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-induced fever
1 Mt. Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6, 2 Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
Previous studies suggested that
peripheral immune mediators may involve intermediates acting on the
vagus nerve, such as CCK or serotonin (5-HT). We have therefore
investigated a possible role for vagal CCK-A and 5-HT3
receptors in the febrile response after intraperitoneal human
recombinant interleukin-1
(IL-1
) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Unanesthetized, adult male rats instrumented with abdominal thermistors
were given intraperitoneal CCK-8 sulfate (100 or 150 µg/kg)
or 2-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine maleate (4 mg/kg). In other
experiments, rats were treated with either antagonists to the
5-HT3 receptor (ondansetron HCl; 100 µg/kg) or the CCK-A receptor (L-364,718, 100 or 200 µg/kg) in combination with LPS or
IL-1
. CCK administration caused a short-lived hypothermia, but
interference with the action of endogenous CCK at CCK-A receptors was
without effect on IL-1
- or LPS-induced fever. Neither activation of
5-HT3 receptors nor blockade of 5-HT3 receptors
affected body temperature or LPS fever. Taken together, our data
support the idea that vagal afferents responsive to pyrogenic cytokines
may be different from those responsive to CCK or 5-HT.
lipopolysaccharide; interleukin; cholecystokinin; serotonin; 5-hydroxytryptamine
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