AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 6 1533-R1540, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Regional differences in fat pad responses to short days in Siberian hamsters

T. J. Bartness, J. M. Hamilton, G. N. Wade and B. D. Goldman
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury 01545.

Siberian hamsters exhibit decreased body weight and fat after initial exposure to short photoperiods and increased body weight and fat after extended short photoperiod exposure. The purpose of the present experiments was to determine if uniform changes in white adipose tissue (WAT) pad weights and lipid metabolism correspond to these short photoperiod-induced changes in body fat. Carcass lipid content and testes and fat pad weights [retroperitoneal WAT (RWAT), epididymal WAT (EWAT), and inguinal and dorsal subcutaneous WAT, respectively] were decreased in male hamsters relative to their long day counterparts after 6 and 12 wk of short-day exposure. Moreover, EWAT and RWAT weight, EWAT specific lipoprotein lipase activity, and specific and total lipogenesis were disproportionately decreased relative to the subcutaneous fat pads. The changes in fat pad weight and metabolism were generally reversed coincident with the return to a long-day-like reproductive status after prolonged short-day exposure (24 and 30 wk). In a less detailed experiment, female Siberian hamsters had decreased body, fat pad, and uterine weights after 6 wk of short-day exposure; however, no fat pad-specific changes in weight were observed. The results of these experiments demonstrate that short-day-exposed male Siberian hamsters may be a useful model for examining mechanisms underlying fat pad-specific responses. In addition, gender appears to influence the pattern of short-day-induced lipid depletion in this species.

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