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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 1, 2001, 21(7):2442-2450
Behavioral and Anatomical Correlates of Chronic Episodic Hypoxia
during Sleep in the Rat
David
Gozal1,
Jill M.
Daniel2, and
Gary P.
Dohanich2
1 Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute,
Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, University of
Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and
2 Department of Psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70118
The role played by chronic episodic hypoxia (EHYP) in the
neurocognitive morbidity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is unknown. Sleep recordings, Morris water maze experiments, and
immunohistochemistry for NMDA NR1 glutamate receptor, c-fos protein,
and apoptosis [nuclear immunoreactivity for single-stranded DNA
and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP
nick end labeling assay] were conducted in EHYP-exposed Sprague Dawley male rats. Exposures consisted of up to14 d in an environmental chamber
in which O2 concentrations were cycled between 10 and 21%
every 90 sec or 30 min during 12 hr of daylight. For the remaining 12 hr, EHYP rats breathed room air, while controls spent 14 d in room
air. Although EHYP induced significant disruption of sleep architecture
during the initial day of exposure, sleep patterns normalized
thereafter. Marked increases in apoptosis occurred in the CA1
hippocampal region (sevenfold) and cortex (Cx; eightfold) after 1-2 d
of EHYP but not in CA3 and were followed by decreases toward normoxic
levels by 14 d. Double labeling for NMDA NR1 and c-fos revealed
marked architectural disorganization in CA1 and Cx with increases in
c-fos over time. Rats exposed to EHYP displayed significantly longer
escape latencies and swim path lengths to escape a hidden platform
during 12 training trials given over 2 d. Differences in the
performances of EHYP and control rats, although reduced, persisted
after 14 d of recovery. We conclude that EHYP is associated with
marked cellular changes over time within neural regions associated with
cognitive functions. Furthermore, EHYP impaired performance during
acquisition of a cognitive spatial task without affecting sensorimotor
function. Such changes may underlie components of the learning and
memory impairments found in OSA.
Key words:
sleep; apoptosis; intermittent hypoxia; immediate early
genes; glutamate receptors; obstructive sleep apnea; cognitive
impairment; memory; water maze
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/2172442-09$05.00/0
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