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| Author(s): |
Wilson Max Almeida Monteiro de Moraes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Educação Física e Esportes (EEFE/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2011-12-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Alessandra Medeiros;
Patricia Chakur Brum;
Marcelo Macedo Rogero
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| Advisor: | Alessandra Medeiros |
| Abstract | |
Changes in skeletal muscle such as atrophy contribute to intolerance to physical exertion and worse prognosis in heart failure (HF). The exercise training (ET) will mitigate these effects in ME. Strategies to optimize and/ or mimic the effects of ET as the amino acid supplements are potentially therapeutic. Thus, we investigated the effects of leucine supplementation associated with ET on function and morphology of skeletal muscle in a genetic model of sympathetic hyperactivity-induced heart failure in mice, and whether these effects were associated with activation of mTOR pathway. Treatment consisted of 4-wk of ET on a motor treadmill, wich consisted in sessions of 60 min based on maximum lactate steady state (6d/wk), and administration of leucine (1.35g/kg) or placebo (distilled water) intragastrically. We established five groups: a control without heart failure (WT) and four groups of mice lacking both 2A and 2C adrenergic receptor subtypes, which were randomly divided into sedentary receiving placebo (KO) or Leucine (KOLT); trained receiving placebo (KOT) or trained receiving leucine (KOLT). It was analyzed exercise capacity by graded treadmill exercise protocol performed until exhaustion, cross-sectional area (CSA) by histochemical myosin ATPase, motor performance by ambulation, grip e rotarod tests, protein expression levels by western blot. The leucine supplementation alone showed no effect on muscle function or the phenotype of the fibers, but associated to ET improved CSA in IIA and IIB fibers in plantaris muscle, and motor performance, at a rate greater than improve in KOT. In separate experiments, after 18 hours fasting, we observed that the response to leucine stimulate mTOR pathway was attenuated in KO, but the ET restored this response (decreased the ratio p-AMPK, AMPK, and increased p-4EBP1 : p-p70S6K and 4EBP1, p70S6K). This reversal of anabolic resistance to leucine by ET was not associated with the effects related to glucose homeostasis or renal function, although the ET has improved (reduced proteinuria). There were no deleterious effects of leucine on the parameters related to glucose homeostasis or renal parameters. The results suggest that leucine supplementation enhances the effects of exercise training to improve exercise tolerance, preserve mass of fibers with characteristics predominantly glycolytic and prevent worsening of motor performance. The ET prevents an anabolic resistance to leucine in muscle of HF animals (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/06830-0 - Sympathetic hyperactivity-induced heart failure: Effects of endurance training and overload of the leucine in skeletal muscle. |
| Grantee: | Wilson Max Almeida Monteiro de Moraes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |