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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 534, Issue -, Pages 632-638Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.029
Keywords
Caffeine; Sleep deprivation; Cognitive function; cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway; Apoptosis
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC1705600]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573865, 81874414]
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Caffeine acts as a stimulant on the central nervous system, with low-dose improving cognitive function after sleep deprivation and high-dose potentially worsening cognitive impairment. Sleep deprivation leads to ultrastructure damage and neuronal loss in the hippocampus, and accelerates neuropeptide-associated apoptosis.
Caffeine is a common stimulant widely existed in food and has stimulatory effects on the central nervous system, shift-work individuals often rely on caffeine to maintain attention and keep awake. Although sleep deprivation (SD) is widely considered as an independent risk factor for cognition retardations, however, little is well understood about the synergistic role of caffeine dosage and SD for cognitive performance. This research intended to investigate the underlying molecular mechanism of varying caffeine doses on cognitive function after sleep deprivation. The results revealed that SD attenuated the cognitive dysfunction, associated with ultrastructure damage and pyramidal neuron loss in the hippocampus, decreased in the level of VIP and AVP. SD also significantly accelerated the neuropeptide-associated apoptosis in the hippocampus, which may modulate via the cAMP-PKA-CREB signal path axis and activation of the downstream apoptosis genes. Additionally, the data indicated that low-dose caffeine (LC) contributed to cognitive enhancement, and high-dose caffeine (HC) aggravated cognitive impairment by modulating hippocampal neuronal apoptosis. Our studies suggest that caffeine, particularly in high dosage, may be a potential factor to influence the neurocognitive outcome caused by sleep loss, and the appropriate amount of caffeine ingested after sleep deprivation deserves serious consideration. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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