Continuous lighting for 14 days (functional pinealectomy model) leads to a decrease in the relative number of CD3 and CD3 T lymphocytes and the CD3/CD3 ratio in the thymus of C57BL/6 mice. Intragastric administration of melatonin in physiological doses (1 mg/kg body weight, 14 days) against the background of functional pinealectomy restores the percentage of CD3 and CD3 thymocytes and CD3/CD3 ratio to the control values. Hence, prolonged continuous illumination inhibits the differentiation and maturation of young thymocytes into mature forms, while melatonin treatment helps to compensate the effects of functional pinealectomy triggering cell proliferation in the thymus from the earliest stages of proliferation and differentiation of T cells. Thus, melatonin has immunotropic properties and can be used for correction of the consequences of functional pinealectomy.
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