ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022
Artificial Dim Light at Night during Pregnancy Can Affect Hormonal and Metabolic Rhythms in Rat Offspring.
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- Effect of gestational exposure to dim light at night on the behavior of rat dams and offspring.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Endocrine-circadian interactions in birds: implications when nights are no longer dark.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
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- Outdoor artificial light at night exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Maternal exposure to dim light at night induces behavioral alterations in the adolescent and adult offspring Wistar rat.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Impacts of artificial light at night on the early life history of two ecosystem engineers.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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- Disturbances of Hormonal Circadian Rhythms by Light Pollution.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Association between exposure to outdoor artificial light at night and the risk of preterm birth.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is considered an environmental risk factor that can interfere with the circadian control of the endocrine system and metabolism. We studied the impact of ALAN during pregnancy on the hormonal and biochemical parameters in rat pups at postnatal (P) days P3, P10, and P20. Control dams (CTRL) were kept in a standard light-dark regime, and ALAN dams were exposed to dim ALAN (<2 lx) during the whole pregnancy. A plasma melatonin rhythm was found in all CTRL groups, whereas in ALAN pups, melatonin was not rhythmic at P3, and its amplitude was lowered at P10; no differences were found between groups at P20. Plasma corticosterone was rhythmic at P20 in both groups, with decreased mesor in ALAN pups. Plasma thyroid hormones exhibited an inconsistent developmental pattern, and vasopressin levels were suppressed at the beginning of the dark phase at P20 in ALAN compared to CTRL. Glucose and cholesterol showed significant daily rhythms in CTRL but not in ALAN offspring at P3. Exposure to ALAN during pregnancy disturbed the development of daily rhythms in measured hormones and metabolites, suggesting that ALAN during pregnancy can act as an endocrine disruptor that can interfere with the normal development of the progeny.
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