Disruption of Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Circadian Controlled Estrogen Receptor Rhythms in Night Shift Nurses in Working Environments

Overview

Journal FASEB J

Specialties Biology
Physiology

Date 2024 Jun 5

PMID 38837828

Authors

Zhenning Yang

Kathleen Black

Pamela Ohman-Strickland

Judith M Graber

Howard M Kipen

Mingzhu Fang

Helmut Zarbl

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Abstract

Chronic disruption of circadian rhythms by night shift work is associated with an increased breast cancer risk. However, little is known about the impact of night shift on peripheral circadian genes (CGs) and circadian-controlled genes (CCGs) associated with breast cancer. Hence, we assessed central clock markers (melatonin and cortisol) in plasma, and peripheral CGs (PER1, PER2, PER3, and BMAL1) and CCGs (ESR1 and ESR2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In day shift nurses (n = 12), 24-h rhythms of cortisol and melatonin were aligned with day shift-oriented light/dark schedules. The mRNA expression of PER2, PER3, BMAL1, and ESR2 showed 24-h rhythms with peak values in the morning. In contrast, night shift nurses (n = 10) lost 24-h rhythmicity of cortisol with a suppressed morning surge but retained normal rhythmic patterns of melatonin, leading to misalignment between cortisol and melatonin. Moreover, night shift nurses showed disruption of rhythmic expressions of PER2, PER3, BMAL1, and ESR2 genes, resulting in an impaired inverse correlation between PER2 and BMAL1 compared to day shift nurses. The observed trends of disrupted circadian markers were recapitulated in additional day (n = 20) and night (n = 19) shift nurses by measurement at early night and midnight time points. Taken together, this study demonstrated the misalignment of cortisol and melatonin, associated disruption of PER2 and ESR2 circadian expressions, and internal misalignment in peripheral circadian network in night shift nurses. Morning plasma cortisol and PER2, BMAL1, and ESR2 expressions in PBMCs may therefore be useful biomarkers of circadian disruption in shift workers.

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