Antibodies to cannabinoid type 1 receptor co-react with stomatin-like protein 2 in mouse brain mitochondria.

IMMUNOGLOBULINS; CANNABINOID receptors; BRAIN mitochondria; ERYTHROCYTE membranes; MEMBRANE proteins; CARBON-black; LABORATORY mice

Anti-cannabinoid type 1 receptor ( CB1) polyclonal antibodies are widely used to detect the presence of CB1 in a variety of brain cells and their organelles, including neuronal mitochondria. Surprisingly, we found that anti- CB1 sera, in parallel with CB1, also recognize the mitochondrial protein stomatin-like protein 2. In addition, we show that the previously reported effect of synthetic cannabinoid WIN 55,212-2 on mitochondrial complex III respiration is not detectable in purified mitochondrial preparations. Thus, our study indicates that a direct relationship between endocannabinoid signaling and mitochondrial functions in the cerebral cortex seems unlikely, and that caution should be taken interpreting findings obtained using anti- CB1 antibodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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