PMID- 7487464 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19951205 LR - 20190704 IS - 0004-0010 (Print) IS - 0004-0010 (Linking) VI - 130 IP - 11 DP - 1995 Nov TI - The possible role of a central nervous system dopaminergic mechanism in hepatic c-fos protein expression following peritoneal sepsis. PG - 1209-15; discussion 1215-6 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypothesis that a central dopaminergic mechanism may regulate hepatic c-fos and c-jun gene expression following peritoneal sepsis. METHODS: First, dopamine or vehicle was instilled into a stereotaxically placed intracerebral-ventricular (ICV) cannula with or without D1 (SCH 23390) or D2 (haloperidol) antagonist pretreatment in a rat model, and the effect on hepatic c-fos or c-jun protein expression was investigated. Second, we investigated the effect of haloperidol and vehicle treatment following cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis with respect to hepatic c-fos protein expression, c-jun protein expression, and survival. RESULTS: Intracerebral-ventricular dopamine treatment increased hepatic c-fos immunoreactive protein but had no effect on hepatic c-jun immunoreactive protein expression. Pretreatment with SCH 23390 inhibited ICV dopamine treatment-induced hepatic c-fos immunoreactive protein expression. Haloperidol pretreatment synergized with ICV dopamine treatment to overexpress hepatic c-fos protein. Haloperidol treatment significantly increased CLP-induced hepatic c-fos and c-jun protein expression and improved survival following CLP. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic c-fos protein expression may be regulated, in part, by a central nervous system-mediated dopaminergic D1 receptor mechanism. Treatment with the D2 receptor antagonist, haloperidol, increases sepsis-induced hepatic c-fos and c-jun protein expression and improves survival following peritoneal contamination. FAU - Roy, S AU - Roy S AD - Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. FAU - Charboneau, R AU - Charboneau R FAU - Cain, K J AU - Cain KJ FAU - Chapin, R B AU - Chapin RB FAU - Barke, R A AU - Barke RA LA - eng GR - DA 08188/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Arch Surg JT - Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) JID - 9716528 RN - 0 (Dopamine Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/physiology MH - Dopamine/*physiology MH - Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Genes, fos/*genetics MH - Genes, jun/*genetics MH - Liver/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine/*physiology MH - Sepsis/*metabolism EDAT- 1995/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1995/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1995/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1995/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1995/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1995/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1001/archsurg.1995.01430110067012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Surg. 1995 Nov;130(11):1209-15; discussion 1215-6. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1995.01430110067012.