Brain interleukin-1 is involved in blood interleukin-6 response to immobilization stress in rats
2001
Ishikawa, I. (Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)) | Kitamura, H. | Kimura, K. | Saito, M.
Interleukin (IL)-6, a cytokine for host defense responses to infection and imflammation, is known to be induced by non-invasive physical or psychological stress, too. To test possible involvement of brain IL-1 in the stress-induced IL-6 production, IL-1 mRNA expression in the hypothalamus, in parallel with blood IL-6 Ievel, was examined in rats subjected to restriction of their movement (immobilization stress). When rats were immobilized, the hypothalamic IL-1 beta mRNA Ievel was increased in 1 hr, followed by progressive rises in the serum IL-6 level. The immobilization-induced rise in serum IL-6 was mimicked by intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of IL-1 beta under normal conditions, whereas it was attenuated by icv injection of an IL-1 receptor antagonist. These results indicate that IL-1 in the hypothalamus plays a pivotal mediating role in the stress-induced peripheral IL-6 production.
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