Daily Oxygen/O₃ Treatment Reduces Muscular Fatigue and Improves Cardiac Performance in Rats Subjected to Prolonged High Intensity Physical Exercise.
Rats receiving daily intraperitoneal administration of O2 and running on a treadmill covered an average distance of 482.8 ± 21.8 m/week as calculated during 5-week observation. This distance was increased in rats receiving daily intraperitoneal administration of an oxygen/O3 mixture at a dose of 100; 150; and 300 μg/kg with the maximum increase being +34.5% at 300 μg/kg and still present after stopping the administration of oxygen/O3. Oxygen/O3 decreased the mean arterial blood pressure (-13%), the heart rate (-6%), the gastrocnemius and cardiac hypertrophy, and fibrosis and reduced by 49% the left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness measurements. Systolic and diastolic functions were improved in exercised oxygen/O3 rats compared to O2 rats. Oxygen/O3 treatment led to higher MPI index starting from the dose of 150 μg/kg (p < 0.05) and more effective (+14%) at a dose of 300 μg/kg oxygen/O3. Oxygen/O3 dose-dependently increased the expression of the antioxidant enzymes Mn-SOD and GPx1 and of eNOS compared to the exercised O2 rats. The same doses resulted in decrease of LDH levels, CPK, TnI, and nitrotyrosine concentration in the heart and gastrocnemius tissues, arguing a beneficial effect of the ozone molecule against the fatigue induced by a prolonged high intensity exercise.
Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology "L. Donatelli", Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology "L. Donatelli", Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Trotta
Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology "L. Donatelli", Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Maisto
Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology "L. Donatelli", Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Siniscalco
Department of Anaesthetic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Luongo
Department of Anaesthetic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Mascolo
Department of Anaesthetic, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Alfano
Department of Physical and Mental Health and Preventive Medicine, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Department Magrassi-Lanzara, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Department of Physical and Mental Health and Preventive Medicine, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology "L. Donatelli", Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000517:prevention & control; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000187:drug effects*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010126:Ozone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D019210:Troponin I / Q000378:metabolism
D019210:Troponin I; D010126:Ozone; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D010100:Oxygen