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Original Article

Effect of Endurance Exercise on the Tissue 8-Hydroxy-deoxyguanosine Content in Dogs

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Pages 523-528 | Received 01 Nov 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance exercise on both the tissue and lymphocyte 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) content. Six dogs ran on a treadmill for 7 hours. Another six dogs were assigned to a sedentary control group. The exercised dogs were sacrificed immediately after exercise and the counterpart of the sedentary group was also sacrificed at the same time. The brain, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, jejunum, colon, diaphragm, heart, splenius muscle, and the medial and lateral portion of gas-trocnemius muscle samples were then collected. Lymphocytes were sampled before and after exercise in the exercised dogs. The 8-OHdG content of lymphocyte DNA was found to significantly decrease after exercise (0.57 ± 0.19 vs 0.33 ± 0.10/deoxyguanosine (dG) × 105, P < 0.05). The colon was the only tissue which showed a significant decrease in the content (0.83 ± 0.24 vs 0.54 ± 0.15/dG × 105, P < 0.05). No tissue except for the colon showed any significant changes after exercise. These results therefore indicate that, immediately after endurance exercise, an augmented repair mechanism might thus play a role in the decrease of 8-OHdG in the lymphocytes and the colon, while the 8-OHdG generation might be counterbalanced by its repair in other tissues.

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