LOW-INTENSITY RUNNING EXERCISE ENHANCES THE CAPILLARY VOLUME AND PRO-ANGIOGENIC FACTORS IN THE SOLEUS MUSCLE OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC RATS

作者：Kondo Hiroyo; Fujino Hidemi^*; Murakami Shinichiro; Tanaka Masayuki; Kanazashi Miho; Nagatomo Fumiko; Ishihara Akihiko; Roy Roland R

来源：Muscle & Nerve, 2015, 51(3): 391-399.

DOI：10.1002/mus.24316

• microvascular disease
• diabetes complications
• exercise
• angiogenic signalings
• muscle 3D capillary architecture

Introduction: We determined the effects of low-intensity exercise on the three-dimensional capillary structure and associated angiogenic factors in the soleus muscle of Goto-Kakizaki (GK) diabetic rats. Methods: Four groups of male rats were studied: sedentary nondiabetic (Con), exercised nondiabetic control (Ex), sedentary GK, and exercised GK (GK+Ex). Rats in the Ex and GK+Ex groups were subjected to chronic low-intensity running on a treadmill (15 m/min, 60 min/session, 5 sessions/week for 3 weeks). Results: Although mean capillary volume and diameter were lower in the GK compared with all other groups, low-intensity exercise increased both of these measures in GK rats. Mitochondrial markers, i.e., SDH activity and PGC-1 expression, and the levels of angiogenic factors were higher in the GK+Ex than all other groups. Exercise increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein levels and the VEGF-to-TSP-1 ratio, an indicator of angiogenesis, in GK rats. Conclusions: Combined, the results indicate that low-intensity exercise reduces some of the microcirculatory complications in type 2 diabetic muscles. Muscle Nerve 51: 391-399, 2015

• 出版日期2015-3