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Deus AFD, Silva VLD, de Souza SLB, Mota GAF, Sant'Ana PG, Vileigas DF, Lima-Leopoldo AP, Leopoldo AS, Campos DHSD, de Tomasi LC, Padovani CR, Kolwicz SC, Cicogna AC. Myocardial Dysfunction after Severe Food Restriction Is Linked to Changes in the Calcium-Handling Properties in Rats. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11091985. [PMID: 31443528 PMCID: PMC6770438 DOI: 10.3390/nu11091985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Severe food restriction (FR) impairs cardiac performance, although the causative mechanisms remain elusive. Since proteins associated with calcium handling may contribute to cardiac dysfunction, this study aimed to evaluate whether severe FR results in alterations in the expression and activity of Ca2+-handling proteins that contribute to impaired myocardial performance. Male 60-day-old Wistar–Kyoto rats were fed a control or restricted diet (50% reduction in the food consumed by the control group) for 90 days. Body weight, body fat pads, adiposity index, as well as the weights of the soleus muscle and lung, were obtained. Cardiac remodeling was assessed by morphological measures. The myocardial contractile performance was analyzed in isolated papillary muscles during the administration of extracellular Ca2+ and in the absence or presence of a sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) specific blocker. The expression of Ca2+-handling regulatory proteins was analyzed via Western Blot. Severe FR resulted in a 50% decrease in body weight and adiposity measures. Cardiac morphometry was substantially altered, as heart weights were nearly twofold lower in FR rats. Papillary muscles isolated from FR hearts displayed mechanical dysfunction, including decreased developed tension and reduced contractility and relaxation. The administration of a SERCA2a blocker led to further decrements in contractile function in FR hearts, suggesting impaired SERCA2a activity. Moreover, the FR rats presented a lower expression of L-type Ca2+ channels. Therefore, myocardial dysfunction induced by severe food restriction is associated with changes in the calcium-handling properties in rats.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adriana Fernandes de Deus
- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Sports, Center of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória 29075-910, Brazil
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- Department of Sports, Center of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória 29075-910, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil
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- Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618970, Brazil
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- Department of Health and Exercise Physiology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618687, Brazil.
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Okoshi K, Cezar MDM, Polin MAM, Paladino JR, Martinez PF, Oliveira SA, Lima ARR, Damatto RL, Paiva SAR, Zornoff LAM, Okoshi MP. Influence of intermittent fasting on myocardial infarction-induced cardiac remodeling. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019; 19:126. [PMID: 31138145 PMCID: PMC6540428 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1113-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Information on the role of intermittent fasting (IF) on pathologic cardiac remodeling is scarce. We compared the effects of IF before and after myocardial infarction (MI) on rat cardiac remodeling and survival. Methods Wistar rats were intermittently fasted (food available every other day) or fed ad libitum for 12 weeks and then divided into three groups: AL – fed ad libitum; AL/IF - fed AL before MI and IF after MI; and IF – fed IF before and after MI. Echocardiogram was performed before MI and 2 and 12 weeks after surgery. Isolated hearts were evaluated in Langendorff preparations. Results Before surgery, body weight (BW) was lower in IF than AL. Final BW was lower in AL/IF and IF than AL. Perioperative mortality did not change between AL (31.3%) and IF (27.3%). Total mortality was lower in IF than AL. Before surgery, echocardiographic parameters did not differ between groups. Two weeks after surgery, MI size did not differ between groups. Twelve weeks after MI, left ventricular (LV) diastolic posterior wall thickness was lower in AL/IF and IF than AL. The percentage of variation of echocardiographic parameters between twelve and two weeks showed that MI size decreased in all groups and the reduction was higher in IF than AL/IF. In Langendorff preparations, LV volume at zero end-diastolic pressure (V0; AL: 0.41 ± 0.05; AL/IF: 0.34 ± 0.06; IF: 0.28 ± 0.05 mL) and at 25 mmHg end-diastolic pressure (V25; AL: 0.61 ± 0.05; AL/IF: 0.54 ± 0.07; IF: 0.44 ± 0.06 mL) was lower in AL/IF and IF than AL and V25 was lower in IF than AL/IF. V0/BW ratio was lower in IF than AL and LV weight/V0 ratio was higher in IF than AL. Myocyte diameter was lower in AL/IF and IF than AL (AL: 17.3 ± 1.70; AL/IF: 15.1 ± 2.21; IF: 13.4 ± 1.49 μm). Myocardial hydroxyproline concentration and gene expression of ANP, Serca 2a, and α- and β-myosin heavy chain did not differ between groups. Conclusion Intermittent fasting initiated before or after MI reduces myocyte hypertrophy and LV dilation. Myocardial fibrosis and fetal gene expression are not modulated by feeding regimens. Benefit is more evident when intermittent fasting is initiated before rather than after MI.
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- K Okoshi
- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Itapeva Social and Agrarian Sciences College, FAIT, Itapeva, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, Av. Costa e Silva - Pioneiros, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, Av. Costa e Silva - Pioneiros, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Itapeva Social and Agrarian Sciences College, FAIT, Itapeva, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. .,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubiao Junior, S/N. CEP 18618-687, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
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Iliev A, Kotov G, Dimitrova IN, Landzhov B. Hypertension-induced changes in the rat myocardium during the development of cardiac hypertrophy - a comparison between the left and the right ventricle. Acta Histochem 2019; 121:16-28. [PMID: 30336951 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The hypertrophy of the cardiac muscle is one of the most significant maladaptive mechanisms activated in response to increased workload. It is associated with histological and ultrastructural alterations, changes in the quantitative parameters and the expression of different enzymes. While the structural and functional consequences of systemic hypertension on the left ventricle have been well evaluated, the right ventricle has received less attention. The aim of the present study was to analyse and compare the changes in the left and right ventricle during the development of cardiac hypertrophy initiated by systemic hypertension in different age groups of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Therefore, we studied the histology and ultrastructure of the cells of the myocardium, evaluated the immunohistochemical expression of the enzyme neuronal nitric oxide synthase and conducted a quantitative analysis of several morphometric parameters. We used three groups of spontaneously hypertensive rats. For the quantitative analysis we also used three age groups of age- and weight-matched control animals (normotensive Wistar rats). In both ventricles, we described cardiomyocytic hypertrophy, focal myocytolysis and increased collagen deposition in the interstitial space. Our observations on the ultrastructural level were associated with changes in the cardiomyocytic nuclei, the arrangement, maturity and organisation of the myofibrils, the localisation and ultrastructure of the mitochondria, the development and maturity of the intercalated discs, as well as changes in the components of the interstitium. The immunohistochemical expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the left ventricle was stronger than that in the right ventricle across all age groups. The comparative quantitative analysis revealed that changes in the studied morphometric parameters in the two ventricles occurred disproportionately. In conclusion, the present study characterised the development of cardiac hypertrophy in response to systemic hypertension in both ventricles and demonstrated the involvement of the right ventricle.
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Gut AL, Sugizaki MM, Okoshi MP, Carvalho RF, Pai-Silva MD, Aragon FF, Padovani CR, Okoshi K, Cicogna AC. Food restriction impairs myocardial inotropic response to calcium and beta-adrenergic stimulation in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Nutr Res 2009; 28:722-7. [PMID: 19083480 DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although long-term food restriction (FR) has been shown to induce cardiac remodeling and dysfunction, there are few data on the effects of FR on pressure-overloaded hearts. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of FR on cardiac muscle performance during inotropic stimulation in the myocardium of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Male 60-day-old SHRs were subjected to FR for 90 days. Food-restricted animals received 50% of the ad libitum amount of food consumed by the control group. Myocardial function was studied in isolated left ventricular papillary muscle under isometric contraction in basal condition (1.25 mmol/L extracellular Ca(2+) concentration) and after 3 inotropic maneuvers: (1) at postrest contraction of 30 seconds, (2) at extracellular Ca(2+) concentration of 5.2 mmol/L, and (3) after beta-adrenergic stimulation with 10(-6) mol/L isoproterenol. At basal condition, time from peak tension to 50% relaxation was greater in the food-restricted group (P < .05). Inotropic stimulation with postrest contraction and isoproterenol promoted a significant lower increase of developed tension, maximum rate of tension development, and maximum rate of tension decline in the food-restricted compared to the control group. The elevation of extracellular Ca(2+) concentration induced a lower increase of developed tension, maximum rate of tension development, and time from peak tension to 50% relaxation in the food-restricted than in the control group. In conclusion, long-term FR promotes impairment of myocardial inotropic response to calcium and beta-adrenergic stimulation in SHRs.
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- Ana Lucia Gut
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, State University Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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