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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 7, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12689-6
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31530035, 81420108015, 31671099, 31471064, 81471344, 31421091]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2015CB856401]
- Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology [14JC1400900]
Ethanol has extensive effects on sleep and daytime alertness, causing premature disability and death. Adenosine, as a potent sleep-promoting substance, is involved in many cellular and behavioral responses to ethanol. However, the mechanisms of hypnotic effects of ethanol remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of adenosine in ethanol-induced sleep using C57BL/6Slac mice, adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R) knockout mice, and their wild-type littermates. The results showed that intraperitoneal injection of ethanol (3.0 g/kg) at 21:00 decreased the latency to non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and increased the duration of NREM sleep for 5 h. Ethanol dose-dependently increased NREM sleep, which was consistent with decreases in wakefulness in C57BL/6Slac mice compared with their own control. Caffeine (5, 10, or 15 mg/kg), a nonspecific adenosine receptor antagonist, dose-dependently and at high doses completely blocked ethanol-induced NREM sleep when administered 30 min prior to (but not after) ethanol injection. Moreover, ethanol-induced NREM sleep was completely abolished in A(2A)R knockout mice compared with wild-type mice. These findings strongly indicate that A(2A)R is a key receptor for the hypnotic effects of ethanol, and pretreatment of caffeine might be a strategy to counter the hypnotic effects of ethanol.
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