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Fever and feeding in the rat: actions of intrahypothalamic interleukin-6 compared to macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta (MIP-1 beta).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7807590     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The chemokines, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1) and its subunit MIP-1 beta, induce an intense fever in the rat when they are injected directly into the anterior hypothalamic, pre-optic area (AH/POA), a region containing thermosensitive neurons. The purpose of this study was to compare the central action on body temperature (Tb) of MIP-1 beta with that of interleukin-6 (IL-6), which also has been implicated in the cerebral mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of fever. Following the stereotaxic implantation in the AH/POA of guide cannulae for repeated micro-injections, radio transmitters which monitor Tb continuously were inserted intraperitoneally in each of 15 male Sprague-Dawley rats. Each micro-injection was made in a site in the AH/POA in a volume of 1.0 microliter of pyrogen-free artificial CSF, recombinant murine MIP-1 beta, or recombinant human IL-6. MIP-1 beta in a dose of 25 pg evoked an intense fever characterized by a short latency, a mean maximum rise in Tb of 2.4 +/- 0.21 degrees C reached by 3.7 +/- 0.42 hr, and a duration exceeding 6.5 hr. Injected into homologous sites in the AH/POA, IL-6 induced a dose dependent fever of similar latency and a mean maximal increase in Tb of 1.2 +/- 0.25 degrees C, 1.8 +/- 0.15 degrees C, and 2.1 +/- 0.22 degrees C and duration of 6.2 +/- 1.28 hr, 6.7 +/- 0.49 hr, and 6.8 +/- 0.65 hr when given in doses of 25, 50, and 100 ng, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
R D Myers; F J Lopez-Valpuesta; F J Miñano; M H Wooten; V S Barwick; S D Wolpe
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neuroscience research     Volume:  39     ISSN:  0360-4012     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci. Res.     Publication Date:  1994 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-01-30     Completed Date:  1995-01-30     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600111     Medline TA:  J Neurosci Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  31-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anorexia / chemically induced*,  physiopathology
Appetite / physiology
Body Temperature Regulation / drug effects
Chemokine CCL4
Cytokines / administration & dosage,  toxicity*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Fever / chemically induced*,  physiopathology
Humans
Interleukin-6 / administration & dosage,  toxicity*
Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins
Male
Microinjections
Monokines / administration & dosage,  toxicity*
Preoptic Area / drug effects*,  physiopathology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Recombinant Proteins / toxicity
Stereotaxic Techniques
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Chemokine CCL4; 0/Cytokines; 0/Interleukin-6; 0/Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; 0/Monokines; 0/Recombinant Proteins

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