Makida Y1,2, He F3, Mohania D4, Kumar N5, Naito Y1, Lorenzetti A2, Takadanohara H1, Marotta C2, Cervi J1 and Marotta F2*
Eighty twenty-four month old male mice, maintained under standardized conditions, were divided depending on dietary supply: A) standard age-balanced chow food and B) added with GPT-2218 (dosage to be worked out after preliminary data). Animals were weight-matched and each group randomly allocated to: s) a sedentary protocol or t) training protocol by applying endurance exercise. Namely, after adaptation in an ergometric treadmill for one week (5%, 6-8 m/min), the latter group was subjected to following schedule: 20 m/min, 8° slope, 50 min/day for the first week and 25 m/min, 8° slope, 50 min/day (corresponding to 75% of maximum VO2) for the second week. A further group, either sedentary or trained, was supplemented with a generic fish collagen-peptide compound(C) claimed of stamina effect. So, altogether six groups were examined as follows: As (standard food, sedentary), At (standard food under training), Bs (supplemented-sedentary), Bt (supplemented under training), Cs and Ct. Parameters measured were VO2max, liver and gastrocnemius tissue level of glycogen, gastrocnemius level of oxidative markers and inflammatory/anti-inflammatory balance. Results showed that as compared to At, where training showed only a trend improvement of VO2max, Bt had a significant improvement (p<0.05 vs baseline and sedentary group). However, Bt showed significantly better performance than At (p<0.05 vs Bt and 0.01 vs baseline and sedentary group). Skeletal muscle concentration of TBARs significantly increased in both training group soon after exercise (p<0.05) but only Bt. At 2 h observation showed a significant, albeit partial, recovery (p<0.05 vs At). Concomitantly immediately after exercise, there was a drop of SOD (only in At reached a significance of p<0.05) and GSH-Px (p<0.05 vs baseline). Both these values in both groups recovered after 2 h (p<0.05). However, as for SOD only Bt recovery-values was significantly better (p<0.05 vs At). The forelimb strength was significantly improved by training (p<0.05) but at a higher rate in Bt group (p<0.05 vs At). Physical training brought about a significant increase/decrease of IL-1beta and IL-10, respectively in both groups (p<0.05). However, at 2 h post-exercise observation, these values recovered only in Bt group (p<0.05 vs At group). Hepatic glycogen stores were depleted only in At group (p<0.05), whereas both groups showed a significant decrease in skeletal concentration of glycogen (p<0.05). These values did not recover after 2 h in At group while a significant replenishment was recorded in Bt group (p<0.05). Overall, it appears that GPT-2218 enables a better training benefit on VO2, together with a better hormetic effect of training on redox and inflammatory balance leading to a more efficient preservation of skeletal muscular glycogen and more consistent strength performance. Whatever the set of experiments and the parameters tested, the generic fish collagen-peptide did not yield any significant change, being comparable to the un supplemented group A. Further studies are awaited to scrutinize the impact of a GPT-2218 association with selective amino acids formulas.
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