Glial cytokine modulation improves sleep and circadian disruption in female SAA knock‐in mice of Alzheimer's‐related pathology

Mar 30, 2026Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Changing immune signals in support cells improves sleep and daily rhythms in female mice with Alzheimer's-related changes

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Abstract

Only females showed midlife reductions in light-phase sleep and increased rhythm fragmentation from 2 to 19 months.

  • Sleep and circadian disturbances were observed in female mice with Alzheimer's-like features, while male mice did not exhibit the same changes.
  • Increased rhythm fragmentation and reduced rhythm stability were linked to selective reversal learning deficits in female mice.
  • Treatment with MW151 resulted in increased light-phase sleep and decreased levels of a specific inflammatory marker (TNF-α) in the cortex of aged female mice.
  • The effects of MW151 on sleep were independent of changes in amyloid beta accumulation.
  • Findings suggest that neuroinflammatory signaling may be a modifiable factor influencing sleep disturbances associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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