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Exercise training improves systolic function in hypertensive myocardium.

Joseph R Libonati1, Abdelkarim Sabri, Canhua Xiao

  • 1Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jlibonat@nursing.upenn.edu

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|September 17, 2011
PubMed
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Regular aerobic exercise improves systolic function in hypertensive rats by modulating apoptotic signaling. Moderate exercise training shows differential effects on Wistar-Kyoto rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Exercise Science
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Hypertension is associated with cardiac remodeling and dysfunction.
  • Apoptotic signaling pathways play a role in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and failure.
  • The effects of exercise training on cardiac function and apoptosis in hypertensive models require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of exercise training on left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume relationships (LV/PV) and apoptotic signaling markers.
  • To compare the effects of exercise in normotensive (Wistar-Kyoto rats, WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR).

Main Methods:

  • Female WKY and SHR rats underwent 12 weeks of treadmill exercise training or remained sedentary.
  • Ex vivo Langendorff-perfused hearts were used to assess LV pressure-volume loops.
  • LV levels of key proteins in apoptotic and survival pathways (Akt, Bad, caspases, IAPs) were measured.

Main Results:

  • Spontaneously hypertensive rats exhibited impaired systolic elastance (E(s)) and increased heart-to-body weight ratio compared to WKY rats.
  • Exercise training improved E(s) in SHR but did not alter LV/PV in WKY rats.
  • Exercise modulated apoptotic markers, increasing phosphorylated Bad (Bad(Pi)) in both groups and increasing caspase 3 activity in WKY rats only.

Conclusions:

  • Moderate aerobic exercise training can attenuate early systolic dysfunction in the compensatory phase of cardiac hypertrophy in SHR.
  • There are distinct phenotypic responses to moderate-intensity exercise between normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rat hearts.
  • Exercise-induced changes in apoptotic signaling pathways may contribute to cardioprotection in hypertensive hearts.