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ArticlePhysiological reports2016

Effects of chronic forced circadian desynchronization on body weight and metabolism in male mice.

Leandro P Casiraghi, Ana Alzamendi, Andrés Giovambattista, Juan J Chiesa, Diego A Golombek

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Article in Physiological reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leandro P CasiraghiDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes - CONICET. Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ana AlzamendiUnidad de Neuroendocrinología, IMBICE (CONICET-CICPBA), La Plata, Argentina.
Andrés GiovambattistaUnidad de Neuroendocrinología, IMBICE (CONICET-CICPBA), La Plata, Argentina.
Juan J ChiesaDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes - CONICET. Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Diego A GolombekDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes - CONICET. Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina dgolombek@unq.edu.ar.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARNational University of Quilmes · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic functions are synchronized by the circadian clock setting daily patterns of food intake, nutrient delivery, and behavioral activity. Here, we study the impact of chronic jet-lag (CJL) on metabolism, and test manipulations aimed to overcome potential alterations. We recorded weight gain in C57Bl/6 mice under chronic 6 h advances or delays of the light-dark cycle every 2 days (ChrA and ChrD, respectively). We have previously reported ChrA, but not ChrD, to induce forced desynchronization of locomotor activity rhythms in mice (Casiraghi et al. 2012). Body weight was rapidly increased under ChrA, with animals tripling the mean weight gain observed in controls by day 10, and doubling it by day 30 (6% vs. 2%, and 15% vs. 7%, respectively). Significant increases in retroperitoneal and epidydimal adipose tissue masses (172% and 61%, respectively), adipocytes size (28%), and circulating triglycerides (39%) were also detected. Daily patterns of food and water intake were abolished under ChrA In contrast, ChrD had no effect on body weight. Wheel-running, housing of animals in groups, and restriction of food availability to hours of darkness prevented abnormal increase in body weight under ChrA Our findings suggest that the observed alterations under ChrA may arise either from a direct effect of circadian disruption on metabolism, from desynchronization between feeding and metabolic rhythms, or both. Direction of shifts, timing of feeding episodes, and other reinforcing signals deeply affect the outcome of metabolic function under CJL Such features should be taken into account in further studies of shift working schedules in humans.

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AnimalsBody WeightCircadian RhythmDisease Models, AnimalFeeding BehaviorJet Lag SyndromeMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLWeight GainChronic jet‐lagcircadian disruptionrestricted feedingshift workwheel‐running

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PMID27125665
PMCPMC4848717
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