title: Diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatic lesions are greater in rats maintained under a light-dark cycle than under constant light, related to the locomotor activity rhythm.
abstract: Environmental lighting conditions affect circadian rhythm and carcinogenesis. The effect of diethylnitrosamine (DEN, i.p., 200 mg/kg) on carcinogenesis and circadian rhythmicity under a light-dark (LD) cycle, constant dark (DD) and constant light (LL) was analyzed in rats. After the recognition of entrainment in locomotor activity rhythm to LD cycle, animals remained under the LD cycle or were released into DD or LL. Liver carcinogenicity, measured by GST-P immunostaining, was higher under the LD cycle than under DD and LL. Two weeks after DEN injection, locomotor activity in 24 hr had increased under the LD. Circadian rhythmicity might be coupled with the carcinogenicity of DEN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-physiology and Brain Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan. yisobe@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukamachi
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hida
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Hitoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015197:Carcinogenicity Tests; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003624:Darkness; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008027:Light; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004052:Diethylnitrosamine