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HYPERTENSION
卷 79, 期 10, 页码 E116-E128出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19126
关键词
endothelial cell; hypertension; mitochondrial dynamics; mitochondrial fission; swimming exercise
资金
- National Key Basic Research Program of China [2019YFF0301600, 2020YFC2002900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81670253, 31930055, 32071108, 31771265, 31871146, 32071169]
- Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province [2016ZDJC-17]
- Fourth Military Medical University and Shanxi Province [2019RCFCLJ]
Swimming exercise can improve endothelial mitochondrial dynamics by inhibiting Drp1, leading to enhanced vascular function and reduced blood pressure in hypertensive patients and animal models.
BACKGROUND: Regular exercise has been recommended clinically for all individuals to protect against hypertension but the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated. We recently found a significant mitochondrial fragmentation in the vascular endothelium of hypertensive human subjects. In this study, we investigated whether exercise could restore endothelial mitochondrial dynamics and thus improve vascular function in hypertension. METHODS: Vascular endothelial mitochondrial morphological alterations were examined in patients with hypertension and hypertensive animal models. Furthermore, swimming exercise-induced endothelial mitochondrial dynamics and vascular function changes were investigated in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). RESULTS: Mitochondrial fragmentation with an elevated mitochondrial fission mediator Drp1 (dynamin-related protein-1) was observed in the mesenteric artery endothelium from hypertensive patients. A similar mitochondrial fragmentation with increased Drp1 expression were exhibited in the aortic endothelium of angiotensin II-induced hypertensive mice and SHRs. Interestingly, swimming exercise significantly reduced vascular Drp1 expression and alleviated endothelial mitochondrial fragmentation, thus improving blood pressure in SHRs. In cultured endothelial cells, angiotensin II exposure induced Drp1 upregulation, mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction, and reduced nitric oxide production, which was blunted by Drp1 genetic reduction or its inhibitor Mdivi-1. Mdivi-1 administration also ameliorated endothelial mitochondrial fragmentation, vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in SHRs while swimming exercise plus Mdivi-1 treatment provided no additional benefits, suggesting that Drp1 inhibition may partially contribute to swimming exercise-conferred anti-hypertensive effects. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that swimming exercise alleviates endothelial mitochondrial fragmentation via inhibiting Drp1, which may contribute to exercise-induced improvement of vascular function and blood pressure in hypertension.
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