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Interleukin-18 promotes sleep in rabbits and rats

Kubota, Takeshi, Fang, Jidong, Brown, Richard A., Krueger, James M.·2001·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-1β is involved in physiological sleep regulation. IL-18 is a member of the IL-1 family, and its signal-transduction mechanism is similar to that of IL-1. Therefore, we hypothesized that IL-18 might also be involved in sleep regulation. Three doses of IL-18 (10, 100, and 500 ng) were injected intracerebroventricularly (icv) into rabbits at the onset of the dark period. The two higher doses of IL-18 markedly increased non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS), accompanied by increases in brain temperature (Tbr). These effects were lost after the heat inactivation of IL-18. The 500 ng of IL-18 injection during the light period also increased NREMS and Tbr. Similar results were obtained after icv injection of 100 ng of IL-18 into rats. Furthermore, intraperitoneal injection of 30 μg/kg of IL-18 slightly, but significantly, increased NREMS, whereas it significantly decreased electroencephalogram slow-wave activity in rats. Intraperitoneal IL-18 failed to induce fever. An anti-human IL-18 antibody had little effect on spontaneous sleep in rabbits, although the anti-IL-18 antibody significantly attenuated muramyl dipeptide-induced sleep. These data suggest that IL-18 is involved in mechanisms of sleep responses to infection.

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  • IL-1beta, TNFalpha, and IL-18 are inducers of nonrapid eye movement sleep.

    “IL-1b,21 TNFa22, and IL-1823 are inducers of nonrapid eye movement (nREM) sleep.”

    From The Gut Microbiome and the Brain (2014) · cites this paper as [23]

  • The anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13 attenuate NREM sleep amount in rabbits.

    “The anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13 have been reported to attenuate NREM sleep amount in rabbits (308, 314, 315)”

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Authors
Kubota, T., Fang, J., Brown, R. A., & Krueger, J. M.
Affiliations
Washington State University (US)
Venue
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Published
2001-09-01
Volume
281
Issue
3
Pages
R828-R838
ISSN
  • 0363-6119 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1490
OpenAlex
W2182574817
Cited by
69
References
60
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS-31453, NS-25378, R01NS031453, R01NS025378)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-36520, R01HD036520)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Keywords
IL-18, sleep regulation, NREM sleep, interleukin-1 family, intracerebroventricular administration, brain temperature, fever, slow-wave activity, muramyl dipeptide, rabbits, rats
MeSH terms
Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine, Animals, Antibodies, Body Temperature, Brain, Darkness, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electroencephalography, Fever, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Injections, Intraventricular, Light, Male, Rabbits, Sleep, Sleep Stages, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Signal Transduction, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Photoperiod, Interleukin-18, Rats

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