We investigated the use and possible mechanisms mediating the increased energy expenditure (EE) previously described for rats subjected to total or paradoxical sleep deprivation. Bomb calorimetry of wastes showed that during deprivation the efficiency of energy utilization was not reduced. Estimates of CO2 production by the doubly labelled water method of indirect calorimetry correlated with EE estimated from the caloric value of food, weight change, and wastes and confirmed an increase in EE during deprivation. Core temperatures decreased during the later stages of deprivation, suggesting the hypothesis that excessive heat loss may have required increased EE to protect body temperature. The increased EE could not be explained by the metabolic cost of increase wakefulness, water exposure, or motor activity; an increase in resting EE was indicated. The contribution of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, thyroid gland, and sympathoadrenal system to the mediation of the EE increases was evaluated by measuring the plasma levels of their hormones. Results appear to rule out the first as a mediator. Evidence for the other two was equivocal.

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Peripheral plasma or serum concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon, and cortisol and insulin secretory rates (ISR) were determined at 15-min intervals in eight normal subjects during a constant iv infusion of 4.5 mg glucose/kg.min for a 24-h period. During each sampling interval, the secretory rate of insulin was calculated by deconvolution of the peripheral plasma C-peptide concentration using C-peptide kinetic parameters derived after bolus injections of C-peptide in individual subjects. Periodogram analysis of the individual glucose curves demonstrated a circadian rhythm in all subjects, with a major nocturnal acrophase occurring at an average clock time of 0228 h (range, 0045-0350 h). In five of the eight subjects, a minor acrophase occurred at an average time of 1774 h (range, 1530-2045 h). This diurnal variation in plasma glucose levels was not paralleled by a similar pattern in insulin secretion. Although glucose was infused at a constant rate, significant pulses were found in glucose, insulin, and C-peptide levels and ISR; the pulse durations of these parameters were 182 +/- 30 (+/- SE), 89 +/- 5, 100 +/- 8, and 85 +/- 5 min, respectively, and their periodicities were 208 +/- 33, 106 +/- 7, 114 +/- 10, and 106 +/- 7 min. The durations and frequencies for pulses of insulin, C-peptide, and ISR were not significantly different, whereas glucose pulses had a longer duration and were less frequent (P less than 0.05, by analysis of variance). On the average, 54 +/- 9% of the C-peptide pulses and 47 +/- 8% of the ISR pulses were concomitant with a pulse in glucose levels. Moreover, approximately half of the C-peptide and ISR pulses that were not concomitant with a glucose pulse occurred in synchrony with a shoulder on the up-stroke or down-stroke of glucose pulses. Analysis of glucagon and cortisol profiles revealed no significant associations with the insulin and glucose oscillations. In conclusion, during a constant glucose infusion in normal subjects, regular oscillations of insulin secretion occur at 80- to 120-min intervals. Their tight coupling with glucose oscillations and the lack of association with fluctuations of glucagon and cortisol suggest that these oscillations represent a dynamic property of the insulin-glucose feedback loop.

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