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Exercise training decreases hepatic SCD-1 gene expression and protein content in rats

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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 335, Issue 1-2, Pages 291-299

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0279-y

Keywords

Liver lipid content; Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1; High-fat diet; SCD-1 desaturation index

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  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  2. Canadian Institutes of Health Research [T 0602145.02, MOP-53217, MOP-62901]

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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) is the rate limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of saturated-derived monounsaturated fats that are the major constituents of very-low-density-lipoproteins-triacylglycerol (VLDL-TAG) and are involved in regulating cellular metabolism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an 8-week exercise training program on the hepatic gene expression of this crucial enzyme. Female rats either trained (TR) or kept sedentary (Sed) for 8 weeks were submitted either to standard (SD) diet for 8 or for 6 weeks followed by high-fat (HF; 42% kcal) diet for 2 weeks. The 2-week-high fat feeding resulted in an increase in liver triacylgycerol (TAG), plasma free-fatty-acids (FFA), abdominal fat mass, sterol-regulatory-element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c), and carbohydrate-response-element-binding protein (ChREBP) gene expression in liver along with a decrease in SCD-1 gene expression and plasma and liver SCD-1 desaturation index (C16:1/C16:0). Liver TAG, plasma FFA, SREBP-1c mRNA, and SCD-1 desaturation indexes (C16:1/C16:0; C18:1/C18:0) were not changed in liver or in plasma by the training program. Nevertheless, training resulted in an important decrease in fat mass (P < 0.01), hepatic SCD-1 mRNA levels (P < 0.01), and protein content (P < 0.05) in both SD and HF fed rats. It is concluded that despite an absence of decreased liver TAG, exercise training contributes to the proper regulation of fat metabolism by down-regulating hepatic SCD-1 gene expression and protein content.

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