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No Evidence for Extraocular Photoreceptors in the Circadian System of the Syrian Hamster
Shin Yamazaki
Maki Goto
Michael Menaker
Department of Biology and NSF Center for Biological Timing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2477
Campbell and Murphy reported recently that3hof bright light (13,000 lux) exposure to the area behind the knee caused phase shifts of the circadian rhythms of both body temperature and saliva melatonin in humans. The authors tested the hypothesis that extraocular photoreception is also involved in the circadian system of the Syrian hamster. Hamsters were bilaterally enucleated (eyes removed), and their backs were shaved. Hamsters with stable free-running rhythms in constant darkness were exposed to direct sunlight for 1 or 3 hours during their subjective night. Intact (control) animals showed phase shifts as expected, but the locomotor activity of enucleated animals was unaffected by the exposure to sunlight. The authors also measured the pineal melatonin content after exposure to sunlight. Pineal melatonin content in intact animals declined markedly as expected, but no decline was observed in the enucleated hamsters. The authors conclude that extraocular phototransduction is not capable of shifting the phase of the hamster's locomotor activity rhythm or of suppressing pineal melatonin synthesis.
Key Words: circadian photoreceptor • extraocular photoreceptor • circadian rhythm • melatonin • pineal • Syrian hamster • jet lag
Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 14, No. 3,
197-201 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000605
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