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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2020

Swimming exercise inhibits myocardial ER stress in the hearts of aged mice by enhancing cGMP‑PKG signaling.

Pan Chang, Xiaomeng Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Guohua Li, Lang Hu, Huishou Zhao, Xiaoxing Zhu, Juan Wu, Xihui Wang, Kaiyan Wang and 6 more

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pan Chang *Department of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Xiaomeng Zhang *Department of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Mingyang Zhang *Institute of Forensic Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China.
Guohua LiDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Lang HuDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Huishou ZhaoDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Xiaoxing ZhuDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Juan WuDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China.
Xihui WangDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China.
Kaiyan WangDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China.
Minggang RenDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China.
Baoying ChenCentral Laboratory, Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710100, P.R. China.
Xiaoling ZhuDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Miaozhang ZhuDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Jun YuDepartment of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.
Air Force Medical University · CNXi'an Medical University · CNFirst Hospital of Xi'an · CNSoochow University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to explore aging‑associated cardiac dysfunction and the possible mechanism by which swimming exercise modulates cardiac dysfunction in aged mice. Aged mice were divided into two groups: i) Aged mice; and ii) aged mice subjected to swimming exercises. Another cohort of 4‑month‑old male mice served as the control group. Cardiac structure and function in mice were analyzed using hematoxylin and eosin staining, and echocardiography. The levels of oxidative stress were determined by measuring the levels of superoxide dismutase, malondialdehyde and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Levels of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress‑related protein PKR‑like ER kinase, glucose‑regulated protein 78 and C/EBP homologous protein were determined to evaluate the level of ER stress. The aged group exhibited an abnormal cardiac structure and decreased cardiac function, both of which were ameliorated by swimming exercise. The hearts of the aged mice exhibited pronounced oxidative and ER stress, which were ameliorated by exercise, and was accompanied by the reactivation of myocardial cGMP and suppression of cGMP‑specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). The inhibition of PDE5 attenuated age‑induced cardiac dysfunction, blocked ROS production and suppressed ER stress. An ER stress inducer abolished the beneficial effects of the swimming exercise on cardiac function and increased ROS production. The present study suggested that exercise restored cardiac function in mice with age‑induced cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting oxidative stress and ER stress, and increasing cGMP‑protein kinase G signaling.

Indexed as

Endoplasmic Reticulum StressPhysical Conditioning, AnimalAgingAnimalsCyclic GMPCyclic GMP-Dependent Protein KinasesDown-RegulationMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMyocardiumReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionSwimmingCyclic GMPCyclic GMP-Dependent Protein KinasesReactive Oxygen Speciesagedcardiac functioncGMPer stressexercise

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PMCPMC6947875
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