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  • Cardioprotective effects of early and late aerobic exercise training in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Cardioprotective effects of early and late aerobic exercise training in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Basic research in cardiology (2015-10-16)
Daniel Moreira-Gonçalves, Rita Ferreira, Hélder Fonseca, Ana Isabel Padrão, Nuno Moreno, Ana Filipa Silva, Francisco Vasques-Nóvoa, Nádia Gonçalves, Sara Vieira, Mário Santos, Francisco Amado, José Alberto Duarte, Adelino F Leite-Moreira, Tiago Henriques-Coelho
ABSTRACT

Clinical studies suggest that aerobic exercise can exert beneficial effects in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. We compared the impact of early or late aerobic exercise training on right ventricular function, remodeling and survival in experimental PAH. Male Wistar rats were submitted to normal cage activity (SED), exercise training in early (EarlyEX) and in late stage (LateEX) of PAH induced by monocrotaline (MCT, 60 mg/kg). Both exercise interventions resulted in improved cardiac function despite persistent right pressure-overload, increased exercise tolerance and survival, with greater benefits in EarlyEX+MCT. This was accompanied by improvements in the markers of cardiac remodeling (SERCA2a), neurohumoral activation (lower endothelin-1, brain natriuretic peptide and preserved vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA), metabolism and mitochondrial oxidative stress in both exercise interventions. EarlyEX+MCT provided additional improvements in fibrosis, tumor necrosis factor-alpha/interleukin-10 and brain natriuretic peptide mRNA, and beta/alpha myosin heavy chain protein expression. The present study demonstrates important cardioprotective effects of aerobic exercise in experimental PAH, with greater benefits obtained when exercise training is initiated at an early stage of the disease.

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