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. 2018 Jun 29;10(7):851.
doi: 10.3390/nu10070851.

The Effects of Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide on Physiological Adaption and Exercise Performance Improvement

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The Effects of Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide on Physiological Adaption and Exercise Performance Improvement

Wen-Ching Huang et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Thiamine, named as vitamin B1, is an important cofactor for the critical enzymes regarding to glucose metabolism, like transketolase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. The thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (TTFD) is a derivative of thiamine with higher bioavailability and solubility than thiamine and has been widely applied to health maintenance and disease therapy. Higher physical activities are associated with higher thiamine supplements for efficient energy metabolism. Furthermore, the effective dose of TTFD, beneficial to exercise physiological adaption and performance, still be further validated and the safety evaluation were also an important issue to be considered for potential application. ICR (Institute of Cancer Research) strain mice were allocated as 0, 50, 100, and 500 mg/kg dose groups and administrated by oral gavage consecutively for 6 weeks. Physical activities including grip strength and aerobic endurance were measured. Various fatigue-associated biochemical variables such as lactate, glucose, blood urine nitrogen (BUN) or creatine kinase (CK), were also assessed. The levels of liver and muscle glycogen were measured as an indicator of energy storage at the end of the experiment. Toxicity assessments for long-term supplementation were also further evaluated for safety consideration. TTFD supplementation significantly increased the endurance and grip strength and demonstrated beneficial effects on lactate production and clearance rate after an acute exercise challenge. The TTFD supplementation significantly mitigated the BUN and CK indexes after extended exercise and elevated the glycogen content in the liver and muscle tissues. According to body composition, biochemical and histopathological data, daily administration of TTFD for over 6 weeks (subacute toxicity) also demonstrated reasonable safety results for long-term and adequate supplementation. The toxicity of TTFD were also considered as safety for long-term supplementation with indicated doses. Furthermore, the TTDF could be applied to not only the health promotion but also improvement of exercise physiological adaption and the TTFD could be further considered as potential ergogenic aids combined with different nutrient strategy.

Keywords: derivatives; fatigue; physiological adaption; safety; thiamine.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
The structure of thiamine (A) and thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (B).
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Figure 2
Experimental designs for the effects of thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (TTFD) on exercise adaption. The animals were randomly assigned to the indicated four groups (Vehicle, TTFD-1X, TTFD-2X, and TTFD-5X) and consecutively supplemented the TTFD until the end of the experiments. The physical capacities and related biochemistries were assessed within test duration.
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Figure 3
Effect of 4-week TTFD supplementation on exhaustive swimming time. Data are mean ± SEM for n = 10 mice per group. Columns with different letters (a, b, c) are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Figure 4
Effect of 4-week TTFD supplementation on absolute forelimb grip strength (A) and forelimb grip strength (%) relative to body weight (B). Data are mean ± SEM for n = 10 mice per group. Columns with different letters (a, b, c) are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Figure 5
Effect of 4-week TTFD supplementation on the serum BUN (A) and CK (B) levels after extended exercise challenge. The indicated four groups underwent 90 min swimming exercise and blood was sampled after 60 min rest. Data are mean ± SEM for n = 10 mice per group and the columns with different letters (a, b) are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Figure 6
Effect of 4-week TTFD supplementation on the serum GLU levels profile during exercise. The indicated four groups collected three time points including beginning, 10 min acute exercise and 20 min rest. Data are mean ± SEM for n = 10 mice per group and the columns with different letters (a, b) are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Figure 7
Effect of 4-week TTFD supplementation on hepatic (A) and muscle (B) glycogen levels. Data are mean ± SEM for n = 10 mice per group. Bars with different letters (a, b) are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Figure 8
Effect of TTFD supplementation on histomorphologic features of the liver (A), muscle (B), heart (C), kidney (D), lung (E), white fat tissue (F) and BAT tissue (G) in mice. Specimens were photographed under a light microscope. (H&E stain, magnification: 200×; bar, 20 μm).

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