Upper Gastrointestinal Tract pH Monitoring in Rats with Chronic Sleep Deprivation and High Fat Diet / 听力学及言语疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship of chronic sleep deprivation and high fat diet with laryn-gopharyngeal reflux (LPRD) .Methods A total of 16 rats were randomly divided into the experimental group and control group .Modified multiplatform water surface method and high fat diet (containing 35％ fat) were used in the experimental group rats .The rats in the control group had free sleep and normal feed .The upper gastrointestinal tract pH monitoring with double detectors was used to record the changes of pH in the both rats for 10 hours .The reflux index ,the times of re-flux with pH<4 and the longest duration of reflux were selected and converted into data of 24 hours .The three indexes of the experiment group were compared to those of the control group .Results There was no animal death during the model construction .The rats in the experimental group were irritable .There was no difference of rats weight in both groups before and after the experiment(P>0 .05) .The median of reflux index ,times of reflux with pH<4 and the longest duration of reflux of pharyngeal pH 2 detector in the rats of the experimental group were 21 .07 ,27 .25 and 61 .11 ,respectively .Those of the control group were 1 .25 ,0 .95 and 8 .44 ,respectively .Above three index of the experimental group increased obviously and the difference was statistically significant when compared to those of the control (P<0 .05) .It was suggested that LPRD might appear in the experimental group rats .The median of reflux index and the times of reflux with pH < 4 of esophageal pH1 detector in the rats of the experimental group were 15 .87 and 96 .67 ,displaying an increase when compared to those of the control group (26 .25 and 5 .6) .The differ-ences were statistically significant(P<0 .05);but the median of the longest duration of reflux in pH1 detector of the experimental group rats was 26 .25 ,failing to show statistical difference compared to that of the control group (5 .6) (P>0 .05) .Conclusion Chronic sleep deprivation and high fat diet may play an important role in the pathogenesis of LPRD .This animal model may be a new vector to study LPRD .