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| Author(s): |
André Ricardo Gomes de Proença
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2013-12-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Fabio Bessa Lima;
Miriam Helena Fonseca Alaniz;
Carla Roberta de Oliveira Carvalho;
Jose Cipolla Neto;
Claudia Maria da Penha Oller do Nascimento
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| Advisor: | Fabio Bessa Lima |
| Abstract | |
Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the physical exercise plus supplementation with melatonin in postpubertal animals modify adiposity and regulation of lipolysis in the inguinal subcutaneous and retroperitoneal adipose tissues, away from assessing the possible antigonadotropic effects resulting from melatonin treatment. The concomitance of physical training and melatonin supplementation for 8 weeks in rats were more efficient in promoting reductions in adipocyte size and hence in adiposity than physical training or melatonin supplementation alone. However, no changes were observed in lipolysis or in lipogenesis, measured in isolated adipocytes from investigated the fat depots. We also showed that, even at this low dose, melatonin promoted hypogonadism with consequent reduction of the testosteronemia and a reduction in extensor digitorum longus muscle mass, thus evidencing that further studies on the impacts of the use of melatonin the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are actually needed. (AU) | |