TY - JOUR
T1 - Diurnal rhythms of bile acid production in the rat.
AU - Duane, W. C.
AU - Gilberstadt, M. L.
AU - Wiegand, D. M.
PY - 1979/3
Y1 - 1979/3
N2 - Diurnal rhythms of bile acid synthesis were studied in Sprague-Dawley rats maintained in 12 h of illumination and 12 h of darkness each day. Synthesis, measured as output from a chronic bile fistula, underwent a consistent diurnal change with an amplitude of about 20% around mean daily synthesis and a peak in the dark period. The peak in cholate synthesis preceded the peak in chenodeoxycholate synthesis which preceded the peak in alpha-muricholate synthesis which preceded the peak in beta-muricholate synthesis. Fasting, intravenous infusion of dexamethasone (100 microgram/kg . h), adrenalectomy, and ocular enucleation all failed to abolish the diurnal rhythm in synthesis. In one rat studied 30 days after ocular enucleation the diurnal rhythm in synthesis persisted; however, relative to 4 days after enucleation the phase of the rhythm shifted about 90 degrees suggesting that light deprivation caused the rhythm to become free-running with a period slightly different from 24 h.
AB - Diurnal rhythms of bile acid synthesis were studied in Sprague-Dawley rats maintained in 12 h of illumination and 12 h of darkness each day. Synthesis, measured as output from a chronic bile fistula, underwent a consistent diurnal change with an amplitude of about 20% around mean daily synthesis and a peak in the dark period. The peak in cholate synthesis preceded the peak in chenodeoxycholate synthesis which preceded the peak in alpha-muricholate synthesis which preceded the peak in beta-muricholate synthesis. Fasting, intravenous infusion of dexamethasone (100 microgram/kg . h), adrenalectomy, and ocular enucleation all failed to abolish the diurnal rhythm in synthesis. In one rat studied 30 days after ocular enucleation the diurnal rhythm in synthesis persisted; however, relative to 4 days after enucleation the phase of the rhythm shifted about 90 degrees suggesting that light deprivation caused the rhythm to become free-running with a period slightly different from 24 h.
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpregu.1979.236.3.r175
DO - 10.1152/ajpregu.1979.236.3.r175
M3 - Article
C2 - 426094
AN - SCOPUS:18544396604
SN - 0002-9513
VL - 236
SP - R175-R179
JO - The American journal of physiology
JF - The American journal of physiology
IS - 3
ER -