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Vagotomy blocks the induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the brain of rats in response to systemic IL-1beta.

ABSTRACT: There is considerable interest in the mechanisms by which systemic cytokines signal the CNS to elicit centrally controlled biological actions. This study determined the effects of intraperitoneal injections of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) on IL-1beta mRNA and IL-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RAP) mRNA production in rat liver and brain using the reverse transcription-PCR. Saline or IL-1beta (0.5 microg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally in subdiaphragmatically vagotomized and sham-operated (SHAM) rats. All injections were performed at dark onset, and rats were killed 2 hr after the injection. In SHAM rats, IL-1beta increased IL-1beta mRNA levels in the liver, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and brainstem. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy blocked the IL-1beta-induced increase in IL-1beta mRNA in the brainstem and hippocampus and significantly attenuated the increase in the hypothalamus. Vagotomy did not affect IL-1beta-induced IL-1beta mRNA production in the liver. IL-1RAP mRNA was highly expressed in each region examined; however, no significant differences in IL-1RAP mRNA production were found in any region after IL-1beta injection. The current results indicate that the vagus nerve is involved in transmitting cytokine signals to the brain and suggest that the induction of brain cytokines is a critical step in the pathway by which vagal-mediated signals result in centrally controlled symptoms of the acute phase response.

SUBMITTER: Hansen MK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792909 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vagotomy blocks the induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the brain of rats in response to systemic IL-1beta.

Hansen M K MK Taishi P P Chen Z Z Krueger J M JM

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 19980301 6

There is considerable interest in the mechanisms by which systemic cytokines signal the CNS to elicit centrally controlled biological actions. This study determined the effects of intraperitoneal injections of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) on IL-1beta mRNA and IL-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RAP) mRNA production in rat liver and brain using the reverse transcription-PCR. Saline or IL-1beta (0.5 microg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally in subdiaphragmatically vagotomized and sham-operated (S ...[more]

PMID: 9482809

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Vagotomy blocks the induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the brain of rats in response to systemic IL-1beta.

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Vagotomy blocks the induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the brain of rats in response to systemic IL-1beta.

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