PMID- 29299199 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220311 IS - 2008-3866 (Print) IS - 2008-3874 (Electronic) IS - 2008-3866 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 11 DP - 2017 Nov TI - Swimming training alleviated insulin resistance through Wnt3a/beta-catenin signaling in type 2 diabetic rats. PG - 1220-1226 LID - 10.22038/IJBMS.2017.9473 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: Increasing evidence suggests that regular physical exercise improves type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the potential beneficial effects of swimming on insulin resistance and lipid disorder in T2DM, and its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Rats were fed with high fat diet and given a low dosage of Streptozotocin (STZ) to induce T2DM model, and subsequently treated with or without swimming exercise. An 8-week swimming program (30, 60 or 120 min per day, 5 days per week) decreased body weight, fasting blood glucose and fasting insulin. RESULTS: Swimming ameliorated lipid disorder, improved muscular atrophy and revealed a reduced glycogen deposit in skeletal muscles of diabetic rats. Furthermore, swimming also inhibited the activation of Wnt3a/beta-catenin signaling pathway, decreased Wnt3a mRNA and protein level, upregulated GSK3beta phosphorylation activity and reduced the expression of beta-catenin phosphorylation in diabetic rats. CONCLUSION: The trend of the result suggests that swimming exercise proved to be a potent ameliorator of insulin resistancein T2DM through the modulation of Wnt3a/beta-catenin pathway and therefore, could present a promising therapeutic measure towards the treatment of diabetes and its relatives. FAU - Yang, Qiang AU - Yang Q AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Wang, Wen-Wen AU - Wang WW AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Ma, Pu AU - Ma P AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Ma, Zhong-Xuan AU - Ma ZX AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Hao, Meng AU - Hao M AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Adelusi, Temitope I AU - Adelusi TI AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Lei-Du AU - Lei-Du AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Yin, Xiao-Xing AU - Yin XX AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Lu, Qian AU - Lu Q AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Iran TA - Iran J Basic Med Sci JT - Iranian journal of basic medical sciences JID - 101517966 PMC - PMC5749356 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GSK3beta OT - Insulin resistance OT - Swimming training OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - Wnt3a/beta-catenin - signaling EDAT- 2018/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/05 06:01 PMCR- 2017/11/01 CRDT- 2018/01/05 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IJBMS-20-1220 [pii] AID - 10.22038/IJBMS.2017.9473 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2017 Nov;20(11):1220-1226. doi: 10.22038/IJBMS.2017.9473.