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| Author(s): |
Anna Laura Viacava Américo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2019-03-19 |
| Examining board members: |
Fabiana de Sant'Anna Evangelista;
Patricia Chakur Brum
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| Advisor: | Fabiana de Sant'Anna Evangelista |
| Abstract | |
Obesity is a risk factor for the development of insulin resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease, and aerobic exercise training (AET) is recommended for the prevention and treatment of such diseases. The renin angiotensin system (RAS), specifically the ACE/Ang II/AT1 and ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas, is involved in the development and progression of obesity and IR, and is therefore considered a potential therapeutic target. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the prevention of obesity and IR is associated with the modulation of the RAS axis in white adipose tissue (WAT). For this, adult male C57BL6/J mice were divided into groups (n= 10/group) sedentary (SED) fed normocaloric diet (NO) and cafeteria diet (CAF) (SED-NO and SED-CAF) and trained (TF) fed NO and CAF diet (TF-NO and TF-CAF). The AET was performed simultaneously with the diets for 8 weeks. The results showed that the SEDCAF group presented higher body weight and adiposity, glucose intolerance and IR, while AET prevented such damages in the TF-CAF group. In the periepididimal WAT (WAT-PE), the SED-CAF and TF-CAF groups reduced the expression of p-AKT, increased the expression of ATGL, p-HSL and IL-6. Although serum ACE2 increased in the TF-NO and TF-CAF groups, and Ang (1-7) increased in the TF-NO group, there was no change in the components of both RAS axis in WAT-PE. In the subcutaneous WAT (WAT-SC), AET reduced the p-AKT/t-AKT ratio and increased ATGL expression in TFNO and TF-CAF groups and increased t-HSL and p-HSL/t-HSL ratio in TF-CAF. AET prevented adipocyte hypertrophy in TF-CAF and increased UCP-1 expression only in TF-NO. The TF-CAF group increased the expression of AT1, AT2 and Mas receptors, whereas TF-NO increased Ang (1-7) and Ang (1-7)/Ang II ratio in WAT-SC. Positive correlation was observed between UCP-1 and the glucose decay constant (Kitt) and between UCP-1 and Ang (1-7). In conclusion, AET prevented obesity and IR in animals submitted to the cafeteria diet, and the contribution of WAT-PE and WAT-SC was reducing the expression of proteins involved in insulin signaling and increasing the expression of signaling proteins of lipolysis. In addition, AET did not prevent the increase of inflammatory marker in the WAT-PE, but prevented the loss in the expression of thermogenic genes in the WAT-SC induced by the cafeteria diet. The unalteration or partial modulation of components of the ACE/Ang II/AT1 and ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis in WAT-PE suggests that RAS did not participate in the AET-induced effects associated with prevention of obesity and IR. However, in the WAT-SC, the Ang (1-7) concentration increase in the normocaloric diet group and the Mas and AT2 receptors increase in the cafeteria diet group induced by AET suggest the association of RAS with the prevention of obesity and IR (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/23783-9 - Obesity and insulin resistance prevention through aerobic physical training: role of the renin angiotensin system on white adipose tissue |
| Grantee: | Anna Laura Viacava Américo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |