中年和老年人的端粒缩短,阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的严重程度各不相同
Yao-Pang Chung1, Wei-Sheng Chung2,3,4
1Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Scientific reports
|August 18, 2025
概括
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 与端粒长度 (TL) 的缩短有关,这是细胞衰老的标志物. 这项研究发现,增加OSA严重程度与更明显的端粒缩短相关,特别是在老年人中.
科学领域:
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 涉及睡眠期间重复的上呼吸道阻塞.
- OSA与氧化应激,全身炎症和潜在的端粒缩短有关.
- 以前对OSA患者的端粒长度 (TL) 的研究产生了不一致的结果.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较不同严重程度的OSA和没有OSA的个体的TL.
- 为了研究OSA严重程度和端粒长度之间的关系.
- 探索TL和OSA的潜在与年龄相关的差异.
主要方法:
- 从一个睡眠诊所招募了103名参与者进行多睡眠学和TL测量.
- 通过从外周血液样本中获取基因组DNA的定量PCR来评估TL.
- 分析了99名参与者的数据,根据OSA的严重程度分类他们 (没有,轻度,中度,严重).
主要成果:
- 与轻度,中度和重度OSA (P=0.009) 患者相比,没有OSA的个体的端粒显著更长 (P=0.009).
- 随着OSA严重程度的增加,端粒缩短变得更加明显.
- 在50岁及以上的个体中,非OSA参与者比中度至重度OSA的人具有显著更长的端粒.
结论:
- 端粒缩短与OSA严重程度显著相关.
- 在OSA患者中,夜间缺氧诱导的炎症可能会加速端粒缩短.
- 年龄可能是OSA和端粒长度之间的关系的一个因素.
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