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AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL
Volume 85, Issue 1-3, Pages 83-87Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(00)00224-1
Keywords
endotoxin; vagus nerve; cytokine-to-brain communication; rat; interleukin-1
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH55283, MH00314, MH45045] Funding Source: Medline
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Several recent findings, including the inability of subdiaphragmatic vagotomy to block lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) protein in brain, have made it necessary to reexamine the role of the subdiaphragmatic vagal afferents in immune-to-brain communication. In this study, we examined the effects of intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of LPS on core body temperature in control and subdiaphragmatically vagotomized rats. Vagotomized and sham-operated male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected i.p. with vehicle (pyrogen-free saline) on the control day and LPS (1, 10 or 50 mug/kg) an the experimental day, and core body temperature was monitored by telemetry for 6 h after the injection. At this time, rats were sacrificed, and serum, liver, and pituitary samples were collected. The i.p. injection of LPS increased core body temperature in both sham-operated and vagotomized rats compared to the saline injection. In addition, LPS significantly increased IL-1 beta levels in serum, Liver, and pituitary compared to saline-injected controls. There were no significant differences in the magnitude of the fever or in the levels of IL-1 beta in serum, liver, or pituitary between sham-operated and vagotomized rats. Thus, the current data indicate that, at the doses tested, subdiaphragmatic vagal afferents are not crucial for i.p. LPS-induced fever. Because several effects of vagotomy have been shown to be dependent on dose, we are currently investigating whether vagal afferents are involved in lower-dose i.p. LPS-induced fever. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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