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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2015

Effect of different exercise intensities on the pancreas of animals with metabolic syndrome.

Fernanda Amaral, Nathalia Ea Lima, Elisabete Ornelas, Lucila Simardi, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, Laura Beatriz Mesiano Maifrino

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Impacts of an Exercise Intervention on the Health of Pancreatic Beta-Cells: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  6. Oxygen uptake, respiratory exchange ratio, or total distance: a comparison of methods to equalize exercise volume in Wistar rats.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2016
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fernanda AmaralLaboratório de Estudos Morfoquantitativo e Imunohistoquímico, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Nathalia Ea LimaLaboratório de Estudos Morfoquantitativo e Imunohistoquímico, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Elisabete OrnelasLaboratório de Estudos Morfoquantitativo e Imunohistoquímico, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Lucila SimardiFaculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fernando Luiz Affonso FonsecaFaculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil ; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laura Beatriz Mesiano MaifrinoLaboratório de Estudos Morfoquantitativo e Imunohistoquímico, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil ; Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade São Judas Tadeu · BRFaculdade de Medicina do ABC · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMetabolic syndrome (MS) comprises several metabolic disorders that are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and has its source connected to the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and development of insulin resistance. Despite studies showing beneficial results of exercise on several risk factors for cardiovascular disease, studies evaluating the effects of different intensities of exercise training on the pancreas with experimental models are scarce.

methodsIn total, 20 Wistar rats were used, divided into four groups: control (C), metabolic syndrome (MS and without exercise), metabolic syndrome and practice of walking (MSWalk), and metabolic syndrome and practice of running (MSRun). The applied procedures were induction of MS by fructose in drinking water; experimental protocol of walking and running; weighing of body mass and VAT; sacrifice of animals with blood collection and removal of organs and processing of samples for light microscopy using the analysis of volume densities (Vv) of the studied structures.

resultsRunning showed a reduction of VAT weight (-54%), triglyceride levels (-40%), Vv[islet] (-62%), Vv[islet.cells] (-22%), Vv[islet.insterstitial] (-44%), and Vv[acinar.insterstitial] (-24%) and an increase of Vv[acini] (+21%) and Vv[acinar.cells] (+22%). Regarding walking, we observed a decrease of VAT weight (-34%) and triglyceride levels (-27%), an increase of Vv[islet.cells] (+72%) and Vv[acinar.cells] (+7%), and a decrease of Vv[acini] (-4%) and Vv[acinar.insterstitial] (-16%) when compared with those in the MS group.

conclusionOur results suggest that the experimental model with low-intensity exercise (walking) seems to be more particularly recommended for preventing morphological and metabolic disorders occurring in the MS.

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exerciseinsulin resistancemetabolic syndromepancreasvisceral adipose tissue

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