Trial reportProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014
Effect of sleep deprivation on the human metabolome.
Trial report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 268 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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268 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 530 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations of depression status with plasma levels of candidate lipid and amino acid metabolites: a meta-analysis of individual data from three independent samples of US postmenopausal women.Molecular psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Body-weight-specific and shared metabolomic responses to acute sleep loss in young adults.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Trial
- Short-term sleep restriction in humans alters diurnal circulating metabolite profiles, including those of microbial origin.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Trial
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- Insufficient sleep and weekend recovery sleep: classification by a metabolomics-based machine learning ensemble.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Morning Chronotype Is Associated with Improved Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure among Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Trial
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- Time-restricted feeding alters lipid and amino acid metabolite rhythmicity without perturbing clock gene expression.Nature communications · 2020Trial
- Effects of Meal Timing on Postprandial Glucose Metabolism and Blood Metabolites in Healthy Adults.Nutrients · 2018Trial
- Separation of circadian- and behavior-driven metabolite rhythms in humans provides a window on peripheral oscillators and metabolism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Trial
- Peripheral Mononuclear Cells Metabolomics in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS): An Exploratory Pilot Study of Immunometabolic Signatures.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Impact of Daily Rhythms and Postprandial Responses on the Plasma Metabolome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Tryptophan-Serotonin-Melatonin Pathway as a Contributor to Changes in Mood and Cognitive Functions Induced by Sleep Deprivation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Leveraging the Metabolic Fingerprint of Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Restriction for Forensic Applications: A Machine Learning Study in Oral Fluid Metabolomics.Journal of proteome research · 2026Article
- Metabolomic Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Lifestyles, metabolome and diabetic kidney disease: a cohort study.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2026Article
- Loss, amplification or mistiming of the daily rhythms of metabolic markers in patients with cirrhosis.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Article
- Hydrogen-Mediated Activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathway Improves Cognitive Impairment in Sleep-Deprived Mice.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Sphingolipids in Emotional Well-Being.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Review
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Abstract
Sleep restriction and circadian clock disruption are associated with metabolic disorders such as obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. The metabolic pathways involved in human sleep, however, have yet to be investigated with the use of a metabolomics approach. Here we have used untargeted and targeted liquid chromatography (LC)/MS metabolomics to examine the effect of acute sleep deprivation on plasma metabolite rhythms. Twelve healthy young male subjects remained in controlled laboratory conditions with respect to environmental light, sleep, meals, and posture during a 24-h wake/sleep cycle, followed by 24 h of wakefulness. Two-hourly plasma samples collected over the 48 h period were analyzed by LC/MS. Principal component analysis revealed a clear time of day variation with a significant cosine fit during the wake/sleep cycle and during 24 h of wakefulness in untargeted and targeted analysis. Of 171 metabolites quantified, daily rhythms were observed in the majority (n = 109), with 78 of these maintaining their rhythmicity during 24 h of wakefulness, most with reduced amplitude (n = 66). During sleep deprivation, 27 metabolites (tryptophan, serotonin, taurine, 8 acylcarnitines, 13 glycerophospholipids, and 3 sphingolipids) exhibited significantly increased levels compared with during sleep. The increased levels of serotonin, tryptophan, and taurine may explain the antidepressive effect of acute sleep deprivation and deserve further study. This report, to our knowledge the first of metabolic profiling during sleep and sleep deprivation and characterization of 24 h rhythms under these conditions, offers a novel view of human sleep/wake regulation.
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