AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 270, Issue 1 E91-E95, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist inhibits endotoxin fever and systemic interleukin-6 induction in the rat

G. Luheshi, A. J. Miller, S. Brouwer, M. J. Dascombe, N. J. Rothwell and S. J. Hopkins
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Although a number of studies indicate that the pyrogenic activity of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or interleukin (IL)-1 is mediated via induction of IL-6, this has been questioned by recent evidence demonstrating a dissociation between fever and circulating IL-6. The present study reexamines this relationship by use of human recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra). Injection of LPS (100 micrograms/kg ip) into rats induced fever (2.0 degrees C) that was significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) when IL-1ra (16 mg/kg ip) was given 1 and 2 h after LPS. The rise in plasma IL-6 preceded the febrile response by 1-1.5 h and, although the concentrations of bioactive IL-6 in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were not reduced at 4 h, at 2 h plasma and CSF IL-6 bioactivity was inhibited by 80 and 70%, respectively, after a single injection of IL-1ra (16 mg/kg ip). Intracerebroventricular injection of IL-1ra (200 micrograms/rat) inhibited LPS fever but did not affect the plasma IL-6 bioactivity measured 2 or 4 h after intraperitoneal LPS. These data show that peripheral IL-1 plays a part in the induction of both fever and the rise in plasma IL-6 that precedes it, and that IL-1 within the brain is also important in the induction of fever by LPS.

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