title: [Effect of the light regime and electromagnetic fields on mammary carcinogenesis in female rats].
abstract: Outbred female rats from the age of 1 month were kept at rooms with 12 h light: 12 h dark (LD), 24 h light (LL) and 24 h dark (DD) regimens and 2 weeks later were exposed to 3 weekly i.v. injections of NMU at the dose of 50 mg/kg and starting in 2 days after first NMU administration-to variable or static magnetic fields (VMF and SMF). Exposure to LL regimen significantly promoted whereas the exposure to DD regimen significantly inhibited NMU-induced mammary carcinogenesis. RIA of serum samples from rats maintained under different light regimens has shown that exposure to LL followed by decrease of melatonin level and increase of prolactin level at all of modifying factors (NMU, VMF, SMF). Surgical light deprivation inhibits NMU-indiced mammary carcinogenesis in female rats. The primary role of pineal function in the modifying effects of light/dark regimens and electromagnetic fields on mammary carcinogenesis are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Tubingen University, Germany.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Anisimov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Zhukova
authors.forename: D Sh
authors.initials: DSh
authors.lastname: Veniashvili
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Bilanishvili
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Menabde
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D003624:Darkness; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D008027:Light; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D008550:Melatonin / Q000097:blood; D008770:Methylnitrosourea / Q000633:toxicity; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D008770:Methylnitrosourea; D011388:Prolactin; D008550:Melatonin
vernacular_title: Vliianie svetogo rezhima i élektromagnitnykh poleĭ na kantserogenez molochnoĭ zhelezy u samok krys.