Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Semeraro, MD; Almer, G; Renner, W; Gruber, HJ; Herrmann, M.
Influences of Long-Term Exercise and High-Fat Diet on Age-Related Telomere Shortening in Rats
CELLS-BASEL. 2022; 11(10): 1605
Doi: 10.3390/cells11101605
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Gruber Hans-Jürgen
- Semeraro Maria Donatella
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Almer Gunter
- Herrmann Markus
- Renner Wilfried
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- (1) Obesity and exercise are believed to modify age-related telomere shortening by regulating telomerase and shelterins. Existing studies are inconsistent and limited to peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and selected solid tissues. (2) Female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats received either standard diet (ND) or high-fat diet (HFD). For 10 months, half of the animals from both diet groups performed 30 min running at 30 cm/s on five consecutive days followed by two days of rest (exeND, exeHFD). The remaining animals served as sedentary controls (coND, coHFD). Relative telomere length (RTL) and mRNA expression of telomerase (TERT) and the shelterins TERF-1 and TERF-2 were mapped in PBMCs and nine solid tissues. (3) At study end, coND and coHFD animals showed comparable RTL in most tissues with no systematic differences in TERT, TERF-1 and TERF-2 expression. Only visceral fat of coHFD animals showed reduced RTL and lower expression of TERT, TERF-1 and TERF-2. Exercise had heterogeneous effects on RTL in exeND and exeHFD animals with longer telomeres in aorta and large intestine, but shorter telomeres in PBMCs and liver. Telomere-regulating genes showed inconsistent expression patterns. (4) In conclusion, regular exercise or HFD cannot systematically modify RTL by regulating the expression of telomerase and shelterins.
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