title: Attenuation of fructose-induced hypertension in rats by exercise training.
abstract: This study was initiated to see if the insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension that follow feeding normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats a fructose-rich diet could be prevented by letting rats run spontaneously in exercise wheel cages. Blood pressure in sedentary rats increased from (mean +/- SEM) 125 +/- 2 to 148 +/- 3 mm Hg in response to 2 weeks of a high fructose diet, and this increment was significantly (p less than 0.001) attenuated in exercising rats (from 121 +/- 1 to 131 +/- 2 mm Hg). In addition, mean (+/- SEM) plasma insulin concentration was lower in fructose-fed rats allowed to run spontaneously (44 +/- 2 vs 62 +/- 5 microU/ml; p less than 0.01). Finally, resistance to insulin-stimulated glucose uptake was assessed by determining the steady state plasma glucose response to a continuous glucose and exogenous insulin infusion during a period in which endogenous insulin secretion was suppressed. The results of these studies indicated that the mean (+/- SEM) steady state plasma glucose concentration was significantly lower in the exercise-trained rats (127 +/- 5 vs 168 +/- 6 mg/dl; p less than 0.001), despite the fact that the steady state plasma insulin levels were also lower in rats allowed to run spontaneously (75 +/- 4 vs 90 +/- 5 microU/ml; p less than 0.05). Thus, the ability of exercise-trained rats to stimulate glucose disposal was enhanced as compared with that of sedentary rats fed the same fructose-rich diet. These data demonstrate that the insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension produced in normotensive rats by feeding them a high fructose diet can be attenuated if rats are allowed to run spontaneously.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Reaven
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005632:Fructose / Q000633:toxicity*; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005632:Fructose