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Table 1 Lipid mediators and their subsequent action on enzymes and receptors involved in the endocannabinoid system and endocannabinoidome.

From: (Wh)olistic (E)ndocannabinoidome-Microbiome-Axis Modulation through (N)utrition (WHEN) to Curb Obesity and Related Disorders

Protein

Names*

Endocannabinoid system

Endocannabinoidome

Lipid signalling mediators

NAEs

2-MAGs

NAEs

2-MAGs

NAAs

Enzymes

 Anabolic

NAPE-PLD

AEA

PEA, OEA, LEA and others

ABHD4

AEA

PEA, OEA, LEA and others

GDE1

AEA

PEA, OEA, LEA and others

DAGL-⍺/β

2-AG

PEA, OEA, LEA and others

2-OG, 2-LG and others

 Catabolic

FAAH

AEA

2-AG

PEA, OEA, LEA, DHEA

NOleG, NAraG

MAGL

2-AG

2-OG, 2-LG and others

ABHD6

2-AG

2-OG, 2-LG and others

COX-2

AEA

2-AG

C20:4n6 amides

ABHD12

2-AG

2-OG, 2-LG and others

Cannabinoid receptors

CB1

AEA

2-AG

CB2

AEA

2-AG

EPEA, DHEA

G protein-coupled receptors

GPR6

NAraG

GPR18

NAraG

GPR55

AEA

2-AG

PEA

GPR110

DHEA

GPR119

OEA, LEA

2-OG, 2-LG

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

PPAR-⍺

PEA, OEA

2-PG

NOleA, NOleG

PPAR-γ

AEA, DHEA

Transient receptor potential channels

TRPV1

AEA

2-AG

OEA, LEA, DHEA

2-OG, 2-LG

NATaus

TRPV2

OEA, LEA, as antagonists

TRPV3

TRPV4

NATaus

TRPA1

TRPM8

AEA, as antagonist

2-AG, as antagonist

  1. Note (alphabetical order): *Protein names are ordered in the rank of importance. 2-AG, 2-arachidonoylglycerol; 2-LG, 2-linoleoylglycerol; 2-MAGs, 2-monoacylglycerols; 2-OG, 2-oleoylglycerol; 2-PG, 2-palmitoylglycerol; ABHD4, 6, 12, ⍺/β-hydrolases 4, 6, 12; AEA, arachidonoylethanolamide; CB1, 2, cannabinoid receptors1, 2; COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; DAGL-⍺/β, diacylglycerol lipase-⍺/β; DHEA, docosahexaenoylethanolamide; EPEA, eicosapentaenoylethanolamide; FAAH, fatty acid amide hydrolase; GDE1, glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase 1; GPR6, 18, 55, 110, 119, G protein-coupled receptors6, 18, 55, 110, 119; LEA, linoleoylethanolamide; MAGL, monoacylglycerol lipase; NAAs, N-acyl-amino acids; NAEs, N-acyl-ethanolamines; NAPE-PLD, N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipase D; NAraG, N-arachidonoyl-glycine; NATaus, N-acyl taurines; NOleA, N-oleoyl-alanine; NOleG, N-oleyl-glycine; OEA, oleoylethanolamide; PEA, palmitoylethanolamide; PPAR-⍺/γ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-alpha/gamma; TRPA1, transient receptor potential ankyrin 1; TRPM8, transient receptor potential melastatin 8; TRPV1, 2, 3, 4; transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, 2, 3, 4.