Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2494029 Neuropharmacology 2009 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an energy-sensing molecular signal involved in glucose and lipid metabolism. The known interaction of sleep with energy metabolism led us to investigate the role of central AMPK in sleep homeostasis. Sleep deprivation (SD) for 6 h increased p-AMPK protein in the hypothalamus and also increased the mRNA level of Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase kinase β (CaMKK2), an activator of AMPK, and carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1), a downstream signaling factor of AMPK. Central injection of compound C (CC), an inhibitor of AMPK, suppressed EEG delta power during NREM sleep, while 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAR), an activator of AMPK, enhanced EEG delta power. The treatment of both CC and AICAR attenuated rebound responses of delta power in NREM sleep after SD. These results indicate that central AMPK is involved in the regulation of sleep depth and sleep homeostasis.

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