title: Effects of swimming exercise on red blood cell rheology in trained and untrained rats.
abstract: Red blood cell (RBC) mechanical properties were investigated after swimming exercise in trained and untrained rats. A group of rats was trained for 6 wk (60 min swimming, daily), and another group was kept sedentary. Blood samples were obtained either within 5 min or 24 h after 60 min swimming in both groups. In the untrained rats, the RBC aggregation index decreased to 2.60 +/- 0.4 immediately after exercise from a control value of 6.73 +/- 0.18 (P < 0.01), whereas it increased to 13.13 +/- 0.66 after 24 h (P < 0.01). RBC transit time through 5-microm pores increased to 3.53 +/- 0.16 ms within 5 min after the exercise from a control value of 2.19 +/- 0. 07 ms (P < 0.005). A very significant enhancement (166%) in RBC lipid peroxidation was detected only after 24 h. In the trained group, the alterations in all these parameters were attenuated; there was a slight, transient impairment in RBC deformability (transit time = 2.64 +/- 0.13 ms), and lipid peroxidation was found to be unchanged. These findings suggest that training can significantly limit the hemorheological alterations related to a given bout of exercise. Whether this effect is secondary to the training-induced reduction in the degree of metabolic and/or hormonal perturbation remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bor-Kucukatay
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Senturk
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Baskurt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation / Q000502:physiology; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000502:physiology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012212:Rheology; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology*