This study will investigate the effect of exercise training on 24h rhythms in substrate metabolism in overweight subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. Subjects will perform exercise training for 12 weeks. Before and after the exercise period, they will be admitted to research facilities for 45 hours to assess 24h rhythms in substrate metabolism. In a single-arm longitudinal design, subjects will serve as their own control.
Recent evidence shows that pre-diabetes is characterized by marked alterations in 24h substrate metabolism, indicating metabolic inflexibility with an inability to fully switch to fat oxidation during the night. Whereas exercise has been shown to promote mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity, it is unknown to if exercise training is able to restore 24h rhythmicity in overall substrate metabolism and muscle metabolism in human subjects with pre-diabetes. In this single-arm longitudinal design, subjects will serve as their own control. Subjects will perform high-intensity interval training for 12 weeks (3x times per week) on a cycle ergometer at the research facility. Pre and post exercise, subjects will stay in a metabolic chamber and adhere to a relatively normal life-style in order to standardize the main 24h measurement period. As the primary outcome, substrate metabolism will be measured with a ventilated hood system and by indirect calorimetry in the chambers. Muscle biopsies from the vastus lateralis and frequent blood samples will also be taken over the course of the 24h. Thereby, ex-vivo skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and muscle clock gene expression will serve as the main secondary outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
3 times per week high-intensity interval training (HIIT) will be performed on a cycle ergometer for 12 weeks adding up to 36 HIIT sessions
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Change in 24 rhythm in whole-body energy metabolism (energy expenditure)
Energy expenditure (kJ/min) measured by indirect calorimetry
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 18:00, 23:00, 04:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exerise
Change in 24 rhythm in whole-body energy metabolism (glucose oxidation)
Energy expenditure (kJ/min) measured by indirect calorimetry
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 18:00, 23:00, 04:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24 rhythm in whole-body energy metabolism (fat oxidation)
Energy expenditure (kJ/min) measured by indirect calorimetry
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 18:00, 23:00, 04:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24 rhythm in skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration
O2-flux (pmol/mg/s) measured with high resolution respirometry
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 23:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in muscle protein levels of markers involved in molecular clock and mitochondrial metabolism
Quantify protein levels by Western blots
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 23:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in muscle DNA of markers involved in molecular clock and mitochondrial metabolism
Quantify DNA by qPCR
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 23:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
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Change in 24h rhythm in muscle DNA involved in molecular clock and mitochondrial metabolism.
Quantify DNA by micro-array
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 23:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in muscle mRNA markers involved in molecular clock and mitochondrial metabolism
Quantify mRNA levels by micro array
Time frame: measured at 8:00, 13:00, 23:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24 rhythm of markers of normal 24h rhythm (cortisol)
Blood cortisol levels
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24 rhythm of markers of normal 24h rhythm (melatonin)
Blood melatonin levels
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24 rhythm of markers of normal 24h rhythm (core body temperature)
Core body temperature measured by an ingested telemetric pill
Time frame: measured continuously for 24 hours on the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in serum glucose
Serum glucose levels determined from venous blood draws
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in serum insulin
Serum insulin levels determined from venous blood draws
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in serum free fatty acids (FFA)
Serum FFA levels determined from venous blood draws
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in serum triglycerides
Serum triglycerides levels determined from venous blood draws
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise
Change in 24h rhythm in serum cholesterol
Serum cholesterol levels determined from venous blood draws
Time frame: every two hours for 24 hours beginning at 08:00 of the main test day before and after 12 weeks of exercise