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. 2023 Apr 15;9(4):e15537.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15537. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Modulation of GPC-4 and GPLD1 serum levels by improving glycemic indices in type 2 diabetes: Resistance training and hawthorn extract intervention

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Modulation of GPC-4 and GPLD1 serum levels by improving glycemic indices in type 2 diabetes: Resistance training and hawthorn extract intervention

Ali Heidarianpour et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Aims: This study was designed to investigate the effects of resistance training (RT) and hawthorn extract (Ha) on Glypican-4 (GPC-4) and Insulin-regulated glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D (GPLD1) serum levels in T2DM and to examine the relationship of these variables with glycemic indexes.

Method: 40 male Wistar rats were divided into five equal groups: Healthy Control (H-C), Diabetes Control (D-C), Diabetes Resistance training (D-RT), Diabetes Hawthorn (D-Ha), and Diabetes Resistance training Hawthorn (D-RT-Ha). T2DM was induced with a 4-week high-fat diet (HFD) and one dose of STZ intraperitoneal injection (35 mg/kg). 1-week after the injection, RT (with a range of 50%-100%1RM/3 day/week) and gavage of Ha extract (100 mg/kg/day) was performed for 12 weeks.

Results: The glycemic indices improvement (reducing blood glucose and increasing serum insulin level) caused by RT and/or Ha increased GPC-4 and decreased GPLD1 in the T2DM rats, but these positive changes were more effective in the combination of RT + Ha. A strong correlation was also observed between GPC-4 and GPLD1 with blood glucose and insulin.

Conclusion: The increase in serum GPC-4 levels was probably due to the direct effect of RT + Ha, and the improvement of glycemic indexes after RT and Ha. The double effect of RT + Ha can be a regulatory mechanism for GPC-4 and its related factors in controlling T2DM complications.

Keywords: Diabetes; Exercise training; GPC-4; GPLD1; Insulin; Medicinal plants.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Outline of the implementation of the study protocol.
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The compositions of hawthorn extract by HPLC. The calibration range of each compound was as follows: catechin (0.16–36.6 μg), chlorogenic acid (0.75–9.80 μg), epigallocatechin gallate (0.21–32.76 μg), rutin (0.62–9.70 μg), vitexin (0.37–5.95 μg), isocercetin (0.66–16.40 μg), quercetin (0.11–11.40 μg), methoxykaempferol-hexoside (0.87–5.74 μg), apigenin (0.18–8.0 μg), gallocatechin gallate (0.14–4.87 μg), vitexin-2″-O-rhamnoside (0.84–19.45 μg), isoquercitrin (0.54–6.98 μg), hyperoside (0.43–8.23 μg), and resveratrol (0.85–25.8 μg).
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RT + Ha improved glycemic index and increased serum GPC-4 levels. Changes of FBG (I), FIns (II), HOMA-IR (III), HOMA-IS (IV), GPC-4 (V), and GPLD1 (VI) in diabetic rats following 12 weeks of resistance training and hawthorn extract treatment. * Significantly different (P < 0.05), ** significantly different (P < 0.01), *** significantly different (P < 0.001). (ANOVA and subsequent Tukey's HSD, P < 0.05).

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