Relations of combat stress and posttraumatic stress disorder to 24-h plasma and cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 levels and circadian rhythmicity.
Τίτλος | Relations of combat stress and posttraumatic stress disorder to 24-h plasma and cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 levels and circadian rhythmicity. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Agorastos, A., Hauger R. L., Barkauskas D. A., Lerman I. R., Moeller-Bertram T., Snijders C., Haji U., Patel P. M., Geracioti T. D., Chrousos G. P., & Baker D. G. |
Journal | Psychoneuroendocrinology |
Volume | 100 |
Pagination | 237-245 |
Date Published | 2019 02 |
ISSN | 1873-3360 |
Λέξεις κλειδιά | Adult, Case-Control Studies, Circadian Rhythm, Combat Disorders, Humans, Interleukin-6, Male, Military Personnel, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Veterans, Young Adult |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Acute and chronic stress can lead to a dysregulation of the immune response. Growing evidence suggests peripheral immune dysregulation and low-grade systemic inflammation in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with numerous reports of elevated plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels. However, only a few studies have assessed IL-6 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Most of those have used single time-point measurements, and thus cannot take circadian level variability and CSF-plasma IL-6 correlations into account.METHODS: This study used time-matched, sequential 24-h plasma and CSF measurements to investigate the effects of combat stress and PTSD on physiologic levels and biorhythmicity of IL-6 in 35 male study volunteers, divided in 3 groups: (PTSD = 12, combat controls, CC = 12, and non-deployed healthy controls, HC = 11).RESULTS: Our findings show no differences in diurnal mean concentrations of plasma and CSF IL-6 across the three comparison groups. However, a significantly blunted circadian rhythm of plasma IL-6 across 24 h was observed in all combat-zone deployed participants, with or without PTSD, in comparison to HC. CSF IL-6 rhythmicity was unaffected by combat deployment or PTSD.CONCLUSIONS: Although no significant group differences in mean IL-6 concentration in either CSF or plasma over a 24-h timeframe was observed, we provide first evidence for a disrupted peripheral IL-6 circadian rhythm as a sequel of combat deployment, with this disruption occurring in both PTSD and CC groups. The plasma IL-6 circadian blunting remains to be replicated and its cause elucidated in future research. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.009 |
Alternate Journal | Psychoneuroendocrinology |
PubMed ID | 30390522 |