Exercise Training Restores Cardiac MicroRNA-1 and MicroRNA-29c to Nonpathological Levels in Obese Rats

Autor(es)

Silveira, Andre C. ; Fernandes, Tiago ; Soci, Ursula P. R. ; Gomes, Joao L. P. ; Barretti, Diego L. ; Mota, Gloria G. F. ; Negrao, Carlos Eduardo ; Oliveira, Edilamar M.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY; v. 2017, p. 12-pg., 2017-01-01.

Resumo

We previously reported that aerobic exercise training (AET) consisted of 10 weeks of 60-min swimming sessions, and 5 days/week AET counteracts CH in obesity. Here, we evaluated the role of microRNAs and their target genes that are involved in heart collagen deposition and calcium signaling, as well as the cardiac remodeling induced by AET in obese Zucker rats. Among the four experimental Zucker groups: control lean rats (LZR), control obese rats (OZR), trained lean rats (LZR + TR), and trained obese rats (OZR + TR), heart weight was greater in the OZR than in the LZR group due to increased cardiac intramuscular fat and collagen. AET seems to exert a protective role in normalizing the heart weight in the OZR + TR group. Cardiac microRNA-29c expression was decreased in OZR compared with the LZR group, paralleled by an increase in the collagen volumetric fraction (CVF). MicroRNA-1 expression was upregulated while the expression of its target gene NCX1 was decreased in OZR compared with the LZR group. Interestingly, AET restored cardiac microRNA-1 to nonpathological levels in the OZR-TR group. Our findings suggest that AET could be used as a nonpharmacological therapy for the reversal of pathological cardiac remodeling and cardiac dysfunction in obesity. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/07607-8 - CMPO - Centro Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa em Obesidade e Doenças Associadas
• Beneficiário: Licio Augusto Velloso
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs
• Processo FAPESP: 09/18370-3 - EXPRESSÃO DE microRNAS NO CORAÇÃO DE RATOS NORMOTENSOS SUBMETIDOS A DIFERENTES VOLUMES DE TREINAMENTO FÍSICO AERÓBICO E SEU POTENCIAL TERAPÊUTICO NA HIPERTENSÃO
• Beneficiário: Edilamar Menezes de Oliveira
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 10/50048-1 - Bases celulares e funcionais do exercício físico na doença cardiovascular
• Beneficiário: Carlos Eduardo Negrão
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático