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Chronotype changes during puberty depend on gonadal hormones in the slow-developing rodent, Octodon degus

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Hagenauer, Megan Hastings, Ku, Jennifer HeeYoung, Lee, Theresa M.·2011·Hormones and Behavior

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During puberty, human adolescents develop a later chronotype, exhibiting a delay in the timing of rest and activity as well as other daily physiological rhythms. The purpose of this study was to determine whether similar changes in chronotype occur during puberty in a laboratory rodent species, and, if so, to determine whether they are due to pubertal hormones acting on the circadian timekeeping system. To test this hypothesis, we carefully tracked daily activity rhythms across puberty in the slow-developing rodent Octodon degus. We confirmed that male degus showed a large reorganization of activity rhythms that correlated with secondary sex development during puberty, including a loss of bimodality and a 3-5 h phase-advance. Similar to humans, this circadian reorganization showed distinct sex differences, with females showing little change during puberty in two separate experiments. Prepubertal gonadectomy (GDX) eliminated the changes, whereas SHAM gonadectomy had little impact. Therefore, gonadal hormones are likely to play a role in pubertal changes in chronotype in this rodent species. Using evidence from a variety of species, including our recent studies in the rat, we conclude that chronotype changes during puberty are a well-demonstrated phenomenon in mammals.

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  • The homeostatic drive to sleep changes during adolescence.

    “This review specifically focuses on adolescent changes in the circadian timekeeping system, but there is growing evidence that the homeostatic drive to sleep also changes during adolescence (see recent reviews by Carskadon [27] and Hagenauer et al. [67]).”
  • The pubertal shift in rest/activity rhythms in rodents is similar to that in human adolescents.

    “This meant that, overall, both rodent species showed a large (2-4) hr shift in the phasing of their rest/activity rhythms during pubertal development, similar to human adolescents (Figure 2C-D, [66-67, 75, 114, 185]).”
  • In degus, females did not seem to shift their activity rhythms at all during puberty, despite males showing large changes in chronotype.

    “For degus, the sex difference was absolute: females did not seem to shift their activity rhythms at all during puberty, despite the fact that males showed large changes in chronotype [67].”
  • Gonadectomized animals either completely lacked a shift in chronotype during the normal pubertal period (degus) or showed a much diminished shift (rats).

    “We found that gonadectomized animals either completely lacked a shift in chronotype during the normal pubertal period (degus: [67, 75]) or showed a much diminished shift in chronotype (rats: [66]).”
  • Both rodent species showed a large (2-4) hr shift in the phasing of their rest/activity rhythms during pubertal development.

    “This meant that, overall, both rodent species showed a large (2-4) hr shift in the phasing of their rest/activity rhythms during pubertal development, similar to human adolescents (Figure 2C-D, [66-67, 75, 114, 185]).”

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Authors
Hagenauer, M. H., Ku, J. H., & Lee, T. M.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Hagenauer, Megan Hastings
Venue
Hormones and Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-06
Volume
60
Issue
1
Pages
37-45
ISSN
0018-506X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2039002237
Cited by
41
References
57
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of Michigan
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL061667)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32HD007048)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Keywords
chronotype, puberty, gonadal hormones, Octodon degus, circadian rhythm, activity rhythms, phase advance, sex differences, gonadectomy
MeSH terms
Animals, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Male, Orchiectomy, Running, Sex Factors, Sexual Maturation, Gonadal Hormones, Octodon, Sexual Development

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