Sleep deprivation induces the unfolded protein response in mouse cerebral cortex |
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Authors: | Naidoo Nirinjini Giang William Galante Raymond J Pack Allan I |
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Affiliation: | Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. naidoo@mail.med.upenn.edu |
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Abstract: | Little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying sleep. We show the induction of key regulatory proteins in a cellular protective pathway, the unfolded protein response (UPR), following 6 h of induced wakefulness. Using C57/B6 male mice maintained on a 12:12 light/dark cycle, we examined, in cerebral cortex, the effect of different durations of prolonged wakefulness (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 h) from the beginning of the lights-on inactivity period, on the protein expression of BiP/GRP78, a chaperone and classical UPR marker. BiP/GRP78 expression is increased with increasing durations of sleep deprivation (6, 9 and 12 h). There is no change in BiP/GRP78 levels in handling control experiments carried out during the lights-off period. PERK, the transmembrane kinase responsible for attenuating protein synthesis, which is negatively regulated by binding to BiP/GRP78, is activated by dissociation from BiP/GRP78 and by autophosphorylation. There is phosphorylation of the elongation initiation factor 2alpha and alteration in ribosomal function. These changes are first observed after 6 h of induced wakefulness. Thus, prolonging wakefulness beyond a certain duration induces the UPR indicating a physiological limit to wakefulness. |
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Keywords: | BiP cortex GRP78 sleep unfolded protein response |
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