College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.
Theranostics. 2024 Jun 17;14(9):3760-3776. doi: 10.7150/thno.95197. eCollection 2024.
Currently, there are occasional reports of health problems caused by sleep deprivation (SD). However, to date, there remains a lack of in-depth research regarding the effects of SD on the growth and development of oocytes in females. The present work aimed to investigate whether SD influences ovarian folliculogenesis in adolescent female mice. Using a dedicated device, SD conditions were established in 3-week old female mice (a critical stage of follicular development) for 6 weeks and gut microbiota and systemic metabolomics were analyzed. Analyses were related to parameters of folliculogenesis and reproductive performance of SD females. We found that the gut microbiota and systemic metabolomics were severely altered in SD females and that these were associated with parameters of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). These included increased granulosa cell apoptosis, reduced numbers of primordial follicles (PmFs), correlation with decreased AMH, E2, and increased LH in blood serum, and a parallel increased number of growing follicles and changes in protein expression compatible with PmF activation. SD also reduced oocyte maturation and reproductive performance. Notably, fecal microbial transplantation from SD females into normal females induced POI parameters in the latter while niacinamide (NAM) supplementation alleviated such symptoms in SD females. Gut microbiota and alterations in systemic metabolomics caused by SD induced POI features in juvenile females that could be counteracted with NAM supplementation.
目前,偶尔有报道称睡眠剥夺(SD)会导致健康问题。然而,迄今为止,对于 SD 对女性卵母细胞生长和发育的影响,仍缺乏深入的研究。本研究旨在探讨 SD 是否会影响青春期雌性小鼠的卵巢卵泡发生。使用专用设备,对 3 周龄雌性小鼠(卵泡发育的关键阶段)进行 6 周的 SD 处理,并分析肠道微生物群和系统代谢组学。分析结果与 SD 雌性的卵泡发生和生殖性能参数相关。我们发现,SD 雌性的肠道微生物群和系统代谢组学严重改变,与卵巢早衰(POI)的参数相关。这些参数包括增加颗粒细胞凋亡、减少原始卵泡(PmF)数量、与血清中 AMH、E2 降低和 LH 升高相关,以及生长卵泡数量增加和与 PmF 激活一致的蛋白表达变化。SD 还降低了卵母细胞成熟和生殖性能。值得注意的是,将 SD 雌性的粪便微生物群移植到正常雌性中会诱导后者出现 POI 特征,而烟酰胺(NAM)补充则可以缓解 SD 雌性的这些症状。SD 引起的肠道微生物群和系统代谢组学改变诱导了未成年雌性的 POI 特征,而 NAM 补充可以对抗这些特征。