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Features of the Guillain-Barré syndrome in mice following intraperitoneal injection of patient serum.

Intraperitoneal injection of serum from a patient with the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) produced GBS-like signs in mice: inadequate respiration and weakness in the legs. We studied the clinical, electrophysiological and pathological features of these mice. Three groups of three mice were injected with patient serum from days 6, 10 and 15 after onset of neurological symptoms. GBS-like signs in mice were observed only with serum from day 6 and improved within 48 h. When serum was frozen and thawed more than once no signs were seen. Electrophysiological measurements of the sciatic nerves of injected and control mice were done before and after serum injection. Five days after injection of patient serum of day 6, the mice showed a significant decrease in the ratio between CMAP amplitude from proximal and distal stimulation and increase in H-M interval from proximal stimulation. These electrophysiological changes returned to normal within 12 days. The sciatic nerve showed no morphological abnormalities. Our results indicate that the observed GBS-like signs in mice are caused by peripheral nerve dysfunction.

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Induction of lupus-associated autoantibodies in BALB/c mice by intraperitoneal injection of pristane.

Intraperitoneal injection of pristane (2,6,10,14 tetramethylpentadecane) is a standard technique for obtaining monoclonal antibody-enriched ascitic fluid. However, pristane also induces plasmacytomas and an erosive arthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis in BALB/c mice, probably as a consequence of enhanced interleukin 6 production. We report here that the production of autoantibodies characteristic of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a further consequence of injecting pristane in BALB/c mice. Anti-Su antibodies appeared as early as 1-2 mo after a single injection of 0.5 ml pristane, followed by anti-U1RNP and anti-Sm antibodies after 2-4 mo. Within 6 mo of pristane injection, 9 of 11 BALB/c mice had developed anti-Su, anti-U1RNP, anti-U2RNP, anti-Sm, and possibly anti-U5RNP antibodies. Autoantibodies were not produced by 20 BALB/c mice of the same age and sex that were not injected with pristane. Thus, autoantibodies characteristic of lupus were induced in mice that are not usually considered to be genetically susceptible to the disease. The induction of autoantibodies associated with SLE by pristane may be relevant to understanding the role of abnormal cytokine production in autoantibody production and the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease. Furthermore, the induction of high titer autoantibodies by pristane dictates caution in the use of ascitic fluid as a source of monoclonal antibodies, since the polyclonal antibodies induced by pristane may copurify with the monoclonal antibody secreted by an injected hybridoma.

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Retrograde amnesia produced by intraperitoneal injection of physostigmine.

Intraperitoneal injection of physostigmine in rats produced a retrograde amnesia of a trained task of escaping shock. This amnesic effect was a U-shaped function of the length of the interval between initial training and injection. In all cases, retraining Occurred 30 minutes after injection. A substantial effect was produced by physostigmine if its application was made 30 minutes after training; there was no effect if application and tests were made 1, 2, or 3 days after the original training. When the substance was injected and the rats were retrained 5, 7, or 14 days after the original training, a substantial effect again appeared. These results are similar to those reported in experiments in which another anticholinesterase, diisopropyl fluorophosphate, was applied intracerebrally. The data demonstrate a similar pattern of change of the amnesia with time, and they substantiate the view that neither the place of application nor the brain lesions caused the reported amnesia.

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[Inhibition of the high-threshold calcium current in hippocampal neurons of rats subjected to intraperitoneal injection of phenylalanine].

Effect of intraperitoneal injection of phenylalanine on the calcium current of hippocampal neurons of rats has been studied by the voltage clamp method of the whole-cell recordings. Calcium currents in hippocampal neurons of control animals after 5-7 days in culture can be separated into two components: low and high voltage-activated ones. The value of high voltage-activated calcium current was 69 +/- 13% at Vt = -10 mV from total calcium inward current in these neurons. High voltage-activated Ica in neurons of phenylalaninemic rats was significantly depressed and its value was 32 +/- 14%, the Vt value being the same. Low voltage-activated calcium current was resistant to intraperitoneal injection of L-phenylalanine.

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Transmigration routes and a delayed systemic hypotension in rats after intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin from Escherichia coli.

An intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin (ETX; 3 mg/kg) to rats caused gradual decrease in the systemic arterial blood pressure for up to 3 hr, together with decrease in heart rate, increase in hematocrit, and changes in the core temperature (an initial increase and a subsequent decrease). Pretreatment of rats with indomethacin (10 mg/kg, p.o.) prevented the decrease in the systemic blood pressure and the changes in other three parameters. The intraperitoneal injection of ETX also induced a gradual increase in exudation of plasma for up to 3 hr, with increased levels of prostaglandin (PG) E2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in the peritoneal exudate. Indomethacin inhibited the exudation of plasma. The levels of ETX in the arterial and portal venous plasmas began to increase 5 min after the intraperitoneal injection of ETX, and reached levels on the order of micrograms per milliliter plasma 10-20 min after the injection. The levels of ETX in the right and left thoracic lymph nodes, but not in the mesenteric lymph nodes, increased in parallel with those in the systemic arterial plasma. In conclusion, the delayed hypotension may be attributable to the mesenteric vasodilatation induced by PGs generated in the peritoneal cavity, and the ETX injected entered the systemic circulation mainly through lymphatic vessels, but in the initial stage, a part of ETX may be transmigrated into portal vein through damaged intestine.

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Fractionation of vanadium in urine of Wistar rats as a function of time after intraperitoneal injection.

[(48)V]Vanadium was intraperitoneally injected into Wistar rats. Urine and feces were collected at regular intervals (n=19) between 1 and 144 h after injection. In case of urine, maximal excretion (V activity/ml urine) of vanadium was seen 3 h after injection. In case of feces, a maximum appeared 32 h after injection. Urine samples were fractionated on two types of gel filtration column (Superose 12 HR 10/30 and Superdex Peptide 10/30). We found that vanadium in urine exists as both high (protein-bound) and low molecular mass species and that the partition about these forms depends on the time elapsed after injection. After 1 h, respectively, four (one high molecular and three low molecular mass species) and five (one high molecular and four low molecular mass species) vanadium peaks were present in the chromatograms of the Superose 12 and the Superdex Peptide columns. Then 3 h after injection, a different high molecular species showed up in the chromatograms, while the first high molecular and some low molecular mass species disappeared. Vanadium in urine after 8 h occurred as one high (slightly different from the high molecular complex after 3 h) and one low molecular mass complex. However, after 48 h the pattern changed again and vanadium in urine was excreted largely as one low molecular mass species, presumably one of the species that also occurred 1 h after injection but was not present in the period 6-24 h.

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Stimulation of hepatic polyamine metabolism following intraperitoneal injection of some dietary oils.

Intraperitoneal injection of partially hydrogenated marine oil into rats is shown to cause marked stimulation of hepatic polyamine metabolism, as characterized by increased activity of ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.17), and corresponding increase in tissue levels of putrescine. A maximal effect was observed about 5 hours after injection. An effect on the hepatic activity of S-adenosyl-methionine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.50) was also observed. Of the various dietary oils examined only partially hydrogenated marine oil gave significant stimulation of polyamine metabolism. A single oral dose of partially hydrogenated marine oil gave a small increase in hepatic ornithine decarboxylase activity.

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Ultrastructure in the stria vascularis of the guinea pig following intraperitoneal injection of ethacrynic acid.

Following intraperitoneal injection of ethacrynic acid, progressive, mainly reversible changes occurred in the stria vascularis, affecting all three cell types and the capillary basal laminae. Both marginal and intermediate cells showed abnormalities early, at a time when EP was just beginning to decline. Progressive changes in marginal cells culminated in apical bulging followed by recession of the swelling and stretching of the cells concomitant with gross interstitial oedema. Marginal cell mitochondria showed damage and the transcellular tubule system was dilated. Intermediate cells also showed a progression of changes, culminating in a marked, but reversible, shrinkage. The time of appearance of severe strial derangement correlated with the time of maximal depression of EP. The ability of the stria to regain rapidly an almost normal morphology appeared to be due partly to the distribution and orientation of microtubules in marginal and intermediate cells preventing major disruption of stria vascularis architecture.

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Intraperitoneal injections of Fluorogold reliably labels all sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the rat.

The ability of intraperitoneal injections of a retrograde neuronal tracer, Fluorogold, to label the entire population of sympathetic preganglionic neurones was tested with a double-labelling strategy. Animals were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with Fluorogold, while Fast Blue or subunit B of cholera toxin were injected into a peripheral autonomic ganglion or into the adrenal gland. Sympathetic preganglionic neurones were then examined for retrogradely transported tracers. In all cases, preganglionic neurones labelled with Fast Blue or cholera toxin also contained Fluorogold, indicating that i.p. injections of Fluorogold do reliably label the entire population of sympathetic preganglionic neurones.

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Cross-tolerance between inhaled cannabis and intraperitoneal injections of delta9-THC.

Male and female rats were exposed to Cannabis smoke or placebo once every second day for 32 days. Following these 16 trials all animals were injected once intraperitoneally with 4 mg/kg THC. After every third inhalation trial and after the injection the rats were placed on a movement sensor for 3 min. Cannabis smoke significantly reduced activity, relative to baseline scores, during the first 10 inhalation trials but by the thirteenth exposure, tolerance was evident. When the animals were injected with THC, the male rats who had been exposed to Cannabis smoke significantly increased their activity whereas the females did not alter their activity relative to the last inhalation trial. In contrast rats of both sexes that had been exposed to placebo smoke significantly decreased their activity following the injection. This intermodal cross-tolerance is discussed in terms of the role of conditioning in the development of tolerance.

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