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Candidate SNP Markers of Atherogenesis Significantly Shifting the Affinity of TATA-Binding Protein for Human Gene Promoters show stabilizing Natural Selection as a Sum of Neutral Drift Accelerating Atherogenesis and Directional Natural Selection Slowing It. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21031045. [PMID: 32033288 PMCID: PMC7037642 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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(1) Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) regards atherosclerosis-related myocardial infarction and stroke as the main causes of death in humans. Susceptibility to atherogenesis-associated diseases is caused by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). (2) Methods: Using our previously developed public web-service SNP_TATA_Comparator, we estimated statistical significance of the SNP-caused alterations in TATA-binding protein (TBP) binding affinity for 70 bp proximal promoter regions of the human genes clinically associated with diseases syntonic or dystonic with atherogenesis. Additionally, we did the same for several genes related to the maintenance of mitochondrial genome integrity, according to present-day active research aimed at retarding atherogenesis. (3) Results: In dbSNP, we found 1186 SNPs altering such affinity to the same extent as clinical SNP markers do (as estimated). Particularly, clinical SNP marker rs2276109 can prevent autoimmune diseases via reduced TBP affinity for the human MMP12 gene promoter and therefore macrophage elastase deficiency, which is a well-known physiological marker of accelerated atherogenesis that could be retarded nutritionally using dairy fermented by lactobacilli. (4) Conclusions: Our results uncovered SNPs near clinical SNP markers as the basis of neutral drift accelerating atherogenesis and SNPs of genes encoding proteins related to mitochondrial genome integrity and microRNA genes associated with instability of the atherosclerotic plaque as a basis of directional natural selection slowing atherogenesis. Their sum may be stabilizing the natural selection that sets the normal level of atherogenesis.
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Tharp DL, Masseau I, Ivey J, Laughlin MH, Bowles DK. Endurance exercise training does not limit coronary atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemic swine. Physiol Rep 2019; 7:e14008. [PMID: 30809955 PMCID: PMC6391583 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Human studies demonstrate that physical activity reduces both morbidity and mortality of coronary heart disease (CHD) including decreased progression and/or regression of CHD with life-style modification which includes exercise. However, evidence supporting an intrinsic, direct effect of exercise in attenuating the development of CHD is equivocal. One limitation has been the lack of a large animal model with clinically evident CHD disease. Thus, we examined the role of endurance exercise in CHD development in a swine model of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) that exhibits robust, complex atherosclerosis. FH swine were randomly assigned to either sedentary (Sed) or exercise trained (Ex) groups. At 10 months of age, Ex pigs began a 10 months, moderate-intensity treadmill-training intervention. At 14 months, all pigs were switched to a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet. CHD was assessed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) both prior to and after completion of 6 months on the HFC diet. Prior to HFC diet, Ex resulted in a greater coronary artery size in the proximal and mid sections of the LCX compared to SED, with no effect in the LAD. After 6 months on HFC diet, there was a 5-6 fold increase in absolute plaque volume in all segments of the LCX and LAD in both groups. At 20 months, there was no difference in vessel volume, lumen volume, absolute or relative plaque volume in either the LCX or LAD between Sed and Ex animals. These findings fail to support an independent, direct effect of exercise in limiting CHD progression in familial hypercholesterolemia.
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- Darla L. Tharp
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
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- Department of Clinical SciencesUniversité de MontrealSt‐HyacintheCanada
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouri
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Liao J, Zhang Y, Wu Y, Zeng F, Shi L. Akt modulation by miR-145 during exercise-induced VSMC phenotypic switching in hypertension. Life Sci 2018. [PMID: 29522767 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AIMS This study investigated whether long-term exercise can influence vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypic switching in mesenteric arteries of hypertensive rats, with a focus on the modulation of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) signaling by microRNA-145 (miR-145). MAIN METHODS In the exercise intervention experiment, mesenteric arteries from 3-month-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) were isolated for histological observation, phenotypic marker analysis, Akt phosphorylation quantification, and miR-145 evaluation after being subjected to moderate-intensity treadmill training (E) or being sedentary (C) for 8 weeks. In the transfection experiment, VSMCs were harvested to determine Akt phosphorylation and mRNA expressions of the upstream and downstream signaling molecules. KEY FINDINGS Calponin, a VSMC contractile marker, was significantly up-regulated in SHR-E relative to SHR-C (P < 0.05); while osteopontin (OPN), a dedifferentiation marker, was down-regulated in SHR-E relative to SHR-C (P < 0.05). Exercise significantly normalized the expression of miR-145 and significantly enhanced Akt phosphorylation (P < 0.05). In VSMCs over-expressing miR-145, Akt phosphorylation was significantly decreased (P < 0.05) with inhibited mRNA of both insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1). In VSMCs transfected with miR-145 inhibitor, Akt phosphorylation and mRNA of IGF-1R and IRS-1 were all down-regulated. miR-145 did not exhibit a clear effect on p70 ribosomal kinase (p70S6K), the downstream of Akt, following the transfections. SIGNIFICANCE Overall, exercise remodels arterioles in hypertension and induces VSMCs maintaining contractile phenotype, in which miR-145 appears to be involved by inversely regulating Akt signaling via its upstream signals.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Hypertension/metabolism
- Hypertension/pathology
- Hypertension/prevention & control
- MicroRNAs/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Phenotype
- Physical Conditioning, Animal/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Rats, Inbred WKY
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- Jingwen Liao
- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sports and Health Promotion, Scientific Research Center, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
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Schomberg DT, Miranpuri GS, Chopra A, Patel K, Meudt JJ, Tellez A, Resnick DK, Shanmuganayagam D. Translational Relevance of Swine Models of Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma 2017; 34:541-551. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2016.4567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Dominic T. Schomberg
- Biomedical and Genomic Research Group, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Biomedical and Genomic Research Group, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Biomedical and Genomic Research Group, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin
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Tsintou M, Dalamagkas K, Makris N. Advancing research in regeneration and repair of the motor circuitry: non-human primate models and imaging scales as the missing links for successfully translating injectable therapeutics to the clinic. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 3. [PMID: 29600289 DOI: 10.23937/2469-570x/1410042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Regeneration and repair is the ultimate goal of therapeutics in trauma of the central nervous system (CNS). Stroke and spinal cord injury (SCI) are two highly prevalent CNS disorders that remain incurable, despite numerous research studies and the clinical need for effective treatments. Neural engineering is a diverse biomedical field, that addresses these diseases using new approaches. Research in the field involves principally rodent models and biologically active, biodegradable hydrogels. Promising results have been reported in preclinical studies of CNS repair, demonstrating the great potential for the development of new treatments for the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury. Several obstacles stand in the way of clinical translation of neuroregeneration research. There seems to be a key gap in the translation of research from rodent models to human applications, namely non-human primate models, which constitute a critical bridging step. Applying injectable therapeutics and multimodal neuroimaging in stroke lesions using experimental rhesus monkey models is an avenue that a few research groups have begun to embark on. Understanding and assessing the changes that the injured brain or spinal cord undergoes after an intervention with biodegradable hydrogels in non-human primates seem to represent critical preclinical research steps. Existing innovative models in non-human primates allow us to evaluate the potential of neural engineering and injectable hydrogels. The results of these preliminary studies will pave the way for translating this research into much needed clinical therapeutic approaches. Cutting edge imaging technology using Connectome scanners represents a tremendous advancement, enabling the in vivo, detailed, high-resolution evaluation of these therapeutic interventions in experimental animals. Most importantly, they also allow quantifiable and clinically meaningful correlations with humans, increasing the translatability of these innovations to the bedside.
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- Magdalini Tsintou
- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Center for Neural Systems Investigations, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Center for Neural Systems Investigations, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129.,Center for Morphometric Analysis, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129
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Tsang HG, Rashdan NA, Whitelaw CBA, Corcoran BM, Summers KM, MacRae VE. Large animal models of cardiovascular disease. Cell Biochem Funct 2016; 34:113-32. [PMID: 26914991 PMCID: PMC4834612 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The human cardiovascular system is a complex arrangement of specialized structures with distinct functions. The molecular landscape, including the genome, transcriptome and proteome, is pivotal to the biological complexity of both normal and abnormal mammalian processes. Despite our advancing knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular disease (CVD) through the principal use of rodent models, this continues to be an increasing issue in today's world. For instance, as the ageing population increases, so does the incidence of heart valve dysfunction. This may be because of changes in molecular composition and structure of the extracellular matrix, or from the pathological process of vascular calcification in which bone-formation related factors cause ectopic mineralization. However, significant differences between mice and men exist in terms of cardiovascular anatomy, physiology and pathology. In contrast, large animal models can show considerably greater similarity to humans. Furthermore, precise and efficient genome editing techniques enable the generation of tailored models for translational research. These novel systems provide a huge potential for large animal models to investigate the regulatory factors and molecular pathways that contribute to CVD in vivo. In turn, this will help bridge the gap between basic science and clinical applications by facilitating the refinement of therapies for cardiovascular disease.
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- H G Tsang
- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, SCT, UK
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Schomberg DT, Tellez A, Meudt JJ, Brady DA, Dillon KN, Arowolo FK, Wicks J, Rousselle SD, Shanmuganayagam D. Miniature Swine for Preclinical Modeling of Complexities of Human Disease for Translational Scientific Discovery and Accelerated Development of Therapies and Medical Devices. Toxicol Pathol 2016; 44:299-314. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623315618292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer, are the leading cause of death in the world. The cost, both monetary and time, of developing therapies to prevent, treat, or manage these diseases has become unsustainable. A contributing factor is inefficient and ineffective preclinical research, in which the animal models utilized do not replicate the complex physiology that influences disease. An ideal preclinical animal model is one that responds similarly to intrinsic and extrinsic influences, providing high translatability and concordance of preclinical findings to humans. The overwhelming genetic, anatomical, physiological, and pathophysiological similarities to humans make miniature swine an ideal model for preclinical studies of human disease. Additionally, recent development of precision gene-editing tools for creation of novel genetic swine models allows the modeling of highly complex pathophysiology and comorbidities. As such, the utilization of swine models in early research allows for the evaluation of novel drug and technology efficacy while encouraging redesign and refinement before committing to clinical testing. This review highlights the appropriateness of the miniature swine for modeling complex physiologic systems, presenting it as a highly translational preclinical platform to validate efficacy and safety of therapies and devices.
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- Dominic T. Schomberg
- Biomedical & Genomic Research Group, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Biomedical & Genomic Research Group, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Biomedical & Genomic Research Group, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Alizée Pathology, LLC, Thurmont, Maryland, USA
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Vieira-Potter VJ, Lee S, Bayless DS, Scroggins RJ, Welly RJ, Fleming NJ, Smith TN, Meers GM, Hill MA, Rector RS, Padilla J. Disconnect between adipose tissue inflammation and cardiometabolic dysfunction in Ossabaw pigs. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2015; 23:2421-9. [PMID: 26524201 PMCID: PMC4701582 DOI: 10.1002/oby.21252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The Ossabaw pig is emerging as an attractive model of human cardiometabolic disease because of its size and susceptibility to atherosclerosis, among other characteristics. The relationship between adipose tissue inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in this model was investigated here. METHODS Young female Ossabaw pigs were fed a Western-style high-fat diet (HFD) (n = 4) or control low-fat diet (LFD) (n = 4) for a period of 9 months and compared for cardiometabolic outcomes and adipose tissue inflammation. RESULTS The HFD-fed "OBESE" pigs were 2.5 times heavier (P < 0.001) than LFD-fed "LEAN" pigs and developed severe obesity. HFD feeding caused pronounced dyslipidemia, hypertension, and insulin resistance (systemic and adipose), as well as induction of inflammatory genes, impairments in vasomotor reactivity to insulin, and atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. Remarkably, visceral, subcutaneous, and perivascular adipose tissue inflammation (via FACS analysis and RT-PCR) was not increased in OBESE pigs, nor were circulating inflammatory cytokines. CONCLUSIONS These findings reveal a disconnect between adipose tissue inflammation and cardiometabolic dysfunction induced by Western diet feeding in the Ossabaw pig model.
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Division of Sport Science & Sport Science Institute, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Research Service, Harry S Truman Memorial VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Research Service, Harry S Truman Memorial VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO
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- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Research Service, Harry S Truman Memorial VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO
- Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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Heinonen I, Sorop O, de Beer VJ, Duncker DJ, Merkus D. What can we learn about treating heart failure from the heart's response to acute exercise? Focus on the coronary microcirculation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 119:934-43. [PMID: 26048972 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00053.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Coronary microvascular function and cardiac function are closely related in that proper cardiac function requires adequate oxygen delivery through the coronary microvasculature. Because of the close proximity of cardiomyocytes and coronary microvascular endothelium, cardiomyocytes not only communicate their metabolic needs to the coronary microvasculature, but endothelium-derived factors also directly modulate cardiac function. This review summarizes evidence that the myocardial oxygen balance is disturbed in the failing heart because of increased extravascular compressive forces and coronary microvascular dysfunction. The perturbations in myocardial oxygen balance are exaggerated during exercise and are due to alterations in neurohumoral influences, endothelial function, and oxidative stress. Although there is some evidence from animal studies that the myocardial oxygen balance can partly be restored by exercise training, it is largely unknown to what extent the beneficial effects of exercise training include improvements in endothelial function and/or oxidative stress in the coronary microvasculature and how these improvements are impacted by risk factors such as diabetes, obesity, and hypercholesterolemia.
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- Ilkka Heinonen
- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and
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