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Pessina F, Frosini M, Marcolongo P, Fusi F, Saponara S, Gamberucci A, Valoti M, Giustarini D, Fiorenzani P, Gorelli B, Francardi V, Botta M, Dreassi E. Antihypertensive, cardio- and neuro-protective effects of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) defatted larvae in spontaneously hypertensive rats. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233788. [PMID: 32470081 PMCID: PMC7259609 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In pre-hypertension, moderate control of blood pressure (BP) can be obtained by a nutritional approach. The effects of a diet enriched with defatted larvae of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (TM) endowed with ACE inhibitory activity was studied in both spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in the age-matched normotensive Wistar Kyoto strain. These were fed for 4 weeks with standard laboratory rodent chow supplemented with or without TM or captopril. In SHR, the TM diet caused a significant reduction in BP, heart rate and coronary perfusion pressure, as well as an increase in red blood cell glutathione/glutathione disulphide ratio. Rat brain slices of SHR were more resistant to oxidative stress and contained lower levels of inflammatory cytokines, while vascular and liver enzyme-activities were not affected. These results suggest that TM can be considered a new functional food that can lower BP in vivo and thus control cardiovascular-associated risk factors such as hypertension.
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- Federica Pessina
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Neuroscienze, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Impruneta (Firenze), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
- Lead Discovery Siena Srl, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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Soares L, Drummond F, Lavorato V, Carneiro-Junior M, Natali A. Exercise training and pulmonary arterial hypertension: A review of the cardiac benefits. Sci Sports 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scispo.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Libonati JR. Is exercise really deleterious for the hypertensive heart? J Physiol 2013; 591:2225-2226. [PMID: 23588504 PMCID: PMC3634532 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.249094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Carneiro-Júnior MA, Quintão-Júnior JF, Drummond LR, Lavorato VN, Drummond FR, da Cunha DNQ, Amadeu MA, Felix LB, de Oliveira EM, Cruz JS, Prímola-Gomes TN, Mill JG, Natali AJ. The benefits of endurance training in cardiomyocyte function in hypertensive rats are reversed within four weeks of detraining. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2013; 57:119-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 12/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Libonati JR, Sabri A, Xiao C, Macdonnell SM, Renna BF. Exercise training improves systolic function in hypertensive myocardium. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 111:1637-43. [PMID: 21921241 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00292.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The general purpose of this study was to test the effect of exercise training on the left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume relationship (LV/PV) and apoptotic signaling markers in normotensive and hypertensive hearts. Four-month-old female normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY; n = 37) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR; n = 38) were assigned to a sedentary (WKY-SED, n = 21; SHR-SED, n = 19) or treadmill-trained (WKY-TRD, n = 16; SHR-TRD, n = 19) group (∼60% Vo(2 peak), 60 min/day, 5 days/wk, 12 wk). Ex vivo LV/PV were established in isovolumic Langendorff-perfused hearts, and LV levels of Akt, phosphorylated Akt (Akt(Pi)), Bad, phosphorylated Bad (Bad(Pi)) c-IAP, x-IAP, calcineurin, and caspases 3, 8, and 9 were measured. Heart-to-body weight ratio was increased in SHR vs. WKY (P < 0.05), concomitant with increased calcineurin mRNA (P < 0.05). There was a rightward shift in the LV/PV (P < 0.05) and a reduction in systolic elastance (E(s)) in SHR vs. WKY. Exercise training corrected E(s) in SHR (P < 0.05) but had no effect on the LV/PV in WKY. Caspase 3 was increased in SHR-SED relative to WKY-SED, while Bad(Pi,) c-IAP, and x-IAP were significantly lower in SHR relative to WKY (P < 0.05). Exercise training increased Bad(Pi) in both WKY and SHR but did not alter caspase 9 activity in either group. While caspase 3 activity was increased with training in WKY (P < 0.05), it was unchanged with training in SHR. We conclude that moderate levels of regular aerobic exercise attenuate systolic dysfunction early in the compensatory phase of hypertrophy, and that a differential phenotypical response to moderate-intensity exercise exists between WKY and SHR.
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- Joseph R Libonati
- Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Libonati JR, MacDonnell SM. Cardiac β-adrenergic responsiveness with exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2011; 111:2735-41. [PMID: 21404069 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1909-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Left ventricular performance is enhanced with chronic exercise training. Alterations in cardiomyocyte β-adrenergic responsiveness (BAR) may, in part, mediate this response. In this study, cardiac BAR and the expression of some key cardiac hypertrophic signaling molecules following 3 months of treadmill training were examined. Four-month old, female, Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats were randomly assigned into either a sedentary (WKY-SED, n = 15) or an exercise-trained (WKY-TRD, n = 11) group. All rats were maintained on a 12-h light/dark cycle, and fed ad libitum. Exercise training consisted of motorized treadmill training at 25 m/min, 0% grade, 60 continuous minutes, 5 days/week for a period of 12 weeks. RT-PCR was used to establish basal cardiac calcineurin A, ANP, and AKT mRNA expression. In vitro cardiac BAR responsiveness was determined in Langendorff, isolated hearts. Following baseline, isoproterenol (ISO) was incrementally infused at concentrations ranging from 1 × 10(-10) to 1 × 10(-7) mol/L. There were no group differences for heart weight, heart to body weight ratio, calcineurin A, ANP, or AKT mRNA levels between WKY-SED and WKY-TRD. WKY-TRD showed enhanced cardiac BAR relative to WKY-SED (at ISO 1 × 10(-7) mol/L; P < 0.05). Moderate intensity treadmill exercise improved cardiac BAR responsiveness to a high concentration of isoproterenol. This adaptation was independent of training-induced alterations in cardiac hypertrophy or hypertrophic marker expression.
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- Joseph R Libonati
- Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 135 Claire M. Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217, USA.
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Wu X, Chakraborty S, Heaps CL, Davis MJ, Meininger GA, Muthuchamy M. Fibronectin increases the force production of mouse papillary muscles via α5β1 integrin. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 50:203-13. [PMID: 20937283 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) protein-integrin-cytoskeleton axis plays a central role as a mechanotransducing protein assemblage in many cell types. However, how the process of mechanotransduction and the mechanically generated signals arising from this axis affect myofilament function in cardiac muscle are not completely understood. We hypothesize that ECM proteins can regulate cardiac function through integrin binding, and thereby alter the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and/or modulate myofilament activation processes. Force measurements made in mouse papillary muscle demonstrated that in the presence of the soluble form of the ECM protein, fibronectin (FN), active force was increased significantly by 40% at 1 Hz, 54% at 2 Hz, 35% at 5 Hz and 16% at 9 Hz stimulation frequencies. Furthermore, increased active force in the presence of FN was associated with 12-33% increase in [Ca(2+)](i) and 20-50% increase in active force per unit Ca(2+). A function blocking antibody for α5 integrin prevented the effects of the FN on the changes in force and [Ca(2+)](i), whereas a function blocking α3 integrin antibody did not reverse the effects of FN. The effects of FN were reversed by an L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker, verapamil or PKA inhibitor. Freshly isolated cardiomyocytes exhibited a 39% increase in contraction force and a 36% increase in L-type Ca(2+) current in the presence of FN. Fibers treated with FN showed a significant increase in the phosphorylation of phospholamban; however, the phosphorylation of troponin I was unchanged. These results demonstrate that FN acts via α5β1 integrin to increase force production in myocardium and that this effect is partly mediated by increases in [Ca(2+)](i) and Ca(2+) sensitivity, PKA activation and phosphorylation of phospholamban.
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- Xin Wu
- Department of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Interaction between exercise and hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats: a meta-analysis of experimental studies. Hypertens Res 2010; 33:1155-61. [PMID: 20720553 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The effect of exercise on the progression of hypertension and development of heart failure has been extensively studied in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), but results published thus far have not revealed a clear picture. Studies differ with respect to the age and sex of rats, duration of exercise and exercise protocols. This study was aimed to examine the influence of age at the start of exercise and the effect of the duration of exercise on blood pressure and hypertrophy, which has not been previously investigated. We identified 18 reports in the literature (with a total of about 410 rats) that investigated the effect of exercise on SHR. A reduction in blood pressure was observed in rats that started exercise protocols in the pre-hypertensive or very early hypertensive state, but not in older rats. Exercise lowered the heart weight-to-body weight ratio in rats starting exercise at a very early age, but not in rats at an advanced age. A reduction in blood pressure was observed in animals that had a short period of training, but the effect was lost when the duration of exercise was prolonged. Exercise reduced resting heart rates in all groups and increased the heart weight-to-body weight ratio in groups that were exposed to free running wheels, but not in rats that performed treadmill exercise. In conclusion, exercise per se does not reduce blood pressure in SHR with established hypertension and may increase the incidence of myocardial hypertrophy, depending on the form of exercise.
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Kolwicz SC, MacDonnell SM, Renna BF, Reger PO, Seqqat R, Rafiq K, Kendrick ZV, Houser SR, Sabri A, Libonati JR. Left ventricular remodeling with exercise in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H1361-8. [PMID: 19666835 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01253.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated how exercise training superimposed on chronic hypertension impacted left ventricular remodeling. Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, apoptosis, and proliferation in hearts from female spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) were examined. Four-month-old SHR animals were placed into a sedentary group (SHR-SED; n = 18) or a treadmill running group (SHR-TRD, 20 m/min, 1 h/day, 5 days/wk, 12 wk; n = 18). Age-matched, sedentary Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats were controls (n = 18). Heart weight was greater in SHR-TRD vs. both WKY (P < 0.01) and SHR-SED (P < 0.05). Morphometric-derived left ventricular anterior, posterior, and septal wall thickness were increased in SHR-SED relative to WKY and augmented in SHR-TRD. Cardiomyocyte surface area, length, and width were increased in SHR-SED relative to WKY and further increased in SHR-TRD. Calcineurin abundance was increased in SHR-SED vs. WKY (P < 0.001) and attenuated in SHR-TRD relative to SHR-SED (P < 0.05). Protein abundance and mRNA of Akt was not different among groups. The rate of apoptosis was increased in SHR-SED relative to WKY and mitigated in SHR-TRD. The abundance of Ki-67(+) cells across groups was not statistically different across groups. The abundance of cardiac progenitor cells (c-Kit(+) cells) was increased in SHR-TRD relative to WKY. These data suggest that exercise training superimposed on hypertension augmented cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, despite attenuating calcineurin abundance. Exercise training also mitigated apoptosis in hypertension and showed a tendency to enhance the abundance of cardiac progenitor cells, resulting in a more favorable cardiomyocyte number in the exercise-trained hypertensive heart.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kolwicz SC, MacDonnell SM, Kendrick ZV, Houser SR, Libonati JR. Voluntary wheel running and pacing-induced dysfunction in hypertension. Clin Exp Hypertens 2009; 30:565-73. [PMID: 18855260 DOI: 10.1080/10641960802251891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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PURPOSE We examined how voluntary wheel running in the female, spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) impacts myocardial tolerance to pacing stress and determined whether direct adenylyl cyclase agonism via forskolin infusion improved myocardial performance during pacing. METHODS Twenty-five 16-week-old female Wistar Kyoto (WKY, n = 8) and SHR (n = 17) were utilized. Animals within the SHR group were randomly assigned to a sedentary (SHR-SED, n = 8) or a voluntary wheel running (SHR-WHL, n = 9) group. The SHR-WHL had free access to a running wheel 24 h/day. Resting heart rates and blood pressures were collected immediately prior to sacrifice utilizing a tail cuff apparatus. Left ventricular (LV) function was measured in a Langendorff, isovolumic preparation during pacing stress (8.5 Hz) and during pacing stress + forskolin (5 micromol/L). RESULTS SHR-WHL showed cardiac enlargement without alterations in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, or rate-pressure product. Pacing stress impaired inotropic and lusitropic performance to a similar extent in all groups (p < 0.05), while forskolin infusion improved LV function to a similar extent in all groups (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that voluntary wheel running in SHR does not protect from pacing-induced myocardial dysfunction, and adenylyl cyclase agonism during pacing stress can functionally protect the heart. These data reiterate the importance of a competent myocardial beta-adrenergic signaling cascade.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Department of Kinesiology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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MacDonnell SM, Kubo H, Harris DM, Chen X, Berretta R, Barbe MF, Kolwicz S, Reger PO, Eckhart A, Renna BF, Koch WJ, Houser SR, Libonati JR. Calcineurin inhibition normalizes beta-adrenergic responsiveness in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H3122-9. [PMID: 17827263 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00687.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Calcineurin, a Ca(2+)-regulated protein phosphatase, links myocardial Ca(2+) signaling with hypertrophic gene transcription. Calcineurin abundance increases in pressure-overload hypertrophy and may reduce agonist-mediated phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation to underlie blunted beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) responsiveness in hypertension. This hypothesis was tested by measuring the effects of calcineurin inhibition on changes in cardiac contractility caused by beta-adrenergic stimulation in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Female SHR (age: 7 mo) and age-matched female Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) were studied. Heart weight-to-body weight ratio (P < 0.01) and systolic blood pressure (P < 0.01) were greater in SHR compared with WKY and were associated with increased myocardial calcineurin mRNA (CnAbeta) and activity (P < 0.05). beta-AR stimulation with isoproterenol (Iso) increased calcineurin activity (P < 0.05) in both WKY and SHR hearts, and this activity was suppressed with cyclosporin A (CsA) treatment. In SHR, CsA improved left ventricular whole heart and isolated myocyte beta-AR responsiveness by normalizing PLB phosphorylation at Ser(16) and Thr(17) (P < 0.05). These CsA-induced, PLB-mediated effects were associated with an augmentation in cardiomyocyte peak Ca(2+) and a reduced rate (time constant of isovolumic pressure relaxation, tau) and magnitude of diastolic Ca(2+) during beta-AR stimulation. In conclusion, CsA normalized the blunted beta-AR responsiveness associated with hypertension, in part, by mitigating calcineurin activity while improving PLB phosphorylation and subsequent sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) regulation.
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- Scott M MacDonnell
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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