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Voluntary Exercise Improves Cardiac Function and Prevents Cardiac Remodeling in a Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Source :
- Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers, 2017, 8, pp.899. ⟨10.3389/fphys.2017.00899⟩, Frontiers in Physiology, 2017, 8, pp.899. ⟨10.3389/fphys.2017.00899⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2017.
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Abstract
- International audience; Objective: Despite the indubitable beneficial effect of exercise to prevent of cardiovascular diseases, there is still a lack of studies investigating the impact of exercise in non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. Here, we investigated the impact of voluntary exercise on cardiac function in a mouse model of non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (αMHC-MerCreMer:Sf/Sf), induced by cardiac-specific inactivation of the Serum Response Factor.Materials and Methods: Seven days after tamoxifen injection, 20 αMHC-MerCreMer:Sf/Sf mice were assigned to sedentary (n = 8) and exercise (n = 12) groups. Seven additional αMHC-MerCreMer:Sf/Sf mice without tamoxifen injection were used as control. The exercise group performed 4 weeks of voluntary running on wheel (1.8 ± 0.12 km/day). Cardiac function, myocardial fibrosis, and mitochondrial energetic pathways were then blindly assessed.Results: Exercised mice exhibited a smaller decrease of left ventricular (LV) fractional shortening and ejection fraction compared to control mice. This was associated with a lower degree of LV remodeling in exercised mice, as shown by a lower LV end-systolic intrerventricular septal and posterior wall thickness decrease from baseline values compared to sedentary mice. Moreover, exercised mice displayed a reduced gene expression of atrial and brain natriuretic factors. These benefits were associated by a reduced level of myocardial fibrosis. In addition, exercised mice exhibited a higher mitochondrial aconitase, voltage-dependent anion-selective channel 1 and PPAR gamma coactivators-1 alpha proteins levels suggesting that the increase of mitochondrial biogenesis and/or metabolism slowed the progression of dilated cardiomyopathy in exercised animals.Conclusions: In conclusion, our results support the role of voluntary exercise to improve outcomes in non-ischemic dilated heart failure (HF) and also support its potential for a routine clinical use in the future.
- Subjects :
- non-ischemic cardiac disease
dilated cardiomyopathy
non-forced exercise
[SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system
[SDV.MHEP.PHY] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO]
Physiology
wheel exercise
[SDV.MHEP.PHY]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO]
[SHS.SPORT.PS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport/Sport physiology
[SDV.MHEP.CSC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system
Original Research
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1664042X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers, 2017, 8, pp.899. ⟨10.3389/fphys.2017.00899⟩, Frontiers in Physiology, 2017, 8, pp.899. ⟨10.3389/fphys.2017.00899⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....6d9c3f07eb3dac31de3e42bb1817db3b