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Central LPS-induced c-fos expression in the PVN and the A1/A2 brainstem noradrenergic cell groups is altered by adrenalectomy.

Abstract：

:The A1 and A2 brainstem noradrenergic cell groups project to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), which is involved in integrating the stress response. Bi-directional communication between the brain and immune system is well established, with both neuroendocrine and immune responses being activated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The mechanisms underlying such activation and differences between alternative routes of administration remain unclear. We examined activation of the PVN and A1/A2 cell groups, by assessing c-fos mRNA, or counting Fos-positive neurons in either the PVN or in brainstem A1/A2 cell groups 3 h after intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) LPS, in control and adrenalectomized (ADX) rats. We also measured corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) mRNA in the PVN, and plasma corticosterone (CORT) levels. A group of ADX/CORT-replaced animals received i.c.v. LPS, and CRH mRNA and Fos peptide in the PVN were analysed. ADX increased CRH mRNA in the PVN, as did LPS, but no enhancement of this response was seen in LPS/ADX animals. C-fos mRNA also increased in both the PVN and the A2 cell group following LPS, but this response was potentiated by ADX. Fos peptide-containing cells increased in the PVN and A2 following LPS, and this change was amplified by ADX. Only 11.25% of Fos was found in DBH-positive (putative noradrenergic) neurons, suggesting activation of neurons containing other transmitters. ADX/LPS/CORT animals showed numbers of Fos neurons in the brainstem, and CRH mRNA levels in the PVN which were comparable to intact/LPS animals. Central LPS activates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, a process mediated partly by brainstem noradrenergic neurons, suggesting the involvement of afferent/efferent pathways within the brain. Peripheral administration of LPS involves activation of vagal inputs leading to the nucleus tractus solitarius. We suggest that centrally administered LPS activates the A2 cell group by a mechanism independent of the vagus. In the absence of CORT, despite the lack of a CRH mRNA response, an exaggerated c-fos and peptide response to LPS is observed, which is reversed following CORT pretreatment.

journal_name

Neuroendocrinology

journal_title

Neuroendocrinology

authors

Condé GL,Renshaw D,Zubelewicz B,Lightman SL,Harbuz MS

doi

10.1159/000054474

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-09-01 00:00:00

pages

175-85

issue

eissn

0028-3835

issn

1423-0194

pii

54474

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Central LPS-induced c-fos expression in the PVN and the A1/A2 brainstem noradrenergic cell groups is altered by adrenalectomy.