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Guo YP, Pan SS, Chen TR, Huang Y, Wan DF, Tong YS. Exercise preconditioning promotes myocardial GLUT4 translocation and induces autophagy to alleviate exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury in rats. J Mol Histol 2023; 54:453-472. [PMID: 37715078 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-023-10152-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Exercise preconditioning (EP) is a line of scientific inquiry into the short-term biochemical mediators of cardioprotection in the heart. This study examined the involvement of autophagy induced by energy metabolism in myocardial remodelling by EP and myocardial protection. A total of 120 healthy male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into six groups. Plasma cTnI, HBFP staining and electrocardiographic indicators were examined in the context of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury and protection. Western blotting and fluorescence double labelling were used to investigate the relationship between energy metabolism and autophagy in EP-resistant myocardial injury caused by exhaustive exercise. Compared with those in the C group, the levels of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury were significantly increased in the EE group. Compared with those in the EE group, the levels of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury were significantly decreased in the EEP + EE and LEP + EE groups. Compared with that in the EE group, the level of GLUT4 in the sarcolemma was significantly increased, and the colocalization of GLUT4 with the sarcolemma was significantly increased in the EEP + EE and LEP + EE groups (P < 0.05). LC3-II and LC3-II/LC3-I levels of the EEP + EE group were significantly elevated compared with those in the EE group (P < 0.05). The levels of p62 were significantly decreased in the EEP + EE and LEP + EE groups compared with the EE group (P < 0.05). EP promotes GLUT4 translocation and induced autophagy to alleviate exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury.
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- Yuan-Pan Guo
- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Guo YP, Pan SS. Exercise preconditioning improves electrocardiographic signs of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury and malignant arrhythmias occurring after exhaustive exercise in rats. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18772. [PMID: 36335157 PMCID: PMC9637115 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Exercise preconditioning (EP) has a good myocardial protective effect. This study explored whether EP improves electrocardiographic (ECG) signs of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury and the occurrence of malignant arrhythmia after exhaustive exercise. A total of 120 male SD rats were randomly divided into the control group (group C), early exercise preconditioning group (group EEP), late exercise preconditioning group (group LEP), exhaustive exercise group (group EE), early exercise preconditioning + exhaustive exercise group (group EEP + EE) and late exercise preconditioning + exhaustive exercise group (group LEP + EE). Changes in heart rate (HR), ST segment, T wave and QT corrected (QTc) intervals on ECG; hematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid (HBFP) staining; and cTnI levels were used to study myocardial injury and the protective effect of EP. Compared with those in group C, the levels of plasma markers of myocardial injury, HBFP staining and ECG in group EE were significantly increased (P < 0.05). Compared with those in group EE, the levels of plasma markers of myocardial injury, HBFP staining and ECG in group EEP + EE and group LEP + EE were significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The results suggested that EP improved ECG signs of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury and malignant arrhythmias that occur after exhaustive exercise. The ST segment and T wave could also serve as indexes for evaluating exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial ischemia/hypoxia.
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- Yuan-Pan Guo
- grid.412543.50000 0001 0033 4148School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- grid.412543.50000 0001 0033 4148School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438 China
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Shi M, Dong Z, Zhao K, He X, Sun Y, Ren J, Ge W. Novel insights into exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury: Focusing on mitochondrial quality control. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:1015639. [PMID: 36312267 PMCID: PMC9613966 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1015639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Regular moderate-intensity exercise elicits benefit cardiovascular health outcomes. However, exhaustive exercise (EE) triggers arrhythmia, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. Therefore, a better understanding of unfavorable heart sequelae of EE is important. Various mechanisms have been postulated for EE-induced cardiac injury, among which mitochondrial dysfunction is considered the cardinal machinery for pathogenesis of various diseases. Mitochondrial quality control (MQC) is critical for clearance of long-lived or damaged mitochondria, regulation of energy metabolism and cell apoptosis, maintenance of cardiac homeostasis and alleviation of EE-induced injury. In this review, we will focus on MQC mechanisms and propose mitochondrial pathophysiological targets for the management of EE-induced myocardial injury. A thorough understanding of how MQC system functions in the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis will provide a feasible rationale for developing potential therapeutic interventions for EE-induced injury.
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- Mingyue Shi
- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,Jun Ren
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China,*Correspondence: Wei Ge
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Thijssen DHJ, Uthman L, Somani Y, van Royen N. Short-term exercise-induced protection of cardiovascular function and health: why and how fast does the heart benefit from exercise? J Physiol 2022; 600:1339-1355. [PMID: 35239189 PMCID: PMC9311195 DOI: 10.1113/jp282000#support-information-section] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Regular exercise training has potent and powerful protective effects against the development of cardiovascular disease. These cardioprotective effects of regular exercise training are partly explained through the effects of exercise on traditional cardiovascular risk factors and improvement in cardiac and vascular health, which take several weeks to months to develop. This review focuses on the observation that single bouts of exercise may also possess an underrecognized, clinically useful form of immediate cardioprotection. Studies, performed in both animals and humans, demonstrate that single or short-term exercise-induced protection (SEP) attenuates the magnitude of cardiac and/or vascular damage in response to prolonged ischaemia and reperfusion injury. This review highlights preclinical evidence supporting the hypothesis that SEP activates multiple pathways to confer immediate protection against ischaemic events, reduce the severity of potentially lethal ischaemic myocardial injury, and therefore act as a physiological first line of defence against injury. Given the fact that the extent of SEP could be modulated by exercise-related and subject-related factors, it is important to recognize and consider these factors to optimize future clinical implications of SEP. This review also summarizes potential effector signalling pathways (i.e. communication between exercising muscles to vascular/cardiac tissue) and intracellular pathways (i.e. reducing tissue damage) that ultimately confer protection against cardiac and vascular injury. Finally, we discuss potential future directions for designing adequate human and animal studies that will support developing effective SEP strategies for the (multi-)diseased and aged individual. KEY POINTS: Single or short-term exercise-induced protection (SEP) attenuates the magnitude of cardiac and/or vascular damage in response to prolonged ischaemia and reperfusion injury (IR injury). SEP activates multiple pathways to confer cardiac protection, which develops remotely at the site of the activated muscle by release of circulating molecules, which transfer towards activation of intramyocardial signalling that promotes cell survival during episodes of IR injury. SEP represents an attractive intervention in aged individuals and in those with co-morbidities. The immediate protection, low cost and simplicity to increase the 'dose' of SEP offers unique opportunities in the clinical applications of SEP.
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- Dick H. J. Thijssen
- Radboud Institute for Health SciencesDepartments of PhysiologyNijmegenThe Netherlands
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityLeicesterUK
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- Radboud Institute for Health SciencesDepartments of PhysiologyNijmegenThe Netherlands
- CardiologyRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityLeicesterUK
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- CardiologyRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
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Thijssen DHJ, Uthman L, Somani Y, Royen N. Short term exercise‐induced protection of cardiovascular function and health: Why and how fast does the heart benefit from exercise? J Physiol 2021; 600:1339-1355. [PMID: 35239189 PMCID: PMC9311195 DOI: 10.1113/jp282000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract Regular exercise training has potent and powerful protective effects against the development of cardiovascular disease. These cardioprotective effects of regular exercise training are partly explained through the effects of exercise on traditional cardiovascular risk factors and improvement in cardiac and vascular health, which take several weeks to months to develop. This review focuses on the observation that single bouts of exercise may also possess an underrecognized, clinically useful form of immediate cardioprotection. Studies, performed in both animals and humans, demonstrate that single or short‐term exercise‐induced protection (SEP) attenuates the magnitude of cardiac and/or vascular damage in response to prolonged ischaemia and reperfusion injury. This review highlights preclinical evidence supporting the hypothesis that SEP activates multiple pathways to confer immediate protection against ischaemic events, reduce the severity of potentially lethal ischaemic myocardial injury, and therefore act as a physiological first line of defence against injury. Given the fact that the extent of SEP could be modulated by exercise‐related and subject‐related factors, it is important to recognize and consider these factors to optimize future clinical implications of SEP. This review also summarizes potential effector signalling pathways (i.e. communication between exercising muscles to vascular/cardiac tissue) and intracellular pathways (i.e. reducing tissue damage) that ultimately confer protection against cardiac and vascular injury. Finally, we discuss potential future directions for designing adequate human and animal studies that will support developing effective SEP strategies for the (multi‐)diseased and aged individual. Key points Single or short‐term exercise‐induced protection (SEP) attenuates the magnitude of cardiac and/or vascular damage in response to prolonged ischaemia and reperfusion injury (IR injury). SEP activates multiple pathways to confer cardiac protection, which develops remotely at the site of the activated muscle by release of circulating molecules, which transfer towards activation of intramyocardial signalling that promotes cell survival during episodes of IR injury. SEP represents an attractive intervention in aged individuals and in those with co‐morbidities. The immediate protection, low cost and simplicity to increase the ‘dose’ of SEP offers unique opportunities in the clinical applications of SEP.
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- Dick H. J. Thijssen
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Departments of Physiology Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences Liverpool John Moores University Leicester United Kingdom
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Departments of Physiology Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences Liverpool John Moores University Leicester United Kingdom
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- Cardiology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Wan DF, Pan SS, Tong YS, Huang Y. Exercise Preconditioning Promotes Autophagy to Cooperate for Cardioprotection by Increasing LC3 Lipidation-Associated Proteins. Front Physiol 2021; 12:599892. [PMID: 34025444 PMCID: PMC8131968 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.599892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The cardioprotection of exercise preconditioning (EP) has been well documented. EP can be divided into two phases that are the induction of exercise preconditioning (IEP) and the protection of exercise preconditioning (PEP). PEP is characterized by biphasic protection, including early exercise preconditioning (EEP) and late exercise preconditioning (LEP). LC3 lipidation-mediated autophagy plays a pivotal role in cardioprotection. This study aimed to investigate the alterations of LC3 lipidation-associated proteins during EP-induced cardioprotection against myocardial injury induced by exhaustive exercise (EE) was used in a rat model of EP. These rats were subjected to an intermittent exercise consisting of four periods, with each period including 10 min of running at 30 m/min and 0% grade (approximately 75% VO2max) followed by 10 min of intermittent rest. A model of EE-induced myocardial injury was developed by subjecting rats to a consecutive running (30 m/min, 0% grade) till exhaustion. Following EEP, the colocalization of LC3 with Atg7 was significantly increased, and LC3-I, LC3-II, LC3-II/LC3-I, Atg7, Atg4B, and Atg3 levels were significantly increased. Atg7, Atg4B, and Atg3 mRNAs were all significantly upregulated, and LC3 mRNAs tended to be higher. Following LEP, Atg4B, and Atg3 levels were significantly increased. Atg7, Atg4B, and Atg3 mRNAs were all significantly upregulated, and LC3 mRNAs tended to be higher. A group of rats were subjected to EEP followed by EE, and the co-localization of LC3 with Atg7 was significantly increased, while LC3-I, LC3-II, LC3-II/LC3-I, Atg7, Atg4B, and Atg3 levels were also significantly increased. Moreover, there was a significant increase in the co-localization of LC3 with Atg7, LC3-I, LC3-II, Atg7, and Atg4B levels during LEP followed by EE. The formation of autophagosome during LEP followed by EE may have been weaker than that during EEP followed by EE due to the lower lipidation of LC3. EP may promote autophagy to maintain cell homeostasis and survival, which cooperates for cardioprotection of alleviating exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury by increasing LC3 lipidation-associated proteins. There is a difference between EEP and LEP in terms of the mechanisms of cardioprotection afforded by these respective conditions. The positive regulation of transcription and translation level of LC3 lipidation-associated proteins may all be involved in the mechanism of EEP and LEP, while compared with LEP, the regulation of translation level of EEP is more positively to promote autophagy.
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- Dong-Feng Wan
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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Huang Y, Liu HT, Yuan Y, Guo YP, Wan DF, Pan SS. Exercise Preconditioning Increases Beclin1 and Induces Autophagy to Promote Early Myocardial Protection via Intermittent Myocardial Ischemia-Hypoxia. Int Heart J 2021; 62:407-415. [PMID: 33678798 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.20-597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Exercise preconditioning (EP) provides protective effects for acute cardiovascular stress; however, its mechanisms need to be further investigated. Autophagy is a degradation pathway essential for myocardium health. Therefore, we investigated whether intermittent myocardial ischemia-hypoxia affected Beclin1 and whether the changes in autophagy levels contribute to EP-induced early myocardial protective effects. Rats were trained on a treadmill using an EP model (four cycles of 10 minutes of running/10 minutes of rest). Exhaustive exercise (EE) was performed to induce myocardial injury. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and ischemia-hypoxia staining were used to evaluate myocardial injury and protection. Double-labeled immunofluorescence staining and western blot analysis were employed to examine related markers. EP attenuated the myocardial ischemic-hypoxic injury induced by EE. Compared with the control (C) group, the dissociations of Beclin1/Bcl-2 ratio and Beclin1 expression were both higher in all other groups. Compared with the C group, PI3KC3 and the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio were higher in all other groups, whereas LC3-II was higher in the EE and EEP + EE groups. p62 was higher in the EE group than in the C group but lower in the EEP + EE group than in the EE group. We concluded that EP increases Beclin1 via intermittent myocardial ischemia-hypoxia and induces autophagy, which exerts early myocardial protective effects and reduces the myocardial ischemic-hypoxic injury induced by exhaustive exercise.
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- Yue Huang
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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Huang Y, Pan SS, Guo YP, Wang JY, Wan DF, Chen TR, Yuan JQ. Comparison of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic staining techniques for evaluating the alleviation of exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury by exercise preconditioning. J Mol Histol 2021; 52:373-383. [PMID: 33543337 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-021-09958-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Exercise preconditioning (EP) can alleviate myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury by inducing endogenous cardioprotection. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE), hematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid (HBFP), and chromotrope-2R brilliant green (C-2R BG) staining have been used to visualize myocardial ischemic/hypoxic changes in previous EP studies, but comprehensive evaluation and comparisons of these methods are lacking. This study evaluated ischemic/hypoxic changes in adjacent myocardial sections by HE, HBFP, and C-2R BG and compared the characteristics of sections stained by these three methods to show changes associated with exercise-induced myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury. Rats were randomly divided into four groups: control (C), exercise preconditioning (EP), exhaustive exercise (EE), and exercise preconditioning + exhaustive exercise (EP + EE). Adjacent myocardial sections were stained as described above and compared to evaluate the effects of exercise-induced myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury. The three staining methods revealed consistent localization patterns of myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury in all groups. Results suggest that EP can alleviate exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury, and the three staining methods are suitable for the histological study of exercise-induced myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury and protection. HE staining is a simple procedure but is not specific for myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury. HBFP and C-2R BG staining can be used to specifically visualize myocardial ischemic/hypoxic injury.
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- Yue Huang
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Sharma J, Maslov LN, Singh N, Jaggi AS. Pain attenuating actions of vincristinet-preconditioning in chemotherapeutic agent-induced neuropathic pain: key involvement of T-type calcium channels. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2019; 34:336-344. [PMID: 31797451 DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Preconditioning is a well-documented strategy that induces hepatic protection, renal protection, cardioprotection, and neuroprotection but its mechanism still remains to be elucidated. Hence, the present study investigated the protective mechanism underlying pain attenuating effects of vincristine-preconditioning in chemotherapeutic agent-induced neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain was induced by administration of vincristine (50 µg/kg, i.p.) for 10 days in rats. Vincristine-preconditioning was induced by administration of vincristine (2, 5, and 10 µg/kg, i.p) for 5 days before administration of pain-inducing dose of vincristine (50 µg/kg, i.p.). Vincristine-preconditioning (10 µg/kg, i.p) for 5 days significantly reduced vincristine (50 µg/kg, i.p.) induced pain-related behaviors including paw cold allodynia, mechanical hyperalgesia, and heat hyperalgesia. However, vincristine (2 and 5 µg/kg, i.p) did not significantly ameliorate the vincristine (50 µg/kg, i.p.) induced neuropathic pain in rats. Furthermore, to explore the involvement of calcium channels in pain attenuating mechanism of vincristine-preconditioning, T-type calcium channel blocker, ethosuximide (100 and 200 mg/kg, i.p.) and L-type calcium channel blocker, amlodipine (5 and 10 mg/kg, i.p.) were used. Pretreatment with T-type calcium channel blocker, ethosuximide significantly abolished vincristine-preconditioning-induced protective effect. However, pretreatment with L-type calcium channel blocker, amlodipine did not alter vincristine-preconditioning-induced pain-related behaviors. This indicates that vincristine-preconditioning has protective effect on pain-related parameters due to opening of calcium channels, particularly T-type calcium channels that lead to entry of small magnitude of intracellular calcium through these channels and prevent the deleterious effects of high-dose vincristine.
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- Jasmine Sharma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University Patiala, 147002, Patiala, India
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Kyevskaya 111, 634012, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University Patiala, 147002, Patiala, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University Patiala, 147002, Patiala, India
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Late Exercise Preconditioning Promotes Autophagy against Exhaustive Exercise-Induced Myocardial Injury through the Activation of the AMPK-mTOR-ULK1 Pathway. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:5697380. [PMID: 32656262 PMCID: PMC7322587 DOI: 10.1155/2019/5697380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Accumulating evidence shows that the AMPK-mTOR pathway modulates autophagy via coordinated phosphorylation of ULK1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between AMPK, mTOR, and ULK1 during late exercise preconditioning (LEP), and to explore whether LEP-induced myocardial protection is related to the autophagy. The exercise preconditioning (EP) protocol was as follows: rats were instructed to for run four repeated in duration of 10 minutes (including 10 minutes rest between each period) on a treadmill. Exhaustive exercise (EE) after LEP pretreatment and administration of wortmannin (an autophagy inhibitor that suppresses Class III PI3K-kinase (PI3KC3) activity) were added to test the protective effect. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), along with hematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid (HBFP) staining, were used to evaluate the myocardial ischemic-hypoxic injury and protection. Western blot was used to analyze the relationship of autophagy-associated proteins. Exhaustive exercise caused severe myocardial ischemic-hypoxic injury, which led to an increase in cTnI levels, changes of ischemia–hypoxia, and cells ultrastructure. Compared with the EE group, LEP significantly suppressed exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury. However, wortmannin attenuated LEP-induced myocardial protection by inhibiting autophagy. Compared with the C group, AMPK was increased in the LEP, EE, and LEP+EE groups, but phosphorylation of AMPK at Thr172 was not significantly changed. Exercise did not have any effect on mTOR expression. Compared with the C group, ULK1 was increased and the ULK1ser757/ULK1 ratio was decreased in the LEP and LEP+EE groups. ULK1 was not significantly affected in the EE group, however, phosphorylation of ULK1 at Ser757 was remarkably decreased. To sum up, our results suggested that LEP promoted autophagy through the activation of AMPK-mTOR-ULK1 pathway, and that activated autophagy was partially involved in myocardial protection against EE-induced myocardial ischemic-hypoxic injury.
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Li JY, Pan SS, Wang JY, Lu J. Changes in Autophagy Levels in Rat Myocardium During Exercise Preconditioning-Initiated Cardioprotective Effects. Int Heart J 2019; 60:419-428. [PMID: 30745541 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.18-310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The role of autophagy in the cardioprotection conferred by ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has been well described. This study aimed to investigate the changes in autophagy levels during the cardioprotective effects initiated by exercise preconditioning (EP).Rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: group C (control), group EP, group EE (exhaustive exercise), and group EP + EE (EP pretreatment at 0.5 hours before EE). The EP protocol included 4 periods of 10 minutes of treadmill running each at 30 m/minute with intervening 10 minute periods of rest. Hematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid (HBFP) staining and plasma levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) were used to evaluate the ischemia-hypoxia injury in rat myocardium. Alteration levels in several autophagy proteins in the left ventricular myocardium were analyzed by Western blot. The phasic alterations of autophagy levels during EP-initiated cardioprotective phase were also examined.Compared with group C, the ischemia-hypoxia positive areas and IOD value in HBFP-staining and cTnI plasma levels increased significantly in group EE. Compared with group EE, the ischemia-hypoxia injury was markedly attenuated in group EP + EE. Compared with group C, the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio, a marker of autophagosome formation, was reduced in group EE, but the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio remained unaltered in group EP + EE. Furthermore, the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio increased significantly at 2 hours during the cardioprotective phase after EP.These results suggest that the activated autophagy level during the EP-initiated cardioprotective phase may be partly involved in the cardioprotective effects by maintaining a normal autophagy basal level during the subsequent exhaustive exercise in rat myocardium.
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- Ji-Yong Li
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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Shekarforoush S, Naghii MR. Whole-Body Vibration Training Increases Myocardial Salvage Against Acute Ischemia in Adult Male Rats. Arq Bras Cardiol 2018; 112:32-37. [PMID: 30570068 PMCID: PMC6317615 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Whole body vibration training (WBV) is a new training program, which is safe
and effective. It can be followed by the public. However, data on the safety
and efficacy of vibration on myocardial ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury are
lacking. Objective To examine the effect of WBV on the tolerance of the myocardium to acute IR
injury in an experimental rat model. Methods Twenty-four male Wistar rats were divided into control and vibration groups.
Vibration training consisted of vertical sinusoidal whole body vibration for
30 min per day, 6 days per week, for 1 or 3 weeks (WBV1 and WBV3 groups,
respectively). All the rats were submitted to myocardial IR injury.
Myocardial infarct size and ischemia-induced arrhythmias were assessed.
Differences between variables were considered significant when p <
0.05. Results No differences were observed between the groups regarding the baseline
hemodynamic parameters. Infarct size was smaller in the experimental group
(control, 47 ± 2%; WBV1, 39 ± 2%; WBV3, 37 ± 2%; p <
0.05, vs. control). Vibration produced a significant decrease in the number
and duration of ventricular tachycardia (VT) episodes compared to the
control value. All ventricular fibrillation (VF) episodes in the vibration
groups were self-limited, while 33% of the rats in the control group died
due to irreversible VF (p = 0.02). Conclusion The data showed that vibration training significantly increased cardiac
tolerance to IR injury in rats, as evidenced by reduction in the infarct
size and cardiac arrhythmias, and by facilitating spontaneous
defibrillation.
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- Sport Physiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teerã - Iran
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Feng R, Wang L, Li Z, Yang R, Liang Y, Sun Y, Yu Q, Ghartey-Kwansah G, Sun Y, Wu Y, Zhang W, Zhou X, Xu M, Bryant J, Yan G, Isaacs W, Ma J, Xu X. A systematic comparison of exercise training protocols on animal models of cardiovascular capacity. Life Sci 2018; 217:128-140. [PMID: 30517851 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major global cause of mortality, which has prompted numerous studies seeking to reduce the risk of heart failure and sudden cardiac death. While regular physical activity is known to improve CVD associated morbidity and mortality, the optimal duration, frequency, and intensity of exercise remains unclear. To address this uncertainty, various animal models have been used to study the cardioprotective effects of exercise and related molecular mechanism such as the mice training models significantly decrease size of myocardial infarct by affecting Kir6.1, VSMC sarc-KATP channels, and pulmonary eNOS. Although these findings cement the importance of animal models in studying exercise induced cardioprotection, the vast assortment of exercise protocols makes comparison across studies difficult. To address this issue, we review and break down the existent exercise models into categories based on exercise modality, intensity, frequency, and duration. The timing of sample collection is also compared and sorted into four distinct phases: pre-exercise (Phase I), mid-exercise (Phase II), exercise recovery (Phase III), and post-exercise (Phase IV). Finally, because the life-span of animals so are limited, small changes in animal exercise duration can corresponded to untenable amounts of human exercise. To address this limitation, we introduce the Life-Span Relative Exercise Time (RETlife span) as a method of accurately defining short-term, medium-term and long-term exercise relative to the animal's life expectancy. Systematic organization of existent protocols and this new system of defining exercise duration will allow for a more solid framework from which researchers can extrapolate animal model data to clinical application.
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- Rui Feng
- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China; Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
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- College of Pharmacy, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China; Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China/CGDB, Shaanxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China.
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Lu J, Pan SS, Wang QT, Yuan Y. Alterations of Cardiac K ATP Channels and Autophagy Contribute in the Late Cardioprotective Phase of Exercise Preconditioning. Int Heart J 2018; 59:1106-1115. [PMID: 30101842 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.17-003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
Abstract
The cardiac effects of exercise preconditioning (EP) are well established; however, the mechanisms involving cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KATP channel) subunits and autophagy are yet to be fully established. The present work aims to investigate the alterations of cardiac KATP channel subunits Kir6.2, SUR2A, and autophagy-related LC3 during the late cardioprotective phase of EP against exhaustive exercise-induced myocardial injury. Rats run on treadmill for four running time intervals, each with 10 minutes running and rest. Exhaustive exercise was performed 24 h after EP. Cardiac biomarkers, cTnI and NT-proBNP, along with the histological stain, were served as indicators of myocardial injury. Cardiac KATP channel subunits Kir6.2 and SUR2A were analyzed in this study, and autophagy was evaluated by LC3. The results revealed that EP reduced the exhaustive exercise-induced high level of serum cTnI and myocardial ischemia/hypoxia; however, it did not reveal any changes in the serum NT-proBNP level or cardiac BNP. Cardiac SUR2A mRNA significantly upregulated during the exhaustive exercise. The high levels of Kir6.2, SUR2A, LC3IIpuncta and LC3II turnover observed after exhaustive exercise were significantly mitigated by EP in the late phase. These results suggest that EP alleviates myocardial injury induced by exhaustive exercise through the downregulation of cardiac KATP channels and autophagy.
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- Jiao Lu
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport
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H 2O 2 Signaling-Triggered PI3K Mediates Mitochondrial Protection to Participate in Early Cardioprotection by Exercise Preconditioning. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2018; 2018:1916841. [PMID: 30147831 PMCID: PMC6083504 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1916841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that early exercise preconditioning (EEP) imparts a protective effect on acute cardiovascular stress. However, how mitophagy participates in exercise preconditioning- (EP-) induced cardioprotection remains unclear. EEP may involve mitochondrial protection, which presumably crosstalks with predominant H2O2 oxidative stress. Our EEP protocol involves four periods of 10 min running with 10 min recovery intervals. We added a period of exhaustive running and a pretreatment using phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/autophagy inhibitor wortmannin to test this protective effect. By using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), laser scanning confocal microscopy, and other molecular biotechnology methods, we detected related markers and specifically analyzed the relationship between mitophagic proteins and mitochondrial translocation. We determined that exhaustive exercise associated with various elevated injuries targeted the myocardium, oxidative stress, hypoxia-ischemia, and mitochondrial ultrastructure. However, exhaustion induced limited mitochondrial protection through a H2O2-independent manner to inhibit voltage-dependent anion channel isoform 1 (VDAC1) instead of mitophagy. EEP was apparently safe to the heart. In EEP-induced cardioprotection, EEP provided suppression to exhaustive exercise (EE) injuries by translocating Bnip3 to the mitochondria by recruiting the autophagosome protein LC3 to induce mitophagy, which is potentially triggered by H2O2 and influenced by Beclin1-dependent autophagy. Pretreatment with the wortmannin further attenuated these effects induced by EEP and resulted in the expression of proapoptotic phenotypes such as oxidative injury, elevated Beclin1/Bcl-2 ratio, cytochrome c leakage, mitochondrial dynamin-1-like protein (Drp-1) expression, and VDAC1 dephosphorylation. These observations suggest that H2O2 generation regulates mitochondrial protection in EEP-induced cardioprotection.
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Parkin Mediates Mitophagy to Participate in Cardioprotection Induced by Late Exercise Preconditioning but Bnip3 Does Not. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2018. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000000572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Yuan Y, Pan SS, Shen YJ. Cardioprotection of exercise preconditioning involving heat shock protein 70 and concurrent autophagy: a potential chaperone-assisted selective macroautophagy effect. J Physiol Sci 2018; 68:55-67. [PMID: 27928720 PMCID: PMC10717675 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-016-0507-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
It has been confirmed that exercise preconditioning (EP) has a protective effect on acute cardiovascular stress. However, how Hsp70 participates in EP-induced cardioprotection is unknown. EP may involve Hsp70 to repair unfolded proteins or may also stabilize the function of the endoplasmic reticulum via Hsp70-related autophagy to work on a protective formation. Our EP protocol involves four periods of 10 min running with 10 min recovery intervals. We added a period of exhaustive running to test this protective effect, using histology and molecular biotechnology methods to detect related markers. EP provided cardioprotection at its early and late phases against exhaustive exercise-induced ischemic myocardial injury. Results showed that Hsp70 co-chaperone protein BAG3, ubiquitin adaptor p62 and critical autophagy protein LC3 were significantly upregulated at the early phase. Meanwhile, Hsp70, Hsp70/BAG3 co-localization extent, LC31 and LC3II were significantly upregulated at the late phase. Hsp70 mRNA levels and LC3II/I ratios were also consistent with the extent of myocardial injury following exhaustive exercise. Hsp70 increase was delayed relative to BAG3 and p62 after EP, indicating a pre-synthesized phenomenon of BAG3 and p62 for chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA). The decreased Hsp70, BAG3 and p62 levels and increased Hsp70/BAG3 co-localization extent and LC3 levels induced by exhaustive exercise after EP suggest that EP-induced cardioprotection might associate with CASA. Hsp70 has a cardioprotective role and has a closer link with CASA in LEP. Additionally, EP may not cause exhaustion-dependent excessive autophagy regulation. Collectively, during early and late EP, CASA potentially plays different roles in cardioprotection.
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- Yang Yuan
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Lu J, Pan SS. Elevated C-type natriuretic peptide elicits exercise preconditioning-induced cardioprotection against myocardial injury probably via the up-regulation of NPR-B. J Physiol Sci 2017; 67:475-487. [PMID: 27557795 PMCID: PMC10717239 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-016-0477-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To evaluate exercise preconditioning (EP)-induced cardioprotective effects against exercise-induced acute myocardial injury and investigate the alterations of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and its specific receptor, natriuretic peptide receptor B (NPR-B), during EP-induced cardioprotection. Rats were subjected to treadmill exercise as an EP model (4 periods of 10 min each at 30 m/min with intervening periods of rest lasting 10 min). High-intensity exercise was performed 0.5 and 24 h after the EP. EP attenuated high-intensity exercise-induced myocardial injury in both the early and late phases. After EP and high-intensity exercise, CNP and NPR-B levels increased robustly, but no alterations in the plasma CNP were observed. The enhanced NPR-B, plasma and tissue CNP, and its mRNA levels after high-intensity exercise were significantly elevated by EP. These results suggest that cardiac CNP and NPR-B play an important role in EP-mediated cardioprotection against high-intensity exercise-induced myocardial injury in rats.
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- Jiao Lu
- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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Conditioning the Heart: Thirty Years of Research and Still Far from Humans. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2016; 18:71. [PMID: 27771856 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-016-0492-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Randhawa PK, Jaggi AS. Gadolinium and ruthenium red attenuate remote hind limb preconditioning-induced cardioprotection: possible role of TRP and especially TRPV channels. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2016; 389:887-96. [PMID: 27118661 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-016-1251-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Remote ischemic preconditioning is a well reported therapeutic strategy that induces cardioprotective effects but the underlying intracellular mechanisms have not been widely explored. The current study was designed to investigate the involvement of TRP and especially TRPV channels in remote hind limb preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Remote hind limb preconditioning stimulus (4 alternate cycles of inflation and deflation of 5 min each) was delivered using a blood pressure cuff tied on the hind limb of the anesthetized rat. Using Langendorff's system, the heart was perfused and subjected to 30-min ischemia and 120-min reperfusion. The myocardial injury was assessed by measuring infarct size, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), LVDP, +dp/dtmax, -dp/dtmin, heart rate, and coronary flow rate. Gadolinium, TRP blocker, and ruthenium red, TRPV channel blocker, were employed as pharmacological tools. Remote hind limb preconditioning significantly reduced the infarct size, LDH release, CK release and improved coronary flow rate, hemodynamic parameters including LVDP, +dp/dtmax, -dp/dtmin, and heart rate. However, gadolinium (7.5 and 15 mg kg(-1)) and ruthenium red (4 and 8 mg kg(-1)) significantly attenuated the cardioprotective effects suggesting the involvement of TRP especially TRPV channels in mediating remote hind limb preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Remote hind limb preconditioning stimulus possibly activates TRPV channels on the heart or sensory nerve fibers innervating the heart to induce cardioprotective effects. Alternatively, remote hind limb preconditioning stimulus may also activate the mechanosensitive TRP and especially TRPV channels on the sensory nerve fibers innervating the skeletal muscles to trigger cardioprotective neurogenic signaling cascade. The cardioprotective effects of remote hind limb preconditioning may be mediated via activation of mechanosensitive TRP and especially TRPV channels.
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- Puneet Kaur Randhawa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India.
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