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NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13103629
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melatonin; childhood obesity; metabolism; low-grade inflammation; circadian rhythms
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The study found that melatonin levels in children with obesity significantly increased after sleep compared to controls, and were related to fat mass. Additionally, children with obesity had shorter sleep duration and earlier waking times. Melatonin in children with obesity appears to be involved in the global metabolic and inflammatory alteration of this condition.
Melatonin, the hormone of circadian rhythm regulation, is involved in the modulation of mitochondrial activity through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Alteration of circadian rhythms such as sleep is related to obesity and metabolic pathogenesis in adulthood, but studies during childhood are scarce. The present study investigated the association of melatonin with metabolic and inflammatory markers in children with (n = 113) and without obesity (n = 117). Melatonin was measured in saliva four and two hours before bedtime, and after one hour of sleep. Cardiometabolic factors, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, immune markers (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, tumor necrosis alpha and interferon-gamma), leptin and ghrelin were determined. Sleep duration was recorded by a questionnaire. The melatonin level at 1 h after sleep was found to be increased more than twofold in children with obesity (90.16 (57.16-129.16) pg/mL) compared to controls (29.82 (19.05-61.54) pg/mL, p < 0.001) and was related to fat mass (rho = 0.294, p < 0.001); melatonin levels at 1 h after sleep were inversely correlated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Positive correlation was found with apolipoprotein B, adipokines, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Shorter sleep duration and earlier waking times were recorded in children with obesity. In conclusion, melatonin in children with obesity appears to be involved in the global metabolic and inflammatory alteration of this condition.
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