title: Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist does not reverse lipopolysaccharide-induced inhibition of water intake in rat.
abstract: The involvement of interleukin-1 in antidipsogenic effects induced by intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of lipopolysaccharide (0.32, 0.64 and 0.96 mg/kg) in 24-h water-deprived rats, was evaluated by injection of human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (10, 25 and 50 micrograms/rat) into the lateral cerebral ventricle (i.c.v.). The effects of either lipopolysacharide or human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist treatment on rectal temperature of 24-h water-deprived rats, were examined. Our date show that human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist administration is able to reverse, dose dependently, fever, but not lipopolysaccharide inhibition of thirst. The reduction of pyrogenic, but not of antidipsogenic, effects of lipopolysaccharide following human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist administration suggests that lipopolysaccharide inhibition of thirst is not dependent on interleukin-1 induced fever and that interleukin-1 is not a direct mediator implicated in inhibition of water intake provoked by peripheral injection of lipopolysaccharide.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calapai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Sarro
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caputi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1