title: Effects of exercise training on the biosynthesis of prostacyclin and thromboxane in rats.
abstract: The effects of exercise training on eicosanoid levels were studied in male Wistar rats. One-month-old rats were trained on a drum exerciser at an intensity of around 70% of maximal oxygen consumption for 10 weeks (60 min day-1, 5 days week-1) after familiarization. Some animals of the same age did not exercise and served as a control. Two days after training, several blood vessels, including thoracic aortae, inferior vena cavae, external iliac arteries, external iliac veins, common carotid arteries and jugular veins, were excised and incubated for 10 min. Basal release of prostacyclin from these vessels was determined using [125I]radio-immunoassay (RIA) of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. The levels of plasma prostacyclin and urinary metabolites of prostacyclin and thromboxane were also determined by RIA. Our results showed that trained animals had lower body weight and urine 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 levels than the controls (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). In contrast, urinary 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1 alpha level was elevated after training (P < 0.05). Nonetheless, prostacyclin levels in plasma and from various dissected vessel segments, except thoracic aorta, did not change significantly after training. These findings suggest that exercise training may affect endogenous eicosanoid levels by increasing the basal release of prostacyclin and reducing the basal thromboxane level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical College, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Jen
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001835:Body Weight; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000652:urine; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D013931:Thromboxanes; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; C028290:2,3-dinor-6-ketoprostaglandin F1alpha; C049235:11-dehydro-thromboxane B2; D011464:Epoprostenol