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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9051599
Keywords
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); polysomnography (PSG); hypoxia; hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF); circadian rhythm; circadian clock proteins
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- National Science Centre [2018/31/N/NZ5/03931]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by intermittent hypoxia and associated with the disruption of circadian rhythm. The study aimed to assess the relationship between hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) subunits, circadian clock proteins, and polysomnography (PSG) variables, in healthy individuals and severe OSA patients. The study included 20 individuals, who underwent PSG and were divided into severe OSA group (n = 10; AHI >= 30) and healthy control (n = 10; AHI < 5) based on apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). All participants had their peripheral blood collected in the evening before and the morning after the PSG. HIF-1 alpha, HIF-1 beta, BMAL1, CLOCK, CRY1, and PER1 protein concertation measurements were performed using ELISA. In a multivariate general linear model with the concentration of all circadian clock proteins as dependent variables, evening HIF-1ff protein level was the only significant covariant (p = 0.025). Corrected models were significant for morning and evening PER1 (p = 0.008 and p = 0.006, respectively), evening (p = 0.043), and evening BMAL protein level (p = 0.046). In corrected models, evening HIF-1ff protein level had an influence only on the evening PER1 protein level. Results suggest that OSA patients are at risk for developing circadian clock disruption. This process might be mediated by subunit alpha of HIF-1, as its increased protein level is associated with overexpression of circadian clock proteins.
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