ArticlePflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2018
Resistance exercise improves cardiac function and mitochondrial efficiency in diabetic rat hearts.
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- Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiac Mitochondrial Functions in Diabetic Heart: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise Intervention on Cardiac Function in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Walking Improves Cardiac Function: A Trial on the Effects of Walking on Left Ventricular Function in Type 2 Diabetes Patients.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Influence of diet-induced obesity and voluntary exercise training on cardiac lipids and mitochondrial function in mice.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Article
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- ATP releasing channels and the ameliorative effects of high intensity interval training on diabetic heart: a multifaceted analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The potential of therapeutic strategies targeting mitochondrial biogenesis for the treatment of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus.Archives of pharmacal research · 2024Review
- Effect of exercise on improving myocardial mitochondrial function in decreasing diabetic cardiomyopathy.Experimental physiology · 2024Review
- Chemotherapy periodization to maximize resistance training adaptations in oncology.Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology · 2023Article
- FUNDC1: An Emerging Mitochondrial and MAMs Protein for Mitochondrial Quality Control in Heart Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Creatine Supplementation Potentiates Exercise Protective Effects against Doxorubicin-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Novel GSK-3β Inhibitor Neopetroside A Protects Against Murine Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2022Article
- The Role of Mitochondrial Biogenesis Dysfunction in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2022Review
- Physical Exercise: A Novel Tool to Protect Mitochondrial Health.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Exercise Training Protects against Atorvastatin-Induced Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Skeletal Muscle of Rats.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Mitochondrial dynamics in exercise physiology.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2020Review
- Circadian modulation of the cardiac proteome underpins differential adaptation to morning and evening exercise training: an LC-MS/MS analysis.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2020Article
- Mitochondrial Uncoupling: A Key Controller of Biological Processes in Physiology and Diseases.Cells · 2019Review
- The Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Reducing Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Review
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Abstract
Metabolic disturbance and mitochondrial dysfunction are a hallmark of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC). Resistance exercise (RE) not only enhances the condition of healthy individuals but could also improve the status of those with disease. However, the beneficial effects of RE in the prevention of DC and mitochondrial dysfunction are uncertain. Therefore, this study investigated whether RE attenuates DC by improving mitochondrial function using an in vivo rat model of diabetes. Fourteen Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats were assigned to sedentary control (SC, n = 7) and RE (n = 7) groups at 28 weeks of age. Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka rats were used as the non-diabetic control. The RE rats were trained by 20 repetitions of climbing a ladder 5 days per week. RE rats exhibited higher glucose uptake and lower lipid profiles, indicating changes in energy metabolism. RE rats significantly increased the ejection fraction and fractional shortening compared with the SC rats. Isolated mitochondria in RE rats showed increase in mitochondrial numbers, which were accompanied by higher expression of mitochondrial biogenesis proteins such as proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α and TFAM. Moreover, RE rats reduced proton leakage and reactive oxygen species production, with higher membrane potential. These results were accompanied by higher superoxide dismutase 2 and lower uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) and UCP3 levels in RE rats. These data suggest that RE is effective at ameliorating DC by improving mitochondrial function, which may contribute to the maintenance of diabetic cardiac contractility.
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