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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 278: R757-R762, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 3, R757-R762, March 2000

Siberian hamsters that fail to reentrain to the photocycle have suppressed melatonin levels

Norman F. Ruby1, Margarita L. Dubocovich2, and H. Craig Heller1

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305; and 2 Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 606011

Siberian hamsters readily reentrain to a 3-h phase delay of the photocycle (16 h light/day) but fail to reentrain to a 5-h phase delay. This study tested whether melatonin production was suppressed in animals that failed to reentrain. Melatonin was measured on the day before, day of, or several days after each phase shift. Melatonin levels measured 4 h after dark onset were ~83 µg/ml on the day before each phase delay and undetectable (<6 µg/ml) during the light phase on the day of the phase shift. Activity onsets regained their prior phase relationship to the photocycle 4 (3 h) or 5 (5 h) days after the phase shift; on that day, melatonin levels were measured 4 h after dark onset. Melatonin levels were unaffected by the 3-h phase delay (>57.6 µg/ml) but were undetectable after a 5-h phase delay (<8 µg/ml). Thus melatonin remained suppressed only after the phase delay to which hamsters also fail to reentrain. This relationship suggests that the propensity for reentrainment may be influenced by changes in melatonin production following a phase shift of the photocycle.

circadian system; light-dark cycle; activity; phase shift


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