Int J Sports Med 2022; 43(06): 505-511
DOI: 10.1055/a-1670-7707
Physiology & Biochemistry

Exercise Training Increases Serum Cardiac Troponin T Independent of Left Ventricular Mass

Zhaowei Kong
1   Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao
,
Haifeng Zhang
2   Physical Education College, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
,
3   School of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, Macao
,
Li Wen
4   Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
,
Qingde Shi
3   School of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, Macao
,
San Fan Ng
3   School of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, Macao
,
Chuanye Huang
5   Graduate School, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China
,
Keith George
6   Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Funding This research was funded by Macao Polytechnic Institute (RP/ ESCSD-04/2020).

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether exercise training mediated cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and whether this was associated with increases in left ventricular mass (LVM). Fifty-four sedentary obese women were randomised to high-intensity interval training (HIIT, repeated 4–min cycling at 90% V̇O2max interspersed with 3–min rest), work-equivalent continuous aerobic training (CAT, continuous cycling at 60% V̇O2max) or a control group (CON). Resting serum cTnT was assessed using a high-sensitivity assay before and after 12 weeks of training. LVM was determined from 2D echocardiography at the same timepoints. Both HIIT and CAT induced a similar elevation (median 3.07 to 3.76 ng.l−1, p<0.05) in resting cTnT compared with pre-training and the CON (3.49 to 3.45 ng.l−1, p>0.05). LVM index in HIIT increased (62.2±7.8 to 73.1±14.1 g.m−2, p<0.05), but not in CAT (66.1±9.7 to 67.6±9.6 g.m−2, p>0.05) and CON (67.9±9.5 to 70.2±9.1 g.m−2, p>0.05). Training-induced changes in resting cTnT did not correlate with changes in LVM index (r=−0.025, p=0.857). These findings suggest that twelve weeks of either HIIT or CAT increased resting cTnT, but the effects were independent of any changes in LVM in sedentary obese women.

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Publication History

Received: 11 June 2021

Accepted: 30 September 2021

Article published online:
06 December 2021

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