mitochondria – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org Educating Healthcare Professionals about the Medical Use of Cannabis Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:49:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-scc-flavicon-32x32.png mitochondria – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org 32 32 Anti-proliferative effect of Cannabidiol in Prostate cancer cell PC3 is mediated by apoptotic cell death, NFκB activation, increased oxidative stress, and lower reduced glutathione status https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2023/10/12/anti-proliferative-effect-of-cannabidiol-in-prostate-cancer-cell-pc3-is-mediated-by-apoptotic-cell-death-nf%ce%bab-activation-increased-oxidative-stress-and-lower-reduced-glutathione-status/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:49:38 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=29417 Prostate cancer is the second most frequent cancer diagnosed in men in the world today. Almost all prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas and develop from gland cells. We used the PC3 prostate cancer cell line, which is well studied and derived from a bone metastasis of a grade IV prostatic adenocarcinoma. Cannabidiol (CBD), a major non-psychoactive constituent of cannabis, is a cannabinoid with anti-tumor properties but its effects on prostate cancer cells are not studied in detail. Here, we found cannabidiol decreased prostate cancer cell (PC3) viability up to 37.25% and induced apoptotic cell death in a time and dose-dependent manner. We found that CBD activated the caspases 3/7 pathways and increased DNA fragmentation. Furthermore, we observed an increase of pro-apoptotic genes Bax, an increased level of reactive oxygen species, lower reduced glutathione level, and altered mitochondrial potential in response to CBD treatment leading to lower cellular ATP. Overall, our results suggest that CBD may be effective against prostate cancer cells.

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]]> CBD Promotes Oral Ulcer Healing via Inhibiting CMPK2-Mediated Inflammasome https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2021/08/03/cbd-promotes-oral-ulcer-healing-via-inhibiting-cmpk2-mediated-inflammasome/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:45:46 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=23900 Oral ulcer is a common oral inflammatory lesion accompanied by severe pain but with few effective treatments. Cannabidiol (CBD) is recently emerging for its therapeutic potential in a range of diseases, including inflammatory conditions and cancers. Here we show that CBD oral spray on acid- or trauma-induced oral ulcers on mice tongue inhibits inflammation, relieves pain, and accelerates lesion closure

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