Interleukin-1 receptor-induced PGE2 production controls acetylcholine-mediated cardiac dysfunction and mortality during scorpion envenomation

Cardiac dysfunction is a major complication that precedes death after scorpion envenomation. Here, authors show that heart failure and mortality are caused by excessive acetylcholine release, which requires IL-1R-dependent PGE2 production. Dexamethasone treatment effectively inhibits cardiac dysfunc...

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Main Authors: Mouzarllem B. Reis, Fernanda L. Rodrigues, Natalia Lautherbach, Alexandre Kanashiro, Carlos A. Sorgi, Alyne F. G. Meirelles, Carlos A. A. Silva, Karina F. Zoccal, Camila O. S. Souza, Simone G. Ramos, Alessandra K. Matsuno, Lenaldo B. Rocha, Helio C. Salgado, Luiz C. C. Navegantes, Ísis C. Kettelhut, Palmira Cupo, Luiz G. Gardinassi, Lúcia H. Faccioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19232-8