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Adaptations of the aging animal to exercise: role of daily supplementation with melatonin

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Author(s):
Mendes, Caroline [1] ; de Souza Lopes, Ana Maria [1] ; do Amaral, Fernanda Gaspar [1] ; Peliciari-Garcia, Rodrigo A. [1] ; Turati, Ariane de Oliveira [1] ; Hirabara, Sandro M. [2] ; Scialfa Falcao, Julieta H. [1] ; Cipolla-Neto, Jose [1]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biomed Sci 1, Dept Physiol & Biophys, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Cruzeiro Sul, Inst Phys Act Sci & Sports, Program Postgrad Human Movement Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Pineal Research; v. 55, n. 3, p. 229-239, OCT 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 20
Abstract

The pineal gland, through melatonin, seems to be of fundamental importance in determining the metabolic adaptations of adipose and muscle tissues to physical training. Evidence shows that pinealectomized animals fail to develop adaptive metabolic changes in response to aerobic exercise and therefore do not exhibit the same performance as control-trained animals. The known prominent reduction in melatonin synthesis in aging animals led us to investigate the metabolic adaptations to physical training in aged animals with and without daily melatonin replacement. Male Wistar rats were assigned to four groups: sedentary control (SC), trained control (TC), sedentary treated with melatonin (SM), and trained treated with melatonin (TM). Melatonin supplementation lasted 16wk, and the animals were subjected to exercise during the last 8wk of the experiment. After euthanasia, samples of liver, muscle, and adipose tissues were collected for analysis. Trained animals treated with melatonin presented better results in the following parameters: glucose tolerance, physical capacity, citrate synthase activity, hepatic and muscular glycogen content, body weight, protein expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and protein kinase activated by adenosine monophosphate (AMPK) in the liver, as well as the protein expression of the glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) and AMPK in the muscle. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that melatonin supplementation in aging animals is of great importance for the required metabolic adaptations induced by aerobic exercise. Adequate levels of circulating melatonin are, therefore, necessary to improve energetic metabolism efficiency, reducing body weight and increasing insulin sensitivity. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 09/52920-0 - Melatonin and the control of energy metabolism: central and peripheral actions and the circadian timing of the metabolic function
Grantee:José Cipolla Neto
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants