Bone and Joint Institute
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Journal
Journal of Diabetes Research
Volume
2016
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1155/2016/8164518
Abstract
© 2016 Kenneth N. Grisé et al. Indices of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in experimental models of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are often contrary to clinical data. Here, we investigated whether a relatable insulin-treated model of T1DM would induce deficits in cardiovascular (CV) autonomic function more reflective of clinical results and if exercise training could prevent those deficits. Sixty-four rats were divided into four groups: sedentary control (C), sedentary T1DM (D), control exercise (CX), or T1DM exercise (DX). Diabetes was induced via multiple low-dose injections of streptozotocin and blood glucose was maintained at moderate hyperglycemia (9-17 mM) through insulin supplementation. Exercise training consisted of daily treadmill running for 10 weeks. Compared to C, D had blunted baroreflex sensitivity, increased vascular sympathetic tone, increased serum neuropeptide Y (NPY), and decreased intrinsic heart rate. In contrast, DX differed from D in all measures of CAN (except NPY), including heart rate variability. These findings demonstrate that this T1DM model elicits deficits and exercise-mediated improvements to CV autonomic function which are reflective of clinical T1DM.
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Notes
Copyright © 2016 Kenneth N. Grisé et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Published as:
Kenneth N. Grisé, T. Dylan Olver, Matthew W. McDonald, Adwitia Dey, Mao Jiang, James C. Lacefield, J. Kevin Shoemaker, Earl G. Noble, C. W. James Melling, "High Intensity Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Deficits of Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in a Rat Model of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus with Moderate Hyperglycemia", Journal of Diabetes Research, vol. 2016, Article ID 8164518, 13 pages, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8164518