Acute effect of aerobic exercise on the molecular pathways of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Author(s)

Wagner Silva Dantas

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Educação Física e Esportes (EEFE/BT)
• Defense date: 2014-08-05

Examining board members

Bruno Gualano; Carla Roberta de Oliveira Carvalho

• Advisor: Bruno Gualano

Abstract

Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance (IR) are described in PCOS patients regardless of body mass index. Exercise does not seem to be able to completely reverse the IR in these patients, suggesting a sub-optimal response to the stimulus of exercise training in this population . The objective of this study was to investigate the acute effect of aerobic exercise on the protein expression involved in intracellular signaling for glucose uptake in patients with PCOS compared with women without PCOS (CTRL group). At baseline, subjects underwent assessments of lipid, glucose and hormone profile, physical fitness and body composition. After the intervention, the volunteers performed blood measurements for the assessment of inflammatory markers and glycemic profile in response to acute aerobic exercise. In addition, the volunteers underwent skeletal muscle biopsies for analysis of the protein expression involved in intracellular signaling for glucose uptake. PI3-k expression showed no significant differences in response to acute exercise bout in the PCOS group. However, the CTRL group showed a significant increase in activation of this protein in response to acute exercise bout (p = 0.018) and a trend toward significant difference in activity of this protein after exercise (p = 0.073) in the CTRL group compared to the PCOS group. AS160 Thr 642 phosphorylation was significantly higher in the CTRL group in response to acute exercise bout (p = 0.043), while an unchanged response of AS160 Thr 642 phosphorylation was observed in the PCOS group in response to acute aerobic exercise. CTRL group showed an increase in phosphorylation of this larger than PCOS group significant protein in the period after the acute exercise bout (p = 0.05). The present findings demonstrate a loss in intracellular signaling for glucose uptake in skeletal muscle at the level of the protein PI3 -k p85 and AS160 Thr 642 in response to acute aerobic exercise in women with PCOS compared CTRL women. However, GLUT - 4 translocation is not impaired in response to acute aerobic exercise in women with PCOS compared CTRL women. These data suggest that specific defects of insulin signaling do not impairment the effective GLUT - 4 translocation in skeletal muscle of patients with PCOS, probably by activation of compensatory molecular mechanisms. Keywords: polycystic ovary syndrome, exercise, obesity, insulin (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/02827-7 - Acute effects of exercise training on molecular pathways of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle in patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Grantee: Wagner Silva Dantas
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master