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J Appl Physiol 93: 1301-1309, 2002. First published May 24, 2002; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00231.2002
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Vol. 93, Issue 4, 1301-1309, October 2002

Intensity-controlled treadmill running in mice: cardiac and skeletal muscle hypertrophy

Ole Johan Kemi1, Jan P. Loennechen1,2, Ulrik Wisløff1,2, and Øyvind Ellingsen1,2

1 Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim; and 2 Department of Cardiology, St. Olavs Hospital HF, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway

Whereas novel pathways of pathological heart enlargement have been unveiled by thoracic aorta constriction in genetically modified mice, the molecular mechanisms of adaptive cardiac hypertrophy remain virtually unexplored and call for an effective and well-characterized model of physiological mechanical loading. Experimental procedures of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) and intensity-controlled treadmill running were established in 40 female and 36 male C57BL/6J mice. An inclination-dependent VO2 max with 0.98 test-retest correlation was found at 25° treadmill grade. Running for 2 h/day, 5 days/wk, in intervals of 8 min at 85-90% of VO2 max and 2 min at 50% (adjusted to weekly VO2 max testing) increased VO2 max to a plateau 49% above sedentary females and 29% in males. Running economy improved in both sexes, and echocardiography indicated significantly increased left ventricle posterior wall thickness. Ventricular weights increased by 19-29 and 12-17% in females and males, respectively, whereas cardiomyocyte dimensions increased by 20-32, and 17-23% in females and males, respectively; skeletal muscle mass increased by 12-18%. Thus the model mimics human responses to exercise and can be used in future studies of molecular mechanisms underlying these adaptations.

maximal oxygen uptake; work economy; respiratory exchange ratio; cardiomyocyte; allometric scaling


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