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- Title
Preventive aerobic training exerts a cardioprotective effect on rats treated with monocrotaline.
- Authors
Pacagnelli, Francis Lopes; Almeida Sabela, Ana Karênina Dias; Okoshi, Katashi; Mariano, Thaoan Bruno; Campos, Dijon Henrique Salomé; Carvalho, Robson Francisco; Cicogna, Antônio Carlos; Vanderlei, Luiz Carlo Marques
- Abstract
Pulmonary arterial hypertension ( PAH) is a chronic disease which causes overload to the right ventricle. The effect of preventive training on cardiac remodelling in this condition is still unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of preventive training on hypertrophy, heart function and gene expression of calcium transport proteins in rats with monocrotaline-induced PAH. Thirty-two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: S, sedentary control; T, trained control; SM, sedentary monocrotaline; and TM, trained monocrotaline. The preventive training protocol was performed on a treadmill for 13 weeks, five times/week. The first two weeks were adopted for adaptation to training with gradual increases in speed/time. The speed of the physical training from the third to tenth weeks was gradually increased from 0.9 to 1.1 km/h for 60 min. Next, monocrotaline was applied (60 mg/kg) to induce PAH and lactate threshold analysis performed to determine the training speeds. The training speed of the TM group in the following two weeks was 0.8 km/h for 60 min and the T = 0.9 km/h for 60 min; in the final two weeks, both groups trained at the same speed and duration 0.9 km/h, 60 min. Cardiac function was assessed through echocardiography, ventricular hypertrophy through histomorphometric analysis and gene expression through RT- qPCR. Right cardiac function assessed through the peak flow velocity was SM = 75.5 cm/s vs. TM = 92.0 cm/s ( P = 0.001), and ventricular hypertrophy was SM = 106.4 μm² vs. TM = 77.7 μm² ( P = 0.004). There was a decrease in the gene expression of ryanodine S = 1.12 au vs. SM = 0.60 au ( P = 0.02) without alterations due to training. Thus, we conclude that prior physical training exerts a cardioprotective effect on the right ventricle in the monocrotaline rat model.
- Subjects
EXERCISE; MONOCROTALINE; VENTRICULAR remodeling; PULMONARY artery; HYPERTENSION
- Publication
International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 2016, Vol 97, Issue 3, p238
- ISSN
0959-9673
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/iep.12166