Identification of exercise-related genes in mice exposed to cigarette smoke
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ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoke (CS) is the major risk factor for COPD and is linked to cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Exercise training, as part of pulmonary rehabilitation, is recommended for all COPD patients. It has several physiological benefits, but the involved mechanisms remain poorly defined. Here, we employed transcriptomic profiling and examined lung endothelium to investigate novel interactions between exercise and CS on cardiopulmonary alterations. Mice were exposed to 20 weeks of CS, CS + 6 weeks of high-intensity interval training on a treadmill or control. Lung and cardiac (left and right ventricle) tissue were harvested, and RNA-sequencing was performed and validated with RT-qPCR. Immunohistochemistry assessed pulmonary arteriolar changes. Transcriptome analysis between groups revealed 37 significantly regulated genes in the lung, 21 genes in the left ventricle, and 43 genes in the right ventricle (likelihood-ratio test). Validated genes that showed an interaction between exercise and CS included angiotensinogen (p=0.002) and resistin-like alpha (p=0.019) in left ventricle, with prostacyclin synthetase different in pulmonary arterioles (p=0.004). Transcriptomic profiling revealed changes in pulmonary and cardiac tissue following exposure to CS, with exercise training exerting rescue effects. Exercise-regulated genes included angiotensinogen and resistin-like alpha. However, it remains unclear if these represent potential candidate genes or biomarkers involved during pulmonary rehabilitation.
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 4000, Illumina
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
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PROVIDER: E-MTAB-12256 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): ERP141538
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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