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Departments of 1 Biomedical Sciences and 3 Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and 2 Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
Male woodchucks (Marmota monax) were maintained in northern vs. southern hemisphere photoperiods, provided feed and water ad libitum, and evaluated every 2 wk for 23 mo for body weight, absolute and relative food intake, body temperature, serum testosterone, and serum concentrations of leptin measured using an anti-mouse leptin enzyme-linked immunoassay. During late spring and summer, body weight increased 56 ± 4% above winter nadirs, and during the autumn and early winter weights decreased 27 to 43% below midsummer maxima. Serum leptin initially increased during increases in body weight, in the late spring, reached peak values (490 ± 32 pg/ml) in summer during the initial decline in body weight, and later decreased along with body weight to reach basal values (20 ± 5 pg/ml) in late winter. Spontaneous declines in food intakes in summer began 2-6 wk before resulting declines in body weight and occurred during increases in leptin >100 pg/ml. The rate of decline in food intakes was greatest when serum leptin was at or near peak values. Food intake increased in late winter when leptin was low and 7-10 wk before resulting increases in body weight. Testis recrudescence occurred when leptin was declining to near basal levels. The results suggest that leptin is involved in the hormonal regulation of the circannual cycle in the drive for voluntary food intake in this species.
adipose; seasonality; annual cycles; photoperiod; circannual
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