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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence has accumulated to indicate that systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), in addition to elevating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) as well as fever, induces overproduction of both glutamate and hydroxyl radicals in the rabbit's hypothalamus. Current investigation was attempted to determine whether baicalin exerts its antipyresis by suppressing overproduction of circulating TNF-alpha and hypothalamic glutamate and hydroxyl radicals in rabbits. The microdialysis probes were stereotaxically and chronically implanted into the preoptic anterior hypothalamus of rabbit brain for determination of both glutamate and hydroxyl radicals in situ. It was found that systemic administration of LPS (0.5-10 microg/kg) induced dose-related increased levels of both core temperature and hypothalamic levels of both glutamate and hydroxyl radicals accompanied by increased plasma levels of TNF-alpha. The rise in both the core temperature and hypothalamic glutamate and hydroxyl radicals could also be induced by direct injection of TNF-alpha (1-20 ng) into the lateral ventricle of rabbit brain. Pretreatment with baicalin (2-20 mg/kg, i.v.) one hour before an i.v. dose of LPS significantly reduced the LPS-induced overproduction of circulating TNF-alpha and brain glutamate and hydroxyl radicals. Both the febrile response and overproduction of both glutamate and hydroxyl radicals in the hypothalamus caused by central administration of TNF-alpha could be suppressed by baicalin. These findings suggest that systemic administration of baicalin may exert its antipyresis by inhibiting the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent hydroxyl radicals pathways in the hypothalamus and circulating TNF-alpha accumulation during LPS-fever.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0028-3908
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
709-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Analgesics, Non-Narcotic, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Body Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Fever, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Hydroxyl Radical, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Microdialysis, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16844151-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The antipyretic effects of baicalin in lipopolysaccharide-evoked fever in rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, and Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't