Metabolic Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle to Voluntary Wheel Running Exercise in Hypertensive Heart Failure Rats

Autor: R. L. Schultz, H. Huang, A. M. Gerdes, Emily L. Kullman, Robert P. Waters, John G. Swallow, John P. Kirwan
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Physiological Research. :361-369
ISSN: 1802-9973
0862-8408
DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932330
Popis: The Spontaneously Hypertensive Heart Failure (SHHF) rat mimics the human progression of hypertension from hypertrophy to heart failure. However, it is unknown whether SHHF animals can exercise at sufficient levels to observe beneficial biochemical adaptations in skeletal muscle. Thirty-seven female SHHF and Wistar-Furth (WF) rats were randomized to sedentary (SHHFsed and WFsed) and exercise groups (SHHFex and WFex). The exercise groups had access to running wheels from 6-22 months of age. Hindlimb muscles were obtained for metabolic measures that included mitochondrial enzyme function and expression, and glycogen utilization. The SHHFex rats ran a greater distance and duration as compared to the WFex rats (P
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