著者
Ayumi Fukazawa Takuya Karasawa Yuma Yokota Saki Kondo Toshiaki Aoyama Shin Terada
出版者
Japan Oil Chemists' Society
雑誌
Journal of Oleo Science (ISSN:13458957)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.70, no.7, pp.989-993, 2021 (Released:2021-07-01)
参考文献数
19
被引用文献数
2

We previously reported that consuming a ketogenic diet containing medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCTs) might be a valuable dietary strategy for endurance athletes. However, the long-term safety of the diet has not been established, and there is a concern that a higher intake of MCTs increases the liver triacylglycerol content. In this study, we found that consuming an MCT-containing ketogenic diet for 24 weeks decreased, rather than increased, the liver triacylglycerol concentration and did not aggravate safety-related blood biomarkers in male Wistar rats. Our results may therefore suggest that the long-term intake of a ketogenic diet containing MCTs may have no deleterious effects on physiological functions.
著者
Saki KONDO Takuya KARASAWA Ayumi FUKAZAWA Atsuko KOIKE Momoko TSUTSUI Shin TERADA
出版者
Center for Academic Publications Japan
雑誌
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology (ISSN:03014800)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.68, no.2, pp.97-103, 2022-04-30 (Released:2022-04-30)
参考文献数
28
被引用文献数
2

We previously reported that the combination of a very high-carbohydrate diet and endurance training increased glucose transporter 4 and glycogen concentration in skeletal muscle. However, it remains unclear whether they also affect the digestive and absorptive capacity in the pancreas and small intestine, which are suggested to be rate-limiting steps in the delivery of exogenous carbohydrates to skeletal muscle and muscle glycogen synthesis. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the effects of a very high-carbohydrate diet and endurance training on pancreatic amylase activity and intestinal glucose transporters in rats and to examine the relationship between these adaptations and their influence on muscle glycogen concentration. Male Sprague–Dawley rats (n=29) were fed a high-carbohydrate diet (59% carbohydrate) or a very high-carbohydrate diet (76% carbohydrate) for 4 wk. Half of the rats in each dietary group were subjected to 6-h swimming exercise training (two 3-h sessions separated by 45 min of rest) for 4 wk. Although there was no significant effect of diet or endurance training on sodium-dependent glucose transporter 1 and glucose transporter 2 contents in the intestine, the rats fed a very high-carbohydrate diet in combination with endurance training had substantially higher pancreatic amylase activity and muscle glycogen concentration. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between pancreatic amylase activity and muscle glycogen concentration (r=0.599, p=0.001). In conclusion, intake of a very high-carbohydrate diet and endurance training synergistically elevated carbohydrate digestive capacity, which partially accounted for the higher muscle glycogen accumulation.
著者
Yuma Yokota Ayumi Fukazawa Yudai Nonaka Takuya Karasawa Michiyo Kimura Shin Terada
出版者
Japan Oil Chemists' Society
雑誌
Journal of Oleo Science (ISSN:13458957)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.72, no.9, pp.849-858, 2023 (Released:2023-08-31)
参考文献数
35

Dietary intake of medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCTs) is known to alleviate obesity. MCTs have also been suggested to beneficially influence protein metabolism. This study evaluated the effects of dietary intake of MCTs on energy restriction-induced weight control and loss of skeletal muscle. Rats were divided into the following groups: 1) AL-LCT group that received the AIN-93G-based control diet containing long-chain triacylglycerols (LCTs) ad libitum, 2) ER-LCT group fed the control diet with 30% energy restriction, and 3) ER-MCT group fed a diet containing MCTs with 30% energy restriction. After the 4-wk dietary treatment, both energy-restricted groups had significantly lower body weight than the AL-LCT group and rats in the ER-MCT group were significantly lighter than those in the ER-LCT group. In contrast, the extent of energy restriction-induced loss of skeletal muscle was not significantly different between the two energy-restricted groups, resulting in an increase in muscle mass relative to body weight in the ER-MCT group. Despite maintaining the lower body weight, dietary intake of MCTs did not further influence signaling pathways involved in protein synthesis or breakdown. These results suggest that intake of MCTs could be a valuable dietary intervention to maintain a lower body weight and increase relative muscle mass without negative effects on skeletal muscle protein metabolism.
著者
Takuya Karasawa Saki Kondo Ayumi Fukazawa Atsuko Koike Momoko Tsutsui Shin Terada
出版者
Japan Oil Chemists' Society
雑誌
Journal of Oleo Science (ISSN:13458957)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.ess20248, (Released:2021-01-15)
被引用文献数
5

Endurance exercise training enhances muscle fat oxidation while concomitantly reducing carbohydrate (glycogen) utilization during exercise, thereby delaying the onset of fatigue. This study examined the effects of dietary fat restriction on endurance training-induced metabolic adaptations in rat skeletal muscle. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on either a control diet (CON: 19.2% protein, 21.6% fat, and 59.2% carbohydrate as a percentage of total energy) or a fat-restricted diet (FR: 21.5% protein, 2.4% fat, and 76.1% carbohydrate as a percentage of total energy) for 4 wks. Half the rats in each dietary group performed daily 6-h swimming exercise (two 3-h sessions separated by 45 min of rest) on 5 days each wk. Endurance training significantly increased the expression of β-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (βHAD), a key enzyme of fat oxidation, and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4), an inhibitory regulator of glycolytic flux, in the skeletal muscle of rats fed the CON diet. However, such endurance training-induced increases in muscle βHAD and PDK4 were partially suppressed by the FR diet, suggesting that a FR diet may diminish the endurance training-induced enhancement of fat oxidation and reduction in glycogen utilization during exercise. We then assessed the muscle glycogen utilization rate during an acute bout of swimming exercise in the trained rats fed either the CON or the FR diet and consequently found that rats fed the FR diet had a significantly higher muscle glycogen utilization rate during exercise compared with rats fed the CON diet. In conclusion, dietary fat restriction may attenuate the endurance training-induced metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle.