Interpreting mono- and poly-SCRA intoxications from an activity-based point of view: JWH-018 equivalents in serum as a comparative measure
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08.08.2024
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Archives of Toxicology
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98
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10
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3337-3350
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Springer
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Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) are a class of synthetic drugs that mimic and greatly surpass the effect of recreational cannabis. Acute SCRA intoxications are in general difficult to assess due to the large number of compounds involved, differing widely in both chemical structure and pharmacological properties. The rapid pace of emergence of unknown SCRAs hampers on one hand the timely availability of methods for identification and quantification to confirm and estimate the extent of the SCRA intoxication. On the other hand, lack of knowledge about the harm potential of emerging SCRAs hampers adequate interpretation of serum concentrations in intoxication cases. In the present study, a novel comparative measure for SCRA intoxications was evaluated, focusing on the cannabinoid activity (versus serum concentrations), which can be measured in serum extracts with an untargeted bioassay assessing ex vivo CB1 activity. Application of this principle to a series of SCRA intoxication cases (n = 48) allowed for the determination of activity equivalents, practically entailing a conversion from different SCRA serum concentrations to a JWH-018 equivalent. This allowed for the interpretation of both mono- (n = 34) and poly-SCRA (n = 14) intoxications, based on the intrinsic potential of the present serum levels to exert cannabinoid activity (cf. pharmacological/toxicological properties). A non-distinctive toxidrome was confirmed, showing no relation to CB1 activity. The JWH-018 equivalent was partly related to the poison severity score (PSS) and causality of the clinical intoxication elicited by the SCRA. Altogether, this equivalent concept allows to comparatively and timely interpret (poly-)SCRA intoxications based on CB1 activity.
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Bioassay, Biological matrices, Cannabinoid, CB1, Patient, Serum
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0340-5761
1432-0738
1432-0738
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English
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Published
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Janssens, L. K., Sommer, M. J., Grafinger, K. E., Hermanns-Clausen, M., Auwärter, V., & Stove, C. P. (2024). Interpreting mono- and poly-SCRA intoxications from an activity-based point of view: JWH-018 equivalents in serum as a comparative measure. Archives of Toxicology, 98(10), 3337–3350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03830-2