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| Author(s): |
Marina Tuppy
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2007-09-10 |
| Examining board members: |
Lisete Compagno Michelini;
Sandra Lia do Amaral;
Silvia Lacchini
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| Advisor: | Lisete Compagno Michelini |
| Abstract | |
We investigated the effects of training (T) on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) density in arterioles and adrenals (neuro-hormoral responses). Male SHR were submitted to treadmill T (55% of maximal capacity) or kept sedentary (S). After AP and HR recordings, rats were anesthetized and tissues (soleus, gastrocnemius red, gracilis = locomotor; temporalis = non-locomotor muscle; kidney and adrenals) collected for Western Blot and immunohistochemistry. T improved treadmill performance (+77%) and reduced AP and HR (-6% and -10%, p<0.05). TH immunoreactivity was increased in locomotor muscles (+57%, p<0.05) with smaller changes on temporalis (+24%, p>0.05) without any change on kidneys. Enlarged arterioles wall/lumen ratio was reduced only in locomotor muscles; there was no change on adrenals TH content. T increases noradrenaline synthesis/storage on skeletal muscles arterioles, which represents a compensatory neural response to T-induced structural remodeling in order to maintain a near normal local flow. Absence of changes on temporalis TH suggests that neural response is modulated by local factors (AU) | |