title: Effect of sleep deprivation on serum influenza-specific IgG.
abstract: Intra-pulmonary protection against influenza virus in immune mice, largely dependent upon serum lgG, is reported to be suppressed by 7 hours of sleep deprivation following viral challenge. This implies that sleep deprivation may accelerate the catabolism of influenza-specific antibodies. To determine the effects of sleep deprivation on the catabolism of serum antibodies, BALB/c mice were passively immunized intravenously with lgG anti-influenza monoclonalantibodies and catabolism kinetics monitored for 6 days. Mice were then sleep-deprived for either 9 hours (one episode) or for 9 hours followed by 6 hours on the consecutive day (two episodes) and the serum titer of influenza-specific monoclonal antibodies monitored for an additional 8 days via ELISA. One episode of sleep-deprivation had only minor effects on lgG catabolism; however, two episodes of sleep-deprivation caused significant changes in the kinetics of lgG catabolism, resulting in elevated lgG levels (p = 0.02) for 2 days post-sleep deprivation. Elevation of serum influenza-specific lgG (p = 0.005) was also seen in actively immune mice following two episodes of sleep-deprivation. Serum chemistries ruled out dehydration as a cause of the increased antibody levels; however, some anomalies were noted: total protein and albumin were elevated, although not significantly, and P and Ca were decreased. Thus, our data do not support the hypothesis that sleep-deprivation lowers existing serum antibody titers by accelerating antibody catabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Renegar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G