Central injection of interleukin-13 potentiates LPS-induced sickness behavior in rats
Central injection of interleukin-13 potentiates LPS-induced sickness behavior in rats
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DOI:
10.1097/00001756-200112210-00025
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发表时间:
2001-12-21
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Dantzer, R
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作者:
Bluthé, RM;Bristow, A;Dantzer, R
Systemic administration of the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has profound depressive effects on behavior that are mediated by the inducible expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the brain. To assess the regulatory effects of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-13 on LPS-induced sickness behavior, rats injected i.p. with LPS were administered rat recombinant IL-13 i.c.v. IL-13 (300 ng) potentiated the behavioral effects of LPS (125 mug/kg) when both molecules were coinjected. Administration of IL-13 (300 ng) 12 h prior to LIPS (150 mug/kg) did not block the depressing effects of LPS on social exploration. These results indicate that IL-13 acts as a proinflammatory cytokine in the brain. NeuroReport 12:3979-3983 (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.