Journal
IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 248, Issue -, Pages 45-55Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2022.06.001
Keywords
Cytokines; Cytotoxicity; Diving; Exercise; Hypoxia; Lymphocytes; Sport
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Funding
- University of Rijeka Support grant [19-41-1551]
- Croatian Science Foundation [IP-2016-06-8027, IP-CORONA-2020-04-2045, IP-2016-06-9306, IPCH-2020-10-8440, IP-2020-02-7928]
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This study investigated the impact of freediving on the immune system and found that cytotoxic immune cells transiently change their functional profile to restrict tissue damage after freediving.
Exercise has many beneficial effects for our body, but can become detrimental at high intensity, especially for our immune system. Little is known about the underlying mechanism of impaired immune functionality under conditions of intense physical strain. Freedivers, people who dive to high depths on a single breath, perform extreme exercise under anaerobic conditions. In this study, we investigated the impact of freediving on the cytotoxic arm of the immune system. At rest, elite freedivers did not display changes in their immunological profile compared to non-diving controls. In contrast, after a freedive, granzyme B and IL-2 production were reduced, whereas IFN gamma and TNF secretion were increased by cytotoxic immune cells. Using in vitro models mimicking freedive conditions, we could show that hypoxia in combination with stress hyperglycemia had a negative impact on Granzyme B secretion, whereas IL-2 production was inhibited by stress hormones. Our findings suggest that in response to extreme exercise, cytotoxic immune cells transiently change their functional profile to limit tissue damage.
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