Men Xin, Wang Qian
Department of Anesthesiology, Hangzhou Women's Hospital (Hangzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Hangzhou First People's Hospital Qianjiang New City Campus, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University), Hangzhou, 310008, China.
Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang Hospital (The Affiliated Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Hangzhou, 310013, China.
Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s12035-025-05188-7.
Insomnia is a prevalent clinical condition that is caused by the interaction of environmental, inflammatory, immune system, physiological, and psychological factors. Nevertheless, the significance of lactylation-related gene in the pathogenesis of insomnia remains unknown. The causal relationship between lactylation-related gene and insomnia was initially analyzed using Mendelian randomization. Exposure was determined using cis-expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTL) from the Expression Quantitative Trait Locus Gen (eQTLGen) consortium. We obtained insomnia from the FinnGen database, which comprises 490,763 controls and 6776 cases. Subsequently, we performed a difference analysis of the Gene Expression Omnibus (Geo) data on insomnia and a summary-data-based MR (SMR) analysis to further validate our findings. We used a mediation approach by immune cells to study the effect of lactylation-related genes on insomnia. We identified one lactylation-related gene associated with insomnia. EP300 also passed the SMR test (p < 0.05), and heterogeneity was assessed using the auxiliary heterogeneity in dependent instruments (HEIDI) test (p > 0.05). Using data from the Geo database, the overall difference in EP300 expression between insomnia patients and healthy individuals was compared and found to be significant. A mediation analysis was employed to investigate the impact of immune cells and EP300 on insomnia. We found that EP300 may promote insomnia by regulating the CD8br AC (TBNK panel). This provides new insights into the relationship between lactylation-related genes and insomnia and serves as a novel therapeutic target for future research.
失眠是一种常见的临床病症,由环境、炎症、免疫系统、生理和心理因素相互作用引起。然而,乳酰化相关基因在失眠发病机制中的意义仍不清楚。最初使用孟德尔随机化分析乳酰化相关基因与失眠之间的因果关系。使用来自表达定量性状位点基因(eQTLGen)联盟的顺式表达定量性状位点(cis-eQTL)确定暴露因素。我们从芬兰基因数据库中获取失眠数据,该数据库包含490763名对照和6776例病例。随后,我们对失眠的基因表达综合数据库(Geo)数据进行差异分析,并进行基于汇总数据的孟德尔随机化(SMR)分析,以进一步验证我们的发现。我们采用免疫细胞介导方法研究乳酰化相关基因对失眠的影响。我们鉴定出一个与失眠相关的乳酰化相关基因。EP300也通过了SMR检验(p < 0.05),并使用依赖工具中的辅助异质性(HEIDI)检验评估异质性(p > 0.05)。利用Geo数据库的数据,比较了失眠患者和健康个体之间EP300表达的总体差异,发现差异显著。采用中介分析研究免疫细胞和EP300对失眠的影响。我们发现EP300可能通过调节CD8br AC(TBNK组)促进失眠。这为乳酰化相关基因与失眠之间的关系提供了新的见解,并为未来研究提供了新的治疗靶点。