Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 70, Issue 4 1563-1568, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Changes in insulin response to glucose after exercise training in partially pancreatectomized rats

P. A. Farrell, A. L. Caston and D. Rodd
Laboratory for Human Performance Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.

The effects of exercise training on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) were studied in male Sprague-Dawley rats made mildly to severely diabetic by partial pancreatectomy. Exercise trained (10 wk treadmill; T) and untrained (Unt) rats were grouped according to posttraining fed-state hyperglycemia as follows: T less than 200 and Unt less than 200 (glucose concn less than 200 mg/dl), T 200-300 and Unt 200-300 (glucose concn 200-300 mg/dl), and T greater than 300 and Unt greater than 300 (glucose concn greater than 300 mg/dl). After exercise training, hyperglycemic glucose clamps were performed in awake rats by elevation of arterial blood glucose concentration 126 mg/dl above fasting basal levels for 90 min. Exercise training significantly increased muscle citrate synthase activity. Prevailing hyperglycemia was reduced during the 10-wk exercise training period in all T rats with fed-state glucose concentrations less than 300, and only 53% of Unt rats in these groups had reduced glycemia. GSIS was significantly higher in T less than 200 [2.4 +/- 0.7 (SD) ng/ml at 90 min] than in Unt less than 200 (1.5 +/- 0.3). A similar response was found for T 200-300 (1.1 +/- 0.3 ng/dl) vs. Unt 200-300 (0.7 +/- 0.1) but not T greater than 300 (0.36 +/- 0.2) vs Unt greater than 300 (0.44 +/- 0.05). Sham-operated control rats had insulin concentrations of 6.6 +/- 1.6 ng/ml at the 90th min of the clamp. Acute exercise reduced fed-state glycemia in rats with mild-to-moderate (less than 300 mg/dl) diabetes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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