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The aim of this study was to evaluate in premenopausal women (10 sedentary obese women) the effects of 10 days of exercise on the suppression of whole body and regional lipolysis by insulin. Lipolysis was determined using 2H5-glycerol infusion and microdialysis of sc adipose tissue during a two-stage hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp [10 (LO) and 20 (MO) mU/m x min]. Microdialysis probes were positioned in abdominal and femoral sc adipose tissue to monitor interstitial glycerol and blood flow. Basal plasma glycerol was 86.7 +/-17.0 and 100.3 +/- 19.8 micromol/L before and after training, respectively (P0.05). Plasma glycerol was suppressed to a greater extent after [to 47 +/- 5% (LO) and 42 +/- 5% (MO) of basal] than before [to 62 +/- 8% (LO) and 55 +/- 8% (MO) of basal] training. The rate of appearance of glycerol was suppressed to 49 +/- 7% and 40 +/- 5% of basal during LO and to 38 +/- 5% and 30 +/- 4% of basal during MO (P0.05) before and after training, respectively. There were no differences in the suppression of lipolysis in abdominal as well as femoral sc adipose tissue as evidenced by similar reductions in dialysate glycerol levels before and after training in each of these tissues. The results indicate that the antilipolytic response to insulin can be improved through endurance exercise training. Intraabdominal adipose tissue or skeletal muscle may be the site of improved antilipolytic response to insulin after training, as improvement was not evident in abdominal or femoral sc adipose tissue.

The aim of this study was to evaluate in premenopausal women (six endurance-trained nonobese, six sedentary nonobese, and five sedentary obese) the suppression of whole body and regional lipolysis by insulin. Lipolysis was determined using 2H5-glycerol infusion and microdialysis of sc adipose tissue (AT) during a two-stage [6-10 (low; LO) and 12-20 (moderate; MOD) mU/m x min] hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. Microdialysis probes were positioned in abdominal and femoral sc AT to monitor interstitial glycerol and nutritive blood flow. Basal plasma glycerol was 102 +/- 9, 52 +/- 6, and 143 +/- 30 micromol/L in endurance-trained nonobese, sedentary nonobese, and sedentary obese, respectively (P0.05, sedentary nonobeseendurance-trained nonobese, sedentary obese). The plasma glycerol concentration was decreased (P0.05) to a greater extent in endurance-trained nonobese and sedentary nonobese [both to approximately 50% (LO) and approximately 45% (MOD) of basal] than in sedentary obese [to 72% (LO) and 63% (MOD) of basal]. The rate of appearance of glycerol was suppressed to 36 +/- 7%, 44 +/- 10%, and 62 +/- 7% of basal during LO in endurance-trained nonobese, sedentary nonobese, and sedentary obese, respectively (P0.05, endurance-trained nonobesesedentary obese), and to 34 +/- 3%, 36 +/- 5%, and 53 +/- 8% of basal during MOD, respectively (P0.05, endurance-trained nonobesesedentary obese). There were no between-group differences in the suppression of lipolysis in abdominal sc AT, as evidenced by similar reductions in dialysate glycerol levels [all to approximately 65% (LO) and approximately 55% (MOD) of basal]. Femoral dialysate glycerol was reduced (P0.05) more in sedentary nonobese and endurance-trained nonobese (to approximately 75% of basal) than in sedentary obese (to 90% of basal) during LO, but to a similar extent (to approximately 60% of basal) in all groups during MOD. The results indicate that the sedentary obese women had whole body resistance to the suppression of lipolysis by insulin. Intraabdominal AT may be the site of resistance, as resistance was not evident in abdominal or femoral sc AT.

Leptin, the protein product of the ob gene, may be involved in the regulation of energy balance. Although a clear relationship between energy intake and plasma leptin concentrations has been demonstrated in humans, little is known about the effect of exercise on leptin metabolism. In the present study, we evaluated abdominal adipose tissue leptin production in vivo by arteriovenous balance at rest and during 60 min of moderate-intensity cycle ergometer exercise (50% of maximal heart rate) in five sedentary male subjects (mean age 38.4 +/- 1.7 yr, body mass index (28.4 +/- 4.2 kg/m2). Blood samples were taken simultaneously from an abdominal vein, draining sc adipose tissue, and a radial artery, at rest and every 10 min during exercise. Adipose tissue blood flow was determined by the xenon washout technique. Plasma leptin concentrations did not change throughout exercise and were the same as the values obtained during resting conditions. Average net adipose tissue leptin production rates during exercise (3.07 +/- 0.89 ng/100 g-1.min-1) also were similar to resting values (3.86 +/- 0.95 ng/100 g-1.min-1). These results demonstrate that plasma leptin concentrations and leptin production do not change during an acute bout of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise.