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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 267: R289-R294, 1994;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 1 289-R294, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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EP1-receptor mediation of prostaglandin E2-induced hyperthermia in rats

T. Oka and T. Hori
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

To investigate what type of prostanoid receptors are involved in the development of fever induced by brain prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), PGE2 and its analogues were injected into a lateral cerebroventricle (LCV) of rats, and the changes in colonic temperature (Tco) were observed in a 23 +/- 1 degrees C environment. 17-Phenyl-omega-trinor-PGE2 (an EP1 agonist; 0.01-10 nmol) produced a rapid and dose-dependent rise in Tco. Even though the EP1 agonist was 10 times less potent than PGE2 on a molar basis, the time course of this hyperthermia was quite similar to that of the PGE2-induced one. No fever was elicited by an LCV injection of butaprost (an EP2 agonist; 0.1-100 nmol), 11-deoxy-PGE1 (an EP2 agonist; 0.1-1.0 nmol). The PGE2 (0.3 nmol)-induced hyperthermia was blocked by LCV pretreatment with SC-19220 (150 nmol), an EP1 antagonist. The results suggest that the PGE2-induced hyperthermia in the rat is mediated predominantly through EP1 receptors in the brain.


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