Maternal exercise improves insulin sensitivity in mature rat offspring.
Maternal exercise improves insulin sensitivity in mature rat offspring.
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DOI:
10.1249/mss.0b013e31827de953
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发表时间:
2013-05
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Pearson KJ
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作者:
Carter LG;Qi NR;De Cabo R;Pearson KJ
Recent findings have shown the intrauterine environment can negatively influence long-term insulin sensitivity in the offspring. In an attempt to be pro-active, we set out to explore maternal voluntary exercise as an intervention in order to improve offspring insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. Female Sprague Dawley rats were split into sedentary and exercise groups with the exercise cohort having voluntary access to a running wheel in the cage prior to and during mating, pregnancy, and nursing. Female offspring were weaned into sedentary cages. Glucose tolerance tests and hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamp were performed in adult offspring to evaluate glucose regulation and insulin sensitivity. Adult female offspring born to exercised dams had enhanced glucose disposal during glucose tolerance testing (P < 0.05) as well as increased glucose infusion rates (P < 0.01) and whole body glucose turnover rates (P < 0.05) during hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamp testing compared to offspring from sedentary dams. Offspring from exercised dams also had decreased insulin levels (P < 0.01) and hepatic glucose production (P < 0.05) during the clamp procedure compared to offspring born to sedentary dams. Offspring from exercised dams had increased glucose uptake in skeletal muscle (P < 0.05) and decreased heart glucose uptake (P < 0.01) compared to offspring from sedentary dams in response to insulin infusion during the clamp procedure. Exercise during pregnancy enhances offspring insulin sensitivity and improves offspring glucose homeostasis. This can decrease offspring susceptibility to insulin resistant related disease such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. Maternal exercise could be an easy, short–term, non–pharmacological method of preventing disease in future generations.