Serum concentrations of urea and cholesterol were used as indicators of liver function in rabbits in an investigation of the responsiveness of the daily rhythm of liver function to phase shifts in the environmental light-dark cycle. Locomotor activity was simultaneously monitored by actigraphy. Serum urea and cholesterol concentrations exhibited robust daily rhythmicity with opposite phases. Both indicators of liver function phase shifted in response to phase shifts of the light-dark cycle. The phase shifts in liver function appeared to be parallel to phase shifts in locomotor activity, but the data were not sufficiently strong to confirm that the liver relies on the secondary effect of photic phase shift on ingestive behavior in order to be phase-shifted by light as previously indicated by gene expression studies in laboratory rodents.

Daily rhythms of liver-function indicators in rabbits.

PICCIONE, Giuseppe;CAOLA, Giovanni;
2007-01-01

Abstract

Serum concentrations of urea and cholesterol were used as indicators of liver function in rabbits in an investigation of the responsiveness of the daily rhythm of liver function to phase shifts in the environmental light-dark cycle. Locomotor activity was simultaneously monitored by actigraphy. Serum urea and cholesterol concentrations exhibited robust daily rhythmicity with opposite phases. Both indicators of liver function phase shifted in response to phase shifts of the light-dark cycle. The phase shifts in liver function appeared to be parallel to phase shifts in locomotor activity, but the data were not sufficiently strong to confirm that the liver relies on the secondary effect of photic phase shift on ingestive behavior in order to be phase-shifted by light as previously indicated by gene expression studies in laboratory rodents.
2007
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