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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Brown adipose tissue ; Cold acclimation ; Enlargement ; Brown adipocyte primary culture ; Basic fibroblast growth factor
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The contribution of basic fibroblast growth factor to brown adipose tissue (BAT) enlargement during cold acclimation was investigated using rat brown adipocytes in primary culture. After cold exposure (at 5° C) for 28 days, the level of bFGF messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in BAT of cold-acclimated rats was markedly increased with the increase in the BAT weight. In addition, the blood plasma from cold-acclimated rats considerably enhanced the expression of basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA in rat brown adipocytes. Likewise, the blood plasma from cold-acclimated rats significantly stimulated the growth of rat brown adipocyte precursor cells compared with that from warm-acclimated rats, whereas there was no difference of effect between the two blood plasmas on the growth of bovine capillary endothelial cells. Basic fibroblast growth factor, but not platelet-derived growth factor stimulated the growth of brown adipocyte precursor cells. The conditioned medium from brown adipocyte primary culture markedly stimulated the growth of bovine capillary endothelial cells and the effect was inhibited considerably by antibasic fibroblast growth factor antibody. These results suggest that some factors concerned with the growth of brown adipocyte precursor cells are present in the blood plasma from cold-acclimated rats, and that basic fibroblast growth factor produced by brown adipocytes may significantly contribute to BAT enlargement by autocrine mechanisms during cold exposure.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1439-6327
    Keywords: Exercise ; Oxidative stress ; Liver/kidney ; Lipid peroxidation ; Superoxide dismutase derivative
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract To prevent oxidative tissue damage induced by strenuous exercise in the liver and kidney superoxide dismutase derivative (SM-SOD), which circulated bound to albumin with a half-life of 6 h, was injected intraperitoneally into rats. Exhausting treadmill running caused a significant increase in the activities of xanthine oxidase (XO), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in addition to concentrations of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in hepatic tissue immediately after running. There was a definite increase in the immunoreactive content of mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) 1 day after the running. Meanwhile, the TBARS concentration in the kidney was markedly elevated 3 days after running. The activities of GPX, and catalase in the kidney increased significantly immediately and on days 1 and 3 following the test. The immunoreactive content of Mn-SOD also increased 1 day after running. The exercise induced no significant changes in immunoreactive Cu, Zn-SOD content in either tissue. The administration of SM-SOD provided effective protection against lipid peroxidation, and significantly attenuated the alterations in XO and all the anti-oxidant enzymes, measured. In summary, the present data would suggest that exhausting exercise may induce XO-derived oxidative damage in the liver, while the increase in lipid peroxidation in the kidney might be the result of washout-dependent accumulation of peroxidised metabolites. We found that the administration of SM-SOD provided excellent protection against exercise-induced oxidative stress in both liver and kidney.
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