title: IL-1 beta and TNF alpha modulate delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced catalepsy in mice.
abstract: The role of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) in THC-induced catalepsy in mice was examined. Recombinant IL-1 beta (400 ng/mouse, IV) and TNF alpha (500 ng/mouse, IV) were effective in potentiating the cataleptic effect of low-dose THC (10 micrograms/mouse, IV). Recombinant IL-1 alpha and IL-6 did not potentiate catalepsy at any dose tested. Anti-IL-1 beta and anti-TNF alpha antibodies were effective in attenuating high-dose (75 micrograms/mouse) THC-induced catalepsy. Antibodies to IL-1 alpha and IL-6 had no effect on catalepsy. Early onset catalepsy (10 min postinjection) was potentiated by exogenous recombinant IL-1 beta and TNF alpha but only later catalepsy (2 h postinjection) was attenuated by antibodies to endogenous IL-1 beta or TNF alpha. This divergence of the cytokine effect suggests that these substances regulate, by different mechanisms, the early and late THC-induced cataleptic response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibertini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D013759:Dronabinol; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D013759:Dronabinol