Effects of cafeteria diet on the jejunum in sedentary and physically trained rats

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OBJECTIVE: The effects of a cafeteria diet on the small intestine were investigated in adult Wistar rats under sedentary conditions and after physical training.

METHODS: Parameters including morphometry, enzyme activities, and total myenteric populations in the jejunum were evaluated.

RESULTS: The cafeteria diet, characterized as hyperlipidic, produced obese rats, corroborated by increases in the Lee index and the weights of the periepididymal and retroperitoneal adipose tissues (P<0.01). Obesity caused increases in the length of the small intestine, villi height, crypt depth, whole-wall thickness (P<0.05), and the enzymatic activities of alkaline phosphatase, lipase, and sucrase (P<0.01), in addition to a reduction in the number of goblet cells (P<0.05). With reference to the jejunal intrinsic innervations, the total number and area of myenteric neurons was unchanged regardless of the group. Physical training promoted 1) a reduction of the weight in the retroperitoneal and periepididymal adipose tissues (P<0.05) and 2) an increase in the thickness of the muscular layer (P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: The cafeteria diet promoted obesity in rodents, leading to alterations in morphometry and enzymatic intestinal parameters, which were partily attenuated by physical training.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) - 26(2010), 3 vom: 05. März, Seite 312-20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scoaris, Célia Regina [VerfasserIn]
Rizo, Gabriela Vasconcelos [VerfasserIn]
Roldi, Luciana Patrícia [VerfasserIn]
de Moraes, Solange Marta Franzói [VerfasserIn]
de Proença, André Ricardo Gomes [VerfasserIn]
Peralta, Rosane Marina [VerfasserIn]
Natali, Maria Raquel Marçal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dietary Carbohydrates
Dietary Fats
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.07.2010

Date Revised 15.02.2010

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM190554096