Voluntary exercise improves metabolic profile in high-fat fed glucocorticoid-treated rats.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
; 118(11): 1331-43, 2015 Jun 01.
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Diabetes is rapidly induced in young male Sprague-Dawley rats following treatment with exogenous corticosterone (CORT) and a high-fat diet (HFD). Regular exercise alleviates insulin insensitivity and improves pancreatic ß-cell function in insulin-resistant/diabetic rodents, but its effect in an animal model of elevated glucocorticoids is unknown. We examined the effect of voluntary exercise (EX) on diabetes development in CORT-HFD-treated male Sprague-Dawley rats (â¼6 wk old). Animals were acclimatized to running wheels for 2 wk, then given a HFD, either wax (placebo) or CORT pellets, and split into 4 groups: placebo-sedentary (SED) or -EX and CORT-SED or -EX. After 2 wk of running combined with treatment, CORT-EX animals had reduced visceral adiposity, and increased skeletal muscle type IIb/x fiber area, oxidative capacity, capillary-to-fiber ratio and insulin sensitivity compared with CORT-SED animals (all P < 0.05). Although CORT-EX animals still had fasting hyperglycemia, these values were significantly improved compared with CORT-SED animals (14.3 ± 1.6 vs. 18.8 ± 0.9 mM). In addition, acute in vivo insulin response to an oral glucose challenge was enhanced â¼2-fold in CORT-EX vs. CORT-SED (P < 0.05) which was further demonstrated ex vivo in isolated islets. We conclude that voluntary wheel running in rats improves, but does not fully normalize, the metabolic profile and skeletal muscle composition of animals administered CORT and HFD.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Volición
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Conducta Animal
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Glucemia
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Corticosterona
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Islotes Pancreáticos
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Diabetes Mellitus Experimental
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Esfuerzo Físico
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Dieta Alta en Grasa
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Glucocorticoides
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Insulina
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
Revista:
J Appl Physiol (1985)
Asunto de la revista:
FISIOLOGIA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos