A privação de sono paradoxal em ratos está associada a atrofia muscular e déficit na recuperação muscular

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Dáttilo, Murilo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Atrofia muscular; Corticosterona; Recuperação muscular; Testosterona; Privação de sono paradoxal
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/8842

Introduction: Paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) in rats is able to induce reductions in body mass and body fat, due to increased secretion of pituitary-adrenal axis hormones. Considering that PSD is also associated with a decrease in anabolic hormones, skeletal muscle can also be strongly influenced, causing atrophy damaging its recovery after a lesion. Objectives: To evaluate body mass, hormone profile and tibialis anterior (TA) muscle histomorphometry after cryolesion or no damage. Method: To achieve the proposed objectives, two experiments were conducted. In the first, 3-month-old male Wistar rats (9 to 10 per group) were subjected to 96 hours of PSD (PSD group) or 96 hours of sleep (CTRL group). In the second experiment, 3-month-old male Wistar rats (8 to 9 per group) were first subjected to cryolesion and then divided in the following groups: PSD for 96 hours (Group D-PSD) or sleep for 96 hours (D-CTRL group); or 2) PSD for 96 hours followed by 96 hours of sleep ad libitum (sleep rebound – D-RB group) or sleep for 192 hours (D-CTRL-RB group). Blood corticosterone and testosterone levels and TA muscle histomorphometry were determined, both in damaged and healthy muscles. Results: In experiment 1, we observed reductions in body mass, muscle mass and cross-sectional area of TA in the PSD group, and increased levels of corticosterone and decreased levels of testosterone. In the second experiment, the histomorphometry of the TA not damaged and the hormonal parameters of D-PSD group were similar to experiment 1, while the TA damaged showed decreases in its mass in comparison to DCTRL and D-CTRL-RB groups. Although the cross-sectional area of the damaged area was lower compared to healthy TA on the D-PSD group, it was not different from the damaged TA of CTRL-D group. However, the D-RB group presented the TA mass and AST significantly higher than the PSD-group, but lower than the D-CTRL-RB and D-RB groups. Conclusion: PSD is associated with TA atrophy and impaired ability to recover from damage induced by cryolesion, possibly because of hormonal responses associated with PSD.