The effects of nitric oxide on lipolysis in obese women before and after 10 days of endurance training / by Emily Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Emily author.
Other author Hickner, Robert C., degree supervisor.
Other author East Carolina University. Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
Format Theses and dissertations
Production2006.
Description87 leaves : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm
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Summary Obesity is a serious condition that leads to disorders such as hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to inhibit lipolysis. In addition, obese individuals have more nitric oxide synthase (NOS) content compared to lean. It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the effects of NO on regional lipolysis in obese women before and after ten days of aerobic exercise training. Lipolysis was determined using the microdialysis technique. Three probes were inserted into the abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (AAT) and femoral subcutaneous adipose tissue (FAT). Lipolysis was evaluated under non-stimulated, (3-adrenergic stimulated, and NOS inhibited, and exercise conditions. Subjects exercised on a cycle ergometer for an hour per day 10 days. Non-stimulated resting lipolysis did not change in response to exercise training in either the AAT (105.5±16.0 [mu]M PRE; 143.8±27.9 [mu]M POST) (p=0.20) or FAT 109.5±12.4 [mu]M PRE; 133.9±25.0 [mu]M POST) (p=0.20). In AAT, dialysate glycerol concentration was higher with NOS inhibition than in the non-stimulated control probe before (168.6±29.3 [mu]M NOS; 103.9±8.7 [mu]M CON; p=0.04) and after (199.6±33.4 [mu]M NOS; 128.18 16.77 [mu]M CON; p=0.05) training. In FAT, NO only suppressed resting lipolysis before (180.49±36.39 [mu]M NOS; 122.15± 15.48 [mu]M CON; p=0.03), but not after (150.43±29.8 [mu]M NOS 115.32±12.9 [mu]M CON, p=0.26) training compared to the control probe. Under near maximal stimulation (IL: NOS inhibition and padrenergic stimulation), dialysate glycerol was higher than in the probe perfused with isopřnaline, a padrenergic stimulator, before (384.12±44.4 pM IL, 205.6±25.1 [mu]M CON, p[less-than]0.001) and after (371.5±25.8 [mu]M IL, 131.6±8.6 [mu]M CON, p[less-than]0.001) training in AAT. The same was true with FAT before (340.8±43.6 [mu]lM IL, 241.3±25.0 [mu]M CON, p[less-than]0.001) and after (324.3±27.23 [mu]M IL, 216.2±24.6 [mu]M CON, p[less-than]0.01) training. No training effect was observed in any ofthe conditions. These results indicate that 10 days of exercise does provide a great enough stimulus to alter lipolysis in obese premenopausal women.
General notePresented to the faculty of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
General noteAdvisor: Robert C. Hickner
Dissertation noteM.A. East Carolina University 2006
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 46-47).
Genre/formAcademic theses.
Genre/formAcademic theses.
Genre/formThèses et écrits académiques.

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