TY - JOUR
T1 - Immune-mediated denervation of the pineal gland underlies sleep disturbance in cardiac disease
AU - Ziegler, Karin A.
AU - Ahles, Andrea
AU - Dueck, Anne
AU - Esfandyari, Dena
AU - Pichler, Pauline
AU - Weber, Karolin
AU - Kotschi, Stefan
AU - Bartelt, Alexander
AU - Sinicina, Inga
AU - Graw, Matthias
AU - Leonhardt, Heinrich
AU - Weckbach, Ludwig T.
AU - Massberg, Steffen
AU - Schifferer, Martina
AU - Simons, Mikael
AU - Hoeher, Luciano
AU - Luo, Jie
AU - Ertürk, Ali
AU - Schiattarella, Gabriele G.
AU - Sassi, Yassine
AU - Misgeld, Thomas
AU - Engelhardt, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/7/21
Y1 - 2023/7/21
N2 - Disruption of the physiologic sleep-wake cycle and low melatonin levels frequently accompany cardiac disease, yet the underlying mechanism has remained enigmatic. Immunostaining of sympathetic axons in optically cleared pineal glands from humans and mice with cardiac disease revealed their substantial denervation compared with controls. Spatial, single-cell, nuclear, and bulk RNA sequencing traced this defect back to the superior cervical ganglia (SCG), which responded to cardiac disease with accumulation of inflammatory macrophages, fibrosis, and the selective loss of pineal gland-innervating neurons. Depletion of macrophages in the SCG prevented disease-associated denervation of the pineal gland and restored physiological melatonin secretion. Our data identify the mechanism by which diurnal rhythmicity in cardiac disease is disturbed and suggest a target for therapeutic intervention.
AB - Disruption of the physiologic sleep-wake cycle and low melatonin levels frequently accompany cardiac disease, yet the underlying mechanism has remained enigmatic. Immunostaining of sympathetic axons in optically cleared pineal glands from humans and mice with cardiac disease revealed their substantial denervation compared with controls. Spatial, single-cell, nuclear, and bulk RNA sequencing traced this defect back to the superior cervical ganglia (SCG), which responded to cardiac disease with accumulation of inflammatory macrophages, fibrosis, and the selective loss of pineal gland-innervating neurons. Depletion of macrophages in the SCG prevented disease-associated denervation of the pineal gland and restored physiological melatonin secretion. Our data identify the mechanism by which diurnal rhythmicity in cardiac disease is disturbed and suggest a target for therapeutic intervention.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.abn6366
DO - 10.1126/science.abn6366
M3 - Article
C2 - 37471539
AN - SCOPUS:85165488796
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 381
SP - 285
EP - 290
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6655
ER -