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Interleukin-1beta enhances non-rapid eye movement sleep when microinjected into the dorsal raphe nucleus and inhibits serotonergic neurons in vitro.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12956704     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-1 receptors are constitutively expressed in normal brain. IL-1 increases non-rapid eye movements (NREM) sleep in several animal species, an effect mediated in part by interactions with the serotonergic system. The site(s) in brain at which interactions between IL-1 and the serotonergic system increase NREM sleep remain to be identified. The dorsal raphe (DRN) is the origin of the major ascending serotonergic pathways to the forebrain, and it contains IL-1 receptors. This study examined the hypothesis that IL-1 increases NREM sleep by acting at the level of the DRN. IL-1beta (0.25 and 0.5 ng) was microinjected into the DRN of freely behaving rats and subsequent effects on sleep-wake activity were determined. IL-1beta 0.5 ng increased NREM sleep during the first 2 h post-injection from 33.5 +/- 3.7% after vehicle microinjection to 42.9 +/- 3.0% of recording time. To determine the effects of IL-1beta on electrophysiological properties of DRN serotonergic neurons, intracellular recordings were performed in a guinea-pig brain stem slice preparation. In 26 of 32 physiologically and pharmacologically identified serotonergic neurons, IL-1beta superfusion (25 ng/mL) decreased spontaneous firing rates by 50%, from 1.6 +/- 0.2 Hz (before IL-1beta superfusion) to 0.8 +/- 0.2 Hz. This effect was reversible upon washout. These results show that IL-1beta increases NREM sleep when administered directly into the DRN. Serotonin enhances wakefulness and these novel data also suggest that IL-1beta-induced enhancement of NREM sleep could be due in part to the inhibition of DRN serotonergic neurons.
Authors:
Alfredo Manfridi; Dario Brambilla; Susanna Bianchi; Maurizio Mariotti; Mark R Opp; Luca Imeri
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The European journal of neuroscience     Volume:  18     ISSN:  0953-816X     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2003 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-09-05     Completed Date:  2003-10-23     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8918110     Medline TA:  Eur J Neurosci     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1041-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Physiology II, 'Giuseppe Moruzzi' Centre for Experimental Sleep Research, Milano, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials / drug effects
Animals
Arousal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Schedule / veterinary
Electrophysiology
Humans
Interleukin-1 / pharmacology*
Male
Microinjections / methods
Neural Inhibition / drug effects*,  physiology
Neurons / drug effects*,  physiology
Raphe Nuclei / anatomy & histology,  drug effects*,  physiology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Serotonin / metabolism*
Sleep, REM / drug effects*
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
MH64843/MH/NIMH NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Interleukin-1; 50-67-9/Serotonin

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