PMID- 30110090 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180918 LR - 20191231 IS - 1809-452X (Electronic) IS - 1516-4446 (Print) IS - 1516-4446 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Oct-Dec TI - Intermittent hypoxia, brain glyoxalase-1 and glutathione reductase-1, and anxiety-like behavior in mice. PG - 376-381 LID - 10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2310 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Sleep apnea has been associated with anxiety, but the mechanisms of the sleep apnea-anxiety relationship are unresolved. Sleep apnea causes oxidative stress, which might enhance anxiety-like behavior in rodents. To clarify the apnea-anxiety connection, we tested the effect of intermittent hypoxia, a model of sleep apnea, on the anxiety behavior of mice. METHODS: The rodents were exposed daily to 480 one-minute cycles of intermittent hypoxia to a nadir of 7+/-1% inspiratory oxygen fraction or to a sham procedure with room air. After 7 days, the mice from both groups were placed in an elevated plus maze and were video recorded for 10 min to allow analysis of latency, frequency, and duration in open and closed arms. Glyoxalase-1 (Glo1) and glutathione reductase-1 (GR1) were measured in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and striatum by Western blotting. RESULTS: Compared to controls, the intermittent hypoxia group displayed less anxiety-like behavior, perceived by a statistically significant increase in the number of entries and total time spent in open arms. A higher expression of GR1 in the cortex was also observed. CONCLUSION: The lack of a clear anxiety response as an outcome of intermittent hypoxia exposure suggests the existence of additional layers in the anxiety mechanism in sleep apnea, possibly represented by sleepiness and irreversible neuronal damage. FAU - Carissimi, Alicia AU - Carissimi A AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Psiquiatria e Ciencias do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Martinez, Denis AU - Martinez D AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Cardiologia e Ciencias Cardiovasculares, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. AD - Divisao de Cardiologia, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Medicina, Ciencias Medicas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Kim, Lenise J AU - Kim LJ AD - Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. FAU - Fiori, Cintia Z AU - Fiori CZ AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Cardiologia e Ciencias Cardiovasculares, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. AD - Divisao de Cardiologia, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Vieira, Luciana R AU - Vieira LR AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Medicina, Ciencias Medicas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Rosa, Darlan P AU - Rosa DP AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Medicina, Ciencias Medicas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. AD - Faculdade Cenecista de Bento Goncalves (CNEC), Bento Goncalves, RS, Brazil. FAU - Pires, Gabriel N AU - Pires GN AD - Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180809 PL - Brazil TA - Braz J Psychiatry JT - Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) JID - 100895975 RN - EC 1.8.1.7 (Glutathione Reductase) RN - EC 4.4.1.5 (Lactoylglutathione Lyase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anxiety/diagnosis/*etiology/physiopathology MH - Cerebral Cortex/enzymology MH - Corpus Striatum/enzymology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Glutathione Reductase/*analysis/metabolism MH - Hypoxia/*complications/enzymology/psychology MH - Lactoylglutathione Lyase/*analysis/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Oxidative Stress/physiology MH - Sleep Apnea Syndromes/*complications/enzymology/physiopathology/psychology PMC - PMC6899376 COIS- DM is co-owner of a sleep medicine clinic. GNP is currently an employee of Springer Nature, although this position has no relation with the present article or any of this author's academic activities. The other authors report no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2018/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/09/19 06:00 PMCR- 2018/08/09 CRDT- 2018/08/16 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/08/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1516-44462018005006102 [pii] AID - 10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2310 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Braz J Psychiatry. 2018 Oct-Dec;40(4):376-381. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2310. Epub 2018 Aug 9.