Variation in renal function of type 2 diabetic rats undergoing aerobic exercise

doi:10.12307/2024.322

Abstract

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is often accompanied by renal dysfunction. Increasing studies have shown that exercise can alleviate metabolic disorders and renal dysfunction in diabetic patients. However, the specific mechanism underlying the renal protective effect of exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes is rarely reported.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether aerobic exercise can improve renal function in type 2 diabetic rats by inhibiting transforming growth factor β1/Notch1 pathway.
METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal control group and diabetes model group. After successful modeling, they were randomly divided into diabetes control group and diabetes exercise group. Rats in the diabetes exercise group were subjected to an 8-week aerobic exercise. Samples were collected after exercise, and the relevant indexes of glucose and lipid metabolism and renal function were detected by automatic biochemical analyzer and ELISA. The microscopic structure of renal cortex was observed by electron microscope. ELISA and RT-PCR were used to detect the expression of related proteins and genes in rat kidney tissue.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the normal control group, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride levels and insulin resistance index were significantly increased in the diabetic control group (P < 0.05). Aerobic exercise could significantly reduce fasting blood glucose and triglyceride levels (P < 0.05). Compared with the normal control group, the diabetic control group had significantly increased contents of urinary microalbumin, serum urea nitrogen and serum creatinine (P < 0.01), thickened renal basement membrane, mesangial matrix hyperplasia, accompanied by a certain degree of foot process fusion, and obvious lesion of the kidney . Aerobic exercise could significantly down-regulate the overexpressions of urinary microalbumin, serum urea nitrogen and serum creatinine in type 2 diabetic rats (P < 0.01), and significantly improve the pathological changes of the kidney in diabetic rats. Compared with the normal control group, the protein and gene expression levels of transforming growth factor β1, Notch1, Jagged1 and Hes1 in rat kidney tissue were significantly increased in the diabetic control group (P < 0.01). Aerobic exercise had a highly significant inhibitory effect on the overexpression of transforming growth factor β1, Notch1 and Jagged1 proteins and genes (P < 0.01) and also significantly inhibited the overexpression of Hes1 protein (P < 0.05). In conclusion, aerobic exercise can protect renal function and delay the pathological progression of the kidney in diabetic rats, which may be achieved by inhibiting the overexpression of transforming growth factor β1/Notch1 signaling pathway.

Key words: aerobic exercise, type 2 diabetic rat, kidney, transforming growth factor β1, Notch1

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Wu Yuzhen, Sun Qing, Liu Xia, Zhou Yu, Jin Qiguan. Variation in renal function of type 2 diabetic rats undergoing aerobic exercise[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2024, 28(14): 2145-2151.

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