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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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- 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: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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
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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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Apocynin influence on oxidative stress and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats with diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2016; 15:126. [PMID: 27585437 PMCID: PMC5009715 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-016-0442-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Although increased oxidative stress is a major component of diabetic hypertensive cardiomyopathy, research into the effects of antioxidants on cardiac remodeling remains scarce. The actions of antioxidant apocynin include inhibiting reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases and ROS scavenging. We evaluated the effects of apocynin on cardiac remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS Male SHR were divided into four groups: control (SHR, n = 16); SHR treated with apocynin (SHR-APO; 16 mg/kg/day, added to drinking water; n = 16); diabetic SHR (SHR-DM, n = 13); and SHR-DM treated with apocynin (SHR-DM-APO, n = 14), for eight weeks. DM was induced by streptozotocin (40 mg/kg, single dose). Statistical analyzes: ANOVA and Tukey or Mann-Whitney. RESULTS Echocardiogram in diabetic groups showed higher left ventricular and left atrium diameters indexed for body weight, and higher isovolumetric relaxation time than normoglycemic rats; systolic function did not differ between groups. Isolated papillary muscle showed impaired contractile and relaxation function in diabetic groups. Developed tension was lower in SHR-APO than SHR. Myocardial hydroxyproline concentration was higher in SHR-DM than SHR, interstitial collagen fraction was higher in SHR-DM-APO than SHR-APO, and type III collagen protein expression was lower in SHR-DM and SHR-DM-APO than their controls. Type I collagen and lysyl oxidase expression did not differ between groups. Apocynin did not change collagen tissue. Myocardial lipid hydroperoxide concentration was higher in SHR-DM than SHR and SHR-DM-APO. Glutathione peroxidase activity was lower and catalase higher in SHR-DM than SHR. Apocynin attenuated antioxidant enzyme activity changes in SHR-DM-APO. Advanced glycation end-products and NADPH oxidase activity did not differ between groups. CONCLUSION Apocynin reduces oxidative stress independently of NADPH oxidase activity and does not change ventricular or myocardial function in spontaneously hypertensive rats with diabetes mellitus. The apocynin-induced myocardial functional impairment in SHR shows that apocynin actions need to be clarified during sustained chronic pressure overload.
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Guimaraes JFC, Muzio BP, Rosa CM, Nascimento AF, Sugizaki MM, Fernandes AAH, Cicogna AC, Padovani CR, Okoshi MP, Okoshi K. Rutin administration attenuates myocardial dysfunction in diabetic rats. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2015; 14:90. [PMID: 26185015 PMCID: PMC4504040 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0255-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Oxidative stress plays a major role in diabetic cardiomyopathy pathogenesis. Anti-oxidant therapy has been investigated in preventing or treating several diabetic complications. However, anti-oxidant action on diabetic-induced cardiac remodeling is not completely clear. This study evaluated the effects of rutin, a flavonoid, on cardiac and myocardial function in diabetic rats. Methods Wistar rats were assigned into control (C, n = 14); control-rutin (C-R, n = 14); diabetes mellitus (DM, n = 16); and DM-rutin (DM-R, n = 16) groups. Seven days after inducing diabetes (streptozotocin, 60 mg/kg, i.p.), rutin was injected intraperitoneally once a week (50 mg/kg) for 7 weeks. Echocardiogram was performed and myocardial function assessed in left ventricular (LV) papillary muscles. Serum insulin concentration was measured by ELISA. Statistics: One-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc test. Results Glycemia was higher in DM than DM-R and C and in DM-R than C-R. Insulin concentration was lower in diabetic groups than controls (C 2.45 ± 0.67; C-R 2.09 ± 0.52; DM 0.59 ± 0.18; DM-R 0.82 ± 0.21 ng/mL). Echocardiogram showed no differences between C-R and C. DM had increased LV systolic diameter compared to C, and increased left atrium diameter/body weight (BW) ratio and LV mass/BW ratio compared to C and DM-R. Septal wall thickness, LV diastolic diameter/BW ratio, and relative wall thickness were lower in DM-R than DM. Fractional shortening and posterior wall shortening velocity were lower in DM than C and DM-R. In papillary muscle preparation, DM and DM-R presented higher time to peak tension and time from peak tension to 50% relaxation than controls; time to peak tension was lower in DM-R than DM. Under 0.625 and 1.25 mM extracellular calcium concentrations, DM had higher developed tension than C. Conclusion Rutin attenuates cardiac remodeling and left ventricular and myocardial dysfunction caused by streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus.
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- Julliano F C Guimaraes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Biosciences, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil. .,Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP Rubiao Junior, S/N 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
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Gimenes C, Gimenes R, Rosa CM, Xavier NP, Campos DHS, Fernandes AAH, Cezar MDM, Guirado GN, Cicogna AC, Takamoto AHR, Okoshi MP, Okoshi K. Low Intensity Physical Exercise Attenuates Cardiac Remodeling and Myocardial Oxidative Stress and Dysfunction in Diabetic Rats. J Diabetes Res 2015; 2015:457848. [PMID: 26509175 PMCID: PMC4609864 DOI: 10.1155/2015/457848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED We evaluated the effects of a low intensity aerobic exercise protocol on cardiac remodeling and myocardial function in diabetic rats. Wistar rats were assigned into four groups: sedentary control (C-Sed), exercised control (C-Ex), sedentary diabetes (DM-Sed), and exercised diabetes (DM-Ex). Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. Rats exercised for 9 weeks in treadmill at 11 m/min, 18 min/day. Myocardial function was evaluated in left ventricular (LV) papillary muscles and oxidative stress in LV tissue. Statistical analysis was given by ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis. Echocardiogram showed diabetic groups with higher LV diastolic diameter-to-body weight ratio and lower posterior wall shortening velocity than controls. Left atrium diameter was lower in DM-Ex than DM-Sed (C-Sed: 5.73 ± 0.49; C-Ex: 5.67 ± 0.53; DM-Sed: 6.41 ± 0.54; DM-Ex: 5.81 ± 0.50 mm; P < 0.05 DM-Sed vs C-Sed and DM-Ex). Papillary muscle function was depressed in DM-Sed compared to C-Sed. Exercise attenuated this change in DM-Ex. Lipid hydroperoxide concentration was higher in DM-Sed than C-Sed and DM-Ex. Catalase and superoxide dismutase activities were lower in diabetics than controls and higher in DM-Ex than DM-Sed. Glutathione peroxidase activity was lower in DM-Sed than C-Sed and DM-Ex. CONCLUSION Low intensity exercise attenuates left atrium dilation and myocardial oxidative stress and dysfunction in type 1 diabetic rats.
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- C. Gimenes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
- Sagrado Coração University, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), S/N, Rubião Junior District, 18618 970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Penitente AR, Novaes RD, Chianca DA, da Silva MF, Silva ME, Souza AMA, Guatimosim S, Almeida PWM, Alves MNM, Felix LB, Neves CA, Natali AJ. Protein restriction after weaning modifies the calcium kinetics and induces cardiomyocyte contractile dysfunction in rats. Cells Tissues Organs 2013; 198:311-7. [PMID: 24247000 DOI: 10.1159/000355943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Protein restriction (PR) is associated with cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on single ventricular cardiomyocyte contractile function of a short-term PR after weaning. Male Fischer rats that were 28 days old were randomly divided into a control group (CG, n = 16) and a protein-restricted group (PRG, n = 16). After weaning, CG and PRG animals received isocaloric diets containing 15 and 6% protein, respectively, for 35 days. Biometric parameters were then measured, and the hearts were removed for the analysis of contractile function and calcium transient in isolated cardiomyocytes of the left ventricule (LV), and the quantification of calcium and collagen fibers in LV myocardium. PRG animals had lower body weight (BW) and LV weight (LVW), an increased LVW to BW ratio and a higher proportion of collagen fibers than CG animals. PRG animals exhibited reduced tissue levels of calcium, reduced the length, width and volume of cardiomyocytes and their sarcomere length compared to CG animals. Cardiomyocytes from PRG animals had a lower amplitude of shortening, a slower time to the peak of shortening and a longer time to half-relaxation than those from the CG. Cardiomyocytes from PRG animals also presented a lower peak of calcium transient and a longer calcium transient decay time than CG animals. Taken together, the results indicate that short-term PR after weaning induces a marked structural remodeling of the myocardium parenchyma and stroma that coexists with contractile dysfunctions in single LV cardiomyocytes of rats, which is probably associated with pathological changes of the intracellular calcium kinetics, rather than inadequate available amounts of this mineral in cardiac tissue.
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- Arlete R Penitente
- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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Melo DS, Riul TR, Esteves EA, Moraes PL, Ferreira FO, Gavioli M, Alves MNM, Almeida PWM, Guatimosim S, Ferreira AJ, Dias Peixoto MF. Effects of severe caloric restriction from birth on the hearts of adult rats. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013; 38:879-85. [DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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There has been increasing evidence suggesting that a severe caloric restriction (SCR) (above 40%) has beneficial effects on the hearts of rats. However, most of the reports have focused on the effects of SCR that started in adulthood. We investigated the consequences of SCR on the hearts of rats subjected to SCR since birth (CR50). From birth to the age of 3 months, CR50 rats were fed 50% of the food that the ad libitum group (AL) was fed. Thereafter, a maximal aerobic test was performed to indirectly evaluate global cardiovascular function. Indices of contractility (+dT/dt) and relaxation (−dT/dt) were analyzed in isolated heart preparation, and cardiomyocyte diameter, number, density, and myocardium collagen content were obtained through histologic analysis. Ventricular myocytes were isolated, using standard methods to evaluate phosphorylated AKT levels, and Ca2+ handling was evaluated with a combination of Western blot analysis, intracellular Ca2+ imaging, and confocal microscopy. CR50 rats exhibited increased aerobic performance and cardiac function, as shown by the increase in ±dT/dt. Despite the smaller cardiomyocyte diameter, CR50 rats had an increased heart−body weight ratio, increased cardiomyocyte density and number, and similar levels of myocardium collagen content, compared with AL rats. AKT was hyperphosphorylated in cardiomyocytes from CR50 rats, and there were no significant differences in Ca2+ transient and SERCA2 levels in cardiomyocytes between CR50 and AL rats. Collectively, these observations reveal the beneficial effects of a 50% caloric restriction on the hearts of adult rats restricted since birth, which might involve cardiomyocyte AKT signaling.
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- Dirceu Sousa Melo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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- Department Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, MG, Brazil
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Pinotti MF, Leopoldo AS, Silva MDP, Sugizaki MM, do Nascimento AF, Lima-Leopoldo AP, Aragon FF, Padovani CR, Cicogna AC. A comparative study of myocardial function and morphology during fasting/refeeding and food restriction in rats. Cardiovasc Pathol 2009; 19:e175-82. [PMID: 19914094 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study compared the influence of fasting/refeeding cycles and food restriction on rat myocardial performance and morphology. METHODS Sixty-day-old male Wistar rats were submitted to food ad libitum (C), 50% food restriction (R50), and fasting/refeeding cycles (RF) for 12 weeks. Myocardial function was evaluated under baseline conditions and after progressive increase in calcium and isoproterenol. Myocardium ultrastructure was examined in the papillary muscle. RESULTS Fasting/refeeding cycles maintained rat body weight and left ventricle weight between control and food-restricted rats. Under baseline conditions, the time to peak tension (TPT) was more prolonged in R50 than in RF and C rats. Furthermore, the maximum tension decline rate (-dT/dt) increased less in R50 than in RF with calcium elevation. While the R50 group showed focal changes in many muscle fibers, such as the disorganization or loss of myofilaments, polymorphic mitochondria with disrupted cristae, and irregular appearance or infolding of the plasma membrane, the RF rats displayed few alterations such as loss or disorganization of myofibrils. CONCLUSION Food restriction promotes myocardial dysfunction, not observed in RF rats, and higher morphological damage than with fasting/refeeding. The increase in TPT may be attributed possibly to the disorganization and loss of myofibrils; however, the mechanisms responsible for the alteration in -dT/dt in R50 needs to be further clarified.
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- Matheus Fécchio Pinotti
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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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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Okoshi MP, Okoshi K, Matsubara LS, Dal Pai-Silva M, Gut AL, Padovani CR, Dal Pai V, Cicogna AC. Myocardial remodeling and dysfunction are induced by chronic food restriction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Nutr Res 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sugizaki MM, Dal Pai-Silva M, Carvalho RF, Padovani CR, Bruno A, Nascimento AF, Aragon FF, Novelli ELB, Cicogna AC. Exercise training increases myocardial inotropic response in food restricted rats. Int J Cardiol 2006; 112:191-201. [PMID: 16356569 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Revised: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study evaluated the effects of exercise training on myocardial function and ultrastructure of rats submitted to different levels of food restriction (FR). Male Wistar-Kyoto rats, 60 days old, were submitted to free access to food, light FR (20%), severe FR (50%) and/or to swimming training (one hour per day with 5% of load, five days per week for 90 days). Myocardial function was evaluated by left ventricular papillary muscle under basal condition (calcium 1.25 mM), and after extracellular calcium elevation to 5.2 mM and isoproterenol (1 microM) addition. The ultrastructure of the myocardium was examined in the papillary muscle. The training effectiveness was verified by improvement of myocardial metabolic enzyme activities. Both 20% and 50% food restriction protocols presented minor body and ventricular weights gain. The 20%-FR, in sedentary or trained rats, did not alter myocardial function or ultrastructure. The 50%-FR, in sedentary rats, caused myocardial dysfunction under basal condition, decreased response to inotropic stimulation, and promoted myocardial ultrastructural damage. The 50%-FR, in exercised rats, increased myocardial dysfunction under basal condition but increased response to inotropic stimulation although there was myocardial ultrastructural damage. In conclusion, the exercise training in severe restriction caused marked myocardial dysfunction at basal condition but increased myocardial response to inotropic stimulation.
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- Mario Mateus Sugizaki
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, State University Júlio, Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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Bregagnollo EA, Zornoff LAM, Okoshi K, Sugizaki M, Mestrinel MA, Padovani CR, Cicogna AC. Myocardial contractile dysfunction contributes to the development of heart failure in rats with aortic stenosis. Int J Cardiol 2006; 117:109-14. [PMID: 16839627 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the potential contribution of contractility state and ventricular geometry to the development of heart failure in rats with aortic stenosis. METHODS Rats were divided into three groups: compensated aortic stenosis (AS, n=11), heart failure AS (n=12) and control rats (C, n=13). RESULTS After 21 weeks, failing AS rats presented higher systolic (C=36.6+/-3.1, AS=78.6+/-4.8*, failing AS=104.6+/-7.8*(dagger)) and diastolic meridian stress (C=6.9+/-0.4, AS=20.1+/-1.1*, failing AS=43.2+/-3.2*(dagger)), hydroxyproline (C=3.6+/-0.7 mg/g, AS=6.6+/-0.6* mg/g, failing AS=9.2+/-1.4*(dagger) mg/g) and cross-sectional area (C=338+/-25 microm2, AS=451+/-32* microm2, failing AS=508+/-36*(dagger) microm2), in comparison with control and compensated AS animals (*p<0.05 vs. control, (dagger)p<0.05 vs. AS). In the isometric contraction study, considering the time from peak tension to 50% relaxation (RT50), the relative variation responses, following post-rest contraction and increase in Ca2+ concentration, were higher in failing AS than compensated AS animals. In contrast, following post-rest contraction, compensated AS group presented higher values of the peak developed tension (DT) than failing AS group. Following beta-adrenergic stimulation, control animals presented higher values of +dT/dt and -dT/dt than AS animals. In addition, failing AS animals presented higher TPT values than compensated AS animals. CONCLUSION Myocardial contractile dysfunction contributes to the development of heart failure in rats with aortic stenosis.
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- Edson A Bregagnollo
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-000, Brazil
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Sugizaki MM, Carvalho RF, Aragon FF, Padovani CR, Okoshi K, Okoshi MP, Zanati SG, Pai-Silva MD, Novelli ELB, Cicogna AC. Myocardial dysfunction induced by food restriction is related to morphological damage in normotensive middle-aged rats. J Biomed Sci 2005; 12:641-9. [PMID: 16132105 DOI: 10.1007/s11373-005-7652-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Previous works from our laboratory have revealed that food restriction (FR) promotes discrete myocardial dysfunction in young rats. We examined the effects of FR on cardiac function, in vivo and in vitro, and ultrastructural changes in the heart of middle-aged rats. Twelve-month-old Wistar-Kyoto rats were fed a control (C) or restricted diet (daily intake reduced to 50% of the control group) for 90 days. Cardiac performance was studied by echocardiogram and in isolated left ventricular (LV) papillary muscle by isometric contraction in basal condition, after calcium chloride (5.2 mM) and beta-adrenergic stimulation with isoproterenol (10(-6) M). FR did not change left ventricular function, but increased time to peak tension, and decreased maximum rate of papillary muscle tension development. Inotropic maneuvers promoted similar effects in both groups. Ultrastructural alterations were seen in most FR rat muscle fibers and included, absence and/or disorganization of myofilaments and Z line, hyper-contracted myofibrils, polymorphic and swollen mitochondria with disorganized cristae, and a great quantity of collagen fibrils. In conclusion, cardiac muscle sensitivity to isoproterenol and elevation of extracellular calcium concentration is preserved in middle-aged FR rats. The intrinsic muscle performance depression might be related to morphological damage.
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- Mario Mateus Sugizaki
- Department of Internal Medicine- School of Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Rubião Júnior, S/N, 18618-000, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Okoshi K, Fioretto JR, Okoshi MP, Cicogna AC, Aragon FF, Matsubara LS, Matsubara BB. Food restriction induces in vivo ventricular dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats without impairment of in vitro myocardial contractility. Braz J Med Biol Res 2004; 37:607-13. [PMID: 15064825 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2004000400019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cardiac structures, function, and myocardial contractility are affected by food restriction (FR). There are few experiments associating undernutrition with hypertension. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of FR on the cardiac response to hypertension in a genetic model of hypertension, the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Five-month-old SHR were fed a control or a calorie-restricted diet for 90 days. Global left ventricle (LV) systolic function was evaluated in vivo by transthoracic echocardiogram and myocardial contractility and diastolic function were assessed in vitro in an isovolumetrically beating isolated heart (Langendorff preparation). FR reduced LV systolic function (control (mean +/- SD): 58.9 +/- 8.2; FR: 50.8 +/- 4.8%, N = 14, P < 0.05). Myocardial contractility was preserved when assessed by the +dP/dt (control: 3493 +/- 379; FR: 3555 +/- 211 mmHg/s, P > 0.05), and developed pressure (in vitro) at diastolic pressure of zero (control: 152 +/- 16; FR: 149 +/- 15 mmHg, N = 9, P > 0.05) and 25 mmHg (control: 155 +/- 9; FR: 150 +/- 10 mmHg, N = 9, P > 0.05). FR also induced eccentric ventricular remodeling, and reduced myocardial elasticity (control: 10.9 +/- 1.6; FR: 9.2 +/- 0.9%, N = 9, P < 0.05) and LV compliance (control: 82.6 +/- 16.5; FR: 68.2 +/- 9.1%, N = 9, P < 0.05). We conclude that FR causes systolic ventricular dysfunction without in vitro change in myocardial contractility and diastolic dysfunction probably due to a reduction in myocardial elasticity.
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- K Okoshi
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Gut AL, Politi Okoshi M, Roberto Padovani C, Ferrari Aragon F, Carlos Cicogna A. Myocardial dysfunction induced by food restriction is related to calcium cycling and beta-adrenergic system changes. Nutr Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(03)00071-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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de Paiva SAR, Zornoff LAM, Okoshi MP, Okoshi K, Matsubara LS, Matsubara BB, Cicogna AC, Campana AO. Ventricular remodeling induced by retinoic acid supplementation in adult rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 284:H2242-6. [PMID: 12574000 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00646.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) plays a role in regulating cardiac geometry and function throughout life. The aim of this study was to analyze the cardiac effects of RA in adult rats. Wistar rats were randomly allocated to a control group (n = 18) receiving standard rat chow and a group treated with RA (n = 14) receiving standard rat chow supplemented with RA for 90 days. All animals were evaluated by echocardiography, isolated papillary muscle function, and morphological studies. Whereas the RA-treated group developed an increase in both left ventricular (LV) mass and LV end-diastolic diameter, the ratio of LV wall thickness to LV end-diastolic diameter remained unchanged when compared with the control group. In the isolated papillary muscle preparation, RA treatment decreased the time to peak developed tension and increased the maximum velocity of isometric relengthening, indicating that systolic and diastolic function was improved. Although RA treatment produced an increase in myocyte cross-sectional area, the myocardial collagen volume fraction was similar to controls. Thus our study demonstrates that small physiological doses of RA induce ventricular remodeling resembling compensated volume-overload hypertrophy in rats.
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Food restriction-induced myocardial dysfunction demonstrated by the combination of in vivo and in vitro studies. Nutr Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(02)00454-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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