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Exercise training prevents ecto-nucleotidases alterations in platelets of hypertensive rats.
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Molecular and cellular biochemistry [Mol Cell Biochem] 2012 Dec; Vol. 371 (1-2), pp. 147-56. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Aug 23. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- In this study, we investigated the effect of 6 weeks of swimming training on the ecto-nucleotidase activities and platelet aggregation from rats that developed hypertension in response to oral administration of L-NAME. The rats were divided into four groups: control (n = 10), exercise (n = 10), L-NAME (n = 10), and exercise L-NAME (n = 10). The animals were trained five times per week in an adapted swimming system for 60 min with a gradual increase of the workload up to 5 % of animal's body weight. The results showed an increase in ATP, ADP, AMP, and adenosine hydrolysis, indicating an augment in NTPDase (from 35.3 ± 8.1 to 53.0 ± 15.1 nmol Pi/min/mg protein for ATP; and from 21.7 ± 7.0 to 46.4 ± 15.6 nmol Pi/min/mg protein for ADP as substrate), ecto-5'-nucleotidase (from 8.0 ± 5.7 to 28.1 ± 6.9 nmol Pi/min/mg protein), and ADA (from 0.8 ± 0.5 to 3.9 ± 0.8 U/L) activities in platelets from L-NAME-treated rats when compared to other groups (p < 0.05). A significant augment on platelet aggregation in L-NAME group was also observed. Exercise training was efficient in preventing these alterations in the exercise L-NAME group, besides showing a significant hypotensive effect. In conclusion, our results clearly indicated a protector action of moderate intensity exercise on nucleotides and nucleoside hydrolysis and on platelet aggregation, which highlights the exercise training effect to avoid hypertension complications related to ecto-nucleotidase activities.
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- Adenosine Deaminase metabolism
Adenosine Diphosphate metabolism
Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism
Animals
Hydrolysis
Male
NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester pharmacology
Nitric Oxide antagonists & inhibitors
Nitric Oxide biosynthesis
Platelet Aggregation drug effects
Platelet Count
Rats
Rats, Wistar
5'-Nucleotidase metabolism
Blood Platelets metabolism
Hypertension blood
Physical Conditioning, Animal
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-4919
- Volume :
- 371
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Molecular and cellular biochemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22915168
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-012-1431-7