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- W667988 abstract "Astrocytes are organized in networks via gap junction channels constituted by connexin (Cx) 30 and Cx43. Since we observed that the mRNA expression of Cx30, but not Cx43, was enhanced after sleep deprivations (SD) in the mouse cortex and hippocampus, the goal of my thesis was to investigate whether and how Cx30 is involved in sleep homeostasis. First, I investigated the effects of sleep/wake-affecting molecules on gap junctional communication (GJC) of astrocytes in acute slices of the mouse cortex. We found that modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting drug, enhanced astroglial GJC, whereas γ-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a sleep-promoting agent, and two general anesthetics, propofol and ketamine, decreased GJC, suggesting that astroglial networks are bidirectionally regulated by sleep/wake-affecting drugs. Then I addressed the role of Cx30 using Cx30 knockout (KO) mice. Compared to wild type (WT) mice, Cx30 KO exhibited a deficit in maintaining wakefulness during periods of high sleep pressure: they needed more stimuli to be maintained awake during gentle SD and they exhibited an increase in slow wave sleep during instrumental SD. To probe the possible causes of the phenotype, we found that: 1) astroglial GJC was enhanced in WT mice after SD, and such enhancement depended on both neuronal activity and the presence of Cx30; 2) mRNA levels of several genes involved in brain energy metabolism were decreased in multiple brain structures of the Cx30 KO. In summary, these results suggest that astroglial Cx30 plays an important role in sleep homeostasis, possibly by enhancing astroglial metabolic functions to fulfil the high energy demand during periods of elevated sleep pressure." @default.
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- W667988 title "The role of astroglial connexin 30 in sleep homeostasis" @default.
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