Chronic exercise preserves renal structure and hemodynamics in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Exercise training (ExT) is a recommended adjunct to many pharmaceutical antihypertensive therapies. The effects of chronic ExT on the development of hypertension-induced renal injury remain unknown. We examined whether ExT would preserve renal hemodynamics and structure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), and whether these effects were mediated by improved redox status and decreased inflammation. Normotensive WKY rats and SHR underwent moderate-intensity ExT for 16 weeks. One group of SHR animals was treated with hydralazine to investigate the pressure-dependent/independent effects of ExT. Acute renal clearance experiments were performed prior to sacrifice. Tissue free radical production rates were measured by electron paramagnetic resonance; gene and protein expressi

SUBMITTER: Agarwal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3222098 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature