title: Effect of exercise training on calpain systems in lean and obese Zucker rats.
abstract: Exercise training plays a major role in the improving physiology of diabetes. Herein we aimed to investigate the influence of exercise upon the calcium-dependent calpain-isoform expressions of lean or obese Zucker rats, a model of obesity and type II diabetes (NIDDM). Five-month-old rats were divided: (1) obese sedentary (OS, n=7); (2) obese exercise (OE, n=7); (3) lean sedentary (LS, n=7); (4) lean exercise (LE, n=7). After 2-month exercise (treadmill running), the body weight (BW) and expression of calpain 10, mu-calpain, and m-calpain in skeletal muscles were determined by RT-PCR, using beta-actin as internal standard. We found exercise is useful for BW lossing, especially in the obese rats. The BW difference between OS and OE rats (69 g vs. 18.2 g) was more significantly than that between LS and LE rats (41.8 g vs. 28.7 g). The calpain 10 expression of LS rats (0.965) was lower than that of LE rats (1.006), whereas those of OS and OE were comparable. The mu- or m-calpain expressions of sedentary groups (OS, LS) was significantly higher than those of exercise groups (OE, LE). The mu-calpain expression (1.13/0.92) and m-calpain expression (1.01/0.99) of OS/LS rats was significantly higher than those of OE/LE rats [1.07/0.9 (micro-calpain); 0.97/0.95 (m-calpain)]. We concluded that the micro- or m-calpains in skeletal muscle are regulated by exercise in both lean and obese Zucker rats. Exercise and BW controlling might improve the physiopathology of obesity and diabetes. Both micro- or m-calpains might become useful markers for prognoses of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yao-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Chi-Chen
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kung-Hao
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Fuu-Jen
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chih-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Horng-Der
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001835:Body Weight / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002154:Calpain / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D002154:Calpain; C449000:m-calpain; C449002:mu-calpain