ABSTRACT
Influences of the ACE gene polymorphism on exercise training-induced changes in cardiovascular risk factors and left ventricular mass in mid-life women
Jung, Yang Hee
Major of Physical Education
Graduate School of Education
Sungkyunkwan U...
ABSTRACT
Influences of the ACE gene polymorphism on exercise training-induced changes in cardiovascular risk factors and left ventricular mass in mid-life women
Jung, Yang Hee
Major of Physical Education
Graduate School of Education
Sungkyunkwan University
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not the ACE gene polymorphism modulate responses in cardiovascular risk factors and left ventricular mass to 12 weeks of aerobic exercise training in mid-life women. Thirty four of obese and mid-life women voluntarily participated in the current study. Following 10-12 hours of overnight fasting, all the subjects had two separate visits to the laboratory. On the first visit, the subjects underwent body composition, blood pressures, fasting venous blood sampling for the determinations of lipids, glucose, and the ACE genotyping, and graded treadmill exercise testing along with ECG monitoring for the determination of VO2max and left ventricular mass. On the second visit, the subjects underwent oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for 3 hours. Then the subjects had the 12-wk exercise training, which was performed at the 50-60% intensity of the VO2max with 3 days per week. After the 12-wk exercise training, all the baseline measurements were replicated. With respect to the results, all the data were presented with mean and standard deviations. Group analyses followed by the LSD post-hoc tests, if necessary, were used to compare exercise training-induced changes(delta score=post-training score minus pre-training score) in the measured variables
The following results were found in this study:
1) No significant differences in exercise training-induced responses of weight, %BF, BMI, waist, VO2max were found across the ACE genotype.
2) There was a significant genotype difference(P=0.038) in exercise training-induced blood pressure responses such that MAP significantly increased in the DD homozygotes but it significantly decreased in the II homozygotes.
3) No significant differences in exercise training-induced responses of TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C were found across the ACE genotype..
4) No significant differences in exercise training-induced responses of glucose, insulin, leptin, HOMA-IR were found across the ACE genotype.
5) No significant differences in exercise training-induced responses of Novacode algorithm and cornell voltage were found across the ACE genotype.
In conclusion, the current findings of the study show that the ACE genotype can be a genetic modulator at least in determining blood pressure responses to exercise training. Considering the facts that responses of other cardiovascular risk factors including blood lipids, glucose, and left ventricular mass to exercise training were not dependent on the ACE genotype, however, further studies would be necessary to confirm the current findings.