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      Role of Capsaicin-Sensitive Afferents in Fever and Cytokine Responses during Systemic and Local Inflammation in Rats

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          Objective: Peripheral afferents play an important role in fever. In the present study, we investigated the role of capsaicin-sensitive afferents in fever and cytokine responses during systemic (induced by intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide, LPS) and local (induced by injection of Freund’s incomplete adjuvant, FIA, into the paw) inflammation. Methods: Fevers in rats (8–10 weeks of age) whose capsaicin-sensitive afferents were depleted by neonatal capsaicin (50 mg/kg) treatment were compared to those of rats treated as neonates with vehicle. To investigate a possible involvement of cytokines, plasma levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were measured during LPS- and FIA-induced fever in rats after capsaicin-induced desensitization. Body temperature was measured by biotelemetry. IL-6 and TNF bioactivities in plasma were determined using bioassays. Results: The initial but not the late phase of LPS (50 µg/kg)-induced fever was markedly higher (∼1.0°C) in rats whose capsaicin-sensitive neurons were destroyed by neonatal capsaicin treatment. Capsaicin-induced desensitization also resulted in significantly higher plasma levels of IL-6 and TNF 1 but not 4 h after LPS challenge. In contrast, the day after injection with FIA (0.1 ml), rats treated with capsaicin had significantly lower body temperatures compared with vehicle-treated animals. No differences were found in plasma levels of IL-6 and TNF between capsaicin- and vehicle-treated animals in response to FIA. Conclusions: These data indicate that the role of capsaicin-sensitive afferents in fever depends on the type of inflammatory response. During systemic inflammation, capsaicin-sensitive afferents may be involved in modulating fever by regulating the levels of pyrogenic cytokines. During local inflammation, the late phase of fever is partially mediated via capsaicin-sensitive afferents.

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                Journal
                NIM
                Neuroimmunomodulation
                10.1159/issn.1021-7401
                Neuroimmunomodulation
                S. Karger AG
                1021-7401
                1423-0216
                2001
                June 2001
                29 June 2001
                : 9
                : 1
                : 13-22
                Affiliations
                aInstitute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus; bLovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, N. Mex., and cMedical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga., USA
                Article
                49003 Neuroimmunomodulation 2001;9:13–22
                10.1159/000049003
                11435748
                cf72ed12-3865-42c4-af3a-b414cfafc27c
                © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                Figures: 6, Tables: 2, References: 37, Pages: 10
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                Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Neuropeptide,Lipopolysaccharide,Endotoxin,Interleukin,Tumor necrosis factor

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