期刊
NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
卷 40, 期 8, 页码 1747-1757出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1660-8
关键词
Brain excitability; mRNA stability; REM sleep; Synaptosome; Transcription
资金
- UGC
- DBT-BUILDER
- JC Bose Fellowship
- PURSE
- UPOE
Rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) modulates Na-K ATPase activity and maintains brain excitability. REMS deprivation (REMSD)-associated increased Na-K ATPase activity is mediated by noradrenaline (NA) acting on alpha 1-adrenoceptor (AR) in the brain. It was shown that NA-induced increased Na-K ATPase activity was due to allosteric modulation as well as increased turnover of the enzyme. Although the former has been studied in detail, our understanding on the latter was lacking, which we have studied. Male Wistar rats were REMS deprived for 4-days by classical flower-pot method; suitable control experiments were conducted. In another set, alpha 1-AR antagonist prazosin (PRZ) was i.p. injected 48 h REMSD onward. At the end of experiments rats were sacrificed by cervical dislocation and brains were removed. Synaptosomes prepared from the brains were used to estimate Na-K ATPase activity as well as protein expressions of different isoforms of the enzyme subunits using western blot. REMSD significantly increased synaptosomal Na-K ATPase activity and that was due to differential increase in the expressions of alpha 1-, alpha 2- and alpha 3-isoforms, but not that of beta 1- and beta 2-isoforms. PRZ reduced the REMSD-induced increased Na-K ATPase activity and protein expressions. We also observed that the increased Na-K ATPase subunit expression was not due to enhanced mRNA synthesis, which suggests the possibility of post-transcriptional regulation. Thus, the findings suggest that REMSD-associated increased Na-K ATPase activity is due to elevated level of alpha-subunit of the enzyme and that is induced by NA acting on alpha 1-AR mediated mRNA-stabilization.
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