Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation

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Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation — Special Call for Papers
American Journal of Physiology — Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, volumes 288-292, 2005-2007
Romanovsky AA, Guest Editor

	More than 100 manuscripts have been submitted in response to the special call on “Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation,” which required spreading publication of the manuscripts over several issues of the journal. Dr. Andrej Romanovsky serves as the Special Editor for this call and has been extremely successful in gathering a plethora of topics regarding temperature regulation...
	Pontus B. Persson, Am J Physiol 291: R512-R514, 2006
	The recent January issue was top-heavy with cutting edge work resulting from Dr. Andrej Romanovsky’s thermoregulation call. Seldom have we had such a response as we received from that call dealing with the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation.
	Pontus B. Persson, Am J Physiol 292: R665, 2007

This call for papers was published in connection with the Second International Meeting on Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation (Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 3-6, 2006).

This special call includes an in-focus review, four invited reviews, fifty-one original articles, ten editorials, and a point-counterpoint exchange.

All these publications have open access at the journal's site.

In focus

Romanovsky AA. Thermoregulation: some concepts have changed. Functional architecture of the thermoregulatory system. Am J Physiol 292: R37-R46, 2007.*

Reviews

Caterina MJ. Transient receptor potential ion channels as participants in thermosensation and thermoregulation. Am J Physiol 292: R64-R76, 2007.

Diepvens K, Westerterp KR, Westerterp-Plantenga MS. Obesity and thermogenesis related to the consumption of caffeine, ephedrine, capsaicin, and green tea. Am J Physiol 292: R77–R85, 2007.

DiMicco JA, Zaretsky DV. The dorsomedial hypothalamus: a new player in thermoregulation. Am J Physiol 292: R47-R63, 2007.

Simon A, van der Meer JWM. Pathogenesis of familial periodic fever syndromes or hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes. Am J Physiol 292: R86-R98, 2007.

Original articles

Aoki K, Stephens DP, Zhao K, Kosiba WA, Johnson JM. Modification of cutaneous vasodilator response to heat stress by daytime exogenous melatonin administration. Am J Physiol 291: R619-R624, 2006.

Atanackovic D, Pollok K, Faltz C, Boeters I, Jung R, Nierhaus A, Braumann K-M, Hossfeld DK, Hegewisch-Becker S. Patients with solid tumors treated with high-temperature whole body hyperthermia show a redistribution of naive/memory T-cell subtypes. Am J Physiol 290: R585-R594, 2006.

Bradford CD, Cotter JD, Thorburn MS, Walker RJ, Gerrard DF. Exercise can be pyrogenic in humans. Am J Physiol 292: R143-R149, 2007.

Chevrier C, Bourdon L, Canini F. Cosignaling of adenosine and adenosine triphosphate in hypobaric hypoxia-induced hypothermia. Am J Physiol 290: R595-R600, 2006.

Chu AL, Jay O, White MD. The effects of hyperthermia and hypoxia on ventilation during low-intensity steady-state exercise. Am J Physiol 292: R195–R203, 2007.

DeGroot DW and Kenney WL. Impaired defense of core temperature in aged humans during mild cold stress. Am J Physiol 292: R103-R108, 2007.

Fabricio ASC, Rae GA, Zampronio AR, D'Orleans-Juste P, Souza GEP. Central endothelin ET_B receptors mediate IL-1-dependent fever induced by preformed pyrogenic factor and corticotropin-releasing factor in the rat. Am J Physiol 290: R164-R171, 2006.

Fabricio ASC, Tringali G, Pozzoli G, Melo MC, Vercesi JA, Souza GEP, Navarra P. Interleukin-1 mediates endothelin-1-induced fever and prostaglandin production in the preoptic area of rats. Am J Physiol 290: R1515-R1523, 2006.

Fahlman A, Schmidt A, Handrich Y, Woakes AJ, Butler PJ. Metabolism and thermoregulation during fasting in king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, in air and water. Am J Physiol 289: R670-R679, 2005.

Feleder C, Perlik V, Tang Y, Blatteis CM. Putative antihyperpyretic factor induced by LPS in spleen of guinea pigs. Am J Physiol 289: R680-R687, 2005.

Ganta CK, Helwig BG, Blecha F, Ganta RR, Cober R, Parimi S, Musch TI, Fels RJ, Kenney MJ. Hypothermia-enhanced splenic cytokine gene expression is independent of the sympathetic nervous system. Am J Physiol 291: R558-R565, 2006.

Gilbert C, Le Maho Y, Perret M, Ancel A. Body temperature changes induced by huddling in breeding male emperor penguins. Am J Physiol 292: R176-R185, 2007.

Gray DA, Maloney SK, Kamerman PR. Lipopolysaccharide-induced fever in Pekin ducks is mediated by prostaglandins and nitric oxide and modulated by adrenocortical hormones. Am J Physiol 289: R1258-R1264, 2005.

Gutman R, Choshniak I, Kronfeld-Schor N. Defending body mass during food restriction in Acomys russatus: a desert rodent that does not store food. Am J Physiol 290: R881-R891, 2006.

Helwig BG, Parimi S, Ganta CK, Cober R, Fels RJ, and Kenney MJ. Aging alters regulation of visceral sympathetic nerve responses to acute hypothermia. Am J Physiol 291: R573-R579, 2006.

Hua LH, Strigo IA, Baxter LC, Johnson SC, Craig AD. Anteroposterior somatotopy of innocuous cooling activation focus in human dorsal posterior insular cortex. Am J Physiol 289: R319-R325, 2005.

Hubschle T, Mutze J, Muhlradt PF, Korte S, Gerstberger R, Roth J. Pyrexia, anorexia, adipsia, and depressed motor activity in rats during systemic inflammation induced by the Toll-like receptors-2 and -6 agonists MALP-2 and FSL-1. Am J Physiol 290: R180-R187, 2006.

Ivanov AI, Steiner AA, Patel S, Rudaya AY, Romanovsky AA. Albumin is not an irreplaceable carrier for amphipathic mediators of thermoregulatory responses to lipopolysaccharide: compensatory role of α₁-acid glycoprotein. Am J Physiol 288: R872-R878, 2005.*

Jay O, Gariepy LM, Reardon FD, Webb P, Ducharme MB, Ramsay T, Kenny GP. A three-compartment thermometry model for the improved estimation of changes in body heat content. Am J Physiol 292: R167-R175, 2007.

Kenny GP, Jay O, Zaleski WM, Reardon ML, Sigal RJ, Journeay WS, Reardon FD. Postexercise hypotension causes a prolonged perturbation in esophageal and active muscle temperature recovery. Am J Physiol 291: R580-R588, 2006.

Kenny GP, Murrin JE, Journeay WS, Reardon FD. Differences in the postexercise threshold for cutaneous active vasodilation between men and women. Am J Physiol 290: R172-R179, 2006.

Konishi M, Kanosue K, Kano M, Kobayashi A, Nagashima K. The median preoptic nucleus is involved in the facilitation of heat-escape/cold-seeking behaviour during systemic salt loading in rats. Am J Physiol 292: R150-R159, 2007.

Kozak W, Wrotek S, Kozak A. Pyrogenicity of CpG-DNA in mice: role of interleukin-6, cyclooxygenases, and nuclear factor-κB. Am J Physiol 290: R871-R880, 2006.

Kvadsheim PH, Folkow LP, Blix AS. Inhibition of shivering in hypothermic seals during diving. Am J Physiol 289: R326-R331, 2005.

Leite LH, Lacerda ACR, Marubayashi U, Coimbra CC. Central angiotensin AT₁-receptor blockade affects thermoregulation and running performance in rats. Am J Physiol 291: R603-R607, 2006.

Li Z, Perlik V, Feleder C, Tang Y, Blatteis CM. Kupffer cell-generated PGE₂triggers the febrile response of guinea pigs to intravenously injected LPS. Am J Physiol 290: R1262-R1270, 2006.

Lim CL, Wilson G, Brown L, Coombes JS, Mackinnon LT. Pre-existing inflammatory state compromises heat tolerance in rats exposed to heat stress. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 292: R186-R194, 2007.

McCord GR, Cracowski J-L, Minson CT. Prostanoids contribute to cutaneous active vasodilation in humans. Am J Physiol 291: R596-R602, 2006.

Mochizuki T, Klerman EB, Sakurai T, Scammell TE. Elevated body temperature during sleep in orexin knockout mice. Am J Physiol 291: R533-R540, 2006.

Mouihate A, Ellis S, Harre E-M, Pittman QJ. Fever suppression in near-term pregnant rats is dissociated from LPS-activated signaling pathways. Am J Physiol 289: R1265-R1272, 2005.

Mouihate A, Horn TF, Pittman QJ. Oxyresveratrol dampens neuroimmune responses in vivo: a selective effect on TNF-α. Am J Physiol 291: R1215-R1221, 2006.

Nakamura K, Morrison SF. Central efferent pathways mediating skin cooling-evoked sympathetic thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. Am J Physiol 292: R127-R136, 2007.

Ni D, Gu Q, Hu H-Z, Gao N, Zhu MX, Lee L-Y. Thermal sensitivity of isolated vagal pulmonary sensory neurons: role of transient receptor potential vanilloid receptors. Am J Physiol 291: R541-R550, 2006.

Ootsuka Y, McAllen RM. Comparison between two rat sympathetic pathways activated in cold defense. Am J Physiol 291: R589-R595, 2006.

Perlik V, Li Z, Goorha S, Ballou LR, Blatteis CM. LPS-activated complement, not LPS per se, triggers the early release of PGE₂ by Kupffer cells. Am J Physiol 289: R332-R339, 2005.

Rudaya AY, Steiner AA, Robbins JR, Dragic AS, Romanovsky AA. Thermoregulatory responses to lipopolysaccharide in the mouse: dependence on the dose and ambient temperature. Am J Physiol 289: R1244-R1252, 2005.*

Rummel C, Barth SW, Voss T, Korte S, Gerstberger R, Hubschle T, Roth J. Localized vs. systemic inflammation in guinea pigs: a role for prostaglandins at distinct points of the fever induction pathways? Am J Physiol 289: R340-R347, 2005.

Saha S, Engstrom L, Mackerlova L, Jakobsson P-J, Blomqvist A. Impaired febrile responses to immune challenge in mice deficient in microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1. Am J Physiol 288: R1100-R1107, 2005.

Sasaki K, Taniguchi M, Miyoshi M, Goto O, Sato K, Watanabe T. Are transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1 involved in the ANG II-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines induced by LPS in dehydrated rats? Am J Physiol 289: R1599-R1608, 2005.

Schmidt A, Alard F, Handrich Y. Changes in body temperature in king penguins at sea: the result of fine adjustments in peripheral heat loss? Am J Physiol 291: R608-R618, 2006.

Shabtay A, Arad Z. Reciprocal activation of HSF1 and HSF3 in brain and blood tissues: is redundancy developmentally related? Am J Physiol 291: R566-R572, 2006.

Steiner AA, Chakravarty S, Robbins JR, Dragic AS, Pan J, Herkenham M, Romanovsky AA. Thermoregulatory responses of rats to conventional preparations of lipopolysaccharide are caused by lipopolysaccharide per se — not by lipoprotein contaminants. Am J Physiol 289: R348-R352, 2005.*

Steiner AA, Rudaya AY, Robbins JR, Dragic AS, Langenbach R, Romanovsky AA. Expanding the febrigenic role of cyclooxygenase-2 to the previously overlooked responses. Am J Physiol 289: R1253-R1257, 2005.*

Tanaka M, McAllen RM. A subsidiary fever center in the medullary raphe? Am J Physiol 289: R1592-R1598, 2005.

Thompson CS, Holowatz LA, Kenney WL. Cutaneous vasoconstrictor responses to norepinephrine are attenuated in older humans. Am J Physiol 288: R1108-R1113, 2005.

Vallone D, Frigato E, Vernesi C, Foa A, Foulkes NS, Bertolucci C. Hypothermia modulates circadian clock gene expression in lizard peripheral tissues. Am J Physiol 292: R160-R166, 2007.

Wechselberger M, Wright CL, Bishop GA, Boulant JA. Ionic channels and conductance-based models for hypothalamic neuronal thermosensitivity. Am J Physiol 291: R518-R529, 2006.

Weiland TJ, Voudouris NJ, Kent S. CCK₂ receptor nullification attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior. Am J Physiol 292: R112-R123, 2007.

Wernstedt I, Edgley A, Berndtsson A, Faldt J, Bergstrom G, Wallenius V, Jansson J-O. Reduced stress- and cold-induced increase in energy expenditure in interleukin-6-deficient mice. Am J Physiol 291: R551-R557, 2006.

Whyte DG, Johnson AK. Lesions of the anteroventral third ventricle region exaggerate neuroendocrine and thermogenic but not behavioral responses to a novel environment. Am J Physiol 292: R137-R142, 2007.

Widmer RJ, Laurinec JE, Young MF, Laine GA, Quick CM. Local heat produces a shear-mediated biphasic response in the thermoregulatory microcirculation of the Pallid bat wing. Am J Physiol 291: R625-R632, 2006.

Editorials

DiMicco JA, Zaretsky DV. The mysterious role of prostaglandin E₂ in the medullary raphe: a hot topic or not? Am J Physiol 289: R1589-R1591, 2005.

McAllen RM. The cold path to BAT. Am J Physiol 292: R124–R126, 2007.

McAllen RM, McKinley MJ. Personal body maps. Am J Physiol 289: R317-R318, 2005.

Persson PB. Temperature control: from molecular insights, regulation in king penguins and diving seals, to studies in humans. Am J Physiol 291: R512-R514, 2006.

Pittman QJ. Endothelin—an emerging role in proinflammatory pathways in brain. Am J Physiol 290: R162-R163, 2006.

Romanovsky AA. Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra....Do we have a new target for anti-inflammatory and antipyretic therapy (Editorial)? Am J Physiol 288: R1098-R1099, 2005.*

Simon E. Ion channel proteins in neuronal temperature transduction: from inferences to testable theories of deep-body thermosensitivity. Am J Physiol 291: R515-R517, 2006.

Szekely M. Orexins, energy balance, temperature, sleep-wake cycle. Am J Physiol 291: R530-R532, 2006.

Szelenyi Z. Neuronal CCK and thermoregulation: two receptors with different functions. Am J Physiol 292: R109-R111, 2007.

Van Someren EJW. Thermoregulation and aging. Am J Physiol 292: R99-R102, 2007.

Point-counterpoint

Kobayashi S, Hori A, Matsumura K, Hosokawa H. Point: heat-induced membrane depolarization of hypothalamic neurons: a putative mechanism of central thermosensitivity. Am J Physiol 290: R1479-R1480, 2006. Discussion: R1484, 2006.

Boulant JA. Counterpoint: heat-induced membrane depolarization of hypothalamic neurons: an unlikely mechanism of central thermosensitivity. Am J Physiol 290: R1481-R1484, 2006. Discussion: R1484, 2006.

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*Free PDFs of papers from the Romanovsky lab published in this Call can be also downloaded from the Publications page.