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Partial Sleep Restriction Activates Immune Response-Related Gene Expression Pathways: Experimental and Epidemiological Studies in Humans

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Aho, Vilma, Ollila, Hanna M., Rantanen, Ville, Kronholm, Erkki, Surakka, Ida, van Leeuwen, Wessel M. A., Lehto, Maili, Matikainen, Sampsa +8 more·2013·PLoS ONE

Abstract

Epidemiological studies have shown that short or insufficient sleep is associated with increased risk for metabolic diseases and mortality. To elucidate mechanisms behind this connection, we aimed to identify genes and pathways affected by experimentally induced, partial sleep restriction and to verify their connection to insufficient sleep at population level. The experimental design simulated sleep restriction during a working week: sleep of healthy men (N = 9) was restricted to 4 h/night for five nights. The control subjects (N = 4) spent 8 h/night in bed. Leukocyte RNA expression was analyzed at baseline, after sleep restriction, and after recovery using whole genome microarrays complemented with pathway and transcription factor analysis. Expression levels of the ten most up-regulated and ten most down-regulated transcripts were correlated with subjective assessment of insufficient sleep in a population cohort (N = 472). Experimental sleep restriction altered the expression of 117 genes. Eight of the 25 most up-regulated transcripts were related to immune function. Accordingly, fifteen of the 25 most up-regulated Gene Ontology pathways were also related to immune function, including those for B cell activation, interleukin 8 production, and NF-κB signaling (P<0.005). Of the ten most up-regulated genes, expression of STX16 correlated negatively with self-reported insufficient sleep in a population sample, while three other genes showed tendency for positive correlation. Of the ten most down-regulated genes, TBX21 and LGR6 correlated negatively and TGFBR3 positively with insufficient sleep. Partial sleep restriction affects the regulation of signaling pathways related to the immune system. Some of these changes appear to be long-lasting and may at least partly explain how prolonged sleep restriction can contribute to inflammation-associated pathological states, such as cardiometabolic diseases.

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Aho, V., Ollila, H. M., Rantanen, V., Kronholm, E., Surakka, I., van Leeuwen, W. M. A., Lehto, M., Matikainen, S., Ripatti, S., Härmä, M., Sallinen, M., Salomaa, V., Jauhiainen, M., Alenius, H., Paunio, T., & Porkka-Heiskanen, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
  • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FI)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2013-10-23
Volume
8
Issue
10
Pages
e77184
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2013913648
Cited by
93
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
  • Jalmari ja Rauha Ahokkaan Säätiö
  • Academy of Finland (129680, 137575, 129494, 213506 and 129680, #213506, 139635, 251217)
  • Työsuojelurahasto
  • Biomedicum Helsinki-säätiö
  • Emil Aaltosen Säätiö
  • Sydäntutkimussäätiö
  • Paavo Nurmen Säätiö
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
sleep restriction, insufficient sleep, immune response, gene expression, leukocyte transcriptome, NF-κB signaling, interleukin-8, B cell activation, TBX21, LGR6, TGFBR3, inflammation, cardiometabolic disease, sleep duration
MeSH terms
T-bet Transcription Factor, Adult, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Leukocytes, Male, Proteoglycans, RNA, Sleep Deprivation, NF-kappa B, Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, T-Box Domain Proteins, Gene Expression Profiling, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Microarray Analysis, STAT1 Transcription Factor, Syntaxin 16

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