title: Anti-interleukin-1 beta reduces sleep and sleep rebound after sleep deprivation in rats.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is somnogenic and is hypothesized to be involved in physiological sleep regulation. Antibodies directed against rat IL-1 beta were used to further elucidate possible contributions of IL-1 to sleep regulation. Rabbit anti-rat IL-1 beta (anti-IL-1 beta) was injected intracerebroventricularly into normal rats 15 min before light onset. A 20-microgram dose of anti-IL-1 beta reduced non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep by 60 min during the subsequent 12-h slight period. There was no effect on rapid eye movement sleep after this dose of anti-IL-1 beta. The effects of anti-IL-1 beta on the enhancement of sleep after periods of sleep deprivation were also determined. When rats were deprived of sleep for 3-h beginning at light onset, the amount of time spent in NREM sleep increased for the remaining 9 h of the light period, regardless of whether control intracerebroventricular injections of pyrogen-free saline or rabbit immunoglobulin G were given during the deprivation period. However, when 20 micrograms anti-IL-1 beta were injected intracerebroventricularly during the sleep deprivation period, the expected NREM sleep rebound was completely blocked. Collectively, these data provide additional support for the hypothesis that IL-1 is involved in regulation of physiological sleep-wake activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Opp
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007375:Interleukin-1