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Exercise training improves systolic function in hypertensive myocardium.

Authors: Libonati, JR  Sabri, A  Xiao, C  Macdonnell, SM  Renna, BF 
Citation: Libonati JR, etal., J Appl Physiol (1985). 2011 Dec;111(6):1637-43. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00292.2011. Epub 2011 Sep 15.
RGD ID: 10053646
Pubmed: PMID:21921241   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3233879   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1152/japplphysiol.00292.2011   (Journal Full-text)

The general purpose of this study was to test the effect of exercise training on the left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume relationship (LV/PV) and apoptotic signaling markers in normotensive and hypertensive hearts. Four-month-old female normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY; n = 37) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR; n = 38) were assigned to a sedentary (WKY-SED, n = 21; SHR-SED, n = 19) or treadmill-trained (WKY-TRD, n = 16; SHR-TRD, n = 19) group ( approximately 60% Vo(2 peak), 60 min/day, 5 days/wk, 12 wk). Ex vivo LV/PV were established in isovolumic Langendorff-perfused hearts, and LV levels of Akt, phosphorylated Akt (Akt(Pi)), Bad, phosphorylated Bad (Bad(Pi)) c-IAP, x-IAP, calcineurin, and caspases 3, 8, and 9 were measured. Heart-to-body weight ratio was increased in SHR vs. WKY (P < 0.05), concomitant with increased calcineurin mRNA (P < 0.05). There was a rightward shift in the LV/PV (P < 0.05) and a reduction in systolic elastance (E(s)) in SHR vs. WKY. Exercise training corrected E(s) in SHR (P < 0.05) but had no effect on the LV/PV in WKY. Caspase 3 was increased in SHR-SED relative to WKY-SED, while Bad(Pi,) c-IAP, and x-IAP were significantly lower in SHR relative to WKY (P < 0.05). Exercise training increased Bad(Pi) in both WKY and SHR but did not alter caspase 9 activity in either group. While caspase 3 activity was increased with training in WKY (P < 0.05), it was unchanged with training in SHR. We conclude that moderate levels of regular aerobic exercise attenuate systolic dysfunction early in the compensatory phase of hypertrophy, and that a differential phenotypical response to moderate-intensity exercise exists between WKY and SHR.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Cardiomegaly treatmentISOBad (Rattus norvegicus)10053646; 10053646associated with HypertensionRGD 
Cardiomegaly treatmentIDA 10053646associated with HypertensionRGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Bad  (BCL2-associated agonist of cell death)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Bad  (BCL2-associated agonist of cell death)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
BAD  (BCL2 associated agonist of cell death)


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