Response and adaptation to exercises
Amin roshandel hesari
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of 8 and 12 weeks of high intensity interval training (HIIT) on the serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), homocysteine (HCY) and lipid profile of active middle-aged men.For this purpose, 30 active middle-aged men, were ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of 8 and 12 weeks of high intensity interval training (HIIT) on the serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), homocysteine (HCY) and lipid profile of active middle-aged men.For this purpose, 30 active middle-aged men, were randomly divided into two groups: HIIT training and control group. HIIT Training subjects do HIT training 3 session per week for 12 weeks with 90% of maximum heart rate. The Serum levels of CRP, IL-6, HCY, HDL, LDL, TC and TG were measured 12 hours before the first session of training protocol, and 48 hours after 8th and 12th weeks of HIIT. Results show that HIIT had a significant effect on LDL, TC and TG Indices in active middle-aged men in both 8 and 12 weeks (P˂0/05). On the other hand, HIIT did not have a significant effect on CRP (P=0/848), IL-6 (P=0/080) and HCY (P=0/247) indices in 8 weeks, but it did have a significant effect on CRP (P=0/003), IL-6 (P=0/019) and HCY (P=0/012) indices in 12 weeks. HIIT appears to produce favorable changes on lipid profile of middle-aged men over a period of 8 weeks, But it does not have the ability to improve their inflammatory indicators and create favorable changes in inflammatory indices, it is necessary to perform HIIT for more than 8 weeks and a period of 12 weeks will bring about favorable changes and It is likely to have an effective role in preventing middle-aged heart diseases.
Exercise Metabolism
nasrin ramezani; mahshid dezhan; Seyed Amirhossein Mortazavi; Mozhgan Baghaee Borzabadi; zahra ahadi; Saeideh Sadat Khalili
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Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the world, and various methods such as exercise and physical activity are used to treat it. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of high-intensity interval training on serum glucose, insulin ,irisin and its gene expression in subcutaneous ...
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Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the world, and various methods such as exercise and physical activity are used to treat it. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of high-intensity interval training on serum glucose, insulin ,irisin and its gene expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue in type 2 diabetic rats. For this study, 20 males of the wistar male rat (8-10 weeks with a weight of 250-270 g) were selected and randomly divided into two groups of diabetic control and diabetic exercise. After the introductory course, the experimental group performed high-intensity exercise for 4 weeks, 5 days a week for 10 minutes as 1-minute interval at a speed of 30-40 meters per second. 48 hours after the last training session and after 12 hours of fasting, glucose and insulin values serum values and expression of irisin gene were measured in subcutaneous adipose tissue. Data were analyzed using independent t-test. The results showed that 4 weeks of high-intensity interval training reduced serum glucose levels and insulin resistance index (p = 0.001), significantly increased serum values (p = 0.001) and expressed irisin gene (P = 0.004) in subcutaneous adipose tissue was controlled in the exercise group compared to the group.High-intensity interval training can reduce serum glucose levels and insulin resistance index in type 2 diabetic rats and increase serum levels and irisin gene expression in adipose tissue. it is suggested to use this type of exercises to reduce the problems caused by type 2 diabetes.
Exercise Physiology
Masoud Asgharpour-arshad; HASSAN POURRAZI; Rasoul Bakhshi
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 12-week high-intensity interval training on heart mass and expression of beta-catenin and glycogen synthase kinase-3-beta genes in myocardial tissue of male rats.Method: Thirty male Wistar rats were randomized into three groups, including sham ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 12-week high-intensity interval training on heart mass and expression of beta-catenin and glycogen synthase kinase-3-beta genes in myocardial tissue of male rats.Method: Thirty male Wistar rats were randomized into three groups, including sham (n = 10), control (n = 10), and HIIT (n = 10). The experimental group underwent HIIT consisting of 2 - 8 repetitions of 4-min high-intensity intervals (85% - 90% peak speed) interspersed with low-intensity intervals (45% - 50% peak speed), performed five times/week over 12 weeks. Forty-eight hours after the last training session, animals’ hearts were removed. The gene expressions of beta-catenin and glycogen synthase kinase-3-beta were analyzed by the RT-PCR method. The independent t-test was used for statistical analysis (P < 0.05).Results: The results showed that the body weight was significantly lower in HIIT group (P = 0.029) and heart/body weight ratio were significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (P = 0.001). Also, beta-catenin gene expression were significantly higher in trained rats than the control group (P = 0.002). Regarding GSK3-β genes expression, although mean levels were lower in the trained group than the control, the differences were statistically insignificant (P = 0.71).Conclusions: HIIT training, along with considerable reduction of body weight, increase the ratio of heart to body weight and cardiac hypertrophy. Also, these exercise training trigger cardiac hypertrophic signals by stimulating the Wnt signaling pathway and significantly increasing beta-catenin gene expression.
Exercise Physiology
Aghil Mahdavi; Roghayeh Pouzesh Jadidi; Karim Azali Alamdari
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and curcumin supplementation on cardiac heat shock proteins level and gene expression level of microRNAs in rats exposed to arsenic.Methods: 32 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups ...
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and curcumin supplementation on cardiac heat shock proteins level and gene expression level of microRNAs in rats exposed to arsenic.Methods: 32 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups of Control, Curcumin, Exercise and concomitant(Curcumin+Exercise). Arsenic 5 mg/kg.day and curcumin 15 mg/kg.day, were consumed orally for entire the study period. HIIT were conducted for six weeks (5 d/w, 60 min/session (consisted of 10 intervals of running (4 min) at 85-90% of Vo2max with 2 min recovery at 50-60% of Vo2max). Tissue protein content and gene expression levels was assessed by Western blotting and PCR methods respectively. Results: No between group difference was observed for gene expression levels of miR-21(P>0.05).The cardiac HSP60, HSP20 levels and the gene expression levels of miR-30 was significantly higher in all three intervention groups compared to Control group(P<0.001). Moreover, the cardiac HSP60, HSP20 content was significantly higher in concomitant group compared to both groups of Exercise and Curcumin(P<0.05). Conclusion: Arsenic exposure may likely increase the vulnerability of cardiomyocytes to injury by altering the amount of heat shock proteins content and the expression levels of microRNAs. Both HIIT and curcumin supplementation could be likely effective to reduce the hazards of arsenic within heart, However, the concomitant intervention might be had more beneficial effects. However, more research is still needed to be done due to the lack of similar evidence and no comprehensive measurement of the influential factors.
Exercise Physiology
Fatemeh Beiksay Afshar; Esmaeil Nasiri; Ali Samadi
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sprint interval training on hippocampal oxidative stress markers hippocampus of adult male Wistar rats.Method: This is an experimental study in which 16 male Wistar rats were obtained, and after environmental adaptation and reaching target ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sprint interval training on hippocampal oxidative stress markers hippocampus of adult male Wistar rats.Method: This is an experimental study in which 16 male Wistar rats were obtained, and after environmental adaptation and reaching target weight range randomly divided into two equal groups: control (CO) and sprint interval training (SIT). The SIT was performed for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week, 4-9 repetitions of 10 seconds with 60 secs of active recovery between intervals. Forty-eight hours after the last exercise session the rats were anesthetized and the hippocampus was dissected and level of malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were assessed in hippocampus homogenate. The independent samples T test was used for data analysis (P<0.05).Results: There were no significant difference between the SIT and CO groups in the hippocampal GPx, TAC and MDA levels (p < 0.05). However, the activity level of SOD in the SIT group was significantly higher than the CO group (p<0.05).Conclusion: The present research revealed that despite its strenuous nature, SIT did not induce oxidative stress in the hippocampus and trend of changes in GPx and TAC, as well as observed significant increase in SOD activity levels suggests that it may have favorable effects on hippocampus oxidative- antioxidative status.
