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Influence of angiotensinogen and angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphisms on cardiac hypertrophy and improvement on maximal aerobic capacity caused by exercise training

2009; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/hjr.0b013e32832c5a8a

1741-8275

Guilherme B. Alves, Edilamar Menezes de Oliveira, Cléber R. Alves, Heron Rhydan Saad Rached, Glória F.A. Mota, Alexandre C. Pereira, Maria Urbana Pinto Brandão Rondon, Nara Yumi Hashimoto, Luciene Ferreira Azevedo, José Eduardo Krieger, Carlos Eduardo Negrão,

Muscle metabolism and nutrition

The allele threonine (T) of the angiotensinogen has been associated with ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients and soccer players. However, the long-term effect of physical exercise in healthy athletes carrying the T allele remains unknown. We investigated the influence of methionine (M) or T allele of the angiotensinogen and D or I allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme on left-ventricular mass index (LVMI) and maximal aerobic capacity in young healthy individuals after long-term physical exercise training.Prospective clinical trial.Eighty-three policemen aged between 20 and 35 years (mean+/-SD 26+/-4.5 years) were genotyped for the M235T gene angiotensinogen polymorphism (TT, n = 25; MM/MT, n = 58) and angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism (II, n = 18; DD/DI, n = 65). Left-ventricular morphology was evaluated by echocardiography and maximal aerobic capacity (VO2peak) by cardiopulmonary exercise test before and after 17 weeks of exercise training (50-80% VO2peak).Baseline VO2peak and LVMI were similar between TT and MM/MT groups, and II and DD/DI groups. Exercise training increased significantly and similarly VO2peak in homozygous TT and MM/MT individuals, and homozygous II and DD/DI individuals. In addition, exercise training increased significantly LVMI in TT and MM/MT individuals (76.5+/-3 vs. 86.7+/-4, P = 0.00001 and 76.2+/-2 vs. 81.4+/-2, P = 0.00001, respectively), and II and DD/DI individuals (77.7+/-4 vs. 81.5+/-4, P = 0.0001 and 76+/-2 vs. 83.5+/-2, P = 0.0001, respectively). However, LVMI in TT individuals was significantly greater than in MM/MT individuals (P = 0.04). LVMI was not different between II and DD/DI individuals.Left-ventricular hypertrophy caused by exercise training is exacerbated in homozygous TT individuals with angiotensinogen polymorphism.