PMID- 25834642 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150402 LR - 20220408 IS - 1758-5996 (Print) IS - 1758-5996 (Electronic) IS - 1758-5996 (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2015 TI - The impact of sleep disorders on glucose metabolism: endocrine and molecular mechanisms. PG - 25 LID - 10.1186/s13098-015-0018-3 [doi] LID - 25 AB - Modern lifestyle has profoundly modified human sleep habits. Sleep duration has shortened over recent decades from 8 to 6.5 hours resulting in chronic sleep deprivation. Additionally, irregular sleep, shift work and travelling across time zones lead to disruption of circadian rhythms and asynchrony between the master hypothalamic clock and pacemakers in peripheral tissues. Furthermore, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA), which affects 4 - 15% of the population, is not only characterized by impaired sleep architecture but also by repetitive hemoglobin desaturations during sleep. Epidemiological studies have identified impaired sleep as an independent risk factor for all cause of-, as well as for cardiovascular, mortality/morbidity. More recently, sleep abnormalities were causally linked to impairments in glucose homeostasis, metabolic syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This review summarized current knowledge on the metabolic alterations associated with the most prevalent sleep disturbances, i.e. short sleep duration, shift work and OSA. We have focused on various endocrine and molecular mechanisms underlying the associations between inadequate sleep quality, quantity and timing with impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. Of these mechanisms, the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, circadian pacemakers in peripheral tissues, adipose tissue metabolism, sympathetic nervous system activation, oxidative stress and whole-body inflammation are discussed. Additionally, the impact of intermittent hypoxia and sleep fragmentation (key components of OSA) on intracellular signaling and metabolism in muscle, liver, fat and pancreas are also examined. In summary, this review provides endocrine and molecular explanations for the associations between common sleep disturbances and the pathogenesis of T2DM. FAU - Briancon-Marjollet, Anne AU - Briancon-Marjollet A AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. AD - INSERM U1042, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. FAU - Weiszenstein, Martin AU - Weiszenstein M AD - Centre for Research on Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Henri, Marion AU - Henri M AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. AD - INSERM U1042, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. FAU - Thomas, Amandine AU - Thomas A AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. AD - INSERM U1042, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. FAU - Godin-Ribuot, Diane AU - Godin-Ribuot D AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. AD - INSERM U1042, F-38041 Grenoble, Cedex France. FAU - Polak, Jan AU - Polak J AD - Centre for Research on Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. AD - 2nd Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic. AD - Sports Medicine Department, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruska 87, Praha 10, 100 00 Czech Republic. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150324 PL - England TA - Diabetol Metab Syndr JT - Diabetology & metabolic syndrome JID - 101488958 PMC - PMC4381534 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diabetes OT - Insulin resistance OT - Intermittent hypoxia OT - Metabolic syndrome OT - Obesity OT - Obstructive sleep apnea OT - Shift working OT - Sleep EDAT- 2015/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/04 06:01 PMCR- 2015/03/24 CRDT- 2015/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 18 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13098-015-0018-3 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2015 Mar 24;7:25. doi: 10.1186/s13098-015-0018-3. eCollection 2015.