PMID- 26663920 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160920 LR - 20181113 IS - 0008-5286 (Print) IS - 0008-5286 (Linking) VI - 56 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Dec TI - Evaluation of plasma inflammatory cytokine concentrations in racing sled dogs. PG - 1252-6 AB - In human athletes significant changes in cytokine concentrations secondary to exercise have been observed. This prospective study evaluated the effect of a multi-day stage sled dog race on plasma concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and interleukin-10 (IL-10). Samples from 20 dogs were harvested prior to and on days 2 and 8 of an 8-day race. Exercise resulted in significantly decreased TNF-alpha and IL-8 as well as increases of MCP-1, IL-6, and IL-10 concentrations (P-value between 0.01 and < 0.0001 for all parameters). The proportion of values for IL-2 that were below the detection limit increased from 40% on day 0 to 75% on day 2 and decreased on day 8 to 40% (P = 0.04). Racing sled dogs show cytokine-concentration changes that are different from those in humans. FAU - von Pfeil, Dirsko J F AU - von Pfeil DJ AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Cummings, Bethany P AU - Cummings BP AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Loftus, John P AU - Loftus JP AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Levine, Corri B AU - Levine CB AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Mann, Sabine AU - Mann S AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Downey, Robert L AU - Downey RL AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Griffitts, Caroline AU - Griffitts C AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). FAU - Wakshlag, Joseph J AU - Wakshlag JJ AD - Surgical Services, Friendship Hospital for Animals, 4105 Brandywine Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20016, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1314, USA (von Pfeil); Department of Biomedical Sciences (Cummings), Department of Clinical Sciences (Loftus, Levine, Wakshlag), Department of Population Medicine (Mann), College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Annamaet Petfoods, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA (Downey); The Traveling Vet LLC, Loveland, Colorado, USA (Griffitts). LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Canada TA - Can Vet J JT - The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne JID - 0004653 RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/*blood/metabolism MH - Dogs/blood/*immunology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - Male MH - *Sports PMC - PMC4668826 EDAT- 2015/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/22 06:00 PMCR- 2016/06/01 CRDT- 2015/12/15 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cvj_12_1252 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Can Vet J. 2015 Dec;56(12):1252-6.