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  • Title: Evidence that cyclic nucleotides are not mediators of fever in rabbits.
    Author: Dascombe MJ.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1984 Apr; 81(4):583-8. PubMed ID: 6326920.
    Abstract:
    The N6-2'-O-dibutyryl derivative of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (db cyclic AMP) and related compounds have been micro-injected into the preoptic/anterior hypothalamic nuclei (PO/AH) of the unanaesthetized, restrained rabbit and the effects on deep body temperature observed. Db cyclic AMP (100-400 micrograms) produced hypothermia of rapid onset in rabbits at an ambient temperature of 20-23 degrees C. Hypothermia was also produced by N2-2'-O-dibutyryl guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (db cyclic GMP), but not by saline, sodium n-butyrate, adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP), guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate, adenosine 5'-mono-, di- or triphosphate. The initial hypothermic response to db cyclic AMP and db cyclic GMP was followed by a sustained rise in temperature. However, all compounds injected into the PO/AH produced a similar hyperthermia which was attenuated by paracetamol. Development of this tissue-damage fever abolished the hypothermic response to db cyclic AMP in some rabbits. The effects of db cyclic AMP on body temperature and behaviour were not reproduced by the adenylate cyclase activators, cholera toxin (0.125-5 micrograms) and guanyl imidodiphosphate (5-400 micrograms). It is concluded that hypothermia is the principal effect of db cyclic AMP on body temperature when injected into the PO/AH in rabbits. These data do not support the proposal that endogenous cyclic AMP in the rabbit brain mediates pyrexia.
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