Catecholamines play a role in the production of interleukin-6 and interleukin-1α in unburned skin after burn injury in mice
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 29 (4), 796-801
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-200104000-00023
Abstract
To investigate the effects of catecholamines on the production of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1alpha in unburned skin after a burn injury.Randomized, controlled study.Animal laboratory.Anesthetized female C57BL/6 mice.A full-thickness burn injury on 20% of total body surface area was produced on the clipped dorsum, which was followed by resuscitation with lactated Ringer's solution (0.1 mL/g). Phentolamine mesylate (10 mg/kg) or propranolol hydrochloride (10 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally before the burn injury.Epinephrine and norepinephrine increased the production of IL-6 but not of IL-1alpha in normal abdominal skin, and these increases were reversed by a beta-blocker (propranolol hydrochloride) but not an alpha-blocker (phentolamine mesylate). A 20% full-thickness burn injury of the skin increased the plasma concentration of epinephrine 30 mins after the injury in female C57BL/6 mice, but not norepinephrine or dopamine. The burn also increased IL-6 production in unburned abdominal skin. The administration of a beta-blocker before a 20% burn injury suppressed the increased IL-6 production in unburned abdominal skin as determined by both protein level and mRNA expression. Pretreatment with the alpha-blocker was less effective.We propose that the neuroendocrine system activated by a 20% burn injury participates in the increased IL-6 production in the unburned skin.Keywords
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