PMID- 26521884 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161019 LR - 20231111 IS - 2212-4063 (Electronic) IS - 0929-8673 (Print) IS - 1871-529X (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 3 DP - 2016 TI - A Pilot Study to Assess Adenosine 5'-triphosphate Metabolism in Red Blood Cells as a Drug Target for Potential Cardiovascular Protection. PG - 224-32 AB - OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of exercise preconditioning on adenosine 5'triphosphate (ATP) metabolism in red blood cells and cardiovascular protection against injury induced by isoproterenol in vivo. METHODS: Male Sprague Dawley rats (SDR) were each exercised on a treadmill for 15 minutes at 10 m/min and 10% grade (n = 7) (LowEx), or 14 m/min and 22% grade (n = 8) (VigEx). Two hours after the exercise, each rat received a single dose of isoproterenol (30 mg/kg) by subcutaneous (sc) injection. Two separate groups of SDR were used as control: One received no exercise (n = 10) (NoEx) and the other received no exercise and no isoproterenol (n = 11) (NoIso). Serial blood samples were collected over 5 hours for measurement of ATP and its catabolites by a validated HPLC. Hemodynamic recording was collected continuously for the duration of the experiment. Data were analysed using ANOVA and t-tests and difference considered significant at p < 0.05. RESULTS: Exercise pre-conditioning (both LowEx and VigEx) reduced mortality after isoproterenol from 50% to < 30% (p > 0.05). It attenuated the rebound in blood pressure significantly (p < 0.05 between NoEx vs VigEx), attenuated the increase of RBC adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) concentrations induced by isoproterenol, and also decreased the breakdown of ATP to AMP in the RBC (p < 0.05 vs NoEx). CONCLUSION: Exercise pre-conditioning decreased the blood pressure rebound and also breakdown of ATP in RBC after isoproterenol which may be exploited further as a drug target for cardiovascular protection and prevention. FAU - Yeung, Pollen K F AU - Yeung PK AD - College of Pharmacy and Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2. Pollen.Yeung@Dal.Ca. FAU - Tinkel, Jodi AU - Tinkel J FAU - Seeto, Dena AU - Seeto D LA - eng GR - ROP86932/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets JT - Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets JID - 101269160 RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - L628TT009W (Isoproterenol) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Blood Pressure/drug effects MH - Cardiotonic Agents/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Erythrocytes/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Isoproterenol/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Pilot Projects MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley PMC - PMC4997928 EDAT- 2015/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/12 06:00 PMCR- 2016/08/25 CRDT- 2015/11/03 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CHDDT-EPUB-71503 [pii] AID - CHDDT-15-224 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1871529x15666151102102702 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2016;15(3):224-32. doi: 10.2174/1871529x15666151102102702.