PMID- 31207311 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190919 LR - 20231104 IS - 1879-0631 (Electronic) IS - 0024-3205 (Print) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 231 DP - 2019 Aug 15 TI - Light at night exacerbates metabolic dysfunction in a polygenic mouse model of type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 116574 LID - S0024-3205(19)30500-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116574 [doi] AB - AIMS: Electric lighting is beneficial to modern society; however, it is becoming apparent that light at night (LAN) is not without biological consequences. Several studies have reported negative effects of LAN on health and behavior in humans and nonhuman animals. Exposure of non-diabetic mice to dim LAN impairs glucose tolerance, whereas a return to dark nights (LD) reverses this impairment. We predicted that exposure to LAN would exacerbate the metabolic abnormalities in TALLYHO/JngJ (TH) mice, a polygenic model of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We exposed 7-week old male TH mice to either LD or LAN for 8-10 weeks in two separate experiments. After 8 weeks of light treatment, we conducted intraperitoneal glucose tolerance testing (ipGTT) followed by intraperitoneal insulin tolerance testing (ipITT). In Experiment 1, all mice were returned to LD for 4 weeks, and ipITT was repeated. KEY FINDINGS: The major results of this study are i) LAN exposure for 8 weeks exacerbates glucose intolerance and insulin resistance ii) the effects of LAN on insulin resistance are reversed upon return to LD, iii) LAN exposure results in a greater increase in body weight compared to LD exposure, iv) LAN increases the incidence of mice developing overt T2DM, and v) LAN exposure decreases survival of mice with T2DM. SIGNIFICANCE: In conclusion, LAN exacerbated metabolic abnormalities in a polygenic mouse model of T2DM, and these effects were reversed upon return to dark nights. The applicability of these findings to humans with T2DM needs to be determined. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Russart, Kathryn L G AU - Russart KLG AD - Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: kathryn.russart@osumc.edu. FAU - Chbeir, Souhad A AU - Chbeir SA AD - Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. FAU - Nelson, Randy J AU - Nelson RJ AD - Department of Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. FAU - Magalang, Ulysses J AU - Magalang UJ AD - Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 NS092388/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA202745/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190614 PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Baroreflex MH - Blood Glucose/*metabolism MH - Blood Pressure MH - Body Weight MH - Circadian Rhythm/physiology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Glucose Intolerance/metabolism MH - Glucose Tolerance Test MH - Heart Rate MH - Hemodynamics MH - Insulin/blood MH - Insulin Resistance/physiology MH - Light MH - Lighting/*adverse effects MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Norepinephrine MH - Weight Gain PMC - PMC6689263 MID - NIHMS1532595 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diabetes OT - Glucose tolerance OT - Insulin resistance OT - Light at night OT - Metabolic dysfunction COIS- Conflict of Interest The authors have no personal, professional, or financial relationships that could potentially be construed as a conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/08/15 CRDT- 2019/06/18 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0024-3205(19)30500-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116574 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 2019 Aug 15;231:116574. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116574. Epub 2019 Jun 14.