Exercise-induced oxidative stress leads hemolysis in sedentary but not trained humans.
Intravascular hemolysis is one of the most emphasized mechanisms for destruction of erythrocytes during and after physical activity. Exercise-induced oxidative stress has been proposed among the different factors for explaining exercise-induced hemolysis. The validity of oxidative stress following exhaustive cycling exercise on erythrocyte damage was investigated in sedentary and trained subjects before and after antioxidant vitamin treatment (A, C, and E) for 2 mo. Exercise induced a significant increase in thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance and protein carbonyl content levels in sedentary subjects and resulted in an increase of osmotic fragility and decrease in deformability of erythrocytes, accompanied by signs for intravascular hemolysis (increase in plasma hemoglobin concentration and decrease in haptoglobulin levels). Administration of antioxidant vitamins for 2 mo prevented exercise-induced oxidative stress (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance, protein carbonyl content) and deleterious effects of exhaustive exercise on erythrocytes in sedentary subjects. Trained subjects' erythrocyte responses to exercise were different from those of sedentary subjects before antioxidant vitamin treatment. Osmotic fragility and deformability of erythrocytes, plasma hemoglobin concentration, and haptoglobulin levels were not changed after exercise, although the increased oxidative stress was observed in trained subjects. After antioxidant vitamin treatment, functional and structural parameters of erythrocytes were not altered in the trained group, but exercise-induced oxidative stress was prevented. Increased percentage of young erythrocyte populations was determined in trained subjects by density separation of erythrocytes. These findings suggest that the exercise-induced oxidative stress may contribute to exercise-induced hemolysis in sedentary humans.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Kampus, Antalya, Turkey. uksenturk@akdeniz.edu.tr
Umit Kemal
UK
Sentürk
Filiz
F
Gündüz
Oktay
O
Kuru
Günnur
G
Koçer
Yasar Gül
YG
Ozkaya
Akin
A
Yesilkaya
Melek
M
Bor-Küçükatay
Murat
M
Uyüklü
Ozlem
O
Yalçin
Ouz K
OK
Baskurt
D000328:Adult; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009996:Osmotic Fragility; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000097:blood; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
D000975:Antioxidants; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D001205:Ascorbic Acid