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On the Functional Recovery Mechanism of the Cerebral Nervous System in Diabetic State under the Combination Effect of Exercise and Medication
Wei Guo
Abstract
This paper studies the effects of moderate exercise and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on the recovery of
mitochondrial injuries in the cerebral nervous system under diabetic state through experiment, and analyses the
improvement mechanism of mitochondria in energy synthesis, biosynthesis, anti-oxidation, integration and
division under the combination of exercise and EGCG medication, hoping to provide some theoretical reference for
the protection of cerebral nervous system under diabetic state. The study concludes that diabetes has great impacts
on the normal functioning of mitochondria and that its energy synthesis and biosynthesis are controlled by a
variety of enzymes. When a rat has diabetes, the protein levels of NRF1, NRF2, TFAM and HO1 in mitochondria are
significantly decreased, and the pathways of SIRT1 and PGC-1α proteins are also reduced accordingly. After
diabetic rats were treated with the combination of exercise and EGCG for 3 months, the pathways of SIRT1 and
PGC-1α proteins were effectively increased, the energy synthesis and biosynthesis of mitochondria were enhanced,
and the activity of related enzymes was also improved. In this way, the cerebral nervous system diseases of the rats
were mitigated. The combination of exercise and EGCG has better effect than either of them alone. The fusion
protein expression in diabetic rats decreased significantly compared with that in normal rats, whereas the split
protein expression significantly increased in diabetic rats compared with normal rats, indicating that with diabetes,
the division and fusion of mitochondria are unstable. Treating diabetes with both exercise and EGCG medication
can effectively improve the expression of fusion protein and reduce the level of split protein. Compared with those
in the normal group, the autophagy protein levels in diabetic rats were significantly decreased while the expression
of Parkin protein increased. The combination of exercise and EGCG can enhance the autophagic ability of
mitochondria, thereby changing the ischemic injury of the cerebral nervous system. The EGCG medication can
obviously enhance the activity of related enzymes in mitochondria and promote the metabolism of mitochondria.
Keywords
: Diabetes, Cerebral Nervous System Injury, Functional Recovery of Mitochondria, Exercise, EGCG
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