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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 89, Issue 3-4, Pages 257-262Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0755-5
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degranulation; exercise; neutrophil; oxidative burst
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Exercise sessions (swimming in rats and treadmill running in humans) resulted in stimulation of neutrophil degranulation in the experiments with animals and in the human study. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) (+67%) and lysozyme (+51%) quantities in the plasma of rats increased significantly immediately after exercise. The blood plasma lysozyme concentration was increased by 41% at the 6th min of treadmill exercise in athletes. The blood concentrations of neutrophil proteins normalized both in humans and animals at rest. The neutrophil protein concentrations in blood increased in parallel with the decrease of their level in leukocytes. The neutrophil capacity for an oxidative burst was not changed by the exercise, but decreased for 3-6 It in the post-exercise period. Such dynamics of the oxidative burst activity suggest a lack of association between this parameter and the degranulation process. The neutrophil proteins that appear in blood during degranulation can be involved in enhancing the bactericidal potency of blood, the activation of granulopoiesis, neutrophil efflux from bone marrow, and the conditioning of blood endothelium for leukocyte extravasation.
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