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Fontana L. Neuroendocrine factors in the regulation of inflammation: excessive adiposity and calorie restriction. Exp Gerontol 2008; 44:41-5. [PMID: 18502597 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acute inflammation is usually a self-limited life preserving response, triggered by pathogens and/or traumatic injuries. This transient response normally leads to removal of harmful agents and to healing of the damaged tissues. In contrast, unchecked or chronic inflammation can lead to persistent tissue and organ damage by activated leukocytes, cytokines, or collagen deposition. Excessive energy intake and adiposity cause systemic inflammation, whereas calorie restriction without malnutrition exerts a potent anti-inflammatory effect. As individuals accumulate fat and their adipocytes enlarge, adipose tissue undergoes molecular and cellular alterations, macrophages accumulate, and inflammation ensues. Overweight/obese subjects have significantly higher plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein and several cytokines, including IL-6, IL-8, IL-18, and TNF-alpha. Experimental animals on a chronic CR regimen, instead, have low levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines, low blood lymphocyte levels, reduced production of inflammatory cytokines by the white blood cells in response to stimulation, and cortisol levels in the high normal range. Recent data demonstrate that CR exerts a powerful anti-inflammatory effect also in non-human primates and humans. Multiple metabolic and neuroendocrine mechanisms are responsible for the CR-mediated anti-inflammatory effects, including reduced adiposity and secretion of pro-inflammatory adipokines, enhanced glucocorticoid production, reduced plasma glucose and advanced glycation end-product concentrations, increased parasympathetic tone, and increased ghrelin production. Measuring tissue specific effects of CR using genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic techniques in humans will foster the understanding of the complex biological processes involved in the anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects of CR.
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- Luigi Fontana
- Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, 4566 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Lippolis JD. Immunological signaling networks: Integrating the body's immune response1,2. J Anim Sci 2008; 86:E53-63. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Spaziani R, Bayati A, Redmond K, Bajaj H, Mazzadi S, Bienenstock J, Collins SM, Kamath MV. Vagal dysfunction in irritable bowel syndrome assessed by rectal distension and baroreceptor sensitivity. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2008; 20:336-42. [PMID: 18179607 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01042.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Autonomic nervous system dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study characterized the autonomic response to rectal distension in IBS using baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS), a measure of autonomic function. Rectal bag pressure, discomfort, pain, ECG, blood pressure and BRS were continuously measured before, during and after rectal distension in 98 healthy volunteers (34 +/- 12 years old, 52 females) and 39 IBS patients (39 +/- 11 years old, 35 females). In comparison with the healthy volunteers, IBS patients experienced significantly more discomfort (69 +/- 2.2% vs 56 +/- 3.6%; P < 0.05), but not pain (9 +/- 1.4% vs 6 +/- 2.4%; ns) with rectal distension despite similar distension pressures (51 +/- 1.4 vs 54 +/- 2.4 mmHg; ns) and volumes (394 +/- 10.9 vs 398 +/- 21.5 mL; ns). With rectal distension, heart rate increased in both healthy volunteers (66 +/- 1 to 71 +/- 1 bpm; P < 0.05) and IBS patients (66 +/- 2 to 74 +/- 3 bpm; P < 0.05). Systolic blood pressure also increased in both healthy volunteers (121 +/- 2 to 143 +/- 2 mmHg; P < 0.05) and patients (126 +/- 3 to 153 +/- 4 mmHg (P < 0.05) as did diastolic blood pressure, 66 +/- 2 to 80 +/- 2 mmHg (P < 0.05), compared with 68 +/- 3 to 84 +/- 3 mmHg (P < 0.05) in IBS patients. The systolic blood pressure increase observed in IBS patients was greater than that seen in healthy volunteers and remained elevated in the post distension period (139 +/- 3 mmHg vs 129 +/- 2 mmHg; P < 0.05). IBS patients had lower BRS (7.85 +/- 0.4 ms mmHg(-1)) compared with healthy volunteers (9.4 +/- 0.3; P < 0.05) at rest and throughout rectal distension. Greater systolic blood pressure response to rectal distension and associated diminished BRS suggests a compromise of the autonomic nervous system in IBS patients.
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- R Spaziani
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Critical illness frequently is associated with neurologic failure that may involve the central and peripheral nervous systems. Central nervous system failure is associated with a spectrum of neurobehavioral changes including delirium, coma, and long-term cognitive dysfunction. Peripheral neurologic failure, or critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities, is suggested by diffuse arreflexic weakness and protracted respiratory insufficiency, and may also persist long after the acute hospitalization. While the burden of neurological disease complicating critical illness is considerable, preventive or therapeutic options are limited. This article provides an overview of research evaluating the relationship between critical illness and neurologic function, with a special emphasis on underlying mechanisms.
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- Aliaksei Pustavoitau
- Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Stevens RD. Neurological complications in critical illness: a focus on mechanisms. Preface. Crit Care Clin 2008; 24:xv-xvii. [PMID: 18241775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Robert D Stevens
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Gonzalvo R, Martí-Sistac O, Blanch L, López-Aguilar J. Bench-to-bedside review: brain-lung interaction in the critically ill--a pending issue revisited. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 11:216. [PMID: 17581271 PMCID: PMC2206421 DOI: 10.1186/cc5930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Brain and/or lung injury is the most frequent cause of admission to critical care units and patients in this setting frequently develop multiple organ dysfunction with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Mechanical ventilation is commonly used in the management of these critically ill patients and the consequent inflammatory response, together with other physiological factors, is also thought to be involved in distal organ dysfunction. This peripheral imbalance is based on a multiple-pathway cross-talk between the lungs and other organs, including the brain. Interestingly, acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors frequently present some cognitive deterioration at discharge. Such neurological dysfunction might be a secondary marker of injury and the neuroanatomical substrate for downstream impairment of other organs. Brain-lung interactions have received little attention in the literature, but recent evidence suggests that both the lungs and brain are promoters of inflammation through common mediators. This review addresses the current status of evidence regarding brain-lung interactions, their pathways and current interventions in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
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- Romina Gonzalvo
- Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Fundació Parc Taulí-Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Fundació Parc Taulí-Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Fundació Parc Taulí-Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Fundació Parc Taulí-Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Grauer E, Chapman S, Rabinovitz I, Raveh L, Weissman BA, Kadar T, Allon N. Single whole-body exposure to sarin vapor in rats: Long-term neuronal and behavioral deficits. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008; 227:265-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lethal sepsis occurs when an excessive inflammatory response evolves that cannot be controlled by physiologic anti-inflammatory mechanisms, such as the recently described cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Here we studied whether the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway can be activated by pharmacologic cholinesterase inhibition in vivo. DESIGN Prospective, randomized laboratory investigation that used an established murine sepsis model. SETTING Research laboratory in a university hospital. SUBJECTS Female C57BL/6 mice. INTERVENTIONS Sepsis in mice was induced by cecal ligation and puncture. Animals were treated immediately with intraperitoneal injections of nicotine (400 microg/kg), physostigmine (80 microg/kg), neostigmine (80 microg/kg), or solvent three times daily for 3 days. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Treatment with physostigmine significantly reduced lethality (p < or = .01) as efficiently as direct stimulation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway with nicotine (p < or = .05). Administration of cholinesterase inhibitors significantly down-regulated the binding activity of nuclear factor-kappaB (p < or = .05) and significantly reduced the concentration of circulating proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, and interleukin-6 (p < or = .001), and pulmonary neutrophil invasion (p < or = .05). Animals treated with the peripheral cholinesterase inhibitor neostigmine showed no difference compared with physostigmine-treated animals. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that cholinesterase inhibitors can be used successfully in the treatment of sepsis in a murine model and may be of interest for clinical use.
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Berntson GG, Norman GJ, Hawkley LC, Cacioppo JT. Cardiac autonomic balance versus cardiac regulatory capacity. Psychophysiology 2008; 45:643-52. [PMID: 18282204 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The concept of autonomic balance views autonomic states along a bipolar continuum from sympathetic (S) to parasympathetic (P) dominance, whereas regulatory capacity models emphasize overall autonomic flexibility as a marker of the capacity for regulation. These two concepts were evaluated for their utility in characterizing patterns of autonomic control. Measures of P (high frequency heart rate variability, HF) and S (preejection period, PEP) cardiac control were obtained. A measure of cardiac autonomic balance (CAB) was derived as the difference in the normalized P index minus the S index, and a measure of cardiac autonomic regulation (CAR) was derived as the normalized P index plus the S index. Results reveal that CAR, but not CAB, was a significant predictor of the prior occurrence of a myocardial infarction, net of demographic and other variables, whereas CAB, but not CAR, was a significant predictor of concurrent diabetes.
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- Gary G Berntson
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1835 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Clark JA, Coopersmith CM. Intestinal crosstalk: a new paradigm for understanding the gut as the "motor" of critical illness. Shock 2008; 28:384-93. [PMID: 17577136 PMCID: PMC2084394 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e31805569df] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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For more than 20 years, the gut has been hypothesized to be the "motor" of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. As critical care research has evolved, there have been multiple mechanisms by which the gastrointestinal tract has been proposed to drive systemic inflammation. Many of these disparate mechanisms have proved to be important in the origin and propagation of critical illness. However, this has led to an unusual situation where investigators describing the gut as a "motor" revving the systemic inflammatory response syndrome are frequently describing wholly different processes to support their claim (i.e., increased apoptosis, altered tight junctions, translocation, cytokine production, crosstalk with commensal bacteria, etc). The purpose of this review is to present a unifying theory as to how the gut drives critical illness. Although the gastrointestinal tract is frequently described simply as "the gut," it is actually made up of (1) an epithelium; (2) a diverse and robust immune arm, which contains most of the immune cells in the body; and (3) the commensal bacteria, which contain more cells than are present in the entire host organism. We propose that the intestinal epithelium, the intestinal immune system, and the intestine's endogenous bacteria all play vital roles driving multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and the complex crosstalk between these three interrelated portions of the gastrointestinal tract is what cumulatively makes the gut a "motor" of critical illness.
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- Jessica A Clark
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Skeletal muscle demonstrates great plasticity in response to environmental and hormonal factors including pathogen-associated molecules, inflammatory cytokines, and growth factors. These signals impinge on muscle by forcing individual muscle fibers to either grow or atrophy. We recently demonstrated that skeletal muscle cells express multiple Toll-like receptors (TLR) that recognize bacterial cell wall components, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Exposure of myocytes to LPS and other TLR ligands initiates an inflammatory response culminating in the autocrine production of cytokines and NO by NO synthase (NOS)2. The TLR signal through protein kinases that phosphorylate and promote the degradation of an inhibitory protein that normally retains the transcription factor, nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB), in the cytoplasm. Phosphorylation and degradation of the inhibitor of NFkappaB allows for translocation of NFkappaB to the nucleus and activation of inflammatory genes. Overexpression of a constitutively active inhibitor of NFkappaB kinase in skeletal muscle causes severe wasting, and we found that inhibitors of either the phosphorylation of IkappaB or its proteolytic degradation prevent TLR ligand-induced expression of cytokines and NOS2. The combination of LPS and interferon gamma dramatically enhances the magnitude and duration of LPS-stimulated NOS2 expression and reduces protein translation. Lipopolysaccharide and interferon gamma also downregulates signaling from the mammalian target of rapamycin, a kinase that directs changes in cell size. Inhibitors of NOS block the fall in muscle cell protein synthesis and restore translational signaling, indicating that activation of the NOS2-NO pathway is responsible for the observed decrease in muscle protein synthesis. Our work provides a molecular explanation for reduced muscle growth during infection. Muscle is largely self-sufficient because it expresses receptors, signaling pathways, and effectors to regulate its own size. Prolonged activation of NFkappaB and NOS2 have emerged as detrimental facets of the immune response in muscle. The interplay between inflammatory components and growth factor signaling clearly places muscle at the interface between growth and immunity.
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- R A Frost
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Extracranial complications in patients with acute brain injury: a post-hoc analysis of the SOAP study. Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:720-7. [PMID: 18175107 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0974-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence and severity of nonneurological organ dysfunction and its effect on outcome in acute neurological patients in an international cohort observational study. DESIGN AND SETTING Analysis of database from the observational Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (SOAP) study in 198 intensive care units (ICUs) in 24 European countries. PATIENTS All adult patients admitted to the participating ICUs between 1 and 15 May 2002. Of the 3,147 patients in the SOAP database 373 (12%) were admitted with a neurological diagnosis, including 154 (41%) with traumatic brain injury and 186 (50%) with cerebrovascular accident. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Patients were followed until death, hospital discharge, or for 60 days. Neurological patients were younger and had a higher incidence of trauma and fewer comorbidities than nonneurological patients. Neurological patients developed ICU-acquired sepsis and respiratory failure more frequently than the other patients. ICU and hospital mortality rates were higher and ICU length of stay longer in neurological than in nonneurological patients. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that, in addition to the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) and the presence of nontraumatic brain injury, cardiovascular failure, hepatic failure, and ALI/ARDS were the only factors independently associated with a higher risk of death in the ICU in patients with a neurological diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS Although neurological patients were younger and had fewer comorbidities, they developed ICU-acquired sepsis and respiratory failure more frequently than other patients. Efforts should be oriented to reduce cardiovascular, hepatic, and respiratory complications.
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Monneret G, Venet F, Pachot A, Lepape A. Monitoring immune dysfunctions in the septic patient: a new skin for the old ceremony. Mol Med 2008; 14:64-78. [PMID: 18026569 PMCID: PMC2078557 DOI: 10.2119/2007-00102.monneret] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Septic syndromes represent a major although largely underrecognized healthcare problem worldwide, accounting for thousands of deaths every year. It is now agreed that sepsis deeply perturbs immune homeostasis by inducing an initial tremendous systemic inflammatory response which is accompanied by an antiinflammatory process, acting as negative feedback. This compensatory inhibitory response secondly becomes deleterious as nearly all immune functions are compromised. These alterations might be directly responsible for worsening outcome, as they may play a major role in the decreased resistance to nosocomial infections in patients who survived initial resuscitation. Consequently, immunostimulatory therapies may now be assessed for the treatment of sepsis. This review focuses on immune dysfunctions described in septic patients and on their potential use as markers on a routine standardized basis for prediction of adverse outcome or of occurrence of secondary nosocomial infections. This constitutes a prerequisite to a staging system for individualized treatment for these hitherto deadly syndromes.
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- Guillaume Monneret
- Hospices civils de Lyon, Immunology laboratory, Hopital E. Herriot, Lyon, France.
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Quest for the cardiovascular holy grail: mammalian myocardial regeneration. Cardiovasc Pathol 2008; 17:1-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Ganea D. Neuropeptides: active participants in regulation of immune responses in the CNS and periphery. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:33-4. [PMID: 17706916 PMCID: PMC2683245 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Doina Ganea
- Physiology Department, Temple University School of Medicine, 3420 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Dantzer R, Capuron L, Irwin MR, Miller AH, Ollat H, Perry VH, Rousey S, Yirmiya R. Identification and treatment of symptoms associated with inflammation in medically ill patients. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008; 33:18-29. [PMID: 18061362 PMCID: PMC2234599 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2007] [Revised: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 10/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Medically ill patients present with a high prevalence of non-specific comorbid symptoms including pain, sleep disorders, fatigue and cognitive and mood alterations that is a leading cause of disability. However, despite major advances in the understanding of the immune-to-brain communication pathways that underlie the pathophysiology of these symptoms in inflammatory conditions, little has been done to translate this newly acquired knowledge to the clinics and to identify appropriate therapies. In a multidisciplinary effort to address this problem, clinicians and basic scientists with expertise in areas of inflammation, psychiatry, neurosciences and psychoneuroimmunology were brought together in a specialized meeting organized in Bordeaux, France, on May 28-29, 2007. These experts considered key questions in the field, in particular those related to identification and quantification of the predominant symptoms associated with inflammation, definition of systemic and central markers of inflammation, possible domains of intervention for controlling inflammation-associated symptoms, and relevance of animal models of inflammation-associated symptoms. This resulted in a number of recommendations that should improve the recognition and management of inflammation-associated symptoms in medically ill patients.
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- Robert Dantzer
- Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program, 212 ERML, 1201 W Gregory Drive, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Bani C, Lagrota-Candido J, Pinheiro DF, Leite PEC, Salimena MC, Henriques-Pons A, Quirico-Santos T. Pattern of metalloprotease activity and myofiber regeneration in skeletal muscles ofmdx mice. Muscle Nerve 2008; 37:583-92. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.20970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lee ST, Chu K, Jung KH, Kim SJ, Kim DH, Kang KM, Hong NH, Kim JH, Ban JJ, Park HK, Kim SU, Park CG, Lee SK, Kim M, Roh JK. Anti-inflammatory mechanism of intravascular neural stem cell transplantation in haemorrhagic stroke. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 131:616-29. [PMID: 18156155 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation has been investigated as a means to reconstitute the damaged brain after stroke. In this study, however, we investigated the effect on acute cerebral and peripheral inflammation after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). NSCs (H1 clone) from fetal human brain were injected intravenously (NSCs-iv, 5 million cells) or intracerebrally (NSCs-ic, 1 million cells) at 2 or 24 h after collagenase-induced ICH in a rat model. Only NSCs-iv-2 h resulted in fewer initial neurologic deteriorations and reduced brain oedema formation, inflammatory infiltrations (OX-42, myeloperoxidase) and apoptosis (activated caspase-3, TUNEL) compared to the vehicle-injected control animals. Rat neurosphere-iv-2 h, but not human fibroblast-iv-2 h, also reduced the brain oedema and the initial neurologic deficits. Human NSCs-iv-2 h also attenuated both cerebral and splenic activations of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB). However, we observed only a few stem cells in brain sections of the NSCs-iv-2 h group; in the main, they were detected in marginal zone of spleens. To investigate whether NSCs interact with spleen to reduce cerebral inflammation, we performed a splenectomy prior to ICH induction, which eliminated the effect of NSCs-iv-2 h transplantation on brain water content and inflammatory infiltrations. NSCs also inhibited in vitro macrophage activations after lipopolysaccharide stimulation in a cell-to-cell contact dependent manner. In summary, early intravenous NSC injection displayed anti-inflammatory functionality that promoted neuroprotection, mainly by interrupting splenic inflammatory responses after ICH.
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- Soon-Tae Lee
- Stroke & Stem Cell Laboratory, Clinical Research Institute, Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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Oke SL, Tracey KJ. From CNI-1493 to the immunological homunculus: physiology of the inflammatory reflex. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 83:512-7. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0607363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This review article presents the evidence that the antiinflammatory actions of acupuncture are mediated via the reflexive central inhibition of the innate immune system. Both laboratory and clinical evidence have recently shown the existence of a negative feedback loop between the autonomic nervous system and the innate immunity. There is also experimental evidence that the electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve inhibits macrophage activation and the production of TNF, IL-1beta , IL-6, IL-18, and other proinflammatory cytokines. It is therefore conceivable that along with hypnosis, meditation, prayer, guided imagery, biofeedback, and the placebo effect, the systemic anti-inflammatory actions of traditional and electro-acupuncture are directly or indirectly mediated by the efferent vagus nerve activation and inflammatory macrophage deactivation. In view of this common physiological mediation, assessing the clinical efficacy of a specific acupuncture regimen using conventional double-blind placebo-controlled trials inherently lacks objectivity due to (1) the uncertainty of ancient rules for needle placement, (2) the diffuse noxious inhibitory control triggered by control-needling at irrelevant points, (3) the possibility of a dose-response relationship between stimulation and effects, and (4) the possibility of inadequate blinding using an inert sham procedure. A more objective assessment of its efficacy could perhaps consist of measuring its effects on the surrogate markers of autonomic tone and inflammation. The use of acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to conventional medical treatment for a number of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases seems plausible and should be validated by confirming its cholinergicity.
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- Ben Kavoussi
- Southern California University of Health Sciences, College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Whittier, CA, USA.
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Raybould HE. Mechanisms of CCK signaling from gut to brain. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2007; 7:570-4. [PMID: 17954038 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Following the observation that exogenous peripheral injection of CCK could inhibit food intake, the mechanisms by which CCK influences the gut-brain pathway have been the subject of intense study for nearly 30 years. Recently, it has become evident that the system is more complex and that the consequences of CCK's action on the gut-brain pathway are more far reaching than previously recognized. This review will examine the recent evidence showing the role of CCK and CCK1Rs in modulating expression of other receptors for orexigenic and anorexigenic regulatory peptides at the level of vagal afferent neurons. In addition, new evidence showing the importance of the action of CCK at the level of the vagus nerve in the regulation of food intake, body weight, and in activation of an anti-inflammatory pathway will be reviewed.
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- Helen E Raybould
- Department of Vet Med: Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology (APC), UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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A careful balance between the inflammatory and anti-inflammatory response is vital in order to survive the daily invasion of pathogens. Sepsis has always been regarded as the result of an exacerbated detrimental inflammatory response towards invading bacteria. However, recent insights have forced us to rethink this sepsis paradigm. This review discusses the latest trends and developments in the sepsis field and helps to set the stage for the current debate on whether the sepsis response is good or bad.
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- Willem Joost Wiersinga
- Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Room G2-132, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Glassman AH, Miller GE. Where there is depression, there is inflammation... sometimes! Biol Psychiatry 2007; 62:280-1. [PMID: 17678943 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sloan RP, McCreath H, Tracey KJ, Sidney S, Liu K, Seeman T. RR interval variability is inversely related to inflammatory markers: the CARDIA study. Mol Med 2007. [PMID: 17592552 DOI: 10.2119/2006-00112.sloan] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recent evidence reveals that the immune system is under the direct control of the vagus nerve via the "cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway." Stimulation of vagus nerve activity significantly inhibits cytokine levels in animal models, and cholinergic agents inhibit cytokine release by human macrophages. Moreover, when vagus nerve activity is decreased or absent, cytokines are overproduced. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by elevated levels of CRP and IL-6, but the relationship between cardiac vagal activity and cytokine levels in healthy humans is not well understood. Here we measured RR interval variability, an index of cardiac vagal modulation, and CRP and IL-6 in 757 subjects participating in a subset of the year 15 data collection in the CARDIA study of the evolution of risk factors in young adults. Univariate analysis revealed that all indices of RRV were strongly and inversely related to IL-6 (log pg/mL b=-0.08 and -0.17 for HF and LF power, P<0.001 respectively) and CRP (log mg/L b=-0.14 and -0.26 for HF and LF power, P<0.001 respectively) levels. In the multivariate model including gender, race, age, smoking, physical activity, SBP, BMI, and disease, the inverse relationship between RRV and inflammatory markers, although slightly attenuated, remained significant. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that diminished descending vagal anti-inflammatory signals can allow cytokine overproduction in humans.
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- Richard P Sloan
- Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Sloan RP, Shapiro PA, Demeersman RE, McKinley PS, Tracey KJ, Slavov I, Fang Y, Flood PD. Aerobic exercise attenuates inducible TNF production in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:1007-11. [PMID: 17626836 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00147.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Aerobic exercise reduces coronary heart disease risk, but the mechanisms of this protection are not fully understood. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease mediated by monocyte-derived macrophages, which accumulate in arterial plaques and become activated to release factors, including cytokines, that cause damage. Here we studied the effects of aerobic training on monocyte production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in whole blood ex vivo. Healthy young sedentary adults (n = 61, age 20-45 yr) were randomized to a moderate- (M) or a high- (H) intensity 12-wk training program. Whole blood was extracted before and after training, and then it was stimulated by addition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS); inducible TNF was measured in the plasma. Data were analyzed according to intention to treat principles using a random-effect model to determine the impact of training group on maximal aerobic capacity and LPS-stimulated TNF after correcting for covariates. Analyses revealed improvement in aerobic capacity in both the H (9%) and the M (7%) groups. However, aerobic training led to significant (P < 0.001) decreases in TNF release only in the H group. These data suggest that in healthy young adults, a 12-wk high-intensity aerobic training program downregulates blood monocyte production of stimulated cytokine release.
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- Richard P Sloan
- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Wu R, Dong W, Zhou M, Zhang F, Marini CP, Ravikumar TS, Wang P. Ghrelin attenuates sepsis-induced acute lung injury and mortality in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176:805-13. [PMID: 17626913 PMCID: PMC2020826 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200604-511oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Our study has shown that plasma levels of ghrelin, a stomach-derived peptide, are significantly reduced in sepsis, and that ghrelin administration improves organ blood flow via a nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB-dependent pathway. However, it remains unknown whether ghrelin has any protective effects on severe sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and, if so, whether inhibition of NF-kappaB plays any role in it. OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that ghrelin reduces severe sepsis-induced ALI and mortality through inhibition of NF-kappaB. METHODS Sepsis was induced in rats by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Five hours after CLP, a bolus intravenous injection of 2 nmol of ghrelin was followed by continuous infusion of 12 nmol of ghrelin via a minipump for 15 hours. Samples were harvested 20 hours post-CLP (i.e., severe sepsis). Pulmonary levels of ghrelin and proinflammatory cytokines were measured by ELISA. NF-kappaB p65 and IkappaBalpha expression and NF-kappaB activity were measured by Western blot analysis and ELISA, respectively. Pulmonary blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres. In additional animals, the necrotic cecum was excised 20 hours post-CLP and 10-day survival was recorded. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Pulmonary levels of ghrelin decreased significantly 20 hours post-CLP. Ghrelin administration restored pulmonary levels of ghrelin, reduced lung injury, increased pulmonary blood flow, down-regulated proinflammatory cytokines, inhibited NF-kappaB activation, and improved survival in sepsis. Administration of a specific ghrelin receptor antagonist worsened the survival rate after CLP and cecal excision. CONCLUSIONS Ghrelin can be developed as a novel treatment for severe sepsis-induced ALI. The protective effect of ghrelin is mediated through inhibition of NF-kappaB.
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- Rongqian Wu
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA
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Sadis C, Teske G, Stokman G, Kubjak C, Claessen N, Moore F, Loi P, Diallo B, Barvais L, Goldman M, Florquin S, Le Moine A. Nicotine protects kidney from renal ischemia/reperfusion injury through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. PLoS One 2007; 2:e469. [PMID: 17520028 PMCID: PMC1867857 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Kidney ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) is characterized by renal dysfunction and tubular damages resulting from an early activation of innate immunity. Recently, nicotine administration has been shown to be a powerful inhibitor of a variety of innate immune responses, including LPS-induced toxaemia. This cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway acts via the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR). Herein, we tested the potential protective effect of nicotine administration in a mouse model of renal I/R injury induced by bilateral clamping of kidney arteries. Renal function, tubular damages and inflammatory response were compared between control animals and mice receiving nicotine at the time of ischemia. Nicotine pretreatment protected mice from renal dysfunction in a dose-dependent manner and through the α7nAChR, as attested by the absence of protection in α7nAChR-deficient mice. Additionally, nicotine significantly reduced tubular damages, prevented neutrophil infiltration and decreased productions of the CXC-chemokine KC, TNF-α and the proinflammatory high-mobility group box 1 protein. Reduced tubular damage in nicotine pre-treated mice was associated with a decrease in tubular cell apoptosis and proliferative response as attested by the reduction of caspase-3 and Ki67 positive cells, respectively. All together, these data highlight that nicotine exerts a protective anti-inflammatory effect during kidney I/R through the cholinergic α7nAChR pathway. In addition, this could provide an opportunity to overcome the effect of surgical cholinergic denervation during kidney transplantation.
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- Claude Sadis
- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
- Department of Anesthesiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Sloan RP, McCreath H, Tracey KJ, Sidney S, Liu K, Seeman T. RR interval variability is inversely related to inflammatory markers: the CARDIA study. Mol Med 2007; 13:178-84. [PMID: 17592552 PMCID: PMC1892756 DOI: 10.2119/2006–00112.sloan] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Recent evidence reveals that the immune system is under the direct control of the vagus nerve via the "cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway." Stimulation of vagus nerve activity significantly inhibits cytokine levels in animal models, and cholinergic agents inhibit cytokine release by human macrophages. Moreover, when vagus nerve activity is decreased or absent, cytokines are overproduced. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by elevated levels of CRP and IL-6, but the relationship between cardiac vagal activity and cytokine levels in healthy humans is not well understood. Here we measured RR interval variability, an index of cardiac vagal modulation, and CRP and IL-6 in 757 subjects participating in a subset of the year 15 data collection in the CARDIA study of the evolution of risk factors in young adults. Univariate analysis revealed that all indices of RRV were strongly and inversely related to IL-6 (log pg/mL b=-0.08 and -0.17 for HF and LF power, P<0.001 respectively) and CRP (log mg/L b=-0.14 and -0.26 for HF and LF power, P<0.001 respectively) levels. In the multivariate model including gender, race, age, smoking, physical activity, SBP, BMI, and disease, the inverse relationship between RRV and inflammatory markers, although slightly attenuated, remained significant. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that diminished descending vagal anti-inflammatory signals can allow cytokine overproduction in humans.
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- Richard P Sloan
- Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Pacheco-López G, Niemi MB, Kou W, Baum S, Hoffman M, Altenburger P, del Rey A, Besedovsky HO, Schedlowski M. Central blockade of IL-1 does not impair taste-LPS associative learning. Neuroimmunomodulation 2007; 14:150-6. [PMID: 18073507 DOI: 10.1159/000110639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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After saccharin intake is associated with the consequences of peripheral lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration, rats develop a strong conditioned avoidance behavior against this gustatory stimulus. To investigate the role of central interleukin-1 (IL-1) as a key signal during taste-LPS engram formation, rats were chronically infused with IL-1 receptor antagonist into the lateral ventricle of the brain before, during and after a single association trial. The results indicate that a stable taste-LPS engram can be formed even under the chronic blockade of central IL-1 signaling during engram formation and consolidation. More importantly, our data show that animals which did not experience a fever response during association phase (due to the LPS encounter) were unable to elicit hyperthermia as part of the conditioned response. These data indicate that pairing a relevant taste stimulus with an immune challenge, such as LPS, might result in the formation of multiple engrams, specifically codifying independent information.
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- Gustavo Pacheco-López
- Chair of Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Institute for Behavioral Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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