Dim light at night interferes with the development of the short-day phenotype and impairs cell-mediated immunity in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

2014 ◽  
Vol 321 (8) ◽  
pp. 450-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taryn G. Aubrecht ◽  
Zachary M. Weil ◽  
Randy J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Cell Mediated Immunity ◽  
Light At Night ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters ◽  
Dim Light

Dim light at night disrupts the short-day response in Siberian hamsters

2014 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Ikeno ◽  
Zachary M. Weil ◽  
Randy J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Light At Night ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters ◽  
Dim Light

Short-day aggression is independent of changes in cortisol or glucocorticoid receptors in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

2015 ◽  
Vol 323 (5) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa-Ann L. Scotti ◽  
Nikki M. Rendon ◽  
Timothy J. Greives ◽  
Russell D. Romeo ◽  
Gregory E. Demas
Keyword(s):  
Glucocorticoid Receptors ◽  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters

scholarly journals Photoperiod-dependent modulation of anti-Müllerian hormone in female Siberian hamsters, Phodopus sungorus

Reproduction ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther W Kabithe ◽  
Ned J Place
Keyword(s):  
Granulosa Cells ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Follicular Development ◽  
Day Length ◽  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Reproductive Aging ◽  
Primordial Follicles ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters ◽  
Secondary Stage

Fertility and fecundity decline with advancing age in female mammals, but reproductive aging was decelerated in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) raised in a short-day (SD) photoperiod. Litter success was significantly improved in older hamsters when reared in SD and the number of primordial follicles was twice that of females held in long days (LD). Because anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) appears to inhibit the recruitment of primordial follicles in mice, we sought to determine whether the expression patterns of AMH differ in the ovaries and serum of hamsters raised in SD versus LD. Ovaries of SD female hamsters are characterized by a paucity of follicular development beyond the secondary stage and are endowed with an abundance of large eosinophilic cells, which may derive from granulosa cells of oocyte-depleted follicles. In ovaries from 10-week-old SD hamsters, we found that the so-called ‘hypertrophied granulosa cells’ were immunoreactive for AMH, as were granulosa cells within healthy-appearing primary and secondary follicles. Conversely, ovaries from age-matched LD animals lack the highly eosinophilic cells present in SD ovaries. Therefore, AMH staining in LD was limited to primary and secondary follicles that are comparable in number to those found in SD ovaries. The substantially greater AMH expression in SD ovaries probably reflects the abundance of hypertrophied granulosa cells in SD ovaries and their relative absence in LD ovaries. The modulation of ovarian AMH by day length is a strong mechanistic candidate for the preservation of primordial follicles in female hamsters raised in a SD photoperiod.

Butyric acid suppresses palatable food consumption in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) housed in short, but not long, photoperiods

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. 749-754
Author(s):  
Joanna L. Workman ◽  
Eric M. Johnson ◽  
Lynn B. Martin ◽  
Randy J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Butyric Acid ◽  
Food Restriction ◽  
Skim Milk ◽  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Milk Consumption ◽  
Palatable Food ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters ◽  
Short Days

Short days induce winter-like adaptations in small mammals such as Siberian hamsters ( Phodopus sungorus (Pallas, 1773)). Specifically, hamsters adjust food consumption, metabolic processes, and immune function to optimize energetic needs and promote winter survival. One potentially inexpensive behavioral adaptation to increase survival is avoidance of infection. We tested the hypothesis that photoperiod affects avoidance of potentially infected food. In experiment 1, hamsters were weaned into either short or long days with ad libitum food. Three weeks later, hamsters were presented with either skim milk treated with butyric acid (2%), a bacterial product that serves as a potent cue of spoilage, or unadulterated skim milk; consumption was measured. After milk presentation, blood samples were obtained to assess cortisol. In experiment 2, skim-milk consumption was again assessed after 3 weeks in either short or long days. In experiment 3, we tested the hypothesis that food avoidance was due to photoperiod-induced differential neophobia. Short-day hamsters increased milk consumption, which was blocked by butyric acid. Short days increased cortisol concentrations; neither food restriction nor butyric acid affected cortisol concentrations. Photoperiod did not alter neophobic responses. These experiments suggest that short-day hamsters avoid food treated with butyric acid possibly as an adaptive trait to avoid costly winter infections.

Short-Day Increases in Aggression Are Inversely Related to Circulating Testosterone Concentrations in Male Siberian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Jasnow ◽  
Kim L. Huhman ◽  
Timothy J. Bartness ◽  
Gregory E. Demas
Keyword(s):  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters

Control of torpor and body weight patterns by a seasonal timer in Siberian hamsters

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. R142-R149 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Bartness ◽  
J. A. Elliott ◽  
B. D. Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Implant Removal ◽  
Daily Torpor ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Siberian Hamsters ◽  
Long Day ◽  
Preparatory Phase ◽  
Pelage Color ◽  
Seasonal Responses

Two experiments were designed to assess whether the short-day-induced patterns of shallow daily torpor, body weight, and other seasonal responses (food intake and pelage pigmentation) exhibited by Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus sungorus) are under the control of a "seasonal timekeeping mechanism" that is independent of reproductive status [testosterone, (T)]. We examined whether the patterning and expression of these seasonal responses were altered by decreases in serum T that accompany gonadal regression during the first 8 wk of short-day exposure (i.e., the "preparatory phase" of the torpor season) or by experimental increases in serum T after this phase. Short-day-housed, castrated hamsters bearing T implants had long-day levels of the hormone and did not exhibit torpor. Appropriate seasonal patterns and levels of torpor, body weight, pelage color stage, and food intake were exhibited after T implant removal although serum T was clamped to long-day levels during the preparatory phase. In animals that were gonad intact during the preparatory phase and were subsequently castrated and given T implants, torpor did not occur as long as the implants were in place. However, the patterns and levels of daily torpor, food intake, and body weight rapidly returned to appropriate seasonal values compared with the castrated, blank-implanted controls on T implant removal; these effects occurred whether the T implants were removed when torpor frequency was increasing, at its peak, or decreasing across the torpor season. T did not affect pelage color stage under any condition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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