title: Central cardiovascular responses induced by interleukin 1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha infused into nucleus tractus solitarii, nucleus parabrachialis medialis and third cerebral ventricle of normotensive rats.
abstract: The effect of IL-1 beta and TNF alpha infused into nucleus tractus solitari (NTS), nucleus parabrachialis medialis (NPBmed) and third cerebral ventricle of normotensive rats on blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) was investigated. Microinfusion of IL-1 beta and TNF alpha into the third cerebral ventricle and NPBmed of normotensive rats produced a dose-dependent hypotensive and bradycardic response. A similar cardiovascular response was produced by infusion of IL1 beta into NTS but not by TNF alpha. When rats were pre-treated with Escherichia coli lipopolisaccharide (LPS), an enhancement of cardiovascular response elicited by IL-1 beta and TNF alpha was found. Thus, IL-1 beta and TNF alpha produce cardiovascular responses when infused into specific areas of the CNS. This effect is potentiated by LPS and this may explain the alteration in cardiovascular regulation which can be observed in diseases in which an excess of circulating endotoxins and cytokines may occur.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catanzaro Magna Graecia, Roccelletta di Borgia, 89100 Catanzaro, Italy. mollace@libero.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mollace
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muscoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iannone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Granato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nistico
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rotiroti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha