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  • Title: Exercise and Doxorubicin Treatment Modulate Cardiac Mitochondrial Quality Control Signaling.
    Author: Marques-Aleixo I, Santos-Alves E, Torrella JR, Oliveira PJ, Magalhães J, Ascensão A.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Toxicol; 2018 Feb; 18(1):43-55. PubMed ID: 28536949.
    Abstract:
    The cross-tolerance effect of exercise against heart mitochondrial-mediated quality control, remodeling and death-related mechanisms associated with sub-chronic Doxorubicin (DOX) treatment is yet unknown. We therefore analyzed the effects of two distinct chronic exercise models (endurance treadmill training-TM and voluntary free wheel activity-FW) performed during the course of the sub-chronic DOX treatment on mitochondrial susceptibility to permeability transition pore (mPTP), apoptotic and autophagic signaling and mitochondrial dynamics. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into six groups (n = 6 per group): saline sedentary (SAL + SED), SAL + TM (12-weeks treadmill), SAL + FW (12-weeks voluntary free-wheel), DOX + SED [7-weeks sub-chronic DOX treatment (2 mg kg-1 week-1)], DOX + TM and DOX + FW. Apoptotic signaling and mPTP regulation were followed by measuring caspase 3, 8 and 9 activities, Bax, Bcl2, CypD, ANT, and cophilin expression. Mitochondrial dynamics (Mfn1, Mfn2, OPA1 and DRP1) and auto(mito)phagy (LC3, Beclin1, Pink1, Parkin and p62)-related proteins were semi-quantified. DOX treatment results in augmented mPTP susceptibility and apoptotic signaling (caspases 3, 8 and 9 and Bax/Bcl2 ratio). Moreover, DOX decreased the expression of fusion-related proteins (Mfn1, Mfn2, OPA1), increased DRP1 and the activation of auto(mito)phagy signaling. TM and FW prevented DOX-increased mPTP susceptibility and apoptotic signaling, alterations in mitochondrial dynamics and inhibits DOX-induced increases in auto(mito)phagy signaling. Collectively, our results suggest that both used chronic exercise models performed before and during the course of sub-chronic DOX treatment limit cardiac mitochondrial-driven apoptotic signaling and regulate alterations in mitochondrial dynamics and auto(mito)phagy in DOX-treated animals.
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