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The Level of Sex Hormones and Corticosterone in Female Rats during Modeling of Visceral Obesity, Subsequent Physical Activity, and Normalization of the Diet

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The effects of diet-induced visceral obesity and non-drug options of its correction on the level of sex hormones and corticosterone were evaluated in 84 female Wistar rats. During stage I, the rats received either a standard diet (STD) or a high-calorie diet (HCD) for 8 weeks. During stage II, the animals were divided into subgroups depending on obesity correction: without correction (STD control and HCD), transition from HCD to STD (HCD/STD) and/or physical activity (treadmill exercise) for the next 8 weeks (HCD/STD+exercise, STD+exercise, and HCD+exercise). Diet-induced visceral obesity resulted in hyperandrogenization and increased blood corticosterone levels in females. Transition from HCD to STD regardless of physical activity led to normalization of testosterone level and, accordingly, to return to the functional norm of estrogen-androgen balance. The positive effect of moderate physical activity on hormonal status is realized only against the background of a balanced diet or during the transition from HCD to STD.

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    T. A. Mityukova, A. A. Basalai & O. E. Poluliakh

  2. Scientific Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Irkutsk, Russia

    M. A. Darenskaya, L. V. Rychkova, S. I. Kolesnikov, N. V. Semenova & L. I. Kolesnikova

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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 176, No. 10, pp. 514-519, October, 2023

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Mityukova, T.A., Basalai, A.A., Poluliakh, O.E. et al. The Level of Sex Hormones and Corticosterone in Female Rats during Modeling of Visceral Obesity, Subsequent Physical Activity, and Normalization of the Diet. Bull Exp Biol Med 176, 509–514 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-024-06057-4

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