Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10755568 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Sleep deprivation (SD) has become a worldwide public health concern due to the many negative health consequences associated with suboptimal sleep. SD has been linked to a catabolic hormone signature, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and an increase in morbidity and mortality. Herein, we investigated the effects and mechanism of SD on cardiac and metabolic health and evaluated the impact of exogenously supplied IGF-1 on these symptoms. In the present study, we show that 5Â days of acute SD negatively impacted all of the various indicators of cardiac and metabolic health. All symptoms of SD were ameliorated by daily administration of IGF-1, however. IGF-1 administration also reduced the phosphorylation of Akt and expression of Bax, a promoter of apoptosis. Conversely, the expression of Bcl-2, an inhibitor of apoptosis, was elevated by IGF-1, and all IGF-1 effects were suppressed by the PI3K/Akt inhibitor LY294002, reaffirming the importance of the PI3K/Akt pathway in the maintenance of cardiac and metabolic health.
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Authors
Haiyan Chen, Zhengqing Zhao, Jiaoyang Zheng, Xiangfang Chen, Junjie Zou, Yongquan Shi, Zhimin Liu,