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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 503-508Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703258788
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skeletal muscle; eccentric exercise; interleukin (IL)-6; muscle damage
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Background: Interleukin (IL)-6 is locally produced in skeletal muscles and shows a remarkable increase in plasma after eccentric exercises. Objective: To elucidate the cell types in the muscles responsible for IL-6 production after eccentric exercises. Study Design: Controlled laboratory study. Methods: An eccentric contraction model was made using electrical stimulation. The authors investigated the muscle damage and regeneration processes after eccentric exercises histologically, and the cell types expressing IL-6 and its subcellular compartimentalization with time immunohistochemically after eccentric exercises. Results: Swollen myofibers were detected from 8 hours to 3 days after exercises. Disrupted myofibers were detected from 24 hours to 7 days, with a peak of 3 days. IL-6 was detected only in the cytoplasm of myofibers until 12 hours; thereafter, it was found in the inflammatory cells and proliferating satellite cells as well. The swollen myofibers were negatively stained for IL-6. The positive ratios of IL-6 in myofibers; immediately increased after exercises, peaked in 12 hours, and then decreased. Conclusions: After eccentric exercises, IL-6 expression increased in myofibers preceding the disruption of myofibers. IL-6 might be closely related to muscle damage caused by strenuous exercises.
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