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  • Title: Comparison of the action of prostaglandin with endotoxin on thermoregulatory response thresholds.
    Author: Hashimoto M, Nagai M, Iriki M.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1985 Sep; 405(1):1-4. PubMed ID: 3903650.
    Abstract:
    Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) derived from E. coli were injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle of rabbits at 30 degrees C ambient temperature. The threshold core temperatures for ear cutaneous vasoconstriction (Thv) and shivering (Thsh) were determined by whole-body cooling with an intestinal thermode. Each threshold, as determined at the plateau phase of LPS fever and PGE2 hyperthermia respectively, were compared with the control values before LPS and PGE2 injection. Thsh was not changed by the injection of LPS, while Thv was increased. After PGE2 injection both Thsh and Thv were increased in comparison to their control levels. These changes paralleled the elevation of core temperature. The present study does not exclude prostaglandins as humoral mediators involved in some of the central processes generating fever, but suggest at the same time that there are additional properties of LPS fever for which prostaglandins do not account.
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