Long-term swim training induced significant remodeling of the coronary resistance artery network geometry, with substantial differences in adaptation between male and female rats.
Long-term swim training in a rat model induces left ventricular hypertrophy and sex-specific geometric remodeling of the coronary resistance artery network.
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Abstract Background We aimed to identify sex differences in the network properties and to recognize the geometric alteration effects of long-term swim training in a rat model of exercise-induced left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Methods Thirty-eight Wistar rats were divided into four groups: male sedentary, female sedentary, male exercised and female exercised. After training sessions, LV morphology and function were checked by echocardiography. The geometry of the left coronary artery system was analysed on pressure-perfused, microsurgically prepared resistance artery networks using in situ video microscopy. All segments over > 80 μm in diameter were studied using divided 50-μm-long cylindrical ring units of the networks. Oxidative-nitrative (O-N) stress markers, adenosine A 2A and estrogen receptor (ER) were investigated by immunohistochemistry. Results The LV mass index, ejection fraction and fractional shortening significantly increased in exercised animals. We found substantial sex differences in the coronary network in the control groups and in the swim-trained animals. Ring frequency spectra were significantly different between male and female animals in both the sedentary and trained groups. The thickness of the wall was higher in males as a result of training. There were elevations in the populations of 200- and 400-μm vessel units in males; the thinner ones developed farther and the thicker ones closer to the orifice. In females, a new population of 200- to 250-μm vessels appeared unusually close to the orifice. Conclusions Physical activity and LV hypertrophy were accompanied by a remodelling of coronary resistance artery network geometry that was different in both sexes.
Török et al. (Wed,) conducted a other in Exercise-induced left ventricular hypertrophy (n=38). Strenuous long-term swim training vs. Sedentary control was evaluated on Coronary resistance artery network geometry (ring frequency spectra) (p=<0.01). Long-term swim training induced significant remodeling of the coronary resistance artery network geometry, with substantial differences in adaptation between male and female rats.