Background : Deep-frying is a common cooking method in which cooking is accompanied by carcinogenic byproducts such as acrolein. Acrolein is a toxic byproduct of lipid peroxidation, which has been implicated in pulmonary, cardiac, and neurodegenerative diseases. This study aimed to explore the effect of aerobic exercise and octopamine on caspase 3 and pro-caspase 3 expression levels in the heart tissue of rat exposed deep-frying oil. Methods : 30 male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups (n=6 in each) including 1) control (CO), 2) deep-frying oil (DFO), 3) deep-frying oil+exercise (DFO+EXE), 4) deep-frying oil+octopamine (DFO+OCT), and 5) deep-frying oil+exercise+octopamine (DFO+EXE+OCT). The apoptotic effects of DFO in heart tissue were examined by TUNEL assay. Masson's trichrome stain used to study cardiomyocytes’ fibers. Moreover, caspase 3 and pro-caspase 3 genes and proteins expression in all groups were evaluated using quantitative real-time PCR and western blotting method, respectively. Results : Data showed a significant increase in apoptotic cells in the DFO-treated group ( P <0.05). Masson's trichrome stain analysis demonstrated that the number of cardiomyocytes' fibers are decreased, and collagen deposition is increased in the DFO group. In comparison, the collagen percentage was significantly reduced in exercise, OCT, and exercise+OCT groups. Also, the expression level of caspase 3 and pro-caspase 3 was significantly decreased in deep-frying oil+exercise+OCT group ( P <0.05). Conclusions : The results of our study show that DFO lead to programmed cell death via the activation of caspase in heart tissue. However, it seems that aerobic exercise with octopamine supplementation improves heart tissue by significantly decrease the expression of caspase 3 and pro-caspase 3 that inhibit apoptosis.