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- Title
Respiratory muscle training decreases diaphragm DNA damage in rats with heart failure.
- Authors
Jaenisch, Rodrigo B.; Stefani, Giuseppe P.; Durante, Camila; Chechi, Chalyne; Hentschke, Vítor S.; Rossato, Douglas D.; Sonza, Anelise; Rhoden, Cláudia R.; Dal Lago, Pedro
- Abstract
Respiratory muscle training (RMT) promotes beneficial effects on respiratory mechanics, heart and lung morphological changes, and hemodynamic variables in rats with heart failure (HF). However, the relation between RMT effects and diaphragm oxidative stress remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the RMT effects on diaphragm DNA damage in HF rats. Wistar rats were allocated into 4 groups: sedentary sham (Sed-Sham, n = 8), trained sham (RMT-Sham, n = 8), sedentary HF (Sed-HF, n = 8), and trained HF (RMT-HF, n = 8). The animals underwent a RMT protocol (30 min/day, 5 days/week for 6 weeks), whereas sedentary animals did not exercise. Groups were compared by a two-way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc tests. In rats with HF, RMT promoted reduction in pulmonary congestion ( p < 0.0001) and left ventricular end diastolic pressure ( p < 0.0001). Moreover, RMT produced a decrease in the diaphragm DNA damage in HF rats. This was demonstrated through the reduction in the percentage of tail DNA ( p < 0.0001), tail moment ( p < 0.01), and Olive tail moment ( p < 0.001). These findings showed that a 6-week RMT protocol in rats with HF promoted an improvement in hemodynamic function and reduces diaphragm DNA damage.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY muscles; DNA damage; HEMODYNAMICS; LABORATORY rats; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 2018, Vol 96, Issue 3, p221
- ISSN
0008-4212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjpp-2017-0069