Longer sleep duration and neuroinflammation in at-risk elderly with a parental history of Alzheimer's disease.

Journal: Sleep

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Affiliated Institutions:  Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, CIUSSS-NIM, Montréal, Canada. Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Abstract summary 

While short sleep could promote neurodegeneration, long sleep may be a marker of ongoing neurodegeneration, potentially as a result of neuroinflammation. The objective was to evaluate sleep patterns with age of expected Alzheimer's disease (AD) onset and neuroinflammation.We tested 203 dementia-free participants (68.5±5.4y/o, 78M). The PREVENT-AD cohort includes older persons with a parental history of AD whose age was nearing their expected AD onset. We estimated expected years to AD onset by subtracting the participant's age from their parent's at AD dementia onset. We extracted actigraphy sleep variables of interest (times of sleep onset and morning awakening, time in bed, sleep efficiency, sleep duration) and general profiles (sleep fragmentation, phase delay, hypersomnia). CSF inflammatory biomarkers were assessed with OLINK multiplex technology.Proximity to, or exceeding, expected age of onset was associated with a sleep profile suggestive of hypersomnia (longer sleep, later morning awakening time). This hypersomnia sleep profile was associated with higher CSF neuroinflammatory biomarkers (IL-6, MCP-1, global score). Interactions analyses revealed that some of these sleep-neuroinflammation associations were present mostly in those closer/exceeding the age of expected AD onset, APOE4 carriers, and those with better memory performance.Proximity to, or exceeding, parental AD dementia onset was associated with a longer sleep pattern, which was related to elevated proinflammatory CSF biomarkers. We speculate that longer sleep may serve a compensatory purpose potentially triggered by neuroinflammation as individuals are approaching AD onset. Further studies should investigate whether neuroinflammatory-triggered long sleep duration could mitigate cognitive deficits.

Authors & Co-authors:  Baril Picard Labonté Sanchez Duclos Mohammediyan Breitner Villeneuve Poirier

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Authors :  10
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Doi : zsae081
SSN : 1550-9109
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Male,Female
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Dementia;MCI;apolipoprotein;cerebrospinal fluid;circadian;cytokines;inflammation;mild cognitive impairment;total sleep time
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United States