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Ranjan A, Biswas S, Mallick BN. Rapid eye movement sleep loss associated cytomorphometric changes and neurodegeneration. Sleep Med 2023; 110:25-34. [PMID: 37524037 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) is essential for leading normal healthy living at least in higher-order mammals, including humans. In this review, we briefly survey the available literature for evidence linking cytomorphometric changes in the brain due to loss of REMS. As a mechanism of action, we add evidence that REMS loss elevates noradrenaline (NA) levels in the brain, which affects neuronal cytomorphology. These changes may be a compensatory mechanism as the changes return to normal after the subjects recover from the loss of REMS or if during REMS deprivation, the subjects are treated with NA-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin (PRZ). We had proposed earlier that one of the fundamental functions of REMS is to maintain the level of NA in the brain. We elaborate on this idea to propose that if REMS loss continues without recovery, the sustained level of NA breaks down neurophysiologically active compensatory mechanism/s starting with changes in the neuronal cytomorphology, followed by their degeneration, leading to acute and chronic pathological conditions. Identification of neuronal cytomorphological changes could prove to be of significance for predicting future neuronal (brain) damage as well as an indicator for REMS health. Although current brain imaging techniques may not enable us to visualize changes in neuronal cytomorphology, given the rapid technological progress including use of artificial intelligence, we are optimistic that it may be a reality soon. Finally, we propose that maintenance of optimum REMS must be considered a criterion for leading a healthy life.
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- Amit Ranjan
- Department of Zoology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, 845401, India.
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- Math, Science, Engineering Department, South Mountain Community College, 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, 85042, USA
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- Amity Institute of Neuropsychology & Neurosciences, Amity University Campus, Sector 125, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida, 201313, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Mechanism of noradrenaline-induced α1-adrenoceptor mediated regulation of Na-K ATPase subunit expression in Neuro-2a cells. Brain Res Bull 2018; 139:157-166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Olonode ET, Aderibigbe AO, Adeoluwa OA, Eduviere AT, Ben-Azu B. Morin hydrate mitigates rapid eye movement sleep deprivation-induced neurobehavioural impairments and loss of viable neurons in the hippocampus of mice. Behav Brain Res 2017; 356:518-525. [PMID: 29284109 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation distorts the body's homeostasis and results in oxidative breakdown which may be responsible for a variety of neurological disorders. Some naturally occurring compounds of plant origin with antioxidant and neuroprotective properties are known to attenuate the detrimental effects of REM sleep deprivation. Morin hydrate, a flavonoid from Mulberry has demonstrated antioxidant and neuroprotective activities but its effect in sleep disturbed mice is unknown. The study was designed to explore the neuroprotective effect of Morin hydrate on 48 h. REM sleep deprivation-induced behavioural impairments and neuronal damage in mice. Mice were allotted into six treatment groups (n = 6): groups 1 and 2 received vehicle (10 ml/kg normal saline), groups 3-5 received Morin hydrate (5, 10, 20 mg/kg i.p) while group 6 received ginseng (25 mg/kg) which served as the reference drug. Treatment was performed daily for 5 days and animals were sleep-deprived on the last 48 h. Various behavioural tests (Elevated plus maze, Y-maze, locomotor activity) followed by oxidative parameters (malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, reduced glutathione) and histolopathological changes in the Cornu ammonis 1 (CA1) region of the hippocampus were assessed. Data were analysed using ANOVA at α0.05. Morin hydrate (5, 10, 20 mg/kg) significantly enhanced memory performance, improves anxiolytic-like behaviour, reverses hyperlocomotion, restored depleted reduced glutathione, attenuated raised malondialdehyde and nitric oxide levels as compared to control animals and protects against loss of hippocampal neurons. Results of this present study suggest that Morin hydrate possess neuroprotective effects against sleep deprivation-induced behavioural impairments, oxidative stress and neuronal damage.
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- Elizabeth T Olonode
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Medicine Sciences, Ondo, Ondo, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Mehta R, Singh A, Bókkon I, Nath Mallick B. REM sleep and its Loss-Associated Epigenetic Regulation with Reference to Noradrenaline in Particular. Curr Neuropharmacol 2016; 14:28-40. [PMID: 26813120 PMCID: PMC4787282 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x13666150414185737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Sleep is an essential physiological process, which has been divided into rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) and non-REMS (NREMS) in higher animals. REMS is a unique phenomenon that unlike other sleep-waking states is not under voluntary control. Directly or indirectly it influences or gets influenced by most of the physiological processes controlled by the brain. It has been proposed that REMS serves housekeeping function of the brain. Extensive research has shown that during REMS at least noradrenaline (NA) -ergic neurons must cease activity and upon REMS loss, there are increased levels of NA in the brain, which then induces many of the REMS loss associated acute and chronic effects. The NA level is controlled by many bio-molecules that are regulated at the molecular and transcriptional levels. Similarly, NA can also directly or indirectly modulate the synthesis and levels of many molecules, which in turn may affect physiological processes. The burgeoning field of behavioral neuroepigenetics has gained importance in recent years and explains the regulatory mechanisms underlying several behavioral phenomena. As REMS and its loss associated changes in NA modulate several pathophysiological processes, in this review we have attempted to explain on one hand how the epigenetic mechanisms regulating the gene expression of factors like tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), monoamine oxidase (MAO), noradrenaline transporter (NAT) control NA levels and on the other hand, how NA per se can affect other molecules in neural circuitry at the epigenetic level resulting in behavioral changes in health and diseases. An
understanding of these events will expose the molecular basis of REMS and its loss-associated pathophysiological changes; which are presented as a testable hypothesis for confirmation.
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Somarajan BI, Khanday MA, Mallick BN. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation Induces Neuronal Apoptosis by Noradrenaline Acting on Alpha1 Adrenoceptor and by Triggering Mitochondrial Intrinsic Pathway. Front Neurol 2016; 7:25. [PMID: 27014180 PMCID: PMC4779900 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Many neurodegenerative disorders are associated with rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) loss; however, the mechanism was unknown. As REMS loss elevates noradrenaline (NA) level in the brain as well as induces neuronal apoptosis and degeneration, in this study, we have delineated the intracellular molecular pathway involved in REMS deprivation (REMSD)-associated NA-induced neuronal apoptosis. Rats were REMS deprived for 6 days by the classical flower pot method; suitable controls were conducted and the effects on apoptosis markers evaluated. Further, the role of NA was studied by one, intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of NA-ergic alpha1 adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin (PRZ) and two, by downregulation of NA synthesis in locus coeruleus (LC) neurons by local microinjection of tyrosine hydroxylase siRNA (TH-siRNA). Immunoblot estimates showed that the expressions of proapoptotic proteins viz. Bcl2-associated death promoter protein, apoptotic protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1), cytochrome c, caspase9, caspase3 were elevated in the REMS-deprived rat brains, while caspase8 level remained unaffected; PRZ treatment did not allow elevation of these proapoptotic factors. Further, REMSD increased cytochrome c expression, which was prevented if the NA synthesis from the LC neurons was blocked by microinjection of TH-siRNA in vivo into the LC during REMSD in freely moving normal rats. Mitochondrial damage was re-confirmed by transmission electron microscopy, which showed distinctly swollen mitochondria with disintegrated cristae, chromosomal condensation, and clumping along the nuclear membrane, and all these changes were prevented in PRZ-treated rats. Combining findings of this study along with earlier reports, we propose that upon REMSD NA level increases in the brain as the LC, NA-ergic REM-OFF neurons do not cease firing and TH is upregulated in those neurons. This elevated NA acting on alpha1 adrenoceptors damages mitochondria causing release of cytochrome c to activate intrinsic pathway for inducing neuronal apoptosis in REMS-deprived rat brain.
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- Bindu I Somarajan
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , India
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Kumar D, Dedic N, Flachskamm C, Voulé S, Deussing JM, Kimura M. Cacna1c (Cav1.2) Modulates Electroencephalographic Rhythm and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Recovery. Sleep 2015; 38:1371-80. [PMID: 25845695 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES The CACNA1C gene encodes the alpha 1C (α1C) subunit of the Cav1.2 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel (LTCC). Some of the other voltage-dependent calcium channels, e.g., P-/Q-type, Cav2.1; N-type, Cav2.2; E-/R-type, Cav2.3; and T-type, Cav3.3 have been implicated in sleep modulation. However, the contribution of LTCCs to sleep remains largely unknown. Based on recent genome-wide association studies, CACNA1C emerged as one of potential candidate genes associated with both sleep and psychiatric disorders. Indeed, most patients with mental illnesses have sleep problems and vice versa. DESIGN To investigate an impact of Cav1.2 on sleep-wake behavior and electroencephalogram (EEG) activity, polysomnography was performed in heterozygous Cacna1c (HET) knockout mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates under baseline and challenging conditions (acute sleep deprivation and restraint stress). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS HET mice displayed significantly lower EEG spectral power than WT mice across high frequency ranges (beta to gamma) during wake and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Although HET mice spent slightly more time asleep in the dark period, daily amounts of sleep did not differ between the two genotypes. However, recovery sleep after exposure to both types of challenging stress conditions differed markedly; HET mice exhibited reduced REM sleep recovery responses compared to WT mice. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest the involvement of Cacna1c (Cav1.2) in fast electroencephalogram oscillations and REM sleep regulatory processes. Lower spectral gamma activity, slightly increased sleep demands, and altered REM sleep responses found in heterozygous Cacna1c knockout mice may rather resemble a sleep phenotype observed in schizophrenia patients.
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation Associated Increase in Na-K ATPase Activity in the Rat Brain is Due to Noradrenaline Induced α1-Adrenoceptor Mediated Increased α-Subunit of the Enzyme. Neurochem Res 2015; 40:1747-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1660-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Effect of REM sleep deprivation on the antioxidant status in the brain of Wistar rats. Ann Neurosci 2014; 19:161-4. [PMID: 25205991 PMCID: PMC4117056 DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.190405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Rapid eye movement [REM] sleep deprivation is a stressor. It results in a predictable syndrome of physiological changes in rats. It has been proposed that reactive oxygen species and the resulting oxidative stress may be responsible for some of the effects of sleep deprivation. Purpose The present study was undertaken to investigate the reversible nature of the effects of 96 hours of REM sleep deprivation on lipid peroxidation and total reduced glutathione level in the hypothalamus, midbrain and hindbrain of Wistar strain rats. Methods The rats were deprived of REM sleep using the inverted flowerpot technique. All the animals were maintained in standard animal house condition with 12-h light and 12-h dark cycles. At the end of the stipulated time Jugular venous blood sample of 2 ml was collected under mild ether anesthesia for the assay of stress index, plasma corticosterone. Lipid peroxidation using thiobarbituric acid, total reduced glutathione using DTNB (GSH) were assayed in the brain regions dissected out. Results This study showed that 96 hours of REM sleep deprivation results in increased lipid peroxidation and reduction in total reduced glutathione level in the discrete regions of brain studied. However following restorative sleep for 24 hours all the changes reverts back to base line value. This study shows that oxidative stress produced by 96 hours of REM sleep deprivation is reversible. Conclusion From this study it is clear that, REM sleep deprivation is a potent oxidative stressor. This could probably play a role in the behavioral and performance alteration seen in both experimental animals as well as humans following REM sleep deprivation. Further investigations in this line are needed to highlight the importance of REM sleep.
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Siran R, Ahmad AH, Abdul Aziz CB, Ismail Z. REM sleep deprivation induces changes of Down Regulatory Antagonist Modulator (DREAM) expression in the ventrobasal thalamic nuclei of Sprague–Dawley rats. J Physiol Biochem 2014; 70:877-89. [DOI: 10.1007/s13105-014-0356-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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REM sleep loss increases brain excitability: role of noradrenaline and its mechanism of action. Sleep Med Rev 2011; 15:165-78. [PMID: 21482157 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Revised: 10/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ever since the discovery of rapid eye movement sleep (REMS), studies have been undertaken to understand its necessity, function and mechanism of action on normal physiological processes as well as in pathological conditions. In this review, first, we briefly surveyed the literature which led us to hypothesise REMS maintains brain excitability. Thereafter, we present evidence from in vivo and in vitro studies tracing behavioural to cellular to molecular pathways showing REMS deprivation (REMSD) increases noradrenaline level in the brain, which stimulates neuronal Na-K ATPase, the key factor for maintaining neuronal excitability, the fundamental property of a neuron for executing brain functions; we also show for the first time the role of glia in maintaining ionic homeostasis in the brain. As REMSD exerts a global effect on most of the physiological processes regulated by the brain, we propose that REMS possibly serves a housekeeping function in the brain. Finally, subject to confirmation from clinical studies, based on the results reviewed here, it is being proposed that the subjects suffering from REMS loss may be effectively treated by reducing either noradrenaline level or Na-K ATPase activity in the brain.
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Ranjan A, Biswas S, Mallick BN. Cytomorphometric changes in the dorsal raphe neurons after rapid eye movement sleep deprivation are mediated by noradrenalin in rats. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS : BBF 2010; 6:62. [PMID: 20964843 PMCID: PMC2984478 DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to investigate the effect of rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) deprivation (REMSD) on the cytomorphology of the dorsal raphe (DR) neurons and to evaluate the possible role of REMSD-induced increased noradrenalin (NA) in mediating such effects. METHODS Rats were REMS deprived by the flowerpot method; free moving normal home cage rats, large platform and post REMS-deprived recovered rats were used as controls. Further, to evaluate if the effects were induced by NA, separate sets of experimental rats were treated (i.p.) with α1-adrenoceptor antagonist, prazosin (PRZ). Histomorphometric analysis of DR neurons in stained brain sections were performed in experimental and control rats; neurons in inferior colliculus (IC) served as anatomical control. RESULTS The mean size of DR neurons was larger in REMSD group compared to controls, whereas, neurons in the recovered group of rats did not significantly differ than those in the control animals. Further, mean cell size in the post-REMSD PRZ-treated animals was comparable to those in the control groups. IC neurons were not affected by REMSD. CONCLUSIONS REMS loss has been reported to impair several physiological, behavioral and cellular processes. The mean size of the DR neurons was larger in the REMS deprived group of rats than those in the control groups; however, in the REMS deprived and prazosin treated rats the size was comparable to the normal rats. These results showed that REMSD induced increase in DR neuronal size was mediated by NA acting on α1-adrenoceptor. The findings suggest that the sizes of DR neurons are sensitive to REMSD, which if not compensated could lead to neurodegeneration and associated disorders including memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.
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- Amit Ranjan
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Current address: Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Dept. of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Mechanism of noradrenaline-induced stimulation of Na–K ATPase activity in the rat brain: implications on REM sleep deprivation-induced increase in brain excitability. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 336:3-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0260-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Das G, Gopalakrishnan A, Faisal M, Mallick B. Stimulatory role of calcium in rapid eye movement sleep deprivation–induced noradrenaline-mediated increase in Na-K-ATPase activity in rat brain. Neuroscience 2008; 155:76-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jones S, Pfister-Genskow M, Benca RM, Cirelli C. Molecular correlates of sleep and wakefulness in the brain of the white-crowned sparrow. J Neurochem 2007; 105:46-62. [PMID: 18028333 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In the mammalian brain, sleep and wakefulness are associated with widespread changes in gene expression. The extent to which the molecular correlates of vigilance state are conserved across phylogeny, however, is only beginning to be explored. The goal of this study was to determine whether sleep and wakefulness affect gene expression in the avian brain. To achieve this end we performed an extensive microarray analysis of gene expression during sleep, wakefulness, and short-term sleep deprivation in the telencephalon of the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). We found that, as in the rodent cerebral cortex, behavioral state, independent of time of day, has widespread effects on avian brain gene expression, affecting the transcript levels of 255 genes (1.4% of all tested transcripts). Wakefulness-related transcripts (n = 114) code for proteins involved in energy metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation, immediate early genes and transcription factors associated with activity-dependent neural plasticity, as well as heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones associated with the unfolded protein response. Sleep-related transcripts (n = 141) code for proteins involved in membrane trafficking, lipid/cholesterol synthesis, translational regulation, cellular adhesion, and cytoskeletal organization. Remarkably, despite the considerable differences in morphology and cytology between the mammalian neocortex and the avian telencephalon, the functional categories of transcripts identified in this study exhibit a significant degree of overlap with those identified in the rodent cortex.
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- Stephany Jones
- Neuroscience Training Program, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53719, USA
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Biswas S, Mishra P, Mallick BN. Increased apoptosis in rat brain after rapid eye movement sleep loss. Neuroscience 2006; 142:315-31. [PMID: 16887278 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2006] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep loss impairs several physiological, behavioral and cellular processes; however, the mechanism of action was unknown. To understand the effects of REM sleep deprivation on neuronal damage and apoptosis, studies were conducted using multiple apoptosis markers in control and experimental rat brain neurons located in areas either related to or unrelated to REM sleep regulation. Furthermore, the effects of REM sleep deprivation were also studied on neuronal cytoskeletal proteins, actin and tubulin. It was observed that after REM sleep deprivation a significantly increased number of neurons in the rat brain were positive to apoptotic markers, which however, tended to recover after the rats were allowed to undergo REM sleep; the control rats were not affected. Further, it was also observed that REM sleep deprivation decreased amounts of actin and tubulin in neurons confirming our previous reports of changes in neuronal size and shape after such deprivation. These findings suggest that one of the possible functions of REM sleep is to protect neurons from damage and apoptosis.
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- S Biswas
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Baba Gang Nath Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Majumdar S, Mallick BN. Cytomorphometric changes in rat brain neurons after rapid eye movement sleep deprivation. Neuroscience 2005; 135:679-90. [PMID: 16154283 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rapid eye movement sleep plays a vital role in the survival of animals. Its deprivation causes alterations in brain functions and behaviors including activities of important enzymes, neurotransmitter levels, impairment of neural excitability and memory consolidation. However, there was a lack of knowledge regarding the effects of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on neuronal morphology that may get affected much earlier than any permanent damage to the neurons. In the present study, some of these issues have been addressed by studying the effects of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on various morphological parameters viz. neuronal perimeter, area and shape of neurons located in brain areas known to regulate rapid eye movement sleep and as a control in other brain areas which do not regulate rapid eye movement sleep. The results showed that rapid eye movement sleep deprivation differentially affected neurons depending on their physiological correlates of rapid eye movement sleep and neurotransmitter content. The effects could be reversed if the animals were allowed to recover from rapid eye movement sleep loss or by applying alpha1-adrenergic antagonist, prazosin. The findings in rats support reported data and help explaining previous observations.
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- S Majumdar
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Majumdar S, Faisal M, Madan V, Mallick BN. Increased turnover of Na-K ATPase molecules in rat brain after rapid eye movement sleep deprivation. J Neurosci Res 2003; 73:870-5. [PMID: 12949914 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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It has been shown that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation increases Na-K ATPase activity. Based on kinetic study, it was proposed that increased activity was due to enhanced turnover of enzyme molecules. To test this, anti-alpha1 Na-K ATPase monoclonal antibody (mAb 9A7) was used to label Na-K ATPase molecules. These labeled enzymes were quantified on neuronal membrane by two methods: histochemically on neurons in tissue sections from different brain areas, and by Western blot analysis in control and REM sleep-deprived rat brains. The specific enzyme activity was also estimated and found to be increased, as in previous studies. The results confirmed our hypothesis that after REM sleep deprivation, increased Na-K ATPase activity was at least partly due to increased turnover of Na-K ATPase molecules in the rat brain.
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- Sudipta Majumdar
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Mallick BN, Majumdar S, Faisal M, Yadav V, Madan V, Pal D. Role of norepinephrine in the regulation of rapid eye movement sleep. J Biosci 2002; 27:539-51. [PMID: 12381879 DOI: 10.1007/bf02705052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sleep and wakefulness are instinctive behaviours that are present across the animal species. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a unique biological phenomenon expressed during sleep. It evolved about 300 million years ago and is noticed in the more evolved animal species. Although it has been objectively identified in its present characteristic form about half a century ago, the mechanics of how REM is generated, and what happens upon its loss are not known. Nevertheless, extensive research has shown that norepinephrine plays a crucial role in its regulation. The present knowledge that has been reviewed in this manuscript suggests that neurons in the brain stem are responsible for controlling this state and presence of excess norepinephrine in the brain does not allow its generation. Furthermore, REM sleep loss increases levels of norepinephrine in the brain that affects several factors including an increase in Na-K ATPase activity. It has been argued that such increased norepinephrine is ultimately responsible for REM sleep deprivation, associated disturbances in at least some of the physiological conditions leading to alteration in behavioural expression and settling into pathological conditions.
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- Birendra N Mallick
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India.
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Cirelli C, Tononi G. The search for the molecular correlates of sleep and wakefulness. Sleep Med Rev 2001; 5:397-408. [PMID: 12531005 DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Knowledge of the molecular correlates of sleep and wakefulness is essential if we are to understand the restorative processes occurring during sleep and the cellular mechanisms underlying sleep regulation. In order to determine what molecular changes occur during the sleep-waking cycle, we have recently performed a systematic screening of gene expression in the brain of sleeping, sleep deprived and spontaneously awake rats. Out of the approximately 10 000 genes screened so far, a small minority ( approximately 0.5%) was differentially expressed in the cerebral cortex across behavioral states. Most genes were upregulated in wakefulness and sleep deprivation relative to sleep, while only a few had higher expression in sleep relative to wakefulness and sleep deprivation. Almost all the genes upregulated in sleep, and several genes upregulated in wakefulness and sleep deprivation, did not match any known sequence. Known genes that were upregulated in wakefulness and sleep deprivation could be grouped into functional categories: immediate early genes/transcription factors, genes related to energy metabolism, growth factors/adhesion molecules, chaperones/heat shock proteins, vesicle- and synapse-related genes, neurotransmitter/hormone receptors, neurotransmitter transporters, enzymes, and others. Although the characterization of the molecular correlates of sleep, wakefulness and sleep deprivation is still in progress, it is already apparent that the transition from sleep to waking can affect basic cellular functions such as RNA and protein synthesis, neural plasticity, neurotransmission, and metabolism.
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- Chiara Cirelli
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin, 53719, USA
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Sleep and waking differ significantly in terms of behavior, metabolism, and neuronal activity. Recent evidence indicates that sleep and waking also differ with respect to the expression of certain genes. To systematically investigate such changes, we used mRNA differential display and cDNA microarrays to screen approximately 10000 transcripts expressed in the cerebral cortex of rats after 8 h of sleep, spontaneous waking, or sleep deprivation. We found that 44 genes had higher mRNA levels after waking and/or sleep deprivation relative to sleep, while 10 were upregulated after sleep. Known genes that were upregulated in waking and sleep deprivation can be grouped into the following categories: immediate early genes/transcription factors (Arc, CHOP, IER5, NGFI-A, NGFI-B, N-Ras, Stat3), genes related to energy metabolism (glucose type I transporter Glut1, Vgf), growth factors/adhesion molecules (BDNF, TrkB, F3 adhesion molecule), chaperones/heat shock proteins (BiP, ERP72, GRP75, HSP60, HSP70), vesicle- and synapse-related genes (chromogranin C, synaptotagmin IV), neurotransmitter/hormone receptors (adrenergic receptor alpha(1A) and beta(2), GABA(A) receptor beta(3), glutamate NMDA receptor 2A, glutamate AMPA receptor GluR2 and GluR3, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta(2), thyroid hormone receptor TRbeta), neurotransmitter transporters (glutamate/aspartate transporter GLAST, Na(+)/Cl(-) transporter NTT4/Rxt1), enzymes (aryl sulfotransferase, c-jun N-terminal kinase 1, serum/glucocorticoid-induced serine/threonine kinase), and a miscellaneous group (calmodulin, cyclin D2, LMO-4, metallothionein 3). Several other genes that were upregulated in waking and all the genes upregulated in sleep, with the exception of the one coding for membrane protein E25, did not match any known sequence. Thus, significant changes in gene expression occur across behavioral states, which are likely to affect basic cellular functions such as RNA and protein synthesis, neural plasticity, neurotransmission, and metabolism.
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- C Cirelli
- The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John J. Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Mallick BN, Adya HV, Faisal M. Norepinephrine-stimulated increase in Na+, K+-ATPase activity in the rat brain is mediated through alpha1A-adrenoceptor possibly by dephosphorylation of the enzyme. J Neurochem 2000; 74:1574-8. [PMID: 10737614 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741574.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation is reported to increase Na+,K+-ATPase activity. This increase was shown earlier to be stimulated by norepinephrine acting on alpha1-adrenoceptor. The involvement of a subtype of alpha1-adrenoceptor and the possible molecular mechanism of action of norepinephrine in increasing the enzyme activity were investigated using receptor agonists and antagonists, as well as stimulants and blockers of signal transduction pathway. It was observed that incubation of the homogenate with cyclic AMP, forskolin, A23187 (a calcium ionophore), or calmodulin alone did not stimulate the Na+,K+-ATPase activity. However, although the spontaneous activity of the Na+,K+-ATPase was not affected by prazosin, WB4101, heparin, W13, or cyclosporin A alone, each of them could prevent the norepinephrine-stimulated increase in the enzyme activity. Based on these results and our previous findings, it is proposed that norepinephrine acted on alpha1A-adrenoceptor and increased intracellular calcium, which in the presence of calmodulin activated a calmodulin-dependent phosphatase, calcineurin. This calcineurin possibly dephosphorylated Na+,K+-ATPase and increased its activity. The physiological significance especially in relation to rapid eye movement sleep deprivation is discussed.
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- B N Mallick
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Adya HV, Mallick BN. Uncompetitive stimulation of rat brain Na-K ATPase activity by rapid eye movement sleep deprivation. Neurochem Int 2000; 36:249-53. [PMID: 10676860 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00121-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation is associated with an increase in Na-K ATPase activity. In order to understand the possible biochemical mechanism of this increase, the kinetics of Na-K ATPase was studied. Although the enzyme activity increased after the deprivation, the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme remained unaltered. The rapid eye movement sleep deprivation increased both the Vmax and the Km suggesting an uncompetitive stimulation of the enzyme. While increase in norepinephrine resulted in an increased Vmax, that of calcium increased the Km. Since an increase in norepinephrine has been suggested after deprivation, the increased Vmax is attributed to increased norepinephrine level following deprivation. However, since rapid eye movement sleep deprivation is reported to be associated with a decrease in calcium levels, the increase in Km following deprivation may be attributed to changes in factor(s) other than calcium.
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- H V Adya
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Gottesmann C. The neurophysiology of sleep and waking: intracerebral connections, functioning and ascending influences of the medulla oblongata. Prog Neurobiol 1999; 59:1-54. [PMID: 10416960 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00094-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper focuses on the successive historical papers related to medulla oblongata (M.O.) intracerebral connections, its activities and ascending influences regulating sleep waking behavior. The M.O. certainly influences the quantitative and qualitative processes of waking. However, its neurophysiological properties are often concealed by those of the upper-situated brain stem structures. The M.O., particularly the solitary tract nucleus, is involved in sleep-inducing processes. This nucleus seem to act as a deactivating system of the above situated reticular formation, but it also impacts directly on the thalamocortical slow wave and spindle-inducing processes. The M.O. is significantly involved in paradoxical sleep mechanisms. Indeed, the mesopontine executive centers are unable to induce paradoxical sleep without the M.O. Moreover, stimulation of the solitary tract nucleus afferents can induce paradoxical sleep, and the M.O. metabolic functioning is specifically disturbed by paradoxical sleep deprivation. Finally. there seems to be a paradoxical sleep Zeitgeber. Our current knowledge shows that this lowest brain stem level is crucial for sleep waking mechanisms. It will undoubtedly be further highlighted by future electrophysiologial and neurochemical studies.
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- C Gottesmann
- Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France.
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Mallick BN, Adya HV. Norepinephrine induced alpha-adrenoceptor mediated increase in rat brain Na-K ATPase activity is dependent on calcium ion. Neurochem Int 1999; 34:499-507. [PMID: 10402225 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00025-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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It has been reported that norepinephrine increases Na-K ATPase activity by acting on alpha-1 adrenoceptors. The mechanism of such an increase was investigated. The norepinephrine induced increase in synaptosomal Na-K ATPase activity was prevented by pretreating the rat brain homogenate with either EDTA, a divalent cation chelator or prazosin, an alpha-1 adrenoceptor blocker. The norepinephrine and EGTA increased the Na-K ATPase activity in the synaptosome prepared from rat brain homogenate untreated with EDTA. The EGTA was ineffective in stimulating the enzyme activity if the synaptosome was prepared from homogenate treated with norepinephrine. However, the EGTA was effective in increasing the enzyme activity if the synaptosome was prepared from the homogenate treated with norepinephrine in the presence of prazosin. Thus, norepinephrine did not increase the Na-K ATPase activity in the presence of EDTA or alpha-1 adrenoceptor blocker. Similarly, the Ca++ chelator, EGTA, could not increase the enzyme activity if the homogenate was pretreated with norepinephrine alone. However, if norepinephrine action was blocked by alpha-1 antagonist prazosin, EGTA increased the enzyme activity possibly by chelation of Ca++. Further, chlorotetracycline fluorescence study showed that norepinephrine removes membrane bound Ca++. Thus, it is likely that norepinephrine acts on adrenoceptors and removes membrane bound Ca++ and thereby increases the Na-K ATPase activity in the synaptosome.
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- B N Mallick
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Compared with our understanding of the electrophysiological correlates of sleep and wakefulness, the search for correlates at the molecular level is still in its infancy. However, the evidence obtained so far supports the hypothesis that reliable molecular correlates do exist. As will be summarized in this review, levels of receptor binding, second messengers and protein phosphorylation differ between sleep and wakefulness. Moreover, compelling data obtained in different animal species suggest that the transition between sleep and wakefulness is accompanied by significant changes in gene expression. Many immediate early genes, transcription factors, plasticity-related genes and mitochondrial genes are expressed at higher levels in wakefulness than in sleep, while a few still unknown genes are up-regulated during sleep. The ongoing systematic screening of gene expression across behavioural states should prove crucial in elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of sleep homeostasis and the functions of sleep.
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- C Cirelli
- The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Anupama Adya HV, Mallick BN. Comparison of Na-K ATPase activity in rat brain synaptosome under various conditions. Neurochem Int 1998; 33:283-6. [PMID: 9840218 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(98)00043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation alters neuronal excitability possibly by increasing Na-K ATPase activity. The enzyme activity is known to be affected by norepinephrine as well as calcium (Ca++) and both are affected by REM sleep deprivation. Before studying its molecular mechanism of action, synaptosomal Na-K ATPase activity was estimated under various conditions. The enzyme activity in synaptosome increased after lysis and in the presence of EDTA. The increase in the lysed preparation was possibly because almost all the active sites of the enzyme molecules were exposed to express their activity, unlike unlysed preparation where half are likely to be inside out. EDTA possibly increased the enzyme activity by chelating the Ca++ which is known to have an inhibitory effect on the enzyme activity. Also, the REM sleep deprivation induced increase in the enzyme activity was observed in lysed preparations and in the presence of EDTA only. These observations fit with the existing knowledge, however, the molecular mechanism of the increase needs to be investigated.
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- H V Anupama Adya
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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