AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 2 398-R403, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Glucoprivation counteracts effects of testosterone on daily torpor in Siberian hamsters

J. Dark, D. R. Miller, P. Licht and I. Zucker
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.

We tested whether 1) glucose availability is a signal for initiation of torpor in male hamsters and 2) glucoprivation can override the inhibitory effects of androgens on daily torpor. Male hamsters maintained at ambient temperatures of 8-16 degrees C were injected with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), a glucose analogue that interferes with cellular glucose oxidation. 2DG (2,000-2,500 mg/kg body mass) induced torpor within 1 h of treatment in normal adult males in reproductive condition and in those bearing testosterone (T)-filled capsules that produced supraphysiological blood T concentrations; body temperatures were reduced from 37 to 25 degrees C for several hours. Latency to torpor was increased and duration of torpor was decreased in the T-treated hamsters. Food intake decreased substantially both on the day of torpor and on the succeeding day. Glucoprivation appears to counteract the potent inhibitory effect of androgens on torpor and induces a hypometabolic state that results in overall energy savings.

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