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. 1994 Apr 1;476(1):177–186.

Interleukin-1 beta production in the rabbit brain during endotoxin-induced fever.

T Nakamori 1, A Morimoto 1, K Yamaguchi 1, T Watanabe 1, N Murakami 1
PMCID: PMC1160428  PMID: 8046632

Abstract

Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) production in the brain and the spleen was investigated in rabbits made febrile by intravenous (I.V.) injection of endotoxin, or human recombinant IL-1 beta (hIL-1 beta). The endotoxin used in the present study was the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Salmonella typhosa endotoxin. Monophasic fever was induced by I.V. injection of a low dose of LPS (0.02 micrograms kg-1) and biphasic fever by I.V. injection of a large dose of LPS (4 micrograms kg-1), a sublethal dose of LPS (40 micrograms kg-1) or hIL-1 beta (2 micrograms kg-1). In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical studies revealed that, although no IL-1 beta production was observed in the brain at 1 and 3 h after injection of a low dose of LPS (0.02 micrograms kg-1) or of hIL-1 beta (2 micrograms kg-1), IL-1 beta production was demonstrated in organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (OVLT) and some cells around the blood vessels in the parenchyma 1 h after 4 micrograms kg-1 LPS. IL-1 beta production was detected throughout the brain after 40 micrograms kg-1 LPS. Pretreatment with indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, did not affect IL-1 beta production in the brain induced by 4 micrograms kg-1 LPS. The cell type which produces IL-1 beta in the OVLT following LPS injection was confirmed to be a macrophage by electron microscopy. The cells producing IL-1 beta in the parenchyma were determined to be microglial cells. In the spleen, each dose of LPS induced a significant increase in IL-1 beta production in polymorphonuclear cells and macrophages in the red pulp 1 h after injection. However, 2 micrograms kg-1 hIL-1 beta did not induce IL-1 beta production in the spleen. The present results show clearly that systemic administration of LPS induces IL-1 beta production in the OVLT which may be responsible for induction of the second phase of biphasic fever. The production of IL-1 beta in the OVLT was not attributable to the action of peripherally synthesized IL-1 beta or prostaglandins.

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