Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11(10), 3954-3964; doi:10.3390/ijms11103954
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The Effect of Exercise on the Skeletal Muscle Phospholipidome of Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Todd W. Mitchell 1,* email, Nigel Turner 2 email, Paul L. Else 1 email, Anthony J. Hulbert 3 email, John A. Hawley 4 email, Jong Sam Lee 5 email, Clinton R. Bruce 6 email and Stephen J. Blanksby 7 email
1 School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia 2 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia 3 School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia 4 School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia 5 Department of Physical Education, Daegu University, Daegu, South Korea 6 Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia 7 School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Received: 7 September 2010; in revised form: 8 October 2010 / Accepted: 12 October 2010 / Published: 15 October 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phospholipids: Molecular Sciences)
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of endurance training on skeletal muscle phospholipid molecular species from high-fat fed rats. Twelve female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a high-fat diet (78.1% energy). The rats were randomly divided into two groups, a sedentary control group and a trained group (125 min of treadmill running at 8 m/min, 4 days/wk for 4 weeks). Forty-eight hours after their last training bout phospholipids were extracted from the red and white vastus lateralis and analyzed by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. Exercise training was associated with significant alterations in the relative abundance of a number of phospholipid molecular species. These changes were more prominent in red vastus lateralis than white vastus lateralis. The largest observed change was an increase of ~30% in the abundance of 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl phosphatidylcholine ions in oxidative fibers. Reductions in the relative abundance of a number of phospholipids containing long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were also observed. These data suggest a possible reduction in phospholipid remodeling in the trained animals. This results in a decrease in the phospholipid n-3 to n-6 ratio that may in turn influence endurance capacity.
Keywords: electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry; endurance; exercise training; fatty acids; lipidomics

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Mitchell, T.W.; Turner, N.; Else, P.L.; Hulbert, A.J.; Hawley, J.A.; Lee, J.S.; Bruce, C.R.; Blanksby, S.J. The Effect of Exercise on the Skeletal Muscle Phospholipidome of Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11, 3954-3964.

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Mitchell TW, Turner N, Else PL, Hulbert AJ, Hawley JA, Lee JS, Bruce CR, Blanksby SJ. The Effect of Exercise on the Skeletal Muscle Phospholipidome of Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2010; 11(10):3954-3964.

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Mitchell, Todd W.; Turner, Nigel; Else, Paul L.; Hulbert, Anthony J.; Hawley, John A.; Lee, Jong Sam; Bruce, Clinton R.; Blanksby, Stephen J. 2010. "The Effect of Exercise on the Skeletal Muscle Phospholipidome of Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 11, no. 10: 3954-3964.

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