Le sommeil, de par ses fonctions récupératrices, est essentiel à la vie. Pour autant, la modification du mode de vie et des comportements, tant sédentaires que nutritionnels, sont à l’origine d’une altération du sommeil, conduisant ensemble à des situations d’obésité. Cet excès pondéral s’accompagne fréquemment d’un syndrome d’apnées obstructives du sommeil (SAOS). Lorsque ces deux pathologies sont présentes, les troubles métaboliques s’aggravent et sont à l’origine d’une inflammation de bas grade. A notre connaissance, aucune étude ne s’est intéressée aux bénéfices d’un reconditionnement à l’exercice physique combiné à une modification des habitudes alimentaires, en dehors de ceux induits par la perte de poids, sur ces différents paramètres. L’objectif de ce travail de thèse a donc été, à partir d’une étude ancillaire, d’évaluer le sommeil d’adolescents obèses par polysomnographie (PSG) par comparaison à celui de sujets normo-pondérés. Dans l’étude principale, les effets d’un programme de 9 mois (reconditionnement à l’exercice, activités physiques adaptées, rééquilibre alimentaire) ont été évalués sur l’architecture et la durée du sommeil, le SAOS, les différents facteurs biologiques (inflammatoires, hormonaux, profils glucidique et lipidique) et sur les adaptations physiologiques à l’exercice musculaire, afin de mieux comprendre l’implication de l’endurance aérobie et des troubles du sommeil sur la santé cardio-métabolique. Trente-deux adolescents obèses (âge : 14,6 ans, z-score d’IMC= 4 ,7) ont été recrutés. Toutes les variables ont été analysées en pré et post-intervention. Les résultats montrent une durée de sommeil réduite chez les jeunes obèses avec un SAOS, diagnostiqué chez 58% d’entre eux, malgré une architecture du sommeil satisfaisante. En post-intervention, une perte de poids de 11 kg et une amélioration des paramètres d’adaptation à l’exercice maximal (PMA, VE, VO2pic…) ont été rapportées chez tous les sujets, que le SAOS soit encore, ou non, présent. En effet, ce syndrome s’est normalisé chez 46% d’entre eux. Par ailleurs, grâce à l’intervention, le sommeil s’est amélioré (qualité et quantité). Enfin, la protéine C-réactive basale du groupe SAOS, dont les valeurs atteignaient 11mg/l à l’admission, a considérablement diminué, accompagnée d’une baisse de la leptinémie et d’une hausse de l’adiponectinémie, pouvant expliquer le moindre risque cardio-métabolique. Nos résultats démontrent qu’à l’admission, l’inflammation est liée à l’obésité, alors qu’en post-intervention, sa baisse s’explique par l’augmentation de l’endurance aérobie, et ceci indépendamment du sexe, du poids, de la durée de sommeil et du SAOS. Bien que ce dernier n’ait pas été normalisé chez tous les sujets, sa prévention par l’exercice physique ainsi que celle des troubles métaboliques observés dans ces deux pathologies devrait faire partie intégrante de la prise en charge des jeunes obèses en vue d’atténuer le risque de morbi-mortalité cardiovasculaire à l’âge adulte / Sleep, through its restorative functions, is essential for life. However, lifestyle modifications, sedentary and unhealthy feeding behaviors trigger sleep curtailment and sleep disruption, leading together to weight gain. Obesity is usually associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and these two diseases both induce metabolic dysfunctions and low-grade systemic inflammation. To the best of our knowledge, no study has assessed the effects of exercise reconditioning and modified food habits on these parameters. The purpose of this work was to assess and compare, from an ancillary study, polysomnographic variables between obese adolescents and normal-weight (NW) controls. In the main study, the effects of a 9-month program (exercise reconditioning, adapted physical activities and modified food habits) on sleep architecture, sleep duration, OSA, biological factors (inflammatory, hormonal, carbohydrates and lipid profiles) and physiological adaptations at exercise were assessed, in order to a better understanding of the roles of cardiorespiratory fitness and sleep disorders on cardio-metabolic health. Thirty-two obese adolescents (age: 14.6 years, BMI z-score: 4.7) were recruited. Every parameters were assessed at admission and post-intervention. Short sleep duration and a high prevalence of OSA (58%) were observed at admission in obese adolescents despite a satisfying sleep architecture, compared with NW controls. Post-intervention, weight loss (11kg) and improved parameters of physiological adaptations at exercise (MAP, VE, VO2peak) were found in every subject and OSA was normalized in 46% of them. Sleep quantity and sleep quality were improved. Decreased C-reactive protein (6.78 vs 10.98 mg/l) and leptin concentrations, and increased adiponectin levels were found, and cardio-metabolic risk (CMR) was decreased. At admission, obesity explains by itself the systemic inflammation whereas the decrease in inflammation, post-intervention, is explained by enhanced cardiorespiratory fitness related to fat-free mass, after controlling for sex, weight loss, change in sleep duration and OSA. Prevention of OSA and metabolic dysfunctions by chronic exercise should be an integral part of the obesity management in youths in order to decrease the risk of cardiovascular morbi-mortality in adulthood

Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen spielen eine immer dominanter werdende Rolle als Ursachen von Morbidität und Mortalität. Endotheliale Dysfunktion, Arteriosklerose und ischämische Herzerkrankungen sind unangefochten die häufigsten Todesursachen in hochentwickelten Ländern. Die Krankheitslast kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen wird durch die globale Zunahme von Risikofaktoren wie Übergewicht, metabolischem Syndrom und Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 in Zukunft wohl weiter steigen. Keines der in der heutigen Form existierenden Gesundheitssysteme ist den gesundheitlichen Folgen dieser bedenklichen epidemiologischen Entwicklung gewachsen, ohne dafür beträchtliche Einschnitte in Qualität oder Quantität hinnehmen zu müssen. Präventivmedizinische Strategien haben im Vergleich zur Akutmedizin bisher eine wesentlich geringere Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Aufgrund der weiterhin steigenden Krankheitslast werden gerade präventivmedizinische Strategien immer wichtiger. Die Ermittlung der individuellen kardiovaskulären Gesundheit beinhalten neben einer Untersuchung wichtiger physiologsicher Kernsysteme, einen besonderen Fokus auf die Stärkung der gesundheitlichen Eigenverantwortung durch Vermittlung entsprechender medizinischer Zusammenhänge. Dies kann durch geeignete und prognostisch wertvolle Untersuchungsmethoden und laienverständliche Interpretationen der komplexen kardiovaskulären Zusammenhänge realisiert werden. Mithilfe eines besseren Verständnisses für die eigene kardiovaskuläre Gesundheit und gezielter konkreter Hilfestellungen von ärztlicher Seite, können grundlegende Strukturen für einen achtsameren Umgang mit der eigenen Gesundheit geschaffen werden. Alltägliche körperliche Aktivität, Körperzusammensetzung, Gefäßsteifigkeit und die maximale Leistungsfähigkeit bilden aktuellen Studien zufolge vier relativ einfach zu erhebend Hauptdeterminanten kardiovaskulärer Gesundheit mit großer prädiktiver Vorhersagekraft für kardiovaskulärer Ereignisse. Die Einordnung der Untersuchungsbefunde unter Berücksichtigung altersentsprechender Referenzdaten bietet zusätzlich die Möglichkeit, chronologisches und biologisches Alter zu differenzieren. Darüber hinaus könnte das hier vorgestellte Untersuchungskonzept ebenso dafür eingesetzt werden, die Effektivität von zuvor eingeleiteten therapeutischen Strategien zu überprüfen und eine Übermedikation zu vermeiden. Ein stärkerer Fokus auf nachhaltige kardiovaskuläre präventivmedizinische Strategien birgt das Potential Morbidität und Mortalität zu Reduzieren und die Lebensqualität und Selbstbestimmung der Klienten zu steigern. / Nowadays endothelial dysfunction, arteriosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease depict major issues in most developed countries. Chronic diseases cause an increasing number of deaths worldwide. Responsible for approximately 30% of all deaths, this number is shocking despite the knowledge that these lives could be saved in a realistic point of view. However, disturbing global tendencies and the increase in epidemic overweight, obesity, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus type 2 seem to amplify cardiovascular diseases and deaths. No existing medical care system could ever sufficiently match these emergent burdens of global chronic diseases if these tendencies will continue to grow. Due to fatal epidemiological changes general practitioners will not only have to treat more diseases of elderly people, but also be the first contact person for enquiries about their health concerning the cardiovascular systems of younger and older generations. Strengthening prevention concerning cardiovascular diseases is probably the most efficient and only way to escape the vicious circle of pathophysiological processes. To implement cardiovascular prevention it is essential to focus on cardiovascular health rather than on cardiovascular disease. In order to master this challenge sufficiently a deliberate concept of preventive examinations for cardiovascular health is required to quantify cardiovascular wellness and sharpen the awareness of one’s health. Therefore, it is to establish precise, predictive and cost-efficient examination methods to quantify cardiovascular health and subclinical changes at early stages of a disease. Broader acceptance of the preventive potential and the use of modern technological advances could therefore be a powerful instrument to solve the growing global problem of chronic diseases. In this context the routine evaluation of daily physical activity, body composition, arterial stiffness and the maximum physical performance could be a starting point for a preventive diagnostic approach. They can serve as future parameters reflecting health, detecting subclinical diseases and encouraging people’s responsibility for their own health. Detailed information about the major cardiovascular parameters opens specific and efficient course of action to create multiple strategies for gaining or rehabilitating cardiovascular wellbeing

Une naissance prématurée vient interrompe le développement normal de plusieurs organes, notamment du cœur et des poumons, occasionnant des altérations structurelles et fonctionnelles des systèmes jusqu’à l’âge adulte. Bien que les bienfaits de la pratique d’activité physique (AP) sur la santé générale et la capacité d’exercice chez la population en santé et la population à risque sont bien connus. Toutefois, aucune étude n’a encore évalué si la population de jeunes adultes nés très prématurément pourrait également bénéficier de ces bienfaits. Le présent mémoire a donc pour objectif d’évaluer la faisabilité et d’estimer l’effet d’une intervention supervisée en exercice de 14 semaines sur la santé cardiorespiratoire et musculaire des jeunes adultes nés très prématurément comparativement à des jeunes adultes nés à terme (contrôles). Les données de cet essai clinique pilote non randomisé ont été recueillies avant, pendant et après l’exercice. La première étude a rapporté que l’intervention en exercice était sécuritaire, appréciée et bien respectée par les jeunes adultes nés très prématurément, mais que le recrutement était difficile, dû au haut niveau d’engagement nécessaire. Cette même étude a également révélé que l’intervention a permis aux jeunes adultes nés très prématurément d’augmenter leur niveau d’AP d’intensité moyenne à élevée. La seconde étude a pu estimer la réponse des femmes ayant complété un nombre suffisant de séances d’entrainement et a révélé qu’elles ont amélioré leur endurance musculaire (pompes et redressements assis) ainsi que leur capacité aérobie. Toutefois, suivant l’intervention, la force et la puissance de leurs membres inférieurs de même que leur ventilation minute durant l’effort sont demeurées moindres que celles des femmes nées à terme. L’intervention par l’exercice est donc faisable et sécuritaire pour des individus nés très prématurément et suggère l’amélioration de certains paramètres cardiorespiratoires et musculaires des femmes nées très prématurément. Ces résultats indiquent le potentiel de l’exercice comme intervention non pharmacologique pour contrer les dommages physiologiques causés par une naissance prématurée. / Premature birth interrupts the normal development of several organs, particularly the heart and lungs, causing structural and functional alterations of the systems in adulthood. Although the benefits of physical activity on general health and exercise capacity in healthy and at-risk populations are well known, no studies have yet evaluated whether the population of young adults born very preterm could also benefit from these effects. The objective of this master’s thesis is therefore to evaluate the feasibility and estimate the effect of a supervised 14-week exercise intervention on the cardiorespiratory and muscular health of young adults born very preterm compared to young adults born at term (controls). Data from this non- randomized pilot trial were collected before, during, and after the exercise intervention. The first study showed that the exercise intervention was safe, valuable, and appreciated by young adults born very preterm, but that recruitment in the program was difficult due to the high level of commitment. The same study also showed that young adults born very preterm increased their moderate-to-high intensity PA levels following the intervention. The second study estimated the response of women who completed a sufficient number of training sessions and revealed that women born very preterm improved their muscular endurance (push-ups and sit-ups) as well as their aerobic capacity. However, following the intervention, their lower limb strength and endurance as well as their minute ventilation during exercise remained lower than women born at term. Exercise intervention is therefore feasible and safe for individuals born very preterm and could lead to improvement of certain cardiorespiratory and muscular parameters in women born very preterm, demonstrating the potential of exercise as a non-pharmacological intervention to mitigates the effects of premature birth on health.

Le vieillissement cardiaque est fortement associé à l’apparition d’une fibrose pouvant entrainer une dysfonction progressive du remplissage et de l’éjection ventriculaire. Le dépistage du remodelage et du vieillissement cardiovasculaire sont primordiaux afin de proposer des stratégies de prévention et de prises en charge spécifiques visant à retarder l’apparition ou ralentir la progression d’une insuffisance cardiaque à fraction d’éjection préservée. Les outils cliniques, biologiques ou d’imagerie sont insuffisamment performants à l’heure actuelle pour dépister ces modifications précoces ou prédire l’apparition de remodelage ultérieur de façon efficace. La réalisation d’une méta-analyse avec revue de la littérature, nous a permis de montrer la valeur de la déformation myocardique comme marqueur du remodelage cardiovasculaire dans le post-infarctus, mais nous a aussi éclairé sur la complexité du phénomène et le manque de preuves sur sa potentielle valeur additionnelle en pratique clinique. Après avoir validé les différents outils de quantification du remodelage dans nos cohortes, nous avons montré l’importance d’une expertise précise de la morphologie et de la fonction cardiaque lors d’un évènement aigu pour prédire un remodelage ultérieur. Nous avons précisé le rôle de la déformation myocardique dans la quantification de la taille de l’infarctus, sa sévérité et son éventuelle extension au ventricule droit. Enfin, nous avons mis en relation les paramètres de contractilité et de fonction vasculaire en montrant la valeur du couplage ventriculo artériel mesuré en IRM. Ces travaux ouvrent la voie pour une stratégie d’évaluation d’imagerie précoce en post-infarctus pouvant orienter les thérapeutiques de revascularisation et/ou de réhabilitation / Cardiovascular aging is strongly associated with myocardial fibrosis and progressive LV systolic/diastolic dysfunction including vascular stiffening. Cardiac remodeling with left ventricular parietal stress and hypertrophy take place over several years and can ultimately lead to the occurrence of heart failure. Clinical, biological or imaging tools are currently insufficient to detect early changes or to predict the onset of subsequent remodeling in an effective manner. However, if subclinical structural and functional cardiac abnormalities are not detected by conventional echocardiographic techniques, they may be evaluated by others imaging tools with the measurement of myocardial deformation parameters. We performed a systematic review suggesting that deformation imaging is associated with left ventricular volume and function changes regardless the mechanisms and deformation direction. But added strain predictive value over other clinical, biological and imaging variables remains to prove. After validation of various remodeling indices, we proved the add value of a comprehensive assessment of ventricule geometry and function to evaluate remodeling after an acute event. We confirmed the central role of myocardial deformation for infarct size quantification and detect right ventricle extension. Finally, we used vascular function measured by MRI to demonstrate the relation between ventriculo-arterial coupling and remodeling. Further studies are needed to assess the gain in information provided by strain and these new biomarkers.

Les RASopathies avec phénotype Noonan associent le syndrome de Noonan (SN), le syndrome cardio-facio-cutané (SCFC) et le syndrome de Costello (SC). Leurs manifestations dermatologiques restent peu étudiées.Objectifs Colliger les différentes manifestations dermatologiques des SN, SCFC et SC afin d’établir leur nature et leur prévalence, et définir d’éventuelles corrélations phénotype/génotype au sein de chacune de ces affections.Méthodes Les patients atteints d’un SN, SCFC et SC confirmé sur le plan moléculaire par la présence d’une mutation germinale pathogène étaient inclus dans une étude menée durant 5 ans dans les départements de Génétique, Dermatologie et Pédiatrie des CHU de Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Paris AP-HP (Hôpital Robert-Debré et Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades), Rennes, Saint-Pierre (La Réunion) et Toulouse.Résultats Cent quatre-vingt-quatorze patients atteints de SN, SCFC et SC étaient inclus. Cent-vingt et un patients atteints de SN étaient inclus. La tendance aux hématomes était la manifestation la plus fréquente au cours du SN-PTPN11 (53.8%). Les ML et les tâches café-au-lait atypiques (≥3) étaient observés respectivement dans 94% et 80% des SNML liés à des mutations spécifiques de PTPN11. Des formes atypiques de SNML étaient associées au SN-RAF1 et SN-NRAS. En analyse univariée, les patients sans mutation PTPN11 présentaient (i) un risque de troubles de la kératinisation augmenté (P=0.001), dont la kératose pilaire (KP) (P=0.005), l’ulerythema ophryogenes (UO) (P=0.0001) et la kératodermie palmoplantaire (KPP) (P=0.06), et (ii) un risque augmenté d’alopécie du scalp (P=0.035) et des cils (P=0.06) par rapport aux patients sans mutation PTPN11.Quarante-cinq patients atteints de SCFC étaient inclus, parmi lesquels 77,8% avec mutation BRAF. Les anomalies pilaires étaient constantes, incluant une alopécie du scalp et des sourcils et des cheveux frisés ou bouclés respectivement dans 73% et 69% des cas. Une KP, un UO, une KPP et de multiples naevi (MN >50) étaient observés respectivement dans 82%, 44%, 27% et 29% des cas. L’alopécie des sourcils, l’association UO et KPP, la KP diffuse, et les MN constituaient des signes pertinents de différenciation du SCFC avec le SN et le SC. L’acitrétine orale permettait de traiter avec succès la KPP, tandis que le traitement de l’UO par sirolimus à 1% en topique échouait. Aucune corrélation phénotype-génotype n’était notée.Vingt-et-un patients atteints de SC étaient inclus, parmi lesquels 60% avec la mutation p.G12S-HRAS. Les anomalies pilaires étaient constantes, comprenant des cheveux frisés ou bouclés et une alopécie du scalp respectivement dans 70% and 60% des cas. Un acanthosis nigricans, des papillomes, une KPP, et une cutis laxa acrale étaient notés respectivement dans 65%, 65%, 55% et 80% des cas. Des papules linéaires à disposition pavimenteuse de la lèvre supérieure étaient présentes dans 55% des cas, tandis que l’alopécie des sourcils ou le lymphoedème n’étaient pas observés. Aucune corrélation phénotype-génotype n’était notée. Un patient avec SC atypique avec mutation c187_207dup21/p.Glu63_Asp69dup-HRAS présentait un phénotype cutané distinct associant des MN, un lymphoedème et des manifestations dermatologiques de SC, évoquant une nouvelle forme phénotypique de chevauchement entre un SC et un SN et/ou un SCFC.Conclusion La connaissance précise des manifestations dermatologiques des RASopathies et l’identification de thérapeutiques permet une optimisation de leur prise en charge. / Background Data on dermatological manifestations of RASopathies with Noonan phenotype including Noonan syndrome (NS), cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFCS) and Costello syndrome (CS) remain heterogeneous and based on little dermatological expertise.Objectives To describe the dermatological manifestations of NS, CFCS and CS compare them with the literature findings, and test for dermatological phenotype-genotype correlations with or without the presence of PTPN11, BRAF and pG12S-HRAS mutations respectively for NS, CFCS and CS.Methods We performed a large, 5-year, prospective, multicentric, collaborative dermatological and genetic study.Results A total of 194 patients with NS, CFC and CS were included. One hundred and twenty-nine patients with NS were enrolled, including 65 with PTPN11-NS, 34 with PTPN11-NS with multiple lentigines (NSML), and 30 without PTPN11-NS. Easy bruising was the most frequent dermatological finding in PTPN11-NS, present in 53.8%. Multiple lentigines and café-au-lait macules (≥3) were present in, respectively, 94% and 80% of NSML linked to specific mutations of PTPN11. Atypical forms of NSML could be associated with NS with RAF1 or NRAS mutations. In univariate analysis, patients without a PTPN11 mutation showed (i) a significantly higher frequency of keratinization disorders (P=0.001), including keratosis pilaris (P=0.005), ulerythema ophryogenes (P=0.0001) and palmar and/or plantar hyperkeratosis (P=0.06, trend association), and (ii) a significantly higher frequency of scarce scalp hair (P=0.035) and scarce or absent eyelashes (P=0.06, trend association) than those with PTPN11 mutations. Forty-five patients with CFCS were enrolled with mutations in BRAFin 77.8%. Hair abnormalities were ubiquitous, including scarcity or absence of eyebrows and wavy or curly hair respectively in 73% and 69%. Keratosis pilaris (KP), ulerythema ophryogenes (UO), palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis (PPHK), and multiple melanocytic naevi (MMN; MN >50) were noted respectively in 82%, 44%, 27% and 29%. Scarcity or absence of eyebrows, association of UO and PPHK, diffuse KP, and MMN best differentiated CFCS from NS and CS. Oral acitretin may be highly beneficial for therapeutic management of PPHK, whereas treatment of UO by topical 1% sirolimus failed. No significant dermatological phenotype-genotype correlation was determined. Twenty-one patients with CS were enrolled with p.G12S mutation of HRAS identified respectively in 60%. Hair abnormalities were ubiquitous, including wavy or curly hair and scalp alopecia respectively in 70% and 60%. Acanthosis nigricans with pachydermatoglyphia, papillomas with periorificial location, PPHK, and acral cutis laxa were noted respectively in 65%, 65%, 55% and 80%. Cobblestone papillomatous linear papules of the upper lip was present in 55%, while scarcity of eyebrows and lymphedema were almost absent. No significant dermatological phenotype-genotype correlation was determined. One patient with CS with c187_207dup21/p.Glu63_Asp69dup mutation of HRAS had a new distinct cutaneous phenotype including MMN and severe lymphedema similar to NS and/or CFCS findings.Conclusions A thorough knowledge of RASopathies skin manifestations would help in making a positive diagnosis.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Avaliou-se a atividade de Bothrops marajoensis (Bmj) e suas fraÃÃes no sistema cardiorrenal. A resposta pressora do veneno bruto demonstrou uma diminuiÃÃo da pressÃo arterial mÃdia e da freqÃÃncia cardÃaca, sem alteraÃÃes significativas na freqÃÃncia respiratÃria. Em ratos atropinizados demonstrou a permanÃncia dos efeitos. Na perfusÃo de coraÃÃo isolado de ratos observou-se uma diminuiÃÃo na forÃa de contraÃÃo miocÃrdica acompanhada de um aumento da pressÃo de perfusÃo, sem alteraÃÃes no fluxo coronariano. A anÃlise eletrocardiogrÃfica em ratos apÃs injeÃÃo de Bmj provocou um bloqueio Ãtrio ventricular gradual atà um bloqueio completo indicando arritmia e dificuldade de conduÃÃo atrial. Em leito vascular mesentÃrio prÃ-contraÃdo com fenilefrina nÃo houve alteraÃÃes significativas. No sistema de perfusÃo renal em ratos apresentou decrÃscimo significativo na pressÃo de perfusÃo, resistÃncia vascular, fluxo urinÃrio, ritmo de filtraÃÃo e transportes de sÃdio e de cloreto. Fosfolipase miotÃxica (tipo 1) demonstrou alteraÃÃes somente no transporte de Ãons. A atividade de Bmj em doses crescentes em nervo FrÃnico Diafragma de rato mostrou um bloqueio na forÃa de contraÃÃo dose dependente, com efeito significante nas maiores doses. Em canal deferente de camundongos induziu a uma inibiÃÃo dose dependente da contraÃÃo estimulada por campo elÃtrico. Este feito nÃo foi revertido pela Ioimbina nem por naloxone. Em outro estudo a adiÃÃo do veneno bruto de Bmj inibiu a contraÃÃo neurogÃnica,quando comparado com nenhuma queda significante pela contraÃÃo com Cch, NA ou ATP (em Krebs normal ou enriquecido com guanetidina e fentolamina. A ausÃncia de efeito do veneno bruto de Bothrops marajoensis sobre a contraÃÃo induzida pelos principais agonistas purinÃrgicos demonstra provÃvel atividade a nÃvel prÃ-sinÃptico. FraÃÃes de fosfolipases miotÃxicas (tipo 1 e tipo 2) demonstraram uma inibiÃÃo da contraÃÃo dose dependente. / In this article we evaluated the activity of Bothrops marajoensis (Bmj) and its fractions in the cardio-renal system. The results of the total venom in blood pressure experiments showed a decrease in the mean arterial pressure and heart rate without significant changes in respiratory rate. The same experiments performed in rats atropinized showed the permanence of falling blood pressure and heart rate. After administration of Bmj used in infusion of isolated rats heart of there was a decrease in myocardial force of contraction accompanied by an increase in perfusion pressure, without changes in coronary flow. The electrocardiographic analysis after injection of Bmj in rats causes a progressive atrioventricular block until a complete blockage and difficulty in atrial conduction. The assessment in the mesenteric vascular bed Bmj did not produce significant changes. The system renal perfusion in rats caused significant decrease in perfusion pressure, renal vascular resistance, urinary flow, filtration rate, transport of sodium and chloride. The phospholipase (PLA2) type 1 showed only an alteration in the transport of electrolytes. The Bmj fractions neurotoxicity in rat phrenic nerve diaphragm increasing showed a blockage dose-dependent in the strength of contraction. In mice vas deferens we observed an induced of a dose-dependent inhibition of contraction stimulated by electric field. This fact was not reversed by yohimbine or by naloxone. In another study the addition of the total venom of Bmj inhibited the neurogenic contraction, compared with no significant decrease in contraction by Cch, NA or ATP (in normal Krebs solution or with enriched with guanethidine and phentolamine). The fractions, PLA2 (type 1 and type 2) showed a dose-dependent inhibition of contraction.

La gravité est une stimulation permanente pour l'organisme sur terre. La microgravité induit des modifications de nombreuses fonctionnalités, y compris celles du système cardio-vasculaire. Le but de ce travail était d‟étudier les mécanismes des modifications vasculaires induites par les modèles de microgravité. Nous avons conduit nos études chez l‟homme à l‟aide de l‟immersion sèche qui est considérée comme un des modèles reproduisant au mieux la microgravité. L'immersion sèche est le seul modèle de microgravité prolongée à imiter l'absence d‟appui. Notre travail montre que l‟immersion sèche induit une atteinte au niveau microcirculatoire avec une dysfonction endothéliale (étude des microparticules circulantes) et une atteinte de la fonction vasodilatatrice cutanée (étude par iontophorèse couplée au laser Doppler). Cette atteinte vasculaire s'intègre dans un syndrome de déconditionnement cardiovasculaire plus global que nous avons également étudié. Il comprend un nouvel équilibre hydro-sodé qui survient très rapidement, dans les 24 premières heures. Pendant la période de récupération, nous avons observé une augmentation significative du NT-proBNP qui pourrait être un marqueur biologique du déconditionnement cardio-vasculaire. Nos études sur l‟animal avec les modèles d‟hypokinésie et d'inclinaison tête en bas discontinues chroniques suggèrent qu'une translocation augmentée d‟endotoxine et une réduction du métabolisme énergétique en microgravité pourraient participer aux atteintes endothéliales. La dysfonction endothéliale deviendrait ainsi une cible thérapeutique pour des atteintes liées à l‟inactivité physique et à la microgravité.

<p>Research using mice and rats has gained interest because they are robust test beds for clinical drug development and are used to elucidate disease etiologies. Blood vessel visualization and blood flow measurements are important anatomic and physiologic indicators to drug/disease stimuli or genetic modification. Cardio-pulmonary blood flow is an important indicator of heart and lung performance. Small animal functional imaging provides a way to measure physiologic changes minimally-invasively while the animal is alive, thereby allowing for multiple measurements in the same animal with little physiologic perturbation. Current methods of measuring cardio-pulmonary blood flow suffer from some or all of these limitations-they produce relative measurements, are limited to global or whole animal or organ regions, do not provide vasculature visualization, limited to a few or singular samples per animal, are not able to measure acute changes, or are very invasive or requires animal sacrifice. The focus of this work was the development of a small animal x-ray imaging system capable of minimally invasive real-time, high resolution vascular visualization, and cardio-pulmonary blood flow measurements in the live animal. The x-ray technique used was digital subtraction angiography (DSA). This technique is a particularly appealing approach because it is easy to use, can capture rapid physiological changes on a heart beat-to-beat basis, and provides anatomical and functional vasculature information. This DSA system is special because it was designed and implemented from the ground up to be optimized for small animal imaging and functional measurements. This system can perform: 1) minimally invasive in vivo blood flow measurements, 2) multiple measurements in the same animal in a rapid succession (every 30 seconds-a substantial improvement over singular measurements that require minutes to acquire by the Fick method), 3) very high resolution (up to 46 micron) vascular visualization, 4) quantitative blood flow measurements in absolute metrics (mL/min instead of arbitrary units or velocity) and relative blood volume dynamics from discrete ROIs, and 5) relative mean transit time dynamics on a pixel-by-pixel basis (100 µm x 100 µm). The end results are 1) anatomical vessel time course images showing the contrast agent flowing through the vasculature, 2) blood flow information of the live rat cardio-pulmonary system in absolute units and relative blood volume information at discrete ROIs of enhanced blood vessels, and 3) colormaps of relative transit time dynamics. This small animal optimized imaging system can be a useful tool in future studies to measure drug or disease modulated blood flow dynamics in the small animal.</p> / Dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / PURPOSE:The aims of this study were to i) investigate the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity participation, cardiorespiratory endurance (fitness) and perceived sports competence, ii) assess the long-term impact of a one year primary school intervention to improve motor skills on physical activity and motor skill proficiency and iii) determine whether the observed relationships varied according to gender.METHODS: The Physical Activity and Skills Study (PASS) followed up participants of a primary school intervention (Move It Groove It - MIGI) to improve motor skill proficiency. Participants were initially assessed in 2000 as part of the intervention. In 2006/07, they were re-assessed for motor skill proficiency and also measured for physical activity level (Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire), cardiorespiratory fitness (Multistage Fitness Test) and perceived sports competence (Physical Self-Perception Profile). Composite object control (kick, catch, throw) and locomotor (hop, side gallop, vertical jump) skill scores were constructed for analysis. Linear regressions examined relationships between childhood skill proficiency and adolescent: i) time in physical activity intensities and type, controlling for gender and school grade and ii) cardiorespiratory fitness, controlling for gender. Structural equation modelling was used to determine whether perceived sports competence mediated between childhood object control skill proficiency and subsequent adolescent physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. A general linear model examined the relationship between being an intervention/control student and time in physical activity adjusting for childhood skill and gender. RESULTS:From 928 original participants in 2000, 481 were located in 28 schools and 276 (57%) were assessed with at least one follow-up measure in 2006/07. Slightly more than half were female (52.4%) with a mean age of 16.4 years (range 14.2 to 18.3 yrs). Childhood object skill proficiency significantly impacted on later skill proficiency, physical activity and fitness, for both genders. Furthermore, perceived sports competence acted as a mediator between childhood object control skill proficiency and subsequent adolescent physical activity and fitness. Locomotor proficiency was not predictive of any outcome variable. Six years after the intervention, participants from the intervention schools still performed better than controls in one object control skill, but were no more active.CONCLUSION: Childhood proficiency in object control skills is an important influence on subsequent positive health-related behaviours and outcomes. Childhood interventions to improve object control skills may have a lasting impact. Results may inform intervention designs to promote physical activity and fitness in youth.

Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / PURPOSE:The aims of this study were to i) investigate the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity participation, cardiorespiratory endurance (fitness) and perceived sports competence, ii) assess the long-term impact of a one year primary school intervention to improve motor skills on physical activity and motor skill proficiency and iii) determine whether the observed relationships varied according to gender.METHODS: The Physical Activity and Skills Study (PASS) followed up participants of a primary school intervention (Move It Groove It - MIGI) to improve motor skill proficiency. Participants were initially assessed in 2000 as part of the intervention. In 2006/07, they were re-assessed for motor skill proficiency and also measured for physical activity level (Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire), cardiorespiratory fitness (Multistage Fitness Test) and perceived sports competence (Physical Self-Perception Profile). Composite object control (kick, catch, throw) and locomotor (hop, side gallop, vertical jump) skill scores were constructed for analysis. Linear regressions examined relationships between childhood skill proficiency and adolescent: i) time in physical activity intensities and type, controlling for gender and school grade and ii) cardiorespiratory fitness, controlling for gender. Structural equation modelling was used to determine whether perceived sports competence mediated between childhood object control skill proficiency and subsequent adolescent physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. A general linear model examined the relationship between being an intervention/control student and time in physical activity adjusting for childhood skill and gender. RESULTS:From 928 original participants in 2000, 481 were located in 28 schools and 276 (57%) were assessed with at least one follow-up measure in 2006/07. Slightly more than half were female (52.4%) with a mean age of 16.4 years (range 14.2 to 18.3 yrs). Childhood object skill proficiency significantly impacted on later skill proficiency, physical activity and fitness, for both genders. Furthermore, perceived sports competence acted as a mediator between childhood object control skill proficiency and subsequent adolescent physical activity and fitness. Locomotor proficiency was not predictive of any outcome variable. Six years after the intervention, participants from the intervention schools still performed better than controls in one object control skill, but were no more active.CONCLUSION: Childhood proficiency in object control skills is an important influence on subsequent positive health-related behaviours and outcomes. Childhood interventions to improve object control skills may have a lasting impact. Results may inform intervention designs to promote physical activity and fitness in youth.