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Sepsis-induced morbidity in mice: Effects on body temperature, body weight, cage activity, social behavior and cytokines in brain

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Granger, Jill I., Ratti, Pietro-Luca, Datta, Subhash C., Raymond, Richard M., Opp, Mark R.·2013·Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Infection negatively impacts mental health, as evidenced by the lethargy, malaise, and cognitive deficits experienced during illness. These changes in central nervous system processes, collectively termed sickness behavior, have been shown in animal models to be mediated primarily by the actions of cytokines in brain. Most studies of sickness behavior to date have used bolus injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or selective administration of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) or IL-6 as the immune challenge. Such models, although useful for determining mechanisms responsible for acute changes in physiology and behavior, do not adequately represent the more complex effects on central nervous system (CNS) processes of a true infection with replicating pathogens. In the present study, we used the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model to quantify sepsis-induced alterations in several facets of physiology and behavior of mice. We determined the impact of sepsis on cage activity, body temperature, food and water consumption and body weights of mice. Because cytokines are critical mediators of changes in behavior and temperature regulation during immune challenge, we also quantified sepsis-induced alterations in cytokine mRNA and protein in brain during the acute period of sepsis onset. We now report that cage activity and temperature regulation in mice that survive are altered for up to 23 days after sepsis induction. Food and water consumption are transiently reduced, and body weight is lost during sepsis. Furthermore, sepsis decreases social interactions for 24-48 h. Finally, mRNA and protein for IL-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) are upregulated in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and brain stem during sepsis onset, from 6h to 72 h post sepsis induction. Collectively, these data indicate that sepsis not only acutely alters physiology, behavior and cytokine profiles in brain, but that some brain functions are impaired for long periods in animals that survive.

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  • Changes in sleep during sepsis coincide with increased cytokine mRNA and protein in brain.

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Authors
Granger, J. I., Ratti, P.-L., Datta, S. C., Raymond, R. M., & Opp, M. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
Corresponding author
Opp, Mark R.
Venue
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-07
Volume
38
Issue
7
Pages
1047-1057
ISSN
0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2110300086
Cited by
82
References
57
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FWCI
0.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Michigan
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL080972, HL080972)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P01GM067189, GM067189)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
sepsis, sickness behavior, cecal ligation and puncture, thermoregulation, social behavior, food and water intake, weight loss, inflammatory cytokines, IL-1β, interleukin-6, TNF-α, hypothalamus, hippocampus, brainstem
MeSH terms
Animals, Body Temperature, Body Weight, Brain, Motor Activity, Social Behavior, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Interleukin-6, Up-Regulation, Cytokines, Sepsis, Mice, Interleukin-1beta, Illness Behavior

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