Affiliation:
1. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí Mexico
2. Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Fisiología y Biofísica Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí Mexico
3. Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Anatomía Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico Mexico
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundDisrupted circadian rhythms may result from a misalignment between the environmental cycles (due to shift work, sleep restriction, feeding at an unusual time of day) and endogenous rhythms or by physiological aging. Among the numerous adverse effects, disrupted rhythms affect the brain‐gut axis, contributing to the pathogenesis of several diseases in the gastrointestinal tract, for example, abdominal pain, constipation, gastric dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and others.MethodsThis study evaluated the rat gastric emptying, gastrointestinal motility, a clock gene, gut hormones, and the neuron activity on the nucleus of tractus solitarius (NTS), area postrema (AP), and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) in rats with restricted food access to the rest phase for 4 weeks.Key ResultsOur results show that food restricted to the rest light period disturbed the expression pattern of a series of transcripts, including metabolic and circadian regulation. Also, the secretion of gastrointestinal hormones, gastric emptying, intestinal motility, and NTS, AP, and DMV activity were altered.Conclusions & InferencesThese data indicate the importance of the time of the day food is ingested on the regulation of energy balance and the endocrine activity of the stomach and small intestine, emphasizing the importance of food as a powerful circadian synchronizer and an essential factor for the triggering of gastrointestinal diseases and metabolic problems. These findings offer a novel clue regarding the obesity‐promoting effect attributed to feeding time and open the possibility of treating this and other intestinal disorders.
Subject
Gastroenterology,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems,Physiology
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