H89 dihydrochloride hydrate and calphostin C lower the body temperature through TRPV1

作者:Bao, Dongyan; Zhao, Wenqing; Dai, Congcong; Wan, Hongmei; Cao, Yu*
来源:Molecular Medicine Reports, 2018, 17(1): 1599-1608.
DOI:10.3892/mmr.2017.8078

摘要

The transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) serves as a negative regulator of body temperature, and during fever conditions its expression can lead to a decrease in temperature. TRPV1 is regulated by a variety of enzymes; however, it is currently unclear whether the regulation of TRPV1 phosphorylation may serve a role in the increase in TRPV1 expression during fever. In the present study, using an in vivo experimental method, rat brain ventricles were injected with the protein kinase A (PKA) antagonist, H89, and the protein kinase C (PKC) antagonist, calphostin C, and fever was induced using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in order to detect the expression of TRPV1 and phosphorylated (p-)TRPV1, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration [(Ca-i(2+))] of hypothalami and rat body temperature. The results demonstrated that following the generation of fever using LPS, the expressions of TRPV1 and p-TRPV1, and hypothalamic [Ca2+](i) markedly increased. In addition, following an injection with the PKA or PKC antagonist, the temperature increased further due to the inhibition of p-TRPV1. Thus, it was hypothesized that PKA and PKC may be involved in TRPV1 phosphorylation, resulting in a temperature reduction during LPS-induced fever conditions.