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  • Title: Tolerance to lipopolysaccharide is related to the nitric oxide pathway.
    Author: Almeida MC, Trevisan FN, Barros RC, Carnio EC, Branco LG.
    Journal: Neuroreport; 1999 Sep 29; 10(14):3061-5. PubMed ID: 10549823.
    Abstract:
    Repeated administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces a refractory state to its usual pyrogenic effects which is called endotoxin tolerance. We tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) participates in the endotoxin tolerance. Single injection of LPS resulted in an elevation in body temperature (Tb), whereas a significant reduction of the thermoregulatory response to LPS was observed to repeated administration of LPS (administered at 48 h intervals). Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of L-NAME (a non-selective NO inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis) markedly enhanced the febrile response to LPS in tolerant rats. The data suggest that NO pathway in the central nervous system plays a role in endotoxin tolerance.
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