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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2003; 42:861-868, doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00848-9
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CLINICAL STUDY

Anti-inflammatory effects of exercise training in the skeletal muscle of patients with chronic heart failure

Stephan Gielen, MD*, Volker Adams, PhD*, Sven Möbius-Winkler, MD*, Axel Linke, MD*, Sandra Erbs, MD*, Jiangtao Yu, MD*, Werner Kempf, MD{ddagger}, Andreas Schubert, PhD{dagger}, Gerhard Schuler, MD* and Rainer Hambrecht, MD*,*

* Universität Leipzig, Herzzentrum GmbH, Klinik für Innere Medizin/Kardiologie, Leipzig, Germany
{dagger} Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Leipzig, Germany
{ddagger} Universitätsspital Zürich, Dept. für Dermatologie, Zürich, Switzerland

Manuscript received January 16, 2003; revised manuscript received March 12, 2003, accepted March 20, 2003.

* Reprint requests and correspondence: Prof. Dr. med. R. Hambrecht, Universität Leipzig, Herzzentrum GmbH, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
hamr{at}medizin.uni-leipzig.de

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of regular physical exercise on local inflammatory parameters in the skeletal muscle of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory activation with increased serum cytokine levels and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the myocardium and peripheral skeletal muscles has been described in CHF.

METHODS: Twenty male patients with stable CHF (left ventricular ejection fraction 25 ± 2%; age 54 ± 2 years) were randomized to a training group (n = 10) or a control group (n = 10). At baseline and after six months, serum samples and vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained. Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1-beta levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, local cytokine, and iNOS expression by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

RESULTS: Exercise training improved peak oxygen uptake by 29% in the training group (from 20.3 ± 1.0 to 26.1 ± 1.5 ml/kg · min; p < 0.001 vs. control group). While serum levels of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-1-beta remained unaffected by training, local skeletal muscle TNF-alpha decreased from 1.9 ± 0.4 to 1.2 ± 0.3 relative U (p < 0.05 for change vs. control group), IL-6 from 71.3 ± 16.5 to 41.3 ± 8.8 relative U (p < 0.05 vs. begin), and IL-1-beta from 2.7 ± 1.1 to 1.4 ± 0.6 relative U (p = 0.02 vs. control group). Exercise training also reduced local iNOS expression by 52% (from 6.3 ± 1.2 to 3.0 ± 1.0 relative U; p = 0.007 vs. control group).

CONCLUSIONS: Exercise training significantly reduced the local expression of TNF-alpha, IL-1-beta, IL-6, and iNOS in the skeletal muscle of CHF patients. These local anti-inflammatory effects of exercise may attenuate the catabolic wasting process associated with the progression of CHF.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  cDNA
  complementary deoxyribonucleic acid
  CHF
  chronic heart failure
  COX
  cytochrome c oxidase
  iNOS
  inducible nitric oxide synthase
  IL
  interleukin
  mRNA
  messenger ribonucleic acid
  NYHA
  New York Heart Association
  ROS
  reactive oxygen species
  rRNA
  ribosomal ribonucleic acid
  TNF
  tumor necrosis factor
  VO2max
  maximal oxygen uptake




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