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J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 108(11): e1347-e1357, 2023 10 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37207451

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CONTEXT: Perturbations to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been hypothesized to increase postmenopausal cardiometabolic risk. Although sleep disturbance, a known risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, is prevalent during the menopause transition, it is unknown whether menopause-related sleep disturbance and estradiol decline disturb the HPA axis. OBJECTIVE: We examined the effect of experimental fragmentation of sleep and suppression of estradiol as a model of menopause on cortisol levels in healthy young women. METHODS: Twenty-two women completed a 5-night inpatient study during the mid-to-late follicular phase (estrogenized). A subset (n = 14) repeated the protocol after gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist-induced estradiol suppression. Each inpatient study included 2 unfragmented sleep nights followed by 3 experimental sleep fragmentation nights. This study took place with premenopausal women at an academic medical center. Interventions included sleep fragmentation and pharmacological hypoestrogenism, and main outcome measures were serum bedtime cortisol levels and cortisol awakening response (CAR). RESULTS: Bedtime cortisol increased 27% (P = .03) and CAR decreased 57% (P = .01) following sleep fragmentation compared to unfragmented sleep. Polysomnographic-derived wake after sleep-onset (WASO) was positively associated with bedtime cortisol levels (P = .047) and negatively associated with CAR (P < .01). Bedtime cortisol levels were 22% lower in the hypoestrogenized state compared to the estrogenized state (P = .02), while CAR was similar in both estradiol conditions (P = .38). CONCLUSION: Estradiol suppression and modifiable menopause-related sleep fragmentation both independently perturb HPA axis activity. Sleep fragmentation, commonly seen in menopausal women, may disrupt the HPA axis, which in turn may lead to adverse health effects as women age.


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Estradiol , Hydrocortisone , Humans , Female , Sleep Deprivation , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System , Pituitary-Adrenal System , Menopause , Sleep/physiology , Saliva
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J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 107(8): e3167-e3176, 2022 07 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35569055

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CONTEXT: Body fat gain associated with menopause has been attributed to estradiol (E2) withdrawal. Hypoestrogenism is unlikely to be the only contributing factor, however. OBJECTIVE: Given the links between sleep and metabolic health, we examined the effects of an experimental menopausal model of sleep fragmentation on energy metabolism. METHODS: Twenty premenopausal women (age 21-45 years) underwent a 5-night inpatient study during the mid-to-late follicular phase (estrogenized; n = 20) and the same protocol was repeated in a subset of the participants (n = 9) following leuprolide-induced E2 suppression (hypo-estrogenized). During each 5-night study, there were 2 nights of unfragmented sleep followed by 3 nights of fragmented sleep. Indirect calorimetry was used to assess fasted resting energy expenditure (REE) and substrate oxidation. RESULTS: Sleep fragmentation in the estrogenized state increased the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and carbohydrate oxidation while decreasing fat oxidation (all P < 0.01). Similarly, in the hypo-estrogenized state without sleep fragmentation, RER and carbohydrate oxidation increased and fat oxidation decreased (all P < 0.01); addition of sleep fragmentation to the hypo-estrogenized state did not produce further effects beyond that observed for either intervention alone (P < 0.05). There were no effects of either sleep fragmentation or E2 state on REE. CONCLUSION: Sleep fragmentation and hypoestrogenism each independently alter fasting substrate oxidation in a manner that may contribute to body fat gain. These findings are important for understanding mechanisms underlying propensity to body fat gain in women across the menopause transition.


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Estradiol , Sleep Deprivation , Adipose Tissue/metabolism , Adult , Calorimetry, Indirect , Carbohydrates , Energy Metabolism , Estradiol/metabolism , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Oxidation-Reduction , Sleep , Sleep Deprivation/metabolism , Young Adult
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