title: Effect of centrally administered prostaglandin D2 and some prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors on carrageenan-induced paw oedema in rats.
abstract: The putative modulatory role of central prostaglandins (PGs) on peripheral inflammation has been explored by investigating the effects of intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administered PGD2, the major rodent brain PG, hydrocortisone, a phospholipase A2 inhibitor, and the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors, paracetamol and mefenamic acid, on carrageenan-induced paw inflammation in rats. PGD2 produced a dose-related inflammation-augmenting effect, whereas hydrocortisone and the PG synthesis inhibitors, paracetamol and mefenamic acid, induced attenuation of the peripheral oedema. These findings confirm an earlier report from this laboratory which had indicated that central PGs may modulate peripheral inflammation and that conventional anti-inflammatory agents exert at least part of their effect by inhibiting central PG synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Das Gupta
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002351:Carrageenan; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D008528:Mefenamic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists; D000082:Acetaminophen; D008528:Mefenamic Acid; D002351:Carrageenan; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D006854:Hydrocortisone