title: Thermoregulatory effects of N6-2'-Q-dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in the restrained mouse.
abstract: 1 The N6-2-O-dibutyryl derivative of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (db cyclic AMP) has been micro-injected into the third cerebral ventricle of the unanaesthetized, restrained mouse and the effects on body temperature and thermoregulatory activities observed. 2 Db cyclic AMP (4, 16 and 32 micrograms) injected intracerebroventricularly produced hypothermia when compared with temperature responses to sodium n-butyrate (6.8 micrograms). 3 Hypothermia induced by db cyclic AMP in mice was associated with a fall in oxygen consumption together with behavioural and autonomic heat loss activities but not cutaneous vasodilatation. The effects on rectal temperature and oxygen consumption were dose-dependent. 4 The falls in rectal temperature and oxygen consumption induced by db cyclic AMP (4 micrograms) were decreased by elevation of the environmental temperature from 22 to 32 degrees C and abolished at 36 degrees C. 5 It is concluded db cyclic AMP may inhibit central events mediating the rise in metabolic heat production in mice upon exposure to cold environments.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D003994:Bucladesine