PMID- 35239782 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220307 LR - 20220319 IS - 1414-431X (Electronic) IS - 0100-879X (Print) IS - 0100-879X (Linking) VI - 55 DP - 2022 TI - Strenuous swimming raises blood non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity in rats. PG - e11891 LID - S0100-879X2022000100621 [pii] LID - 10.1590/1414-431X2022e11891 [doi] LID - e11891 AB - The non-enzymatic antioxidant system protects blood components from oxidative damage and/or injury. Herein, plasma non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity after acute strenuous swimming exercise (Exe) and exercise until exhaustion (Exh) was measured in rats. The experiments were carried out in never exposed (Nex) and pre-exposed (Pex) groups. The Nex group did not undergo any previous training before the acute strenuous swimming test and the Pex group was submitted to daily swimming for 10 min in the first week and 15 min per day in the second week before testing. Plasma glucose, lactate, and pyruvate were measured and plasma total protein sulfhydryl groups (thiol), trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), and total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter (TRAP) levels were evaluated. There were marked increases in plasma lactate concentrations (Nex-Control 1.31+/-0.20 vs NexExe 4.16+/-0.39 vs NexExh 7.19+/-0.67) and in thiol (Nex-Control 271.9+/-5.6 vs NexExh 314.7+/-5.7), TEAC (Nex-Control 786.4+/-60.2 vs NexExh 1027.7+/-58.2), FRAP (Nex-Control 309.2+/-17.7 vs NexExh 413.4+/-24.3), and TRAP (Nex-Control 0.50+/-0.15 vs NexExh 2.6+/-0.32) levels after acute swimming and/or exhaustion. Also, there were increased plasma lactate concentrations (Pex-Control 1.39+/-0.15 vs PexExe 5.22+/-0.91 vs PexExh 10.07+/-0.49), thiol (Pex-Control 252.9+/-8.2 vs PexExh 284.6+/-6.7), FRAP (Pex-Control 296.5+/-15.4 vs PexExh 445.7+/-45.6), and TRAP (Pex-Control 1.8+/-0.1 vs PexExh 4.6+/-0.2) levels after acute swimming and/or exhaustion. Lactate showed the highest percent of elevation in the Nex and Pex groups. In conclusion, plasma lactate may contribute to plasma antioxidant defenses, and the TRAP assay is the most sensitive assay for assessing plasma non-antioxidant capacity after strenuous exercise. FAU - Godoy, G AU - Godoy G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3339-0853 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Travassos, P B AU - Travassos PB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6914-2494 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Antunes, M M AU - Antunes MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4728-8518 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Iwanaga, C C AU - Iwanaga CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8261-6380 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Sa-Nakanishi, A B AU - Sa-Nakanishi AB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2300-1861 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Curi, R AU - Curi R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5095-9154 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao Interdisciplinar em Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. AD - Secao de Producao de Imunobiologicos, Centro Bioindustrial, Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. FAU - Comar, J F AU - Comar JF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9518-7589 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. FAU - Bazotte, R B AU - Bazotte RB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8563-7913 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brasil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220228 PL - Brazil TA - Braz J Med Biol Res JT - Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas JID - 8112917 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 8558G7RUTR (Pyruvic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antioxidants/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Pyruvic Acid MH - Rats MH - Swimming PMC - PMC8905668 EDAT- 2022/03/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/08 06:00 PMCR- 2022/02/28 CRDT- 2022/03/03 17:14 PHST- 2021/10/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/03 17:14 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0100-879X2022000100621 [pii] AID - 10.1590/1414-431X2022e11891 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Braz J Med Biol Res. 2022 Feb 28;55:e11891. doi: 10.1590/1414-431X2022e11891. eCollection 2022.