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Supramaximal Intensity Hypoxic Exercise and Vascular Function Assessment in Mice
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Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations.

Catherine R Mikus1, Leryn J Boyle, Sarah J Borengasser

  • 1Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
|April 16, 2013
PubMed
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Simvastatin blunts exercise benefits, reducing cardiorespiratory fitness and skeletal muscle adaptations in metabolic syndrome patients. Exercise alone improves these markers, but combining it with simvastatin negates these gains.

Keywords:
BMILDL-CVo(2)peakaerobic fitnessbody mass indexlow-density lipoprotein cholesterolmetabolic syndromeobesitypeak oxygen consumptionskeletal muscle mitochondriastatin

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Supramaximal Intensity Hypoxic Exercise and Vascular Function Assessment in Mice
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Published on: March 15, 2019

Area of Science:

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Metabolic Syndrome Research

Background:

  • Statins are frequently prescribed with exercise for cardiovascular disease risk reduction in metabolic syndrome.
  • Concerns exist regarding statin-induced myopathy and impaired mitochondrial function.
  • The impact of statins on exercise training adaptations remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if simvastatin interferes with exercise training adaptations.
  • To assess simvastatin's effect on cardiorespiratory fitness and skeletal muscle mitochondrial content.
  • To evaluate the combined impact of simvastatin and aerobic exercise in at-risk individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial involving 37 sedentary, overweight/obese adults with metabolic syndrome risk factors.
  • Intervention groups: 12 weeks of aerobic exercise alone versus aerobic exercise plus simvastatin (40 mg/day).
  • Primary outcomes measured: cardiorespiratory fitness and skeletal muscle (vastus lateralis) citrate synthase activity.

Main Results:

  • Exercise alone increased cardiorespiratory fitness by 10% (p < 0.05).
  • Simvastatin addition blunted fitness gains to 1.5% (p < 0.005 for group-by-time interaction).
  • Skeletal muscle citrate synthase activity increased 13% with exercise alone (p < 0.05) but decreased 4.5% with simvastatin (p < 0.05 for group-by-time interaction).

Conclusions:

  • Simvastatin significantly attenuates exercise-induced improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness.
  • Simvastatin impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial adaptations (citrate synthase activity) in response to exercise.
  • Combining simvastatin with exercise training may negate the physiological benefits of exercise in metabolic syndrome patients.