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J Appl Physiol 68: 1069-1074, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 3 1069-1074, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Lymphocyte subset responses to repeated submaximal exercise in men

L. Hoffman-Goetz, J. R. Simpson, N. Cipp, Y. Arumugam and M. E. Houston
Department of Health Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The effects of repeated bouts of submaximal cycle ergometry exercise on changes in the percentage of peripheral blood T-lymphocytes, the T-helper/inducer and T-cytotoxic/suppressor subsets, and natural killer (NK) cells were studied in 18 healthy young men who had no history of regular exercise training. Subjects were matched on the basis of maximal O2 uptake and assigned randomly to exercise or control groups, with controls resting quietly during the exercise sessions. The percentage of peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes that reacted with monoclonal antibodies specific for T-lymphocytes (CD3+ cells), the helper/inducer subset (CD4+ cells) and cytotoxic/suppressor subset (CD8+ cells) of T-lymphocytes, and cells with NK activity (Leu7+ cells) were enumerated by fluorescence-activated flow cytometry for samples obtained immediately before and after exercise on days 1, 3, and 5 of a 5-day exercise regimen. The results of this study were mixed with decreases in the percentage of T-lymphocytes before vs. after exercise on days 1 and 3 (P less than 0.001), a decrease in the percentage of T-helper/inducer cells before vs. after exercise on day 3 (P less than 0.05), no effect of exercise on the percentage of T-cytotoxic/suppressor cells, and a marked increase in the percentage of NK cells after exercise on days 1 (P less than 0.05) and 3 (P less than 0.01). The total number of recovered NK cells in the mononuclear leukocyte fraction of blood also increased significantly after exercise on days 1 (P less than 0.05) and 3 (P less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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