The purpose of this study is to determine if sleep restriction provokes an increase in risk factors for metabolic diseases, such as elevation of ectopic fat and decreased sensitivity to insulin. We propose to evaluate the effect of sleep restriction in a model of metabolic challenge (overfeeding) caricaturing the conditions of modern societies everyday life .
General hypothesis : In overfeeding condition, the stress response generated by partial sleep restriction of six days will induce an accumulation of fat in the liver and a decreased insulin sensitivity of adipose tissue , liver and muscle, more pronounced that in overfeeding condition only, provoked by a deregulation of the nocturnal lipolysis . Specific goals : Purpose 1 : To measure the accumulation of fat in the liver (measured by nuclear magnetic resonance ) and the tissue insulin sensitivity ( measured by a test meal ) in response to a sleep restriction in overfeeding condition . Hypothesis 1: In overfeeding condition (130 % of energy requirements ) , hepatic lipid accumulation will be higher after 6 days of sleep restriction (4 hours per night) compared to a control condition (8 hours of sleep per night ) . Decreased sensitivity to insulin in the liver, adipose tissue and the associated muscle will be associated at this ectopic fat accumulation. Purpose 2 : To determine the alteration of lipolysis in response to sleep restriction in overfeeding condition. Hypothesis 2: In overfeeding condition, sleep restriction will increase the concentrations of circulating fatty acids and glycerol in relation to condition of normal sleep.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
Overfeeding (130 % of energy requirements )
Sleep restriction (4 hours per night)
Center for Investigation and Reseaarch on Sleep and Physiology Department, University Hospital
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
RECRUITINGAccumulation of fat in the liver (measured by nuclear magnetic resonance ) and the tissue insulin sensitivity ( measured by a test meal ) in response to a sleep restriction in overfeeding condition .
Time frame: After 6 days of sleep restriction (4 h/day) vs. normal sleep (8 h/day)
Blood concentrations of circulating fatty acids and glycerol
Time frame: After 6 days of sleep restriction (4 h/day) vs. normal sleep (8 h/day)
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