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  • Title: Effects of repeated injections of interleukin 1beta or lipopolysaccharide on the HPA axis in the newborn rat.
    Author: Bumiller A, Götz F, Rohde W, Dörner G.
    Journal: Cytokine; 1999 Mar; 11(3):225-30. PubMed ID: 10209070.
    Abstract:
    The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is stimulated during immune and inflammatory processes. Interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are known to be potent stimulators of this axis. During postnatal development, the rat seems to be hyporesponsive to many stimuli. The effects of repeated systemic injections of IL-1beta and LPS on the HPA axis were investigated in neonatal rats. IL-1beta (0.02 microg/pup, administered twice daily from postnatal day 1 to 4) induced marked elevation in plasma corticosterone (CORT) level as compared to controls and LPS groups (0.4 microg or 1.2 microg LPS/pup, injected once daily from postnatal day 1 to 4). Adrenal wet weight was significantly higher, thymus weight was significantly lower. In contrast to the organ weights, there were no differences in CORT concentrations between LPS-exposed groups and controls. However, the weights of the adrenals in rats treated with LPS were significantly increased in a dose-dependent manner as compared to controls. The high LPS dose was associated with significantly lower thymus weights as compared to controls and 0.4 microg LPS rats. Thymus weights were significantly lower following IL-1beta- than LPS-administration. It is supposed that a developing endotoxin tolerance could account for the observed absence of CORT rise after the last LPS injection.
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