title: Activation of sympathetic outflow by recombinant human interleukin-1 beta in conscious rats.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) on renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), arterial blood pressure (AP), heart rate (HR), and body temperature in conscious rats. Either intravenous or intracerebroventricular administration of IL-1 beta elicited increases in AP, HR, and RSNA accompanied by a rise in body temperature. The maximum changes in AP, HR, and RSNA occurred 10-15 min after intravenous injection of IL-1 beta (100 ng) and 20-25 min after intracerebroventricular injection (5 ng). The responses induced by the intravenous and intracerebroventricular injections lasted for approximately 15-30 min and did not appear when the animals were pretreated with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (10 mg/kg iv). Moreover, intracerebroventricular injection of prostaglandin E2 (1 microgram) produced responses similar to those induced by IL-1 but with shorter latency. Plasma norepinephrine and adrenocorticotropic hormone concentrations were increased after IL-1 beta injection. The results suggested that IL-1 beta augments cardiovascular and sympathetic outflow through the central action of prostaglandin E2 in conscious rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunitake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D015232:Dinoprostone; D009638:Norepinephrine; D007213:Indomethacin