期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 54, 期 -, 页码 170-174出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.03.006
关键词
Insulin; Brain; Sleep; Aging; Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; Cortisol
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 654]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [01GI0925]
- Helmholtz Alliance Imaging and Curing Environmental Metabolic Diseases [ICEMED], through the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association
- Novo Nordisk Fonden [NNF14OC0009349] Funding Source: researchfish
Aging is associated with increases in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity that can predispose to metabolic and cognitive impairments. We investigated in elderly and young subjects whether intranasal insulin administration to the human brain reduces early-sleep nadir concentrations of adrenocorticotropin and cortisol, that is, indicators of baseline HPA axis activity. In within-subject comparisons, intranasal insulin (160 IU) or placebo was administered to 14 elderly (mean age 70.0 years) and 30 young (23.6 years) healthy subjects before bedtime. Sleep was polysomno-graphically assessed and blood samples were repeatedly collected. Elderly compared with young participants displayed increased early-sleep cortisol concentrations (p < 0.04) and reductions in slow wave and REM sleep (p < 0.001). Insulin administration reduced cortisol levels between 2300 hours and 0020 hours in the elderly (p = 0.03) but not young participants (p = 0.56; p = 0.003 for interaction). Findings indicate that central nervous insulin acts as an inhibitory signal in basal HPA axis activity regulation and suggest that intranasal insulin may normalize sleep-associated stress axis activity in older age. (C) 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.
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