Editor-in-Chief Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu Vice Editors Levent Kabasakal Esra Tatar Online ISSN 2630-6344 Publisher Marmara University Frequency Bimonthly (Six issues / year) Abbreviation J.Res.Pharm. Former Name Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy 2022 , Vol 26 , Issue 5
Brain in metabolic syndrome model: The effect of exercises and caloric restriction
Burcin ALEV-TUZUNER1,Nevin GENC-KAHRAMAN2,Hazal IPEKCI3,Unsal Veli USTUNDAG3,Tugba TUNALI-AKBAY3,Ebru EMEKLI-ALTURFAN3,Goksel SENER4,Aysen YARAT3
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey
2Bursa Public Health Laboratory, Medical Biochemistry, Bursa, Turkey
3Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.29228/jrp.227 Caloric restriction (CR) and exercise (EX) have impacts on improving metabolic risk factors. This study aimed to investigate the changes in the brain after EX and/or CR in metabolic syndrome (MeS) induced by a high fructose diet in rats. Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into five groups. Drinking water including 10% fructose solution was given to rats for 12 weeks to develop a MeS rat model. Animals with MeS were submitted to EX and/or CR for 6 weeks. Blood glucose, and brain tissue damage and antioxidant parameters were measured. Brain lipid peroxidation, sialic acid, mucin, fucose levels increased in the MeS group compared to the control (C) group. These parameters reduced significantly in the metabolic syndrome with caloric restriction (MeS+CR) group, and more significantly in the metabolic syndrome with exercise and caloric restriction group (MeS+EXCR), compared to the MeS group. Glutathione levels, superoxide dismutase and catalase activities decreased in the MeS group compared to the C group, increased both in the MeS+CR group, and MeS+EXCR group compared to the MeS group. High fructose diet consumption can lead to brain tissue damage and decreased antioxidant levels were found to be improved best in the MeS+EXCR group. Keywords : Metabolic syndrome; Brain; Antioxidant; Oxidative stress; Exercise; Caloric restriction
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