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标题：Exercise Improved Accumulation of Visceral Fat and Simultaneously Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Old Rats
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作者：Kazuhiko TSUTSUMI ; Masataka KUSUNOKI ; Tsutomu HARA 等
期刊名称：Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0918-6158
电子版ISSN：1347-5215
出版年度：2001
卷号：24
期号：1
页码：88-91
DOI：10.1248/bpb.24.88
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：Exercise decreases plasma total cholesterol and triglycerides, and simultaneously, increases high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Furthermore, it has been reported that exercise improves insulin resistance. As a result, exercise is believed to aid in preventing atherosclerosis. However, we do not know whether exercise protects against the development of atherosclerosis in the elderly. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether exercise prevented atherosclerosis in aorta of old rats. Exercise for three months did not affect plasma lipid levels but decreased accumulation of visceral fat and body weight without the reduction of food intake in two year old rats. Exercise also decreased triglycerides in liver and gastrocnemius white muscle. Exercise resulted in an elevation of plasma lipid peroxide (LPO) levels without affecting superoxide dismutase (SOD). Exercise impaired the endothelium-dependent relaxation of the thoracic aorta caused by acetylcholine in old rats. In summary, the results of our study indicate that exercise induces the reduction of visceral fat, body weight and triglyceride contents in tissues in old rats. These results seems to show that exercise improves insulin resistance. However, exercise simultaneously may cause impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation by elevation of LPO in old rats.
关键词：exercise;old rat;endothelium-dependent relaxation;visceral fat;lipid peroxide;superoxide dismutase