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CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 55-64Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt080
Keywords
Myocardial infarction; Heart failure; Aerobic interval training; Animal model; Mitochondria
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- Unity through the Knowledge Fund [50/09]
- Department of Physiology, University of Split School of Medicine
- K.G. Jebsen Foundation
- Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Disease
- Research Council of Norway
- Federal Ministry of Science and Education
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Following a large myocardial infarction (MI), remaining viable muscle often undergoes pathological remodelling and progresses towards chronic heart failure. Mitochondria may also be affected by this process and, due to their functional importance, likely contribute to the progression of the disease. Aerobic interval training (AIT) has been shown effective in diminishing pathological myocardial transformation, but the effects of AIT on mitochondrial function in hearts undergoing remodelling are not known. Adult female SpragueDawley rats were randomized to either 8 weeks of aerobic interval treadmill running (5 days/week), which started 4 weeks after left coronary artery ligation (MI-Trained), or a sedentary group (MI-Sedentary). Echocardiography was performed before and after the 8-week period, at which point the left ventricles (LVs) were also harvested. Twelve weeks after surgery, MI-Sedentary rats had significantly lower LV fractional shortening compared with MI-Trained rats. Complex I-dependent respiration assessed in isolated LV mitochondria was decreased by 37 in MI-Sedentary and 17 in MI-Trained animals (group differences P 0.05), compared with sham-operated animals. This was paralleled with diminished ATP production and increased degree of protein oxidation in MI-Sedentary rats. The enzymatic activity of complex I was also decreased to a greater extent in MI-Sedentary than in MI-Trained animals, with no evidence of its reduced expression. When complex II substrate was used, no differences among the three groups were observed. Exercise reduces LV contractile deterioration in post-infarction heart failure and alleviates the extent of mitochondrial dysfunction, which is paralleled with preserved complex I activity.
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