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Leptin, ghrelin, and energy metabolism of the spawning burbot (Lota lota, L.)Anne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool 293:119-26. 2002..The functions of leptin and the ghrelin-immunoreactive peptide in the physiology of the burbot are not consistent with the models of their function in mammals...- Fatty acid profiles and relative mobilization during fasting in adipose tissue depots of the American marten (Martes americana)Petteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Lipids 41:231-40. 2006.... - Exogenous melatonin elevates the plasma leptin and thyroxine concentrations of the mink (Mustela vison)A M Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
Z Naturforsch C 55:806-13. 2000..The effects of exogenous melatonin are very pronounced in the mink. Melatonin elevates the plasma leptin and thyroxine levels possibly by direct and indirect mechanisms... - Different fatty acid composition in central and peripheral adipose tissues of the American mink (Mustela vison)Anne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 147:903-10. 2007..These data confirm that the FA signatures of mammals reflect not only their dietary history but also metabolic modifications of ingested FA... - Continuous melatonin treatment and fasting in the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)--vernal body weight regulation and reproductionAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
Zoolog Sci 21:163-72. 2004..Melatonin also increased their body mass indices from July to Aug 2001, indicating that it triggers the autumnal accumulation of fat in the species... - Lipid metabolism in the adipose tissues of a carnivore, the raccoon dog, during prolonged fastingAnne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 232:58-69. 2007..The in vivo FA mobilization from the regional WAT depots of a carnivore was selective, and the molecular structure of the FA affected its efficiency... - Adaptations to fasting in a terrestrial mustelid, the sable (Martes zibellina)Anne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 144:444-50. 2006..Moreover, fasting increased the plasma ghrelin concentrations of the sables and down-regulated the thyroid activity... - Effects of low-dose leptin and gender on the physiology of the mouse (Mus musculus)A M Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 86:166-73. 2002..Leptin seems to have minor but widespread effects on the energy metabolism of a nonmutant rodent. In nature, one function of leptin could be carbohydrate preservation... - Physiological adaptations to fasting in an actively wintering canid, the Arctic blue fox (Alopex lagopus)Anne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 305:32-46. 2006.... - Endocrinologic adaptations to wintertime fasting in the male American mink (Mustela vison)Anne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 230:612-20. 2005..The endocrine response to food deprivation is remarkably similar in divergent mammalian orders, indicating that the hormonal signals enhancing survival during nutritional scarcity must be evolutionarily old and well conserved... - Hyperthermia and increased physical activity in the fasting American mink Mustela VisonAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 305:489-98. 2006..It is concluded that the mink differs from previously studied homeotherms in thermoregulatory and behavioral responses to fasting probably due to its high energy requirements and predatory success... - Circannual leptin and ghrelin levels of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) in reference to seasonal rhythms of body mass, adiposity, and food intakeAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 303:26-36. 2005..Our results reinforce the hypothesis that leptin does not function as an acute indicator of body adiposity in seasonal carnivores but rather as a long-term signal of nutritional status... - Adaptations to fasting in the American mink (Mustela vison): carbohydrate and lipid metabolismAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 140:195-202. 2005..The results of the present study suggest that the mink has not evolved sophisticated adaptations to wintertime fasting... - Selective seasonal fatty acid accumulation and mobilization in the wild raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)Anne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Lipids 42:1155-67. 2007..The principles of selective FA mobilization were valid in wild mammals. FA incorporation was also selective and reversed the wintertime losses of the preferably mobilized FA... - Physiological adaptations of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) to seasonal fasting-fat and nitrogen metabolism and influence of continuous melatonin treatmentA M Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, PO Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
J Comp Physiol B 174:1-12. 2004..The species can maintain its protein catabolism constant for at least 60 days. Decreased cortisol and thyroid hormone concentrations may contribute to protein sparing... - Food deprivation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus)Anne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
J Comp Physiol B 178:199-208. 2008..No signs of stimulated protein catabolism characteristic to phase III of fasting were present during 18 h without food... - Preliminary evidence that pharmacologic melatonin treatment decreases rat ghrelin levelsA M Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
Endocrine 16:43-6. 2001..The results suggest new interplay between the pineal gland and energy metabolism as well as reenforce the hypothesis that ghrelin is antagonistic to leptin... 
Response to fasting in an unnaturally obese carnivore, the captive European polecat Mustela putoriusAnne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, PO Box 111, FI 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 234:1287-95. 2009..The polecat could be recommended as an easily accessible carnivorean model to study the natural history of the obese phenotype and its comorbidities...- Melatonin and the wintering strategy of the tundra vole, Microtus oeconomusAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Zoolog Sci 19:683-7. 2002..Winter metabolism of the species does not seem to require accumulation of fat or extra stores of liver or muscle glycogen. On the contrary, successful wintering of the tundra vole presumably depends on continuous food availability... - Adaptations to fasting in the American mink (Mustela vison): nitrogen metabolismAnne Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
J Comp Physiol B 175:357-63. 2005..Although the mink can still have a high body fat percent at the end of the 7-day fast, it appears to enter phase III of fasting with stimulated proteolysis during this period... - Effects of continuous light and melatonin treatment on energy metabolism of the ratA M Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
J Endocrinol Invest 25:716-23. 2002..Both exogenous melatonin and constant light seem to have a strong regulatory effect on rat energy metabolism... - Selective fatty acid mobilization from adipose tissues of the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus) during food deprivationAnne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, FI 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Physiol Biochem Zool 82:531-40. 2009..The hepatic FA profile was resistant to the 4-d period of food deprivation. The results demonstrate that the incorporation of FA into WAT and their mobilization from lipid stores are selective not only in mammals but also in birds... - Seasonal rhythms of body temperature in the free-ranging raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) with special emphasis on winter sleepAnne Mari Mustonen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
Chronobiol Int 24:1095-107. 2007..The overwintering strategy of the raccoon dog resembled the patterns of winter sleep in bears and badgers, but the wintertime passivity of the species was more intermittent and the decrease in the T(b) less pronounced... - Phytoestrogens alter the reproductive organ development in the mink (Mustela vison)Ari Ryökkynen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, PO Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 202:132-9. 2005..This study could not explain the mechanisms behind these alterations. The results indicate that perinatal phytoestrogen exposures cause alterations in the weight of the reproductive organs of the mink kits... - Phytosterols act as endocrine and metabolic disruptors in the European polecat (Mustela putorius)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 178:22-8. 2002..PS had widespread previously unreported effects on the physiology of the polecat. The multiple effects indicate the need of a thorough risk assessment of the effects and interactions of PS... - Seasonal weight regulation of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides): interactions between melatonin, leptin, ghrelin, and growth hormonePetteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, Finland
J Biol Rhythms 17:155-63. 2002..Instead of the amount of fat in the body, the main regulators of the levels of these hormones in the raccoon dog are presumably seasonal rhythms entrained by melatonin... - Adaptations of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) to wintering--effects of restricted feeding or periodic fasting on lipids, sex steroids and reproductionJuha Asikainen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 303:861-71. 2005.... - In vivo effects of bisphenol A on the polecat (mustela putorius)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
J Toxicol Environ Health A 65:933-45. 2002..This suggests physiological changes in the groups receiving 50 or 250 mg BPA/kg body weight/d... - Seasonal reproductive endocrine profile of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)-effects of melatonin and food deprivationJuha Asikainen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 299:180-7. 2003..Food deprivation in winter seems to accentuate the sex steroid response during the mating as the fasted males had higher testosterone concentrations than the fed males in February and March... - Effects of fasting and exogenous melatonin on annual rhythms in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 139:183-97. 2004..Melatonin exerted a strong influence not only on the reproductive axis of the males but also on the seasonal food intake. The species seemed quite resistant to periodic involuntary food deprivation... - Phytosterols affect endocrinology and metabolism of the field vole (Microtus agrestis)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 228:188-93. 2003..As 5 mg PS kg(-1) day(-1) is the recommended dose for various health products, a thorough risk assessment of the effects and interactions of PS is warranted... - Thermoregulatory adaptations of the overwintering captive raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in boreal climatePetteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol 303:776-84. 2005..Opposite to the established assumptions, the raccoon dog does not seem to enter winter sleep on fur farms. In the future it is important to determine if true winter sleep occurs in nature in the species... - Effects of phytosterols on the endocrinology and metabolism of the female raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
J Toxicol Environ Health A 66:1475-88. 2003..Liver and kidney ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activities were lower in the PS treated females. Data indicate that raccoon dogs may not be a sentinel species for PS effects... - Endocrine response to fasting in the overwintering captive raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, FIN-80101, Joensuu, Finland
J Exp Zoolog A Comp Exp Biol 301:919-29. 2004..Together with the unaffected adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol concentrations, this suggests that food deprivation in winter does not cause stress to the raccoon dog but is an integral part of its natural life history... - Uniform fatty acid mobilization from anatomically distinct fat depots in the sable (Martes zibellina)Petteri Nieminen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Lipids 42:659-69. 2007..The natural history of the species is an important determinant of the FA composition and RM between anatomically different fat depots... - Detection, analysis and interactions of plasma ghrelin, leptin and growth hormone in the mink (Mustela vison)Ari Ryökkynen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, Finland
Zoolog Sci 20:1127-32. 2003..However, there was no correlation between the plasma ghrelin and GH or leptin concentrations. The hormone concentrations were quite similar to earlier measurements in other carnivores... - Effects of cold exposure, exogenous melatonin and short-day treatment on the weight-regulation and body temperature of the Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)Tuula Korhonen
Department of Biology, University of Oulu, P O Box 3000, FI 90014, Oulu, Finland
Regul Pept 149:60-6. 2008.... - Fasting reduces plasma leptin-and ghrelin-immunoreactive peptide concentrations of the burbot (Lota lota) at 2 degrees C but not at 10 degrees CPetteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Finland
Zoolog Sci 20:1109-15. 2003.... - Increased plasma creatine kinase activities triggered by edible wild mushroomsPetteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Food Chem Toxicol 43:133-8. 2005..A screening program of wild mushrooms is recommended to clarify how widespread this effect is... - Postmetamorphic Xenopus laevis shows decreased plasma triiodothyronine concentrations and phosphorylase activity due to subacute phytosterol exposurePetri S Koponen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Chemosphere 57:1683-9. 2004..The effects could not be attributed to the possible estrogenicity of the PS mixture. Further studies will be needed to evaluate the possible significance of these effects... - Bisphenol A affects endocrine physiology and biotransformation enzyme activities of the field vole (Microtus agrestis)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, PO Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland
Gen Comp Endocrinol 126:183-9. 2002..The results show that wild mammals such as the field vole could be more susceptible to BPA than laboratory rodents. More studies on wild mammals are needed to determine the risks of endocrine disruptors in natural ecosystems... - Fatty acid composition and development of hepatic lipidosis during food deprivation--mustelids as a potential animal model for liver steatosisPetteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Faculty of Biosciences, P O Box 111, Joensuu FI 80101, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 234:278-86. 2009..Hepatic lipidosis induced by food deprivation was manifested in the fatty acid composition of the polecat with similarities to human NAFLD despite the different principal etiologies... - Endocrine and metabolic alterations in the mink (Mustela vison) due to chronic phytoestrogen exposureAri Ryökkynen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Chemosphere 64:1753-60. 2006..The kidney glycogen concentrations and the muscle phosphorylase activities of phytoestrogen-treated adult minks were elevated. The results of this study suggest that minks are sensitive to perinatal phytoestrogen exposure... - The effects of an abundant ectoparasite, the deer ked (Lipoptena cervi), on the health of moose (Alces alces) in FinlandTommi Paakkonen
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland, P O Box 111, 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Parasitol Res 111:1223-32. 2012..Although a wide array of physiological variables was determined, only minor effects caused by the heavy deer ked parasitism could be detected, suggesting that the moose might tolerate this parasite relatively well... - Multigenerational exposure to phytosterols in the mouseAri Ryökkynen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Reprod Toxicol 19:535-40. 2005..PS supplement also increased the testicular levels of testosterone in the male pups of F(2) generation. In spite of these transitory changes, PS exposure caused no permanent deleterious effects on the reproduction of the mouse... - Effects of peripheral ghrelin on the carbohydrate and lipid metabolism of the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus)Petteri Nieminen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Gen Comp Endocrinol 138:182-7. 2004..In voles, ghrelin may be a mediator to recruit body energy reserves during negative energy balance that would be detrimental to voles very rapidly if foraging does not prove to be successful... - Selective fatty acid mobilization in the American mink (Mustela vison) during food deprivationPetteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology P O Box 111, FIN 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 145:81-93. 2006..As a result, minks are able to preserve a low melting point and fluidity of the subcutaneous fat depots, which would be essential to a Northern semi-aquatic mammal... - Fasting in the American marten (Martes americana): a physiological model of the adaptations of a lean-bodied animalPetteri Nieminen
Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, P O Box 111, 80101, Joensuu, Finland
J Comp Physiol B 177:787-95. 2007.... - Seasonal physiology of the wild raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)Juha Asikainen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, PO Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland
Zoolog Sci 21:385-91. 2004..The observed physiological phenomena emphasise the adaptation of the species to long periods of food scarcity in the winter... - Freezing tolerance and low molecular weight cryoprotectants in an invasive parasitic fly, the deer ked (Lipoptena cervi)Petteri Nieminen
University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine Anatomy, Kuopio, Finland
J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol 317:1-8. 2012..AA could be hypothesized to act as cryoprotectants by, e.g., protecting enzymes and lipid membranes from damage caused by cold... - A preliminary study on the seasonal body temperature rhythms of the captive mountain hare (Lepus timidus)Petteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Faculty of Biosciences, P O Box 111, FI 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Cryobiology 56:163-7. 2008..Food deprivation did not induce hypothermia in summer or winter. These preliminary data suggest that the mountain hare can spare a modest amount of energy with the wintertime reduction in T(b)... - Evaluation of reproductive safety of beta-sitosterol on the American mink (Neovison vison)Petteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Faculty of Biosciences, P O Box 111, FI 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Chemosphere 71:493-9. 2008..The results suggest that dietary beta-sitosterol presents no significant risk to mammalian fertility... - Myo- and hepatotoxic effects of cultivated mushrooms in micePetteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Faculty of Biosciences, P O Box 111, FI 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Food Chem Toxicol 47:70-4. 2009..This should be taken into consideration if mushrooms are to be used as functional foods... - Fatty acid mobilization in voles--model species for rapid fasting response and fatty liverAnne Mari Mustonen
University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Science and Forestry, Department of Biology, PO Box 111, FI 80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 163:152-60. 2012..Hepatic FA could be partly derived from lipids hydrolyzed in fat depots. The FA profiles of the vole tissues reflect the dietary lipids and are rapidly and selectively modified by food deprivation... - Experimental infection of the deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) has no negative effects on the physiology of the captive reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)Tommi Paakkonen
University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Science and Forestry, Department of Biology, P O Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Vet Parasitol 179:180-8. 2011..In conclusion, at the duration and intensity of infection that were employed, the effects of the deer ked on the measured physiological variables of the reindeer were insignificant... - Suspected myotoxicity of edible wild mushroomsPetteri Nieminen
University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, P O Box 111, FIN 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 231:221-8. 2006..flavovirens, but probably represent an unspecific response requiring individual sensitivity and a significant amount of ingested mushroom to manifest itself... - Adiponectin and peptide YY in the fasting blue fox (Alopex lagopus)Anne-Mari Mustonen
Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101, Joensuu, Finland
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 140:251-6. 2005..Acrp30 and PYY seem to play roles in the body weight-regulation of the blue fox during long-term fasting, but their specific functions and physiological significance remain to be determined...