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Slow wave sleep disruption increases cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-β levels

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Ju, Yo-El S, Ooms, Sharon J, Sutphen, Courtney, Macauley, Shannon L., Zangrilli, Margaret A., Jerome, Gina, Fagan, Anne M., Mignot, Emmanuel +3 more·2017·Brain

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See Mander et al. (doi:10.1093/awx174) for a scientific commentary on this article.Sleep deprivation increases amyloid-β, suggesting that chronically disrupted sleep may promote amyloid plaques and other downstream Alzheimer's disease pathologies including tauopathy or inflammation. To date, studies have not examined which aspect of sleep modulates amyloid-β or other Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. Seventeen healthy adults (age 35-65 years) without sleep disorders underwent 5-14 days of actigraphy, followed by slow wave activity disruption during polysomnogram, and cerebrospinal fluid collection the following morning for measurement of amyloid-β, tau, total protein, YKL-40, and hypocretin. Data were compared to an identical protocol, with a sham condition during polysomnogram. Specific disruption of slow wave activity correlated with an increase in amyloid-β40 (r = 0.610, P = 0.009). This effect was specific for slow wave activity, and not for sleep duration or efficiency. This effect was also specific to amyloid-β, and not total protein, tau, YKL-40, or hypocretin. Additionally, worse home sleep quality, as measured by sleep efficiency by actigraphy in the six nights preceding lumbar punctures, was associated with higher tau (r = 0.543, P = 0.045). Slow wave activity disruption increases amyloid-β levels acutely, and poorer sleep quality over several days increases tau. These effects are specific to neuronally-derived proteins, which suggests they are likely driven by changes in neuronal activity during disrupted sleep.

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Ju, Y.-E. S., Ooms, S. J., Sutphen, C., Macauley, S. L., Zangrilli, M. A., Jerome, G., Fagan, A. M., Mignot, E., Zempel, J. M., Claassen, J. A. H. R., & Holtzman, D. M.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
  • Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
Ju, Yo-El S
Venue
Brain
Published
2017-07-10
Volume
140
Issue
8
Pages
2104-2111
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2735226312
Cited by
604
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 61 · 2025: 72 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 9
FWCI
27.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (K23-NS089922, UL1RR024992, KL2-TR000450, P01NS074969, P01-AG026276, P01-NS074969, P01-AG03991)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
slow-wave sleep, sleep disruption, amyloid-beta, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, Alzheimer's disease, tau protein, sleep quality, actigraphy, YKL-40, orexin, polysomnography, neuronal activity
MeSH terms
Orexins, Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1, Adult, Aged, Apolipoproteins E, Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peptide Fragments, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Amyloid beta-Peptides, tau Proteins, Polysomnography, Actigraphy

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