Affiliation:
1. Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Divisions ofPharmacology and
2. Physiology, Department of Oral Biology, Sendai, 980 – 8575, Japan
Abstract
Mammalian dentin universally shows circadian increments. However, little is known about the mechanism of this phenomenon. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the generation of circadian rhythm in dentin increment. Rats underwent lesion of the SCN by electrodes and were maintained under constant light to examine whether the circadian increment free runs. The rats were injected with nitrilotriacetato lead to chronologically label the growing dentin. Two weeks after the operation, maxillary incisors and the locations of lesions in the brain were examined histologically. A harmonic (Fourier) analysis was performed to examine the densitometric pattern of the dentin increments to determine their periodicity. In rats with a completely lesioned SCN, ultradian increments, but no circadian increments, were observed in the dentin. Alternatively, in rats with an intact or only partially lesioned SCN, circadian increments persisted or were only temporarily disturbed. These results suggest that the SCN plays an important role in the generation of the circadian dentin increment in rats.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology
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