Campus Units

Animal Science

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

5-2010

Journal or Book Title

The Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volume

60

First Page

181

Last Page

186

DOI

10.1007/s12576-009-0082-2

Abstract

Increased myocardial cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity is essential for late phase ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Currently unknown is whether cardioprotection elicited by exercise also involves elevated myocardial COX-2 activity. This investigation tested whether aerobic exercise elevates myocardial COX-2 protein content or enzyme activity in young and senescent male Fisher 344 rats assigned to sedentary or cardioprotective endurance exercise treatments (3 consecutive days of treadmill exercise, 60 min/day @~70% VO2max). Assay of cardiac COX-2 protein content, catalytic activity, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein content reveal that exercise did not alter COX-2 activity (PGE2, p = 0.866; PGF1α, p = 0.796) or protein levels (p = 0.397) within young or senescent hearts. In contrast, myocardial iNOS, an up-stream mediator of COX-2 expression, was over-expressed by an average of 37% in aged hearts (p = 0.005), though iNOS was not influenced by exercise. Findings reveal exercise does not elevate cardiac COX-2 activity and suggests that mechanisms responsible for cardioprotection differ between IPC and aerobic exercise.

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This article is published as Quindry, J.C., French, J., Hamilton, K.L. et al. Exercise does not increase cyclooxygenase-2 myocardial levels in young or senescent hearts. J Physiol Sci 60, 181–186 (2010). doi: 10.1007/s12576-009-0082-2.

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The Physiological Society of Japan and Springer

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en

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