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Effect of endurance running on cardiac and skeletal muscle in rats

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dc.contributor.authorDíaz-Herrera, P.es
dc.contributor.authorTorres, A.es
dc.contributor.authorMorcuende, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Castellano, J.M.
dc.contributor.authorCalbet, J.A.L.
dc.contributor.authorSarrat, R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-11T10:55:37Z
dc.date.available2011-05-11T10:55:37Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractWe studied the effect of resistance running on left cardiac ventricle size and rectus femoris muscle fiber composition. Ten male Wistar rats were trained on a treadmill 6 days per week for 12 weeks. Ten rats remained sedentary and served as controls. A higher endurance time (40%) and cardiac hypertrophy in the trained animals were indicators of training efficiency. Morphometric analysis of the left ventricle crosssectional area, left ventricular wall, and left ventricular cavity were evaluated. The endurance-running group demonstrated a hypertrophy of the ventricular wall (22%) and an increase in the ventricular cavity (25%); (pc0.0001). Semi-quantitative analysis of rectus femoris fiber-type composition and of the oxidative and glycolytic capacity was histochemically performed. Endurance running demonstrated a significant (pc0.01) increase in the relative frequency of 5 p e 1 (24%), Qpe IIA (8%) and 5 p e IIX (16%) oxidative fibers, and a decrease in Qpe IIB (20%) glycolytic fibers. There was a hypertrophy of both oxidative and glycolytic fiber types. The relative cross-sectional area analysis demonstrated an increase in oxidative fibers and a decrease in glycolytic fibers (p<0.0001). Changes were especially evident for 'Qpe IIX oxidative-glycolytic fibers. The results of this study indicate that the left ventricle adapts to endurance running by increasing wall thickness and enlargement of the ventricular cavity. Skeletal muscle adapts to training by increasing oxidative fiber 'Qpe. This increase may be related to fiber transformation from Qpe IIB glycolytic to Qpe IIX oxidative fibers. These results open the possibility for the use of this type of exercise to prevent muscular atrophy associated with age or post-immobilization.es
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dc.identifier.issn0213-3911es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/20641
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherMurcia : F. Hernándezes
dc.relation.ispartofHistology and histopathologyes
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.subjectOxidative capacityes
dc.subjectSkeletal musclees
dc.subject.otherCDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicinaes
dc.titleEffect of endurance running on cardiac and skeletal muscle in ratses
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Histology and histopathology Vol.16, nº 1 (2001)