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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Exercise Science
  • Sex Differences in Biology

Background:

  • Moderate endurance exercise is known to benefit cardiovascular health.
  • However, its precise effects on cardiac structure and function, particularly concerning sex differences, remain incompletely understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the sex-specific effects of moderate endurance exercise on cardiac physiology in male and female mice.

Main Methods:

  • Mice (both sexes) underwent 6 weeks of treadmill exercise.
  • Evaluations included electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography, optical mapping of cardiac electrophysiology, and RNA sequencing.

Main Results:

  • Female mice showed exercise-induced left ventricular dilatation and increased cardiac output, unlike males.
  • Electrophysiology revealed sex-specific changes: prolonged action potential duration in females, faster calcium reuptake in males.
  • Arrhythmia inducibility increased in both sexes, but arrhythmia duration increased only in females.
  • Transcriptional analysis showed sex-dependent gene expression changes related to contractility (females) and metabolism (males).

Conclusions:

  • Moderate endurance exercise induces significant, sex-dependent alterations in cardiac physiology.
  • While some adaptations improve cardiac function, others carry a potential proarrhythmic risk, underscoring the importance of sex in exercise response.