title: The Effects of Nandrolone Decanoate Along with Prolonged Low-Intensity Exercise on Susceptibility to Ventricular Arrhythmias.
abstract: We examined the influence of chronic administration of nandrolone decanoate with low-intensity endurance swimming exercise on susceptibility to lethal ventricular arrhythmias in rat. The animal groups included the control group, exercise group (EX), nandrolone group (Nan), vehicle group (Arach), trained vehicle group (Arach + Ex) and trained nandrolone group (Nan + Ex) that treated for 8 weeks. Then, arrhythmia induction was performed by intravenous infusion of aconitine and electrocardiogram recorded. Then, malondialdehyde (MDA), hydroxyproline (HYP) and glutathione peroxidase of heart tissue were measured. Chronic administration of nandrolone with low-intensity endurance swimming exercise had no significant effect on blood pressure, heart rate and basal ECG parameters except RR interval that showed increase (P < 0.05). Low-intensity exercise could prevent the incremental effect of nandrolone on MDA and HYP significantly. It also increased the heart hypertrophy index (P < 0.05) and reduced the abating effect of nandrolone on animal weighting. Nandrolone along with exercise significantly increased the duration of VF (P < 0.05) and reduced the VF latency (P < 0.05). The findings suggest that chronic co-administration of nandrolone with low-intensity endurance swimming exercise to some extent facilitates the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation in rat. Complementary studies are needed to elucidate the involved mechanisms of this abnormality.
authors: Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.|Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 7616914115, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Fateme
authors: F
authors: Binayi
authors: Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. sjokar@gmail.com.|Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 7616914115, Kerman, Iran. sjokar@gmail.com.
authors: Siyavash
authors: S
authors: Joukar
authors: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 7616914115, Kerman, Iran.|Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Hamid
authors: H
authors: Najafipour
authors: Abdolah
authors: A
authors: Karimi
authors: Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.|Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 7616914115, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Karimi
authors: Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.|Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 7616914115, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Farzane
authors: F
authors: Abdollahi
authors: Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Yaser
authors: Y
authors: Masumi
mesh_terms: D000157:Aconitine; D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000378:metabolism; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009277:Nandrolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D000077603:Nandrolone Decanoate; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013550:Swimming; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D009277:Nandrolone; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D000077603:Nandrolone Decanoate; D006909:Hydroxyproline; D000157:Aconitine
keywords: Low-intensity endurance exercise; Nandrolone decanoate; Ventricular arrhythmias