PMID- 11354527 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011004 LR - 20131121 IS - 0172-4622 (Print) IS - 0172-4622 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 3 DP - 2001 Apr TI - Carbohydrate beverage ingestion and neutrophil degranulation responses following cycling to fatigue at 75% VO2 max. PG - 226-31 AB - Carbohydrate (CHO) beverage ingestion appears to influence neutrophil functional responses to prolonged exercise of a fixed duration. The aim of this randomised study was to examine the effect of CHO (5% w/v) beverage ingestion on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated neutrophil degranulation responses in nine recreationally active males who cycled at 75% VO2 max until fatigue. On two separate occasions, subjects ingested either placebo (PLA) or CHO beverages before and at 15 min intervals during the exercise. Subjects exercised for 31% longer on the CHO trial compared with the PLA trial (P < 0.05). At fatigue plasma glucose concentration was significantly lower on the PLA trial compared with the CHO trial (P < 0.05). Plasma cortisol concentrations had increased similarly on both trials at this time. A marked neutrophilia was evident at fatigue and throughout the 4 h recovery period, the magnitude of which was similar on both trials. At fatigue LPS-stimulated elastase release per neutrophil had fallen similarly on both trials compared with pre-exercise values (47% and 50% on the PLA and CHO trials, respectively). In conclusion, our results suggest that CHO beverage ingestion has negligible influence on the hormonal, circulating neutrophil and LPS-stimulated neutrophil degranulation responses when exercise is performed to fatigue. FAU - Bishop, N C AU - Bishop NC AD - School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, England. FAU - Blannin, A K AU - Blannin AK FAU - Walsh, N P AU - Walsh NP FAU - Gleeson, M AU - Gleeson M LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PL - Germany TA - Int J Sports Med JT - International journal of sports medicine JID - 8008349 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - EC 3.4.21.36 (Pancreatic Elastase) RN - WI4X0X7BPJ (Hydrocortisone) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Beverages MH - Bicycling/physiology MH - Blood Glucose/analysis/immunology MH - Body Mass Index MH - Cell Degranulation/*immunology MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*immunology/metabolism MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Fatigue/*immunology MH - Heart Rate/immunology MH - Humans MH - Hydrocortisone/blood/immunology MH - Insulin/blood MH - Lactic Acid/blood MH - Leukocyte Count MH - Male MH - Neutrophils/*immunology MH - Pancreatic Elastase/blood/immunology MH - Physical Exertion/physiology MH - Plasma Volume/immunology EDAT- 2001/05/17 10:00 MHDA- 2001/10/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/05/17 10:00 PHST- 2001/05/17 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/10/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/05/17 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1055/s-2001-16386 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Sports Med. 2001 Apr;22(3):226-31. doi: 10.1055/s-2001-16386.