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Article

Exogenous Ketone Supplements Improved Motor Performance in Preclinical Rodent Models

by
Csilla Ari
1,2,*,
Cem Murdun
3,
Craig Goldhagen
3,
Andrew P. Koutnik
3,4,
Sahil R. Bharwani
1,
David M. Diamond
1,3,
Mark Kindy
5,6,7,
Dominic P. D’Agostino
2,3,4 and
Zsolt Kovacs
8
1
Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Laboratory, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
2
Ketone Technologies, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
3
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
4
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Ocala, FL 34471, USA
5
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
6
James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
7
Shriners Hospital for Children, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
8
Savaria Department of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Savaria University Centre, Károlyi Gáspár tér 4., 9700 Szombathely, Hungary
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2459; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082459
Submission received: 3 July 2020 / Revised: 5 August 2020 / Accepted: 13 August 2020 / Published: 15 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrition and Athletic Performance)
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Abstract

Nutritional ketosis has been proven effective for neurometabolic conditions and disorders linked to metabolic dysregulation. While inducing nutritional ketosis, ketogenic diet (KD) can improve motor performance in the context of certain disease states, but it is unknown whether exogenous ketone supplements—alternatives to KDs—may have similar effects. Therefore, we investigated the effect of ketone supplements on motor performance, using accelerating rotarod test and on postexercise blood glucose and R-beta-hydroxybutyrate (R-βHB) levels in rodent models with and without pathology. The effect of KD, butanediol (BD), ketone-ester (KE), ketone-salt (KS), and their combination (KE + KS: KEKS) or mixtures with medium chain triglyceride (MCT) (KE + MCT: KEMCT; KS + MCT: KSMCT) was tested in Sprague-Dawley (SPD) and WAG/Rij (WR) rats and in GLUT-1 Deficiency Syndrome (G1D) mice. Motor performance was enhanced by KEMCT acutely, KE and KS subchronically in SPD rats, by KEKS and KEMCT groups in WR rats, and by KE chronically in G1D mice. We demonstrated that exogenous ketone supplementation improved motor performance to various degrees in rodent models, while effectively elevated R-βHB and in some cases offsets postexercise blood glucose elevations. Our results suggest that improvement of motor performance varies depending on the strain of rodents, specific ketone formulation, age, and exposure frequency.
Keywords: ketone ester; ketogenic diet; ketone salt; MCT; rotarod; R-βHB ketone ester; ketogenic diet; ketone salt; MCT; rotarod; R-βHB

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Ari, C.; Murdun, C.; Goldhagen, C.; Koutnik, A.P.; Bharwani, S.R.; Diamond, D.M.; Kindy, M.; D’Agostino, D.P.; Kovacs, Z. Exogenous Ketone Supplements Improved Motor Performance in Preclinical Rodent Models. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082459

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Ari C, Murdun C, Goldhagen C, Koutnik AP, Bharwani SR, Diamond DM, Kindy M, D’Agostino DP, Kovacs Z. Exogenous Ketone Supplements Improved Motor Performance in Preclinical Rodent Models. Nutrients. 2020; 12(8):2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082459

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Ari, Csilla, Cem Murdun, Craig Goldhagen, Andrew P. Koutnik, Sahil R. Bharwani, David M. Diamond, Mark Kindy, Dominic P. D’Agostino, and Zsolt Kovacs. 2020. "Exogenous Ketone Supplements Improved Motor Performance in Preclinical Rodent Models" Nutrients 12, no. 8: 2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082459

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Ari, C., Murdun, C., Goldhagen, C., Koutnik, A. P., Bharwani, S. R., Diamond, D. M., Kindy, M., D’Agostino, D. P., & Kovacs, Z. (2020). Exogenous Ketone Supplements Improved Motor Performance in Preclinical Rodent Models. Nutrients, 12(8), 2459. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082459

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