PMID- 11081462 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010308 LR - 20081121 IS - 1386-0291 (Print) IS - 1386-0291 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 4 DP - 2000 TI - Leukocyte activation, oxidant stress and red blood cell properties after acute, exhausting exercise in rats. PG - 253-9 AB - Red blood cell (RBC) mechanical alterations and oxidative damage were investigated after an acute exhausting exercise in rats, together with the leukocyte activation. The groups formed as follows. Control (C) (n = 9), group I (n = 9) and group II (n = 7) from which blood samples were collected 15 minutes and 24 hours respectively, after acute exercise. The rats were subjected to running at a speed of 17 m/min until exhaustion. The leukocyte phagocytic activity (LPA), RBC lipid peroxidation and RBC deformability were measured. LPA increased significantly after the exhausting exercise and prolonged till 24 hours (p = 0.0168). RBC membrane lipid peroxidation was gradually increased till 24 hours (p = 0.0297) and there was a significant correlation between LPA and RBC lipid peroxidation (r = 0.63, p = 0.015). There was a slight but significant decrease in mean corpuscular volume (MCV) (p = 0.0467) and increase in mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (p = 0.0458) suggesting a cellular dehydration after 24 hours. No significant alteration was detected in RBC deformability, assessed by the Cell Transit Analyzer (CTA) and thought that decreased MCV might have masked to determine the alterations in membrane mechanical properties in CTA. As a conclusion the results imply that activated leukocytes might play role in the RBC damage observed after exhausting exercise encouraging oxidative stress. FAU - Temiz, A AU - Temiz A AD - Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Balcova-Izmir, Turkey. aysegul.temiz@deu.edu.tr FAU - Baskurt, O K AU - Baskurt OK FAU - Pekcetin, C AU - Pekcetin C FAU - Kandemir, F AU - Kandemir F FAU - Gure, A AU - Gure A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Hemorheol Microcirc JT - Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation JID - 9709206 RN - 0 (Hemoglobins) RN - 0 (Membrane Lipids) RN - 0 (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Erythrocyte Count MH - Erythrocyte Deformability MH - Erythrocyte Indices MH - Erythrocyte Membrane/chemistry MH - Hematocrit MH - Hemoglobins/analysis MH - Lipid Peroxidation MH - *Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Membrane Lipids/blood/chemistry MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Phagocytosis MH - *Physical Exertion MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Running MH - Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/analysis EDAT- 2000/11/18 11:00 MHDA- 2001/03/10 10:01 CRDT- 2000/11/18 11:00 PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/10 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2000;22(4):253-9.