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Published on: September 3, 2010
[Studies on the mechanism of alpha-MSH in reducing IL-1 beta-induced fever]
1Department of Pathophysiology and Institute of Fever Research, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632.
Abstract:
The effect of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) on IL-1 beta-induced fever and release of hypothalamic cAMP was observed in the present work. The results showed that alpha-MSH markedly suppressed febrile response (P < 0.05) and decreased the cAMP content in hypothalamus in response to icv injection of IL-1 beta (P < 0.01). The cAMP content of the medium in which the hypothalamic was incubated for 40 min in the presence of IL-1 beta was significantly increased (P < 0.01). However, this increase action could be prevented by a pretreatment with alpha-MSH. The results indicate that the inhibitory effect of alpha-MSH on the enhanced synthesis and release of cAMP in hypothalamus exposed to IL-1 beta might be one of the mechanisms of suppressing fever induced by IL-1 beta.

