PMID- 31875620 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200219 LR - 20211204 IS - 1349-3299 (Electronic) IS - 1349-2365 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan 31 TI - Exercise Preconditioning Protects against Acute Cardiac Injury Induced by Lipopolysaccharide Through General Control Nonderepressible 2 Kinase. PG - 138-144 LID - 10.1536/ihj.19-307 [doi] AB - Exercise preconditioning may protect against cardiac injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but the mechanism is unresolved. The aim of this study is to explore whether the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase gene is associated with the protective effect of exercise preconditioning. Eight-week-old male C57BL/6J (n = 40) and GCN2 knockout (KO) (n = 40) mice were divided into four groups: control, LPS (L), exercise preconditioning (E), and exercise preconditioning LPS (EL). Mice in the exercise groups performed exercise for eight weeks. After exercise, all mice were given an equal volume of LPS or saline (10 mug/g). We measured the cardiac function using echocardiography and then collected heart tissue. Exercise preconditioning improved cardiac inflammation (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha) and cardiac dysfunction (ejection fraction, fraction shortening) in C57 mice induced by LPS and also decreased the expression levels of GCN2, phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha (p-eIF2alpha), and activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4). Moreover, GCN2 KO decreased inflammation and cardiac dysfunction induced by LPS in sedentary mice. The inflammation and cardiac dysfunction in the GCN2 KO EL group were lower than in the C57 EL group, and the expression of GCN2, p-eIF2alpha, and ATF4 in the GCN2 KO EL group was lower than in the C57 EL group. Exercise preconditioning alleviated cardiac injury induced by LPS. GCN2 KO also improved cardiac injury. Exercise preconditioning promoted the effect of GCN2 KO in alleviating cardiac injury, and the GCN2 and eIF2alpha/ATF4 pathways play an important role in the process. FAU - Sun, Zhong-Guang AU - Sun ZG AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Lu, Guo AU - Lu G AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Zhao, Lin-Lin AU - Zhao LL AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Zhang, Li-Zhen AU - Zhang LZ AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Li, Ai AU - Li A AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Jing, Jing AU - Jing J AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. FAU - Xu, Xin AU - Xu X AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191226 PL - Japan TA - Int Heart J JT - International heart journal JID - 101244240 RN - 0 (Atf4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 145891-90-3 (Activating Transcription Factor 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Eif2ak4 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 4/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Echocardiography MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/metabolism MH - Gene Knockout Techniques MH - Heart Injuries/chemically induced/diagnosis/metabolism/*prevention & control MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*adverse effects MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Phosphorylation MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*methods MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha OT - Inflammation EDAT- 2019/12/26 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/20 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1536/ihj.19-307 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Heart J. 2020 Jan 31;61(1):138-144. doi: 10.1536/ihj.19-307. Epub 2019 Dec 26.