CBD and CBD EV), IV (DOX) CBD, CBD EV 5 mg/kg (1 day before DOX; twice weekly) 2 mg/kg (twice weekly) Days 1, 4, 10, and 14 Lower tumour volume, increased apoptosis, decreased inflammation, and metastasis
Viability and synergy study MCF7 CBD:DOX (1:9, 2:8, 3:7, 4:6, 5:5, 6:4, 7:3, 8:2,
and 9:1, v/v)
72 h Found the most synergistic ration Alsherbiny et al. (2021) [95]
Apoptosis, necrosis MCF7 38, 42 µM 0.2 µM 24 h Increased apoptosis and necrosis
Viability Canine neoplastic cell lines 0.34, 0.67, 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 g/ml 0.033–2 µM 48 h Reduced cell proliferation Henry et al. (2021) [103]
Viability, combinatorial effect MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468 1, 2.5 (2D); 5 (3D) µM 0.39–25 µM (2D); 5–100 µM (3D) 24 + 48h; 48h Increased toxicity Surapaneni et al. (2022) [114]
Cell migration MDA-MB-231 1 µM 500 nM 40 h (reading every 10 min) Anti-migratory effect
Immunoblotting MDA-MB-468 1 µM 1 µM 24 + 48 h Increased cell sensitivity against DOX

c: concentration; CBD: cannabidiol; CT: chemotherapeutics; D: dimensional; DOX: doxorubicin; EV: extracellular vesicles; IP: intraperitoneal; IV: intravenous; Mps: microparticles; NHA: normal human astrocytes; PT: peritumoural.