Circadian and circannual rhythms of several enzymes of lysosomal origin in human plasma

The circadian and circannual group rhythms in the plasma concentrations of the following lysosomal enzymes were studied in women and men: β-d-N-acetylglucosaminidase, β-d-glucuronidase, β-d-glucosidase, β-d-galactosidase, α-d-galactosidase, α-l-fucosidase and α-d-mannosidase. The circadian rhythm was detected in all the tested enzymes of women, and only in α-d-galactosidase, β-d-glucosidase, α-d-mannosidase and β-d-N-acetylglucosaminidase of men. A statistically significant difference between genders in the circadian rhythm was exhibited by β-d-galactosidase, β-d-glucosidase, β-d-N-acetylglucosaminidase, β-d-glucuronidase, α-d-galactosidase and α-l-fucosidase. A circannual rhythm was detected in all the tested enzymes, with the exception of β-d-glucuronidase and β-d-N-acetylglucosaminidase, without any statistically significant difference between genders. The group rhythms of some of the enzymes (α-d-galactosidase, β-d-glucosidase, β-d-galactosidase) showed similar values of both circadian and circannual acrophases, suggesting that they may be subjected as a group to the same chronobiological coordination. The chronobiological rhythms of lysosomal enzymes were different from those of lactate dehydrogenase and α1-antitrypsin, indicating that these rhythms are not merely reflecting fluctuations of the water content of plasma. No in-phase relationship was observed between the circadian and circannual rhythms of plasma cortisol and those of the tested lysosomal enzymes, excluding a direct chronobiological relationship between this hormone and lysosomal enzymes. © 1988.