Abstract
The presence and cellular localization of interleukin-1 beta immunoreactivity (irIL-1) in and around the brain was investigated using immunocytochemistry on Bouin's fixed vibratome brain sections of control and endotoxin-treated rats. Peripheral administration of endotoxin resulted in the appearance of irIL-1 in cells in the meninges, choroid plexus, brain blood vessels and in non-neuronal cells in the brain parenchyma. Using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to macrophage and astrocyte antigens, the endotoxin-induced irIL-1 positive cells could be identified as macrophages in the meninges and choroid plexus (ED2), perivascular cells (ED2) and ramified microglial cells (GSA-I-B4 isolectin). Our data demonstrate a pathway for the induction of non-specific sickness symptoms in response to endotoxin.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Brain Research |
Volume | 588 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Aug 1992 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Brain/cytology
- Endotoxins/pharmacology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Interleukin-1/metabolism
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Male
- Neuroglia/drug effects
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar