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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 259: H1486-H1491, 1990;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 5 1486-H1491, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Recombinant human interleukin 1 alpha dilates pial arterioles and increases cerebrospinal fluid prostanoids in piglets

M. Shibata, C. W. Leffler and D. W. Busija
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.

Effects of recombinant human interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) on vasomotor tone of pial arterioles and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) prostanoid levels were examined in anesthetized piglets by employing the closed cranial window method. IL-1 alpha in a dose of 10.8 micrograms infused under the window increased pial arteriolar diameter [initial size, 160 +/- 9 (SE) micrograms] significantly at 15 min postinfusion through 30 min (30-min study), exhibiting a maximum dilation of 13 +/- 1% (n = 8) over the control levels. Significant increases in levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 75%), 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (84%), and PGF2 alpha (35%) but not for thromboxane B2 (TxB2, 2%) were observed when CSF was sampled from under the window 30 min after 10.8 micrograms IL-1 alpha. A lower dose of IL-1 alpha (1.0 micrograms, n = 4) significantly increased the diameter of pial arterioles with a tendency for longer onset (25-30 min) and smaller magnitude (9-10%) than the higher dose. In IL-1 alpha time-response studies, CSF sampled 10 min after 10.8 micrograms IL-1 alpha infusion (10-min study, n = 6) under the window exhibited the same levels of PGE2, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, PGF2 alpha, and TxB2 as those of the controls. There was no vasodilation in the 10-min study. However, when sampled 20 min after 10.8 micrograms IL-1 alpha (20-min study, n = 6), CSF levels of all prostanoids except for TxB2 significantly increased over the controls.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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