Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of indomethacin on the Fos expression in arginine vasopressin (AVP)-containing neurons in the hypothalamus and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-containing neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) using dual-labeled immunohistochemistry. In the hypothalamus, intraperitoneal (i.p) injection of different doses [2.5 μg/100 g, 125 μg/100 g body weight (b.w.)] of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced a significant Fos expression in AVP neurons in the supraoptic nucleus (SON), the magnocellular division (mPVN) and the parvocellular division (pPVN) of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Pretreatment with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (0.8 mg/100 g b.w.) significantly blocked the Fos expression in these AVP neurons induced by a low dose of LPS (2.5 μg/100 g) but had no effect on the Fos expression induced by a high dose of LPS (125 μg/100 g). Similarly, in the brain stem, a large number of TH-positive neurons in the LC expressed Fos after administration of either dose of LPS. Indomethacin prevented the Fos expression induced only by a low dose of LPS, but not by a high dose of LPS. These results suggest that the activation of AVP neurons in PVN and SON and TH neurons in LC response to immune challenge might be mediated—at least partially—by prostaglandins.
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