Gourine, Alexander V., Dale, Nicholas, Llaudet, Enrique, Poputnikov, Dmitry M., Spyer, K. Michael and Gourine, Valery N.. (2007) Release of ATP in the central nervous system during systemic inflammation : real-time measurement in the hypothalamus of conscious rabbits. Journal of Physiology, Vol.585 (No.1). pp. 305-316. ISSN 0022-3751

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Abstract

Receptors for extracellular ATP ( both ionotropic and metabotropic) are widely expressed in the CNS both in neurones and glia. ATP can modulate neuronal activity in many parts of the brain and contributes to the central nervous control of several physiological functions. Here we show that during the systemic inflammatory response the extracellular concentrations of ATP increase in the anterior hypothalamus and this has a profound effect on the development of the thermoregulatory febrile response. In conscious rabbits we measured ATP release in real time with novel amperometric biosensors and monitored a marked increase in the concentration of ATP (4.0 +/- 0.7 mu M) in the anterior hypothalamus in response to intravenous injection of bacterial endotoxin - lipopolysaccharide (LPS). No ATP release was observed in the posterior hypothalamus. The release of ATP coincided with the development of the initial phase of the febrile response, starting 18 +/- 2 min and reaching its peak 45 +/- 2 min after LPS injection. Application of the ATP receptor antagonists pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid, Brilliant Blue G or periodate oxidized ATP dialdehyde to the site of ATP release in the anterior hypothalamus markedly augmented and prolonged the febrile response. These data indicate that during the development of the systemic inflammation, ATP is released in the anterior hypothalamus to limit the magnitude and duration of fever. This release may also have a profound effect on the hypothalamic control of other physiological functions in which ATP and related purines have been implicated to play modulatory roles, such as food intake, hormone secretion, cardiovascular activity and sleep.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010)
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Physiology
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0022-3751
Date:	15 November 2007
Volume:	Vol.585
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	12
Page Range:	pp. 305-316
Identification Number:	10.1113/jphysiol.2007.143933
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/30886

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