Shandong Science ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 51-58.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20240034

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Effects of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. polysacchariades on exercise-related fatigue in mice through the PI3K/AKT/Gsk-3β pathway

ZENG Ting1(), YANG Ran1, LI Qingjun1, GONG Yanan2, WANG Shuzhen1,3,*(), LIU Qian1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
    2. The First Department of Cardiology, Jinan Zhangqiu District People's Hospital, Jinan 250299, China
    3. College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China
  • Received:2024-03-06 Online:2024-12-20 Published:2024-12-05

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the antifatigue effects and mechanisms of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. polysaccharides (DTPs) on exercise-related fatigue in mice. In a mouse model of exercise fatigue where mice were subjected to exhaustive swimming and fatigue rotarod, changes in exhaustive swimming duration, body weight, fatigue metabolite accumulation, activity levels of related enzymes, liver tissue structure, and muscle glycogen (MuG) and liver glycogen (LG) contents were assessed. The results demonstrated that DTPs significantly prolonged the exhaustive swimming duration and reduced body weight loss, hepatic damage, and serum lactic acid (LD), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in the mice. DTPs also significantly enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and MuG and LG contents and significantly reduced aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels. Additionally, in mice administered DTPs, the mRNA expression of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) was significantly upregulated, whereas that of protein kinase B (AKT) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 (Gsk-3β) was significantly downregulated in skeletal muscle. Taken together, DTPs can reduce metabolite accumulation and ameliorate exercise fatigue by regulating the PI3K/AKT/Gsk-3β pathway to promote glycogen synthesis.

Key words: Dioscorea opposita Thunb. polysaccharides, anti-exercise fatigue, exhaustive swimming, PI3K/AKT/Gsk-3β pathway

CLC Number: 

  • R96