title: Intracerebroventricular administration of a specific IL-1 receptor antagonist blocks food and water intake suppression induced by interleukin-1 beta.
abstract: Intracerebroventricular (ICV) microinfusion of recombinant human interleukin-1 beta (rhIL-1 beta, 1.0 ng/rat) suppressed the short-term (2 h) food and water intakes in rats. ICV infusion of recombinant human IL-1 receptor antagonist (rhIL-1ra) had no effect on food or water intake. Concomitant ICV infusion of rhIL-1 beta (1.0 ng/rat) and increasing concentrations of rhIL-1ra (25 to 1000 ng/rat) resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of the short-term food and water intake suppression induced by rhIL-1 beta. The highest doses of rhIL-1ra (500 and 1000 ng/rat) completely blocked the food and water intake suppression induced by rhIL-1 beta. This suggests specificity of IL-1 beta suppression of short-term feeding and drinking by a direct action in the central nervous system (CNS). This ability of rhIL-1ra may have potential therapeutic implications in acute and chronic pathological processes associated with increased levels of IL-1 and appetite suppression.
authors.affiliation: School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark 19716.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Plata-Salamán
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ffrench-Mullen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins