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  • 标题:A Novel Modulatory Role of Vitamin D3 in Exercise-Induced Apoptosis of Rat Skeletal Muscle
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  • 作者:Vijay Kumar ; Sutapa Mukhopadhyay ; Preetmohinder Singh Bedi
  • 期刊名称:American Journal of Food Technology
  • 印刷版ISSN:1557-4571
  • 电子版ISSN:1557-458X
  • 出版年度:2008
  • 卷号:3
  • 期号:6
  • 页码:361-372
  • DOI:10.3923/ajft.2008.361.372
  • 出版社:Academic Journals Inc., USA
  • 摘要:The present study has been designed to investigate the possible modulating role of vitamin D3 on chronic exercise-induced apoptosis in skeletal (gastrocnemius) muscle of rats. Rats were run for 8 weeks on a treadmill at a speed of 36 m min-1 to induce apoptosis in their skeletal muscle. Vitamin D3 (0.03 μg/100 g and 0.06 μg/100 g, s.c.) treatment, thrice weekly, was started three days prior to subjecting the animals to chronic exercise and was continued for 8 weeks of the experimental protocol. Oxidative stress was assessed by measuring the levels of TBARS, super oxide anion generation and reduced glutathione in gastrocnemius muscle. Further, serum level of corticosterone (glucocorticoid), a potent indicator of stress, was measured. Moreover, the apoptotic cell death was assessed using DNA gel electrophoresis. Chronic treadmill exercise produced profound DNA smearing. The levels of TBARS, super oxide anion generation and serum corticosterone were noted to be increased and the level of GSH was noted to be decreased in rats subjected to chronic treadmill exercise. However, treatment with vitamin D3 markedly reduced DNA smearing. Moreover, the chronic exercise-induced increases in TBARS level, superoxide anion generation and corticosterone levels were significantly attenuated by treatment with vitamin D3. In addition, vitamin D3 markedly increased the exercise-induced decrease in GSH level. It suggests that antioxidant potential of vitamin D3 and its novel efficacy in modulating exercise-induced corticosterone levels in rats may contribute to its anti-apoptotic effect.
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