Prostaglandins and hypothalamic neurotransmitter receptors involved in hyperthermia: a critical evaluation.
Prostaglandins and hypothalamic neurotransmitter receptors involved in hyperthermia: a critical evaluation.
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参与热疗的前列腺素和下丘脑神经递质受体:关键评估。
DOI:
10.1016/0149-7634(94)90033-7
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Myers,RD
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作者:
Simpson,CW;Ruwe,WD;Myers,RD
The role of a prostaglandin of the E series (PGE) in the hypothalamic mechanisms underlying a fever continues to be controversial. This paper reviews the historical literature and current findings on the central action of the PGEs on body temperature (Tb). New experiments were undertaken to examine the local effect of muscarinic, nicotinic, serotonergic, α-adrenergic, or β-adrenergic receptor antagonists at hypothalamic sites where PGE1caused a rise in Tbof the primate. Guide tubes for microinjection were implanted stereotaxically above sites in and around the anterior hypothalamic, preoptic area (AH/POA) of male Macaque monkeys. Following postoperative recovery, 30–100 ng of PGE1was micro-injected unilaterally in a volume of 1.0–1.5 μl at sites in the AH/POA to evoke a rise in Tb, and once identified, pretreated with a receptor antagonist. PGE1hyperthermia was significantly reduced by microinjections of the muscarinic and nicotinic antagonists, atropine, or mecamylamine, at PGE1reactive sites in the AH/POA. The serotonergic antagonist, methysergide, injected at PGE1sensitive sites in the ventromedial hypothalamus also attenuated the rise in Tb. However, the 5-HT reuptake blocker, fluoxetine, and the β-adrenergic receptor antagonist, propranolol, injected in the AH/POA failed to alter the PGE1hyperthermia. In contrast, the α-adrenergic antagonist, phentolamine, potentiated the increase in Tbat all PGE1reactive sites in the hypothalamus. An updated model is presented to explain how the concurrent actions of aminergic neurotransmitters acting on their respective receptors in the hypothalamus can interact with a PGE to elicit hyperthermia. Finally, an evaluation of the current literature including recent findings on macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-1) supports the conclusion that a PGE in the brain is neither an obligatory nor essential factor for the expression of a pyrogen fever.