Comparison of gene and protein expressions in rats residing in standard cages with those having access to an exercise wheel.
Lifelong physical inactivity is associated with morbidity in adulthood, possibly influenced by changes in gene and protein expressions occurring earlier in life. mRNA (Affymetrix gene array) and proteomic (2D-DIGE MALDI-TOF/MS) analyses were determined in cardiac tissue of young (3 months) and old (16 months) Sprague-Dawley rats housed with no access to physical activity (SED) versus an exercise wheel (EX). Unfavorable phenotypes for body weight, dyslipidemia, and tumorogenesis appeared more often in adult SED versus EX. No differentially expressed genes (DEGs) occurred between groups at 3 or 16 months. Within groups, SED and EX shared 215 age-associated DEGs. In SED, ten unique DEGs occurred with age; three had cell adhesion functions (fn1, lgals3, ncam2). In EX, five unique DEGs occurred with age; two involved hypothalamic, pituitary, and gonadal hormone axis (nrob2, xpnpep2). Protein expression involved in binding, sugar metabolic processes, and vascular regulation declined with age in SED (KNT1, ALBU, GPX1, PYGB, LDHB, G3P, PYGM, PGM1, ENOB). Protein expression increased with age in EX for ATP metabolic processes (MYH6, MYH7, ATP5J, ATPA) and vascular function (KNT1, ALBU, GPX1). Differences in select gene and protein expressions within sedentary and active animals occurred with age and contributed to distinct health-related phenotypes in adulthood.
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
Helaine M
HM
Alessio
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
Hayden
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Ansinelli
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
Caitlyn
0000-0002-4690-852X
C
Threadgill
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
Ann E
AE
Hagerman
D000818:Animals; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000502:physiology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley