Effect of exercise duration on pro-oxidants and pH in exhaled breath condensate in humans.
Exercise promotes pulmonary oxidative imbalance. In this regard, some evidence has been obtained from the study of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) during urban races, in which the factors involved in the occurrence of this process are still not characterized. In this paper, under laboratory conditions, both the role of time of exercise on the generation of pro-oxidants (H2O2, NO2 (-)) and pH have been assessed in EBC of 16 under-trained subjects who completed three tests of cycloergometric exercise at low intensity (30 % of VO2 max) with a duration of 10, 30, and 90 min. Samples were obtained as follows: immediately before and at 80 min post exertion in each test. In the 90-min test, an increase in H2O2, NO2 (-) concentration in EBC at 80 min post exertion with no changes in the pH was observed. Total O2 consumption and total ventilation weakly correlated with the changes in H2O2 and NO2 (-). In conclusion, the concentration of pro-oxidants in the EBC depends on the duration of the exercise when it is performed at low intensity under laboratory conditions.
Carrera de Kinesiología, UDA Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, 7820436, Santiago, Chile.|Faculty of Biology, Physiology and Immunology Laboratory, Universidad de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Laboratorio de Kinesiología, Universidad del Desarrollo, 755000, Santiago, Chile.
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Faculty of Biology, Physiology and Immunology Laboratory, Universidad de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Fundación para la Investigación de las Ciencias Ambientales y Humanas (FICAH), 832000, Santiago, Chile.
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García
Integrative Laboratory of Biomechanics and Physiology of Effort (LIBFE), Kinesiology School, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo 12.455, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
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Guzmán-Venegas
Integrative Laboratory of Biomechanics and Physiology of Effort (LIBFE), Kinesiology School, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo 12.455, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. ofaraneda@miuandes.cl.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D001944:Breath Tests; D015444:Exercise; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D016877:Oxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D066232:Pulmonary Elimination; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D056152:Respiratory Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D009573:Nitrites; D016877:Oxidants; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide
Exhaled breath condensate; Lung; Pro-oxidants; Time of exercise