Direct action of IL-1beta is likely not the cause of the dysfunction reported here.
The fever induced by IL-1beta was found to be significantly higher and more prolonged in females at proestrus than at diestrus.
The increase of PRL messenger RNA from diestrus to proestrus was abolished completely by the administration of nicotinamide , an inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) synthesis , to rats at diestrus.
Poly (adenosine 5 ' - diphosphate ribose) (poly (ADP-ribose)) is spontaneously ADP-ribosylated when it is incubated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide , especially in 0.5 M NaCl and at an alkaline pH..