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Disturbance of sleep maintenance, but not sleep duration, activates nuclear factor-κB and signal transducer and activator of transcription family proteins in older adults: sex differences.

Dominique Piber, Richard Olmstead, Joshua H Cho, Michael R Irwin

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Dominique PiberDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3555-6696
Richard OlmsteadDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Joshua H ChoDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michael R IrwinDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Subjective Social Isolation and Sleep Disturbances: Inflammatory Mechanisms in AgR01AG034588 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI IRWIN, MICHAEL R · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034588NIH HHS R01 AG034588
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objectivesDisturbances of sleep maintenance and sleep duration are common in older adults and associated with an increased risk for age-related mortality and morbidity. Converging evidence implicates inflammation as an underlying mechanism, especially in females. However, it is unknown what specific aspects of sleep disturbance impact inflammatory mechanisms in older adults.

methodsUsing data from community-dwelling older adults who participated in the Sleep Health and Aging Research (SHARE) field study (n = 262, mean age 71.9 ± 8.0 years), we conducted a secondary analysis to examine whether disturbance of sleep maintenance (i.e. greater amount of wake time after sleep onset [WASO]) and sleep duration (i.e. shorter total sleep time [TST]) assessed by sleep diary and actigraphy are associated with greater activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) family proteins STAT1, STAT3, and STAT5 in peripheral blood monocytic cells. In addition, moderation effects of sex were explored.

resultsData were available for sleep diary (n = 82), actigraphy (n = 74), and inflammatory signaling and transcriptional measures (n = 132). As assessed by sleep diary, greater amount of WASO (β = 0.39, p < 0.01), but not TST, was associated with higher levels of NF-κB. Whereas diary-assessed sleep measures were not associated with STAT family proteins, a moderation analysis revealed that greater diary-assessed WASO was associated with higher levels of STAT1 (p < 0.05), STAT3 (p < 0.05), and STAT5 (p < 0.01) in females, but not in males. Actigraphy-assessed sleep measures were not associated either with NF-κB or STAT activation.

conclusionsIn older adults, self-reported disturbance of sleep maintenance assessed by sleep diary was uniquely associated with higher levels of NF-κB, along with higher levels of STAT family proteins in females, but not in males. Our data suggest that improvingself-reported sleep maintenance might mitigate age-related increases in inflammatory signaling and transcriptional pathways, possibly more strongly in females, with the potential to reduce mortality risk in older adults.

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NF-kappa BSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersActigraphyAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolysomnographySex CharacteristicsSleepSTAT5 Transcription FactorNF-kappa BSTAT5 Transcription FactorNF-κBSTAT family proteinsTSTWASO

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PMID37140651
PMCPMC10566249

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