[Seasonal and circadian fluctuations of the biochemical indices of the blood in mice]. / Sezonnye i sutochnye kolebaniia biokhimicheskikh pokazatelei krovi u myshei.

Seasonal (in January, April, July, October) changes of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), protein, bilirubin, glucose, cholesterol, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, Cl-, K+, Na+ content were studied in the blood plasma of mice at different time of day (6 p. m., midnight, 6 a. m., midday). The analysis of the average daily indices has shown that the most expressed variations were the following: AST (spring maximum is 3.7 times higher than autumn minimum), ALT (winter maximum is 2.9 times higher than autumn minimum), creatinine (summer maximum is 2.5 times higher than winter minimum), blood urea nitrogen (summer maximum is 2.5 times higher than autumn minimum). Bilirubin and protein content in spring is insignificant, but it is significantly higher than in other seasons. Cholesterol content is lower in winter. No differences in glucose, Cl-, K+, Na+ content in different months have been revealed. The largest circadian synchronization was observed in winter in AST, glucose, cholesterol, protein, Cl-, K+, Na+ (the level observed at 6 p. m. and at midday is higher than that observed at midnight and 6 a. m.) and in autumn in AST, ALT, glucose, cholesterol, blood urea nitrogen, with the circadian curves inverse as compared to the winter period. In spring practically no circadian synchronization was observed.