ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2017
Voluntary Running Attenuates Metabolic Dysfunction in Ovariectomized Low-Fit Rats.
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- Effects of Voluntary Exercise and Acetic Acid Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Ovariectomized Mice.Nutrients · 2026Article
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- Effects of Vitamin E Intake and Voluntary Wheel Running on Whole-Body and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Ovariectomized Mice.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Conserved multi-tissue transcriptomic adaptations to exercise training in humans and mice.Cell reports · 2023Article
- The bidirectional relationship between AMPK pathway activation and myokine secretion in skeletal muscle: How it affects energy metabolism.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Multiple Applications of Different Exercise Modalities with Rodents.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Review
- Early life stress reduces voluntary exercise and its prevention of diet-induced obesity and metabolic dysfunction in mice.Physiology & behavior · 2020Article
- Overproduction of endothelin-1 impairs glucose tolerance but does not promote visceral adipose tissue inflammation or limit metabolic adaptations to exercise.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
- Opposing effects of S-equol supplementation on metabolic and behavioral parameters in mice fed a high-fat diet.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Article
- Running wheel access fails to resolve impaired sustainable health in mice feeding a high fat sucrose diet.Aging · 2019Article
- Fibroblast growth factor 21 increases hepatic oxidative capacity but not physical activity or energy expenditure in hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α-deficient mice.Experimental physiology · 2018Article
- Voluntary wheel running improves adipose tissue immunometabolism in ovariectomized low-fit rats.Adipocyte · 2018Article
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introductionOvariectomy and high-fat diet (HFD) worsen obesity and metabolic dysfunction associated with low aerobic fitness. Exercise training mitigates metabolic abnormalities induced by low aerobic fitness, but whether the protective effect is maintained after ovariectomy and HFD is unknown. PURPOSE: This study determined whether, after ovariectomy and HFD, exercise training improves metabolic function in rats bred for low intrinsic aerobic capacity.
methodsFemale rats selectively bred for low (LCR) and high (HCR) intrinsic aerobic capacity (n = 30) were ovariectomized, fed HFD, and randomized to either a sedentary (SED) or voluntary wheel running (EX) group. Resting energy expenditure, glucose tolerance, and spontaneous physical activity were determined midway through the experiment, whereas body weight, wheel running volume, and food intake were assessed throughout the study. Body composition, circulating metabolic markers, and skeletal muscle gene and protein expression were measured at sacrifice.
resultsEX reduced body weight and adiposity in LCR rats (-10% and -50%, respectively; P < 0.05) and, unexpectedly, increased these variables in HCR rats (+7% and +37%, respectively; P < 0.05) compared with their respective SED controls, likely because of dietary overcompensation. Wheel running volume was approximately fivefold greater in HCR than LCR rats, yet EX enhanced insulin sensitivity equally in LCR and HCR rats (P < 0.05). This EX-mediated improvement in metabolic function was associated with thee gene upregulation of skeletal muscle interleukin-6 and interleukin-10. EX also increased resting energy expenditure, skeletal muscle mitochondrial content (oxidative phosphorylation complexes and citrate synthase activity), and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activation similarly in both lines (all P <0.05).
conclusionDespite a fivefold difference in running volume between rat lines, EX similarly improved systemic insulin sensitivity, resting energy expenditure, and skeletal muscle mitochondrial content and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activation in ovariectomized LCR and HCR rats fed HFD compared with their respective SED controls.
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