title: Intracerebroventricular injection of interleukin 1 induces high circulating levels of interleukin 6.
abstract: IL-1 is known to have a central role in the induction of acute-phase response, and some of its activities (including induction of some acute-phase proteins) were reported to be mediated by an induction of IL-6. Administration to rats of 200 ng of human rIL-1 by intracerebroventricular injection resulted in a more marked induction of circulating IL-6 than the same dose of IL-1 administered systemically (intravenously or intraperitoneally). Induction of serum IL-6 by centrally administered IL-1 was also observed in hypophysectomized or adrenalectomized rats, suggesting that activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis is not essential for this effect of IL-1. IL-6 induction was also observed after pretreatment with indomethacin, indicating that the effect was dissociated from the pyrogenic activity of IL-1. Induction of IL-6 by a central action could represent a novel pathway in IL-1-induced acute-phase response.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neurotransmitter Metabolism, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: De Simoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Luigi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manfridi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantovani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghezzi
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007213:Indomethacin