EFFECT OF PINEALECTOMY AND MELATONIN ON MAMMARY-TUMOR GROWTH IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF LIGHTING
EFFECT OF PINEALECTOMY AND MELATONIN ON MAMMARY-TUMOR GROWTH IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF LIGHTING
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01670163
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
LECALVEZ, J
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作者:
AUBERT, C;JANIAUD, P;LECALVEZ, J
Stress modifies the neurohormonal balance of biogenic amines (catecholamines and indoleamines such as serotonin and melatonin). The possible role of such neurohormonal balances on tumor induction and tumor growth was investigated by administration of melatonin, by pinealectomy or by varying the nycthemeral cycle of lighting. In the case of mammary tumors induced in female Sprague-Dawley rats by per os administration of 7.12 DMBA [dimethylbenz(a)anthracene], 2 important observations were made: the carcinogen alters the levels of pituitary serotonin, particularly at the level of the intermediary lobe, and melatonin seems to play a role in restricting tumor development. Neuro-hormonal balances, implicated in pineal-hypothalamo-pituitary hormonal regulation, play a role in tumor induction and tumor growth of mammary tumors in female rats, probably by modifying peripheral hormone secretion. The stress induced by modification of a nycthemeral cycle can, under certain experimental conditions, modify tumor response and development.