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Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2R) mediates cannabinol (CBN) induced developmental defects in zebrafish

2022· preprint· en· W4225440245 on OpenAlexafffund
Md Ruhul Amin, Kazi Mowdud Ahmed, Declan W. Ali

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsCannabinoid receptorCannabinoidCannabinolZebrafishBiologyEndocannabinoid systemEmbryonic stem cellGastrulationCell biologyEmbryoEmbryogenesisEndocrinologyInternal medicineReceptorNeuroscienceChemistryMedicineAgonistBiochemistry

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Of the three primary cannabinoids in cannabis: 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC), Cannabidiol (CBD) and Cannabinol (CBN), very little is known about the actions of CBN, the primary oxidative metabolite of THC. Our goal was to determine if CBN exposure during gastrulation alters embryonic development, and if so, via which cannabinoid receptors. Experimental Approach: Zebrafish embryos during the gastrulation stage (5-10.75 hpf) were exposed to CBN in the presence or absence of cannabinoid receptor blockers. We examined neuronal morphology, hair cell development and locomotion. Key Results: Embryos exhibited dose-dependent malformations in morphology, increased mortality, decreased locomotion and a reduction in motor neuron branching. Larva exhibited a significant reduction in the response to sound stimuli. CBN exposure altered the development of otic vesicles and hair cells associated with the lateral line. Pharmacological block of CB2Rs with AM 630 or JTE 907 prevented many of the CBN-induced developmental defects, while block of CB1Rs with AM 251 or CP 945598 had little or no effect. Conclusion and Implications: Altogether we show that embryonic exposure to CBN results in alterations in embryonic growth, neuronal and hair cell development, and physiology and behavior via CB2R-mediated mechanisms. Our results suggest that embryos exposed to CBN may be at an increased risk of abnormal development.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

The three-model screen

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All three models called this out of scope.

stratum: aff_core · design weight: 5595.24 (the sample is stratified; any rate computed without the weight is wrong)
Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Zebrafish study of cannabinol-induced developmental defects via CB2 receptors; the object is developmental toxicology.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

This biomedical experiment studies cannabinoid effects on zebrafish development, not research practice.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Developmental toxicology of cannabinol in zebrafish embryos; biomedical domain.

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.000

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.019
GPT teacher head0.292
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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