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Vol. 276, Issue 4, R1149-R1155, April 1999

Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on night sleep in humans

A. Schuld, J. Mullington, D. Hermann, D. Hinze-Selch, T. Fenzel, F. Holsboer, and T. Pollmächer

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, D-80804 Munich, Germany


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Numerous animal studies suggest that cytokines such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta ) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha ) mediate increased sleep amount and intensity observed during infection and are, moreover, involved in physiological sleep regulation. In humans the role of cytokines in sleep-wake regulation is largely unknown. In a single-blind, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF, 300 µg sc) on the plasma levels of cytokines, soluble cytokine receptors, and hormones as well as on night sleep. G-CSF did not affect rectal temperature or the plasma levels of cortisol and growth hormone but did induce increases in the plasma levels of IL-1 receptor antagonist and both soluble TNF receptors within 2 h after injection. In parallel, the amount of slow-wave sleep and electroencephalographic delta power were reduced, indicating a lowered sleep intensity. We conclude that G-CSF suppresses sleep intensity via increased circulating amounts of endogenous antagonists of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha activity, suggesting that these cytokines are involved in human sleep regulation.

tumor necrosis factor-alpha ; interleukin-1beta ; soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors; interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; non-rapid eye movement sleep


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IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED that cytokines like interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta ) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha ) are pivotal mediators in the adaptive changes of central nervous system (CNS) function during infection and inflammation. The role of cytokines has been explored with respect to the induction of fever (15) and the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system (36). Furthermore, changes in sleep and wakefulness during host defense activation have been reported. In various animal models, the most consistent effects of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections on sleep are increases in the amount of non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep and electroencephalographic (EEG) delta activity thought to reflect enhanced sleep intensity (34). Convincing evidence suggests that infections influence sleep by inducing the release of cytokines such as IL-1beta and TNF-alpha (17). Moreover, it has been postulated that cytokines are involved in physiological sleep-wake regulation independent of infection and inflammation. This view is supported by animal studies showing that the amount of non-REM sleep and EEG delta activity are suppressed when the biological activity of IL-1beta (22) or TNF-alpha (32) is antagonized.

The present knowledge about the influence of host defense activation on sleep in humans relies mainly on the effects of intravenous injection of endotoxin, the major cell wall component of gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxin administration is a well-established model of host defense activation (2), which, besides its immunologic effects, has also been shown to alter sleep in healthy volunteers (13, 16, 21, 25). It is likely that endotoxin-induced changes in sleep-wake behavior are mediated by cytokines such as TNF-alpha or IL-6, which recently also have been shown to affect sleep in healthy subjects (29). However, it remains unclear whether these cytokines exert their effects on sleep regulation by themselves or through their influence on other physiological systems that affect sleep, like temperature regulation (9) or endocrine systems, e.g., the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (4) and the hypothalamic-somatotropic systems (30). Furthermore, it is not known whether cytokines are involved in physiological sleep regulation in humans.

We recently have shown that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which is well known for its stimulating effects on granulopoiesis and granulocyte function (31), induces subtle increases in the circulatory levels of TNF-alpha , soluble TNF receptors (sTNF-R) p55 and p75, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) but does not influence the plasma levels of IL-1beta or IL-6 or rectal body temperature in healthy volunteers (24). Therefore, the administration of G-CSF offers the possibility of investigating the influence of subtle alterations in immunologic homeostasis on sleep, whereby body temperature and endocrine systems remain unaffected. A respective placebo-controlled investigation in healthy humans is presented in this study.


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Subjects and experimental procedure. The experimental procedure was approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Experimentation at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Ten healthy male volunteers (mean age 25.4 yr, range 21-35 yr) took part after written informed consent was obtained. They were screened by medical history, physical examination, laboratory investigations, electrocardiogram, and electroencephalogram to exclude acute and chronic illness as well as substance abuse.

G-CSF (Neupogen), purchased from Hoffmann LaRoche (Grenzach, Germany), was administered in a single-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design. In balanced order, either 300 µg G-CSF in 500 µl of 0.9% saline solution or 500 µl pure saline solution were injected subcutaneously at 2100 during two experimental sessions separated by 2 wk. Both sessions were preceded by an adaption night so that the volunteers could become accustomed to the sleep laboratory conditions. The physical examination and laboratory screening tests were repeated after the adaption night to exclude acute infection. During the following day the subjects were offered calorie- and electrolyte-balanced meals at 1200 and 1730. At 1830 an intravenous cannula was placed in an antecubital forearm vein, and blood was sampled intermittently until 0700 the next morning (Figs. 1-3). The blood was stabilized with Na-EDTA (1 mg/ml blood) and aprotinin (300 KIU/ml blood). The plasma was frozen to -20°C after being centrifuged and aliquoted. Additional blood samples were taken intermittently for white blood cell counts. Blood pressure was measured until 2300 with a Dinamap Vital Daten Monitor 1846SX (Critikon, Norderstedt, Germany), whereas a one-lead electrocardiogram and rectal temperature (temperature monitor model 8055, S & W, Albertslund, Denmark) were monitored throughout the entire experimental session. The subjects were under continuous observation, and a physician was permanently on call.

Polygraphic monitoring of sleep according to Rechtschaffen and Kales (26) was started at 2300 and stopped 8 h later, when the subjects were awakened. The EEG (C3-A1; C4-A2) was recorded with a high-pass filter at 0.53 Hz and a notch filter at 50 Hz and calibrated at 50 µV with a 10.0-Hz sine wave. The biosignals were digitized at 97.1 Hz and stored on magnetic tape. All technical equipment was located in a room adjacent to the sound-shielded sleep laboratory.

Data analysis. One subject had to be excluded from the data analysis because of a positive urine screening test for amphetamines obtained before the second experimental session. The sleep recordings were scored visually in 30-s epochs according to Rechtschaffen and Kales (26). The scorers were unaware of the treatment condition. EEG spectral analysis was done using a fast Hartley transformation algorithm, and power spectra were computed for rectangular windows of 256 samples, corresponding to an epoch length of 2.63 s. The frequency resolution was 0.38 Hz, with frequencies between 0.53 and 19.0 Hz being analyzed. The EEG spectral power of the delta (0.76-4.18 Hz), theta (4.54-7.98 Hz), alpha (8.36-11.78 Hz), sigma (12.26-14.44 Hz), and beta (14.82-18.62 Hz) frequency bands were computed for combined non-REM sleep stages 2, 3, and 4. The analysis was restricted to artifact-free visually scored epochs. A more detailed methodological description of the spectral analysis was published earlier (35).

Blood cell counts and hormone and cytokine assays. Blood cell counts were determined with a Coulter counter ST3 (Coulter, Krefeld, Germany). Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Medgenix Diagnostics, Brussels, Belgium) were used to determine TNF-alpha and sTNF-R p55 and p75 plasma levels. IL-1Ra plasma levels were also determined by ELISA (R & D Systems, Minneapolis, MN). The intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were below 5% and 8%, respectively, for all these assays. For TNF-alpha we added an additional standard of 4.3 pg/ml to optimize sensitivity. The detection limits for the assays (in pg/ml) were 3 for TNF-alpha , 50 for sTNF-R p55, 100 for sTNF-R p75, and 22 for IL-1Ra. Plasma cortisol (ICN Biomedicals, Carson, CA) and human growth hormone (hGH; Nichols Institute Diagnostics, San Juan Capistrano, CA) plasma levels were determined using coated tube RIAs. The limit of detection (in µg/l) was 0.2 for cortisol and 1.5 for hGH, and the intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were <7%.

Statistical methods. Commercially available personal computer software (SPSS for Windows 6.1.3) was used to perform data analysis. Differences in the time courses of parameters between placebo and verum conditions were analyzed by ANOVA for repeated measures. The paired Student's t-test was used for post hoc comparison, two-sided P values were reported, and P < 0.05 was considered significant. All data reported in the text and Tables 1 and 2 are means ± SD; in Figs. 1-4, means ± SE are given.


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Effects of G-CSF on heart rate, rectal temperature, and the plasma levels of cortisol and growth hormone. No subjective side effects of G-CSF treatment occurred. In particular, no subject reported musculoskeletal pain. Using ANOVA for repeated measures, we detected no significant time-by-treatment interaction effect for heart rate, body temperature, or the plasma levels of cortisol or hGH (Fig. 1). There was no significant treatment effect for the plasma levels of cortisol [F(1,8) = 0.84, P = 0.385] or hGH [F(1,8) = 0.17, P = 0.693], but there was for heart rate [F(1,8) = 10.22, P = 0.013] and body temperature [F(1,8) = 6.52, P = 0.034]. However, as shown in Fig. 1, both heart rate and rectal temperature differed between conditions already at baseline, suggesting that the observed slight difference was not G-CSF induced. This was confirmed by an ANOVA performed on normalized values (for this purpose all values in each group were expressed as percentage of the mean at 2100), which did not reveal significant condition effects for heart rate [F(1,8) = 1.72, P = 0.225] or rectal temperature [F(1,8) = 0.01, P = 0.942].


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Fig. 1.   Time course of heart rate, rectal temperature, cortisol, and human growth hormone (hGH) plasma levels after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration (300 µg sc at 2100, n = 9). ANOVA for repeated measures showed no significant time-by-condition interaction effect for any values. open circle , Placebo; , G-CSF.

Effects of G-CSF on white blood cell counts and cytokine and soluble cytokine receptor plasma levels. ANOVA for repeated measures revealed significant time-by-condition interaction effects for total white blood cell, granulocyte, monocyte, and lymphocyte counts and the plasma levels of TNF-alpha , sTNF-R p55 and p75, and IL-1Ra (Figs. 2 and 3). There were significant treatment effects on total white blood cell [F(1,8) = 67.76, P < 0.001], granulocyte [F(1,8) = 53.38, P < 0.001], and monocyte counts [F(1,8) = 8.76, P < 0.01], but not on lymphocyte counts [F(1,8) = 0.65, P = 0.443]. ANOVA also revealed significant treatment effects on the plasma levels of TNF-alpha [F(1,8) = 5.93, P < 0.05], sTNF-R p55 [F(1,8) = 114.20, P < 0.001], sTNF-R p75 [F(1,8) = 79.60, P < 0.001], and IL-1Ra [F(1,8) = 70.88, P < 0.001].


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Fig. 2.   Time course of leukocyte counts after G-CSF administration (300 µg sc at 2100, n = 9). ANOVA for repeated measures showed significant time-by-condition interaction effects for all values. open circle , Placebo; , G-CSF. * P < 0.05 between conditions by paired t-test.


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Fig. 3.   Time course of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha , soluble TNF receptors (sTNF-R) p55 and p75, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) plasma levels after G-CSF administration (300 µg sc at 2100, n = 9). ANOVA for repeated measures showed significant time-by-condition interaction effects for all values. open circle , Placebo; , G-CSF. * P < 0.05 between conditions by paired t-test.

Total white blood cell and granulocyte counts decreased rapidly to a nadir 30 min after the injection of G-CSF but increased significantly thereafter until the end of the night. Monocyte and lymphocyte counts did not increase significantly before 0700. The plasma levels of IL-1Ra, TNF-alpha , and sTNF-R p55 and p75 all increased in response to G-CSF treatment; compared with placebo, soluble TNF receptors and IL-1Ra plasma levels were significantly elevated from 2300 onward. In contrast, G-CSF-induced increases of TNF-alpha plasma levels were not significant until 8 h after injection. Hence, at the time of sleep onset, the plasma levels of IL-1Ra and sTNF-R p55 and p75, but not those of TNF-alpha , were all significantly increased in response to G-CSF administration.

Effects of G-CSF treatment on sleep. There were no significant differences between conditions with respect to subjective tiredness before and after injection and in self-rated sleep quality reported the following morning (data not shown). G-CSF caused a significant increase in sleep period time, REM sleep latency, and the amount of movement time but caused no significant changes in the amounts of the different sleep stages (Table 1) or spectral EEG power (data not shown) when the entire night was considered.

                              
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Table 1.   Influence of G-CSF on night sleep

To account for the temporal pattern of G-CSF-induced increases in the plasma levels of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors, we analyzed the time course of night sleep in 2-h blocks (Table 2); ANOVA for repeated measures revealed significant time-by-condition interaction effects only for the amounts of stage 3 non-REM sleep [F(3,6) = 18.45, P = 0.002] and slow-wave sleep [F(3,6) = 5.60, P = 0.036]. Post hoc comparison revealed a significant decrease in slow-wave sleep during the first 2-h block of time in bed after G-CSF administration. The mean amounts of stage 3 and stage 4 non-REM sleep were both reduced during these 2 h, but only the decrease in stage 3 sleep was statistically significant. During the same 2-h block, non-REM sleep total EEG power (430 ± 120 vs. 540 ± 180 µV2, P < 0.05) and delta power (370 ± 110 vs. 480 ± 160 µV2, P < 0.05) were significantly reduced. This was the result of a significant reduction of EEG power in the frequency bins between 0.76 and 6.08 Hz, covering lower theta and delta frequencies (Fig. 4). However, EEG power for the entire theta band and the alpha, sigma, and beta bands was not significantly altered by G-CSF (data not shown). During the last 2-h block, mean stage 3 non-REM sleep amount was enhanced after G-CSF, but this effect showed only a trend toward statistical significance (P = 0.052). In parallel, mean EEG power in the delta frequency band was increased (Fig. 4). However, the difference between conditions was not significant.

                              
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Table 2.   Influence of G-CSF on distribution of sleep stages over 2-h blocks of time in bed



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Fig. 4.   Changes in non-rapid eye movement sleep electroencephalographic (EEG) power (combined stages 2, 3, and 4) after G-CSF administration (300 µg sc at 2100, n = 9). EEG spectral data are shown for 2-h blocks of time in bed. Data are expressed as percentage of value obtained after injection of placebo for frequency bins between 0.0 and 19.0 Hz. * P < 0.05 between conditions by paired t-test.


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In the present study, we examined the effects of G-CSF on night sleep and various hematologic, immunologic, and endocrine variables, as well as on rectal temperature in healthy volunteers. The hematologic effects of G-CSF, including an initial decrease followed by a prominent increase in granulocyte counts and slight increases in monocyte and lymphocyte counts, are in line with earlier reports (for review see Ref. 1). For the first time we have been able to show that a single dose of G-CSF does not influence the plasma levels of hGH and cortisol. The present study confirms earlier observations that G-CSF does not influence rectal temperature but increases the plasma levels of TNF-alpha , sTNF-R p55 and p75, and IL-1Ra (24). Because of a higher time resolution, we are able to show here that the G-CSF-induced increases in the plasma levels of IL-1Ra and soluble TNF receptors precede the increase in plasma TNF-alpha levels by several hours. We showed earlier that G-CSF influences neither the plasma levels of IL-1beta nor those of IL-6 (24).

G-CSF had only minor effects on night sleep as a whole but had a distinct influence on its time course; during the first 2 h of night sleep, in parallel with steep increases in the plasma levels of IL-1Ra and both soluble TNF-receptors but before significant increases in TNF-alpha plasma level, the amount of slow-wave sleep, in particular non-REM sleep stage 3, and EEG delta power were decreased by ~20%. During the last 2 h of the night, when TNF-alpha levels were significantly increased, stage 3 non-REM sleep and EEG-delta power were tendentially, but not significantly, increased.

In summary, a single dose of G-CSF induced a distinct temporal pattern of increases in the systemic concentrations of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors and altered the time course of night sleep but did not affect body temperature, heart rate, or major neuroendocrine systems. Hence, the effects of G-CSF on sleep cannot be attributed to influences on a number of physiological systems pivotal for the regulation of sleep and wakefulness, such as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (4) and the hypothalamic-somatotropic endocrine systems (30), or body temperature (9). Therefore, the effects of G-CSF on night sleep can best be explained either by direct effects of this cytokine on the brain or by G-CSF-induced changes in the systemic concentrations of TNF-alpha , soluble TNF receptors, or IL-1Ra. Until now, no effects of G-CSF on CNS function have been reported. Although there is preliminary evidence that intracerebroventricular administration of granulocyte-macrophage CSF and macrophage CSF alters sleep in rats (14), there are no data so far to support the idea that systemic administration of any CSF directly affects the brain. However, it is well established that systemic administration of inflammatory cytokines influences CNS function through various pathways (for review see Ref. 27). Additionally, numerous animal studies suggest an involvement of the TNF and IL-1 cytokine systems in sleep regulation; it has been shown that intracerebroventricular administration of IL-1beta (10, 18, 33) and TNF-alpha (12, 28) promotes non-REM sleep and EEG delta power in animals, whereas the administration of IL-1Ra (10, 22) and sTNF-R p55 (32), but not sTNF-R p75 (19), has the opposite effect. Recent evidence also suggests that systemic administration of TNF-alpha exerts these effects on sleep through the TNF-receptor p55; Fang et al. (3) showed that sTNF-R p55 knockout mice showed a reduced spontaneous amount of non-REM sleep that did not increase after intraperitoneal administration of TNF-alpha . This increase was nevertheless observed in wild-type control animals.

The results of the present study fit well within the framework of these animal data: the temporal association of steep G-CSF-induced increases in the plasma levels of sTNF-R p55 and IL-1Ra occurring without a concomitant increase in the plasma levels of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta on the one hand, and a reduction in the amount of slow-wave sleep and delta power during the first 2 h of sleep on the other hand, is in accordance with the idea that increased concentrations of antagonists of inflammatory cytokine actions suppress non-REM sleep, possibly by antagonizing non-REM sleep-promoting effects of endogenous TNF-alpha or IL-1beta , or both. During the last 2 h of night sleep, there was, along with increased circulating TNF-alpha levels, a trend toward increased EEG delta power and stage 3 non-REM sleep, further supporting the view that even very small changes in systemic TNF-alpha and sTNF-R levels affect non-REM sleep.

In humans, TNF-alpha is present in the circulation under baseline conditions in detectable, albeit small, amounts (16, 24, 25). Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume an involvement of circulating TNF-alpha in non-REM sleep regulation under physiological conditions in humans. Non-REM sleep suppression by increased levels of soluble TNF receptors may then be explained by an increased complexing of the cytokine to soluble receptors, which causes a decreased active transport of TNF-alpha to the brain, as has been described in mice (6). In contrast, there is no consistent evidence so far that IL-1beta circulates under baseline conditions in humans (24, 25). However, this does not exclude the presence of relevant amounts of IL-1beta in the CNS. Therefore, increased circulating amounts of IL-1Ra after G-CSF administration may antagonize IL-1beta effects on sleep-wake regulation after an active transport of the cytokine receptor antagonist to the brain, as also has been documented in mice (7).

In summary, our results provide for the first time evidence in humans that very subtle changes in the systemic concentrations of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors that are not accompanied by neuroendocrine activation or changes in body temperature alter sleep-wake behavior. To further delineate the role of the IL-1 and TNF cytokine systems in human sleep physiology, studies seem warranted that investigate the effects of IL-1Ra and sTNF-R p55 on sleep. IL-1Ra has already been shown to be well tolerated in healthy volunteers (5).

Perspectives

In addition to enhancing the understanding of sleep regulation, further studies on the effects of immunomodulation on human sleep may open new avenues for the development of treatments for disordered sleep-wake behavior. It may even be that sedative compounds that are already used in clinical practice exert their effects on sleep through immunomodulation. Recently, the antipsychotic drug clozapine has been shown to consistently induce slight increases in the plasma levels of TNF-alpha and both soluble TNF receptors (23). These properties of clozapine may be involved in the drug's effects on sleep (8, 37). There are other sedative drugs that influence cytokine secretion, such as, for example, thalidomide, a sedative drug and powerful immunomodulator (39) that, because of its teratogenic effects, is no longer used as a hypnotic. In vitro thalidomide was shown to inhibit TNF-alpha synthesis (20). In vivo, however, two studies observed slight increases in the circulating plasma levels of TNF-alpha that are comparable to those observed after clozapine treatment (11, 38). Therefore, the immunomodulatory effects of sedating drugs deserve intensive further experimental investigation.


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank Irene Gunst and Gaby Kohl for excellent technical assistance.


    FOOTNOTES

This study was supported by Grant I/71979 from the Volkswagen-Stiftung (Hannover, Germany).

The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: T. Pollmächer, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 10, D-80804 Munich, Germany (E-mail: topo{at}mpipsykl.mpg.de).

Received 17 October 1998; accepted in final form 4 January 1999.


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