Dietary Manipulation of Glucose and Fat Metabolism in Skeletal Muscles and Liver

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dc.contributor.advisorCeddia, Rolando
dc.contributor.authorJani, Shailee Bhavan
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-04T15:15:55Z
dc.date.available2023-08-04T15:15:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-04
dc.date.updated2023-08-04T15:15:54Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the role of intermediary lipid accumulation in the development of tissue specific and whole-body insulin resistance (IR). In this context, we investigated whether the intramyocellular lipid accumulation was sexually dimorphic, whether it differed between oxidative and glycolytic muscles, and how it correlated with high-fat sucrose-enriched (HFS) diet-induced skeletal muscle IR. To accomplish that, male and female Wistar rats were either fed a standard chow (SC) or a HFS diet for 8 weeks. Broadly, highly oxidative male muscles had impaired insulin sensitivity associated with the activation of PKCδ and θ isoforms in soleus (Sol, rich in type IA fibers), extensor digitorum longus (EDL, rich in type 2A fibers). In the highly glycolytic epitrochlearis (Epit, rich in type IIB fibers) muscles, impaired insulin sensitivity was associated with the upregulation of inflammatory mediators. In females, the HFS diet also led to a significant elevation in intramuscular DAG and TAG contents; however, without any alteration in ceramides levels in insulin-resistant female oxidative and glycolytic muscles. Moreover, a pro-inflammatory response was observed in skeletal muscles rich in type IIa and type IIb of female rats fed a HFS diet. Hence, based on my findings, all muscles from male and female rats fed the obesogenic diet developed IR, although the underlying associated mechanisms differed with respect to muscle fiber-type distribution in males and females.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41360
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectKinesiology
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectMolecular biology
dc.subject.keywordsDiabetes
dc.subject.keywordsObesity
dc.subject.keywordsSkeletal muscle
dc.subject.keywordsLiver
dc.subject.keywordsGlucose metabolism
dc.subject.keywordsInsulin resistance
dc.titleDietary Manipulation of Glucose and Fat Metabolism in Skeletal Muscles and Liver
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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