title: Brain interleukin 1 gene expression induced by peripheral lipopolysaccharide administration.
abstract: In an attempt to demonstrate and localize intracerebral interleukin 1 (IL-1) synthesis we examined IL-1 alpha and mRNA expression in various brain regions after peripheral administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration. Both IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta gene expression were detected 3 hours after LPS administration by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), while no mRNA was found under basal conditions or 18 hours after injection. IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta mRNAs were differently distributed within the brain. IL-1 alpha mRNA was found in the hippocampus while IL-1 beta mRNA was found in the striatum and in the thalamus. These results suggest that local synthesis of IL-1 in the brain might be responsible for IL-1 central effects. The presence of IL-1 receptor mRNA was investigated using a type I T-cell IL-1 receptor probe and no IL-1 receptor mRNA could be detected in the brain even with PCR.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Pharmacologie Neuro-Immuno-Endocrinienne, UA CNRS 1113, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haour
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lenstra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013788:Thalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D004247:DNA