Key result
Endurance exercise training increased the capacity to activate cardiac AMPK in response to exhaustive exercise, with male mice exhibiting significantly higher AMPK activity than female mice regardless of training status.
Why the study?
Endurance exercise protects against ischemic heart disease and distinctly impacts males and females through unidentified mechanisms, potentially implicating AMPK.
Does 12 weeks of endurance training affect cardiac AMPK activation following exhaustive exercise in male and female C57BL6 mice?
Does 12 weeks of endurance training affect cardiac AMPK activation following exhaustive exercise in male and female C57BL6 mice?
Chronic exercise training increases the ability to activate cardiac AMPK in response to exhaustive exercise in a sex-specific manner, with males showing more robust activation than females.
Ischemic heart disease presents with significant differences between sexes. Endurance exercise protects the heart against ischemic disease and also distinctly impacts male and female patients through unidentified mechanisms, though some evidence implicates 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). The purpose of this investigation was to assess the impact of training and sex on cardiac AMPK activation following exhaustive exercise. AMPK activation was measured in trained and sedentary mice of both sexes. Trained mice ran on a treadmill at progressively increasing speeds and duration for 12 weeks. Trained and sedentary mice of both sexes were euthanized immediately following exhaustive exercise and compared to sedentary controls. Endurance training elicited adaptations indicative of aerobic adaptation including higher max running velocities and cardiac hypertrophy with no differences between males and females. AMPK activity was higher in male compared to females, and trained exhibited higher AMPK activity compared to sedentary mice. In response to training, male mice activated AMPK more robustly than female mice. Chronic exercise training increases the ability to activate cardiac AMPK in response to exhaustive exercise in a sex-specific manner. Understanding the interaction between exercise and sex is vital for use of exercise as medicine for heart disease in both men and women.
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Brown et al. (2020) studied Healthy (investigating cardiac AMPK activation) (n=48). Endurance exercise training vs. Sedentary controls was evaluated on Cardiac AMPK activation following exhaustive exercise (p=<0.05). Endurance exercise training increased the capacity to activate cardiac AMPK in response to exhaustive exercise, with male mice exhibiting significantly higher AMPK activity than female mice regardless of training status.
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