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| Author(s): |
Paula Ramos Pinto
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2015-07-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Marisa Passarelli
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| Advisor: | Marisa Passarelli |
| Abstract | |
Regular physical exercise prevents and reduces atherosclerosis mainly by improving lipid profile and reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). RCT is an antiatherogenic system that promotes excess cholesterol removal from macrophages by apo A-I and HDL and its transport to the liver. Then, cholesterol can be secreted into bile and excreted in feces. In wild type and cholesteryl ester transfer protein transgenic (CETP-tg) mice exercise training increased the transfer of 14C-cholesterol from macrophages to plasma, liver and feces and elevated SR-BI and B-E receptor content in the liver. In leucocytes, hepatocytes and enterocytes, physical exercise increased mRNA of HDL receptor, ABCA-1. Nonetheless, it is not clear if exercise can modulate lipid flux in macrophages that can be important for the first phase of the RCT. It was analyzed in wild type and CETP-tg mice the effect of aerobic exercise training in: 1) the expression of genes involved in lipid flux, inflammation, oxidation and vasodilation: Pparg (PPAR?), Nr1h3 (LXRalfa), Nr1h2 (LXRbeta), Abca1 (ABCA-1), Abcg1 (ABCG-1), Scarb1 (SR-BI), Cd36 (CD-36), Olr1 (LOX-1), Ccl2 (MCP-1), Tnf (TNFalfa), Il6 (IL-6), Il10 (IL10), Nos3 (eNOS) and Cat (Catalase) in arterial wall and peritoneal macrophages; 2) the apo A-I and HDL2-mediated cholesterol efflux from macrophages and 3) the uptake of 3H-cholesteryl oleoyl ether- acetylated LDL (3H-COE-LDL) by macrophages. Twelve week old male mice fed a chow diet and water ad libitum were randomly assigned to sedentary and trained groups. Exercise training was performed in a treadmill (15m/min, 30 min/day, 5 times/week, during 6 weeks). Aortic arch and peritoneal macrophages were isolated from sedentary and trained animals immediately (time 0) and 48 h after the last exercise session. Gene expression was analyzed by RT-PCR and cholesterol efflux mediated by apo A-I or HDL2 after macrophage overloading with acetylated LDL and 14C-cholesterol. LDL uptake by macrophages was determined by incubation with 3H-COE-acetylated LDL. There were no systematic changes in the expression of macrophages and aortic genes comparing sedentary and trained wild type or CETP-tg mice. Similarly, there were no changes in cholesterol efflux and LDL uptake by macrophages. In conclusion, it was not found alteration in gene expression and cholesterol flux in macrophages and arterial wall that can contribute to the RCT in experimental model of non-dyslipidemic mice without pharmacological or dietary interventions. Therefore, the benefits of aerobic training in improving RCT, observed in previews studies, should be consequent to its systemic action on mediators of this transport and on the expression of hepatic and intestinal receptors (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/15153-1 - Aerobic exercise training in wild type and CETP transgenic mice does not affect cellular cholesterol removal and expression of genes involved in lipid flux in macrophages and aortic arch |
| Grantee: | Paula Ramos Pinto |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |